BONUS: (More) Best Books of the Year (According to Laura)

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On Episode 96, my real life Book Club shared our top 3-ish favorite books of the year. And while I loved that discussion, there are still so many great books from 2020 I wanted to share with you! So as promised, this is a BONUS episode with my full list of favorite reads in 2020.

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First, a few stats:

I read 77 books total

38 were fiction

39 were nonfiction

2 were audiobooks


Favorite Fiction:

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Writers and Lovers by Lily King

All Adults Here by Emma Straub

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth 

Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

The Bright Lands by John Fram


Favorite Nonfiction:

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner

The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollet

Here For It by R. Eric Thomas

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper


Also mentioned in this episode:

IT by Stephen King

The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner

Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

Educated by Tara Westover

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule


Hope this BONUS episode added some great books to your To Read stack.

Looking forward to lots more reading in 2021!