#Gail Verlaine

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Books I read in 2020

I’m using italics for rereads and bold for books that I not only love but like, deeply touched my soul. Lots of rereads on this list because they comfort me in times of distress.

1. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

2. Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

3. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

4. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

5. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo

6. Notes from the Underground by Dosotevsky

7. Elevation by Stephen King

8. The Heart is a Full-Wild Beast by John L’Heureux

9. These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

10. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

11. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

12. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

13. Trinity by Leon Uris

14. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

15. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

17. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

18. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

19. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

21. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

22. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

23. The Martian by Andy Weir

24. The White Knights by W.E. Cule

25. Maurice by E.M. Forster

26. A Field of Gourds by Robert M. Fisher

27. Spymaster by Brad Thor

28. Gerald’s Game by Stephen King

29. Dune by Frank Herbert

20. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

21. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 1 by Herge

22. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 2 by Herge

23. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 3 by Herge

24. Secret Service by Tom Bradby

25. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

26.  Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz

27. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

28. The Institute by Stephen King

29. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

30. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

31. The Chain by Adrian McKinty

32. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

33. The Child by Fiona Barton

34. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

35. Selected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen

36. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian

37. Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian

38. H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O’Brian

39. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

40. The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart

41. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

42. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 4 by Herge 

43. Great Short Poems (collected) by Paul Negri

44. Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner

45. Angels in America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner

46. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 5 by Herge

47. The Adventures of Tintin, volume 6 by Herge

48. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

49. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

50. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

51. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

52. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

53. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

54. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

55. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

56. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

57. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

58. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

59. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

60. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

61. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

62. The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

63. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (yes, again)

64. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

65. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Bonus: Books started in 2020 that I have either since finished or am still reading to some extent or another

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

2. A Literary Education and Other Essays by Joseph Epstein

3. Europe: A History by Norman Davies

4. A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire by Fletcher Pratt

5. Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

6. To Lie With Lions by Dorothy Dunnett

7. Selected Poems by Paul Verlaine

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