2020 BOOKS


2020
Louize's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (2020 shelf)



  • January
  1. Chivalry by Neil Gaiman (SS)
  2. Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
  3. The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey (ARC)
  4. Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly

  • February
  1. Lost Autumn by Mary-Rose MacColl  (ARC)
  2. When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
  3. Warren the 13th and the 13-Year Curse by Will Staehle, Tania del Rio (ARC)
  4. Fox 8 by George Saunders (SS)
  5. Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (ARC)

  • March
  1. Of Literature & Lattes by Katherine Raey  (ARC)
  2. Bells of Prosper Station by Gloria Pearson-Vasey  (ARC)
  3. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
  4. 19th Christmas  by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

  • April
  1. Who Speaks for the Damned (St. Cyr, #15) by C.S. Harris (ARC)
  2. The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (ARC)
  3. The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick (ARC)

  • May
  1. The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips
  2. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (TFG)
  3. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
  4. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
  5. The 20th Victim by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

  • June
  1. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (ARC)
  2. The Sweeny Sisters by Lian Dolan
  3. Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers

  • July
  1. Igniting Darkness by Robin LaFevers (ARC)
  2. The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
  3. Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley 
  4. Windswept by Gwen Cole (ARC)
  5. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (TFG)
  6. A Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff

  • August
  1. Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim (ARC)
  2. The Finder by Will Ferguson (ARC)
  3. The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell (ARC)
  4. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (ARC)
  5. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (ARC)

  • September
  1. Just Like You by Nick Hornby (ARC)
  2. Memorial by Bryan Washington (ARC)
  3. In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren (ARC)
  4. The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (ARC)

  • October
  1. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (ARC)
  2. Pet That Dog! by Gideon Kidd & Rachel Braunigan (ARC)
  3. Spark and the League of Ursus by Robert Repino

  • November
  1. Lore by Alexandra Bracken (ARC)

  • December
  1. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce




*TFG = The Filipino Group  
*ARC= Advanced Reader's Copy  
*BBW= Banned Books Week  
*SS= Short Story