20 Favourite Books of 2020

Happy New Year!

Looking back at 2020, reading was my way of coping with the pandemic and I ended up reading 155 books! There were so many great books that I enjoyed but I’ve managed to narrow down my favourite 20 books of 2020. All these books made me feel something, whether joy, fear or sorrow, in a year where numbness was the default. The list is made of new releases and backlist books, and a mix of horror and other genres. A huge thank you to the authors and publishers for review copies.

So without further ado here are my favourite books of 2020. If you haven’t read these books yet, I hope you’ll consider adding them to your list for 2021!

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Horror

The Between by Tananarive Due | Review
The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson | Review
Bone Harvest by James Brodgen | Review
Crossroads by Laurel Hightower | Review

It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan | Review
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff | Review
The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick | Review
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones | Review

The Return by Rachel Harrison | Review
Witch Bottle by Tom Fletcher | Review
Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill | Review
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson | Review

Other Genres

The Binding by Bridget Collins | Review
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta | Review
Call Down The Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater | Review
Lot by Bryan Washington | Review

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin | Review
The Octopus by Tess Little | Review
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah | Review
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs | Review

What were your favourite books of 2020? Let me know in the comments below!

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