Our Favorite Reads of 2020

1.
The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)
The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3) 4.49 avg rating — 69,974 ratings
2.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 172,211 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,156 ratings
4.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,854 ratings
5.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating — 1,391,756 ratings
6.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 1,632,139 ratings
7.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,461 ratings
8.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,471 ratings
9.
Fangs
Fangs 4.22 avg rating — 51,232 ratings
10.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 114,024 ratings
10.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,679 ratings
12.
Radiance
Radiance 3.72 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
13.
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 136,920 ratings
14.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4.40 avg rating — 3,835,554 ratings
15.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,226 ratings
16.
Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5)
Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5) 4.45 avg rating — 27,790 ratings
17.
Book Love
Book Love 4.29 avg rating — 21,975 ratings
18.
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 31,302 ratings
19.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,574 ratings
20.
Beach Read
Beach Read 3.98 avg rating — 1,519,902 ratings
21.
Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson, #12)
Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson, #12) 4.43 avg rating — 35,022 ratings
22.
Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, #5)
Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, #5) 3.74 avg rating — 300,227 ratings
23.
Twenty-one Truths About Love
Twenty-one Truths About Love 3.58 avg rating — 4,585 ratings
24.
Her Last Flight
Her Last Flight 4.15 avg rating — 15,903 ratings
25.
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 155,179 ratings
26.
On a Sunbeam
On a Sunbeam 4.30 avg rating — 33,473 ratings
27.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,239,099 ratings
28.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,528 ratings
29.
Two Truths and a Lie
Two Truths and a Lie 3.61 avg rating — 14,411 ratings
30.
The Constant Rabbit
The Constant Rabbit 4.06 avg rating — 10,175 ratings
30.
March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,410 ratings
32.
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 208,167 ratings
33.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,451 ratings
34.
In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids
In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids 4.19 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
34.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 462,565 ratings
36.
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,718 ratings
37.
Wolf's Bane
Wolf's Bane 4.10 avg rating — 2,355 ratings
38.
Wolf's Curse (Otherworld Stories #13.9)
Wolf's Curse (Otherworld Stories #13.9) 4.13 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
38.
Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,323 ratings
40.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 380,112 ratings
41.
Hamilton: The Revolution
Hamilton: The Revolution 4.45 avg rating — 54,265 ratings
42.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,882 ratings
43.
Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 12,934 ratings
44.
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 193,690 ratings
44.
Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4.5)
Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4.5) 4.38 avg rating — 20,410 ratings
46.
Fangirl
Fangirl 3.94 avg rating — 772,482 ratings
47.
Saga, Volume 1
Saga, Volume 1 4.16 avg rating — 354,287 ratings
48.
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient 4.17 avg rating — 2,999,502 ratings
49.
Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 6,153 ratings
50.
Magic for Liars
Magic for Liars 3.62 avg rating — 34,801 ratings
51.
The Old Guard, vol. 1: Opening Fire
The Old Guard, vol. 1: Opening Fire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,625 ratings
52.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,921 ratings
53.
Shout
Shout 4.25 avg rating — 21,800 ratings
54.
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5)
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 28,846 ratings
55.
Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating — 256,845 ratings
56.
The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade 3.89 avg rating — 11,090 ratings
57.
Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You
Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You 3.48 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
57.
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 36,556 ratings
59.
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 1,062,928 ratings
59.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating — 243,564 ratings
61.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,441 ratings
62.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,786 ratings
63.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,886 ratings
64.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,895,917 ratings
65.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,181 ratings
66.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 637,086 ratings
67.
Into the Unbounded Night
Into the Unbounded Night 4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
67.
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 1,015,514 ratings
67.
Forceleap Farm: A Medieval Romance
Forceleap Farm: A Medieval Romance 4.14 avg rating — 78 ratings
67.
Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)
Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 41,222 ratings
71.
A Necessary Blessing
A Necessary Blessing 3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings
71.
The Girl in the Mirror
The Girl in the Mirror 3.80 avg rating — 42,942 ratings
71.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,862,514 ratings
74.
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland 4.07 avg rating — 52,041 ratings
74.
The Winemaker's Wife
The Winemaker's Wife 4.23 avg rating — 94,579 ratings
74.
Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 22,624 ratings
77.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,934 ratings
77.
Credence
Credence 3.68 avg rating — 537,729 ratings
79.
Big Lies in a Small Town
Big Lies in a Small Town 4.13 avg rating — 102,960 ratings
80.
The Wild Girl
The Wild Girl 3.93 avg rating — 4,231 ratings
80.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by: Mark Dunn
3.94 avg rating — 56,085 ratings
80.
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 420,456 ratings
80.
Anxious People
Anxious People 4.17 avg rating — 754,374 ratings
80.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,700 ratings
80.
The Vacation
The Vacation 3.89 avg rating — 51,884 ratings
86.
Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)
Wild at Heart (Wild, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 61,903 ratings
86.
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 869,393 ratings
86.
Side Trip
Side Trip 4.33 avg rating — 6,768 ratings
89.
Empire of Wild
Empire of Wild 3.74 avg rating — 12,305 ratings
89.
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 9,438 ratings
89.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets 4.36 avg rating — 19,841 ratings
89.
Confessions on the 7:45
Confessions on the 7:45 3.90 avg rating — 62,392 ratings
93.
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
by: Temi Oh
3.65 avg rating — 5,272 ratings
93.
This Secret Thing
This Secret Thing 3.92 avg rating — 7,206 ratings
95.
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) 4.58 avg rating — 77,038 ratings
95.
The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family, #3)
The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 39,892 ratings
97.
The Dreamers
The Dreamers 3.63 avg rating — 42,691 ratings
97.
The Last Flight
The Last Flight 4.10 avg rating — 259,391 ratings
99.
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 180,275 ratings
99.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,696 ratings
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