Hi everyone! 2020 was a good reading year for me. In this post, I have listed every book I read in 2020, its Goodreads page, and my review if there is one.

Click on the book name to go to its Goodreads page. Please note that not every “Goodreads review” that I have mentioned is a proper/detailed book review. Some are actually very short but I have still included them to give at least some idea of how I felt about the book.

Contemporary Fiction

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• A Plate of White Marble by Bani Basu, translated from Bengali by Nandini Guha – Review ★★★★☆
• A Line in Water by Amrita Pritam, translated by Krishna Gorowara – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• SUPERBU Homecoming: The emotional story of a family and their dog (inspired by true events) by Debarshi Kanjilal –Review ★★★★☆
• The Whole Shebang: Sticky bits of being a woman by Lalita Iyer ★★★★☆
• Anita and Me by Meera Syal
• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg ★★★★☆
• Openly Straight (Openly Straight, #1) by Bill Konigsberg – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee ★★★★☆
• Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith ★★★☆☆
• The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen – Goodreads review ★★★☆☆
• Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius the Great #1) by Adib Khorram Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais ★★★★☆
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver ★★★★☆
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman ★★★★☆
• The Final Weekend: A Stoned Tale by Neal Cassidy – Review ★★★☆☆
• Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, translating by Philip Gabriel – Goodreads review ★★★★☆

Classics and Modern Classics

• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
• Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence ★★☆☆☆
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• Hard Times by Charles Dickens ★★★☆☆
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – Parts 3 and 4 ★★☆☆☆
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ★★★☆☆
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ★★☆☆☆
• Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath ★★★★☆
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★☆☆
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker ★★★★★
• The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – Goodreads review ★★★☆☆
• Calcutta Nights by Hemendra Kumar Roy, translated by Rajat Chaudhuri ★★★☆☆

Fantasy

• Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• The Night and the Land (The Deschembine Trilogy Book 1) by Matt Spencer – Review ★★★☆☆
• Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer – Review ★★★★★
• A Touch of Death (The Outlands Pentalogy #1) by Rebecca Crunden – Review ★★★★☆
• A History of Madness (The Outlands Pentalogy #2) by Rebecca Crunden – Review ★★★★★
• A Promise of Return (The Outlands Pentalogy #3) by Rebecca Crunden – Review ★★★★★
• A Dance of Lies (The Outlands Pentalogy #4) by Rebecca Crunden – Review ★★★★☆
• A Time of Prophecy (The Outlands Pentalogy #5) by Rebecca Crunden – Review ★★★★☆
• Kingdom of the Silver Cat (The Sapphire Fruit Chronicles Book 1) by Thomas M. Carroll, illustrated by Linda Huang and Jackie Carroll – Review ★★★★☆
• Requiem, Changing Times by R.J. Parker – Review ★★★★☆
• The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by Lorin Morgan-Richards – Review ★★★★☆
• Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman ★★★★★
• Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young ★★★★☆
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay ★★★★☆
• The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket ★★★★☆
• The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2) by Lemony Snicket ★★★☆☆

Mythology

• Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati, translated from Hindi by Alok Bhalla – Goodreads Review ★★★★★
• Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen by Kavita Kané – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Mohini: The Enchantress by Anuja Chandramouli – Review ★★★★☆

Romance

• Silver Bells (Rivers End Romance) by C.J. Hunt ★★★☆☆
• The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata ★★★☆☆
• Fake Out by Eden Finley ★★★★☆
• Top Secret by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy ★★★★☆
• Intermediate Thermodynamics by Susannah Nix ★★★☆☆
• Good by S. Walden ★★★☆☆
• Building Forever (This Time Forever #1) by Kelly Jensen ★★★★☆
• Getting Lucky Number Seven by Cindi Madsen ★★★☆☆
• A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert ★★★★☆
• Scorpio Hates Virgo (Signs of Love #2) by Anyta Sunday ★★★☆☆
• The Perfect First by Maya Hughes ★★★☆☆
• Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas ★★★☆☆

Graphic Novels/Illustrated Books

• Heart and Brain: Body Language: An Awkward Yeti Collection by Nick Seluk ★★★★☆
• I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa – Goodreads review ★★★☆☆
• Us by Curtis Wiklund ★★★☆☆
• Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story by Debbie Tung ★★★★☆
• How to Be Perfectly Unhappy by Matthew Inman v
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell – Goodreads review ★★★☆☆
• Book Love by Debbie Tung ★★★★☆
• How to Die Alone: The Foolproof Guide to Not Helping Yourself
  by Mo Welch ★★★★☆
• The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak ★★★☆☆
• Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero ★★★☆☆
• Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper #3) by Alice Oseman ★★★★☆

Non-Fiction

• Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung ★★★★☆
• Harness the Power of the Invincible Mind: Spatial Strategy to Success and Happiness by Alex Neumann – Review ★★★★☆
• Manifesting Your Best Future Self: Developing Health, Happiness and Success by Peter Gruenewald – Review ★★★★☆
• The Self-Care Solution A Year of Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Fitter–One Month at a Time by Jennifer Ashton ★★★★☆
• Secrets of Six-Figure Women by Barbara Stanny – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• I Am a Goal Digger by Puja Mohan ★★★★☆
• You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
  by Jen Sincero – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• Paid to Proofread by Suzanne Gilad – Review ★★★★★
• Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop ★★★☆☆
• Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis ★★★★☆
• The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have with People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do by Sarah Knight ★★★☆☆
• Shhh! Don’t Talk About Mental Health by Arjun Gupta – Review ★★★★★
• The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell ★★★★☆
• I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel ★★★★★

• Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman ★★★★☆
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear ★★★★☆
• Mastering the art of English Pronunciation : A Beginner’s guide: English Phonetics and Phonemics by Timir Naha – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Letter to a Teacher by Schoolboys of Barbini – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• The Rudest Book Ever by Shwetabh Gangwar – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• 13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck by Ashwin Sanghi – Goodreads review ★★★☆☆
• Total Law of Attraction by David Che ★★★☆☆
• An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India by Shashi Tharoor – Goodreads review ★★★★☆
• Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• Art Matters by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell – Goodreads review ★★★★★

Poetry

• Harnessing Light by S.B. Goncarova – Review ★★★★☆
• Ignited Emotions by Devanshi Sanghani ★★★☆☆
• The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace ★★★☆☆
• Poems by The Bean Bakers – compiled and edited by Megha Rao ★★☆☆☆

Short Stories

• Murder at Moonlight Cafe and other stories by Ishavasyam Dash (anthology) – Review ★★★★★
• Draupadi by Mahasweta Devi, translated from Bengalu by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ★★★★☆
• Lihaaf (The Quilt) by Ismat Chughtai, translated from Urdu by M. Asaduddin ★★★★☆
• The Shroud by Munshi Premchand, translated from Urdu by M. Asaduddin ★★★★☆
• Rebati by Fakir Mohan Senapati, translated from Odia by Kishori Charan Das – Goodreads review ★★★★★
• A Season of No Return by Gurdial Singh, translated from Punjabi by Rana Nayar ★★★★☆
• Bliss by Katherine Mansfield ★★★★☆
• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ★★★★★

I hope you can find some recommendations from this list!

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