My Year in Books, 2020
(Alphabetical by author. * indicates re-read.)
Novels
- The Immortals of Tehran (2020), by Ali Araghi
- Starling Days (2020), by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
- Upright Women Wanted (2020), by Sarah Gailey
- When We Were Magic (2020), by Sarah Gailey
- The True Deceiver (1982), by Tove Jansson
- The Leavers (2017), by Lisa Ko
- Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear (2020), by Matthew Salesses
- The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (2020), by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Story Collections
- Love and Other Criminal Behaviors (2020), by Nikki Dolson
- Dark Corners (2019), by Reuben Tihi Hayslett
- Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel (2020), by Julian K. Jarboe
- Tender (2017), by Sofia Samatar
Poetry
- Inquisition (2018), by Kazim Ali
- The Voice of Sheila Chandra (2020), by Kazim Ali
- Travesty Generator (2019), by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
- Postcolonial Love Poem (2020), by Natalie Diaz
- Boom Box (2019), by Amorak Huey
- Inland Empire (2019), by Leah Huizar
- Claim Your Space (2020), by Minyoung Lee
- It's Not Magic (2019), by Jon Sands
- Homie (2020), by Danez Smith
- Cadence* (2018), by Hannah Stephenson
- Emergency Window (2012), by Ross Sutherland
- Things To Do Before You Leave Town (2009), by Ross Sutherland
- The Slip (2020), by Kary Wayson
Graphic Novels
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal (2020), by the McElroys and Carey Pietsch
Nonfiction, Memoir, and Other
- Lot Six (2020), by David Adjmi
- Human Archipelago (2018), by Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh
- Stamped From the Beginning (2016), by Ibram X. Kendi
- Keep Moving (2020), by Maggie Smith
Read Aloud With My Kids
- Silver on the Tree* (1977), by Susan Cooper
- Howl's Moving Castle (1986), by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Titan's Curse (2007), by Rick Riordan
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (1999), by J. K. Rowling