Morning Book Folk,
This years top reads seemed so much more difficult to pick than last year. I think this might have been because I read a wider range of genres this year, so in some cases it was VERY difficult to even compare!
What I ended up doing to select them, after i’d dug deep into my Goodreads and overwhelmed myself… was think back to the books which I could remember off the top of my head and that still resonate with me (and there were LOADS).
SO, I’ll stop babbling now and reveal that my top 15 top reads of 2020… in no particular order… are:
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
- How to Disappear – Gillian McAllistair
- Half a World Away – Mike Gayle
- George Orwell – 1984
- The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
- The Puppet Show – M W Craven
- The Guest List – Lucy Foley
- I am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
- In Five Years – Rebecca Searle
- All Fall Down – M J Arlidge
- The Confession – Jessie Burton
- The Crucifix Killer – Chris Carter
- Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman
- Ordeal of Innocence – Agatha Christie
- A Life on our Planet – David Attenborough
Have you read any of these books? Let me know what you thought!
emandherbooks 
I really loved The Flatshare and the Guest List too!
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Such great books, I was truly spoilt this year by my reading 🙂
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Great books on here! I especially loved Half a World Away 😊
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It was so so good wasn’t it!!
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Saving Missy and How to Disappear are in my top reads this year. Love MJ Arlidge too and can’t wait to read All Fall Down
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Honestly, I loved them all so much! Saving Missing really took me by surprise actually, but blew me away! Hope you love All Fall Down, i’m sure you will 🙂
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I loved How To Disappear and The Puppet Show. Great list!
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Thank you! I was truly spoilt by reading some great books this year!
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So many great books ( and a few I’ll be researching ), I loved The Puppet Show, Crucifix Killer, The Flat share and How to Disappear.
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I had such a great reading year 😀😀
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Love this 😍 A Little Life is right at the top of my list. I also really enjoyed The Flatshare and In Five Years this year too. I’m very alone in my opinion of How To Disappear xx
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You’re the sole reason I read a little life, hadn’t even heard about it before you!!!
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That actually makes me happy to hear 😅
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A genuine recommendation, which then made it to my top reads (if not THE top)! Thank you x
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😍😍
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You haven’t listed the only one I read but it is in the picture – 1984. I really, really hated that book. 😩😂
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Whaaaaat I loved it!!!!!
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I’m sorry 😭 It was the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope that ruined it for me.
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😂😂😂 I enjoyed it much much more than I thought!
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I listed the wrong book (was a last minute change, 1984 was totally supposed to be in there!!)
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I really enjoyed The Flatshare. I loved how the author was able to deal with serious topics while still offering an entertaining story.
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Yes. It was written so well wasn’t it!!
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