Books Read in 2020

Between reading for fun, reading to learn, reading for book club, and reading to my kids, I read 69 books last year. This does not include all of the picture books or books I read to the kids as a part of teaching homeschool (though it does include the read alouds chapter books I read with the kids).

I actually became really unmotivated to read when the pandemic started. I was doing the bare minimum with the kids for schooling, and reading for myself just kind of hit pause. My book club continued to read and meet via zoom, and eventually back in person outside. Book club helped me to gain my bearings again and to keep reading even if I didn't want to.

That being said, I still read a ton, and it is my current goal to get the kids to love reading as much as I do. They still prefer me to read to them. And I love the reading culture we have created, just need to help them make the jump to doing it on their own (because they enjoy it) as well.

 

Books read in 2020:

1. The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer

2.  The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

3. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (book club)

4. Ember Falls (The Green Ember, #2) by S.D. Smith (audio book with kids)

5. A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) by V.E. Schwab 

6. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (book club)

7. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 

8. Happier at Home by Rubin, Gretchen 

9. The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment  

 

10. Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3) by S.D. Smith (audio book with kids)

11. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1) by Beverly Cleary (audio book with kids)

12. A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) by V.E. Schwab

13. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

14. The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian (book club)

15. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon

16. Dr. Colbert's Keto Zone Diet by Don Colbert

17. The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) by C.S. Lewis (read aloud to kids)

18. Revival Starts Here by Dave Clayton (read with my church)

 

19.  Love in a Time of Homeschooling by Laura Brodie 

20. Farmer Boy (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (read aloud to kids)

21. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

22. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (book club)

23. Jesus Next Door by Dave Clayton (read with my church)

24. A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) by V.E. Schwab 

25. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (book club)

26. The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (read aloud to kids)

27. Stuck in the Stone Age by Geoff Rodkey (audio book with kids)

28. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan 

29. Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #2) by Jessica Townsend (read aloud to Jack)

30. Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan 

31. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (book club)

32. Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell 

33. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2) by Hugh Lofting (read aloud to kids)

34. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 

35. Indescribable: 100 Devotions for Kids About God and Science by Louie Giglio (read aloud to kids)

36. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

37. Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke

38. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 

39. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer (book club)

40. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 

41. A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum 

42.  Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

43.  Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) by Astrid Lindgren (read aloud to kids)

44. The BFG by Roald Dahl (read aloud to kids)

45. The Unseen Guest (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #3) by Maryrose Wood (audio book with kids)

46. Loving Our Kids on Purpose by Danny Silk

47. 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke 

48. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

49. The Kidnapped Prince by Olaudah Equiano (read aloud to kids)

50. The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton (read aloud to kids)

51. Homeschool Bravely by Jamie Erickson 

52. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

53. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (book club)

54.Tidelands (Fairmile #1) by Philippa Gregory (book club)

55. Bright Line Eating by Susan Peirce Thompson 

56. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (audio book with kids)

57. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (read aloud to kids)

58. The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman (book club)

59. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 

60. Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (audio book with kids)

61. Better Together: by Pam Barnhill

62. Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher

63. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (audio book with kids)

64. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (audio book with kids)

65. The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

66. 1984 by George Orwell

67. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

68. Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (The Guardians, #5) by William Joyce (read aloud to kids)

69. God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew 

 

Books I am almost done with, but still reading include: Reclaiming Conversation, Between the World and Me, How am I Smart?,  Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, Get Out of Your Head, Naked Communism, How to be a Happier Parent, The Good Earth, and The Birchbark House.

Books I've read over the years: 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019