Favourite Books of 2020

[monster4life231 4,225]

Hello!

What were your favourite books that you read in 2020? Here are my top three from non-fiction and fiction, alongside some honourable mentions:

Non fiction:

1) Natives - Akala

2) Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari

3) Becoming - Michelle Obama

Honourable mentions: Moonwalker (Michael Jackson) and A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass).

Fiction:

1) The Stand - Stephen King

2) The Craftsman - Sharon Bolton

3) Needful Things - Stephen King

Honourable mentions: Station Eleven (Emily St.John Mandel), The Whisper Man (Alex North) and the Hunger Games trilogy (Suzanne Collins).

[CCSir 232]

- Call of the Wild/White Fangs

- The Turn of the Screw

By the way, in case anybody doesn't know about it, I discovered the Gutenberg Project this year, and it's LIT! So many public domain works to discover:

https://www.gutenberg.org/

[LadickGagass 11]

Perks of Being a Wallflower

Steve Martin's Memoir

Deep Work

Hitchhiker's #1

Overdue Life of Amy Byler

And then There were None

Olive Again

Turtles all the way down

[Wet Fire 2,255]

Gun Island (Amitav Ghosh)

A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Tolstoy)

Such Small Hands (Andreas Barba)

 

 

[Wet Fire 2,255]

11 minutes ago, CCSir said:

- Call of the Wild/White Fangs

- The Turn of the Screw

By the way, in case anybody doesn't know about it, I discovered the Gutenberg Project this year, and it's LIT! So many public domain works to discover:

https://www.gutenberg.org/

How much did you like The Turn of the Screw? I'm yet to read it.

[GagaSine 4,620]

Idk how to read 

[CCSir 232]

1 minute ago, Wet Fire said:

How much did you like The Turn of the Screw? I'm yet to read it.

It was an enjoyable read, although story-wise not necessarily the masterpiece of the genre I was expecting. I was taken by surprise when they decided to adapt it as a sequel to Hill House, hadn't heard of it before (shame on me ). The prose was strong and engaging, definitely the highlight for me.

[Gagadonna 10,799]

The book I wrote but isn’t published yet 

[MonSwiftAnton 2,894]

My favorites of this year was:

1. A little life (Might be the best book I've ever read) 

2. Red, white and royal blue

3. On earth we're briefly gorgeous

21 minutes ago, Gagadonna said:

The book I wrote but isn’t published yet 

Let us know when and where we can read it!

[Cello 3,643]

Pet Semetary, Moonwalk, Three Body Problem 

Those are the only ones I read this year 

[monster4life231 4,225]

29 minutes ago, Gagadonna said:

The book I wrote but isn’t published yet 

I'll read it when it's available!

30 minutes ago, CCSir said:

It was an enjoyable read, although story-wise not necessarily the masterpiece of the genre I was expecting. I was taken by surprise when they decided to adapt it as a sequel to Hill House, hadn't heard of it before (shame on me ). The prose was strong and engaging, definitely the highlight for me.

I'm planning on reading Turn of the Screw too. Have you read Haunting of Hill House?

[monster4life231 4,225]

3 minutes ago, Cello said:

Pet Semetary, Moonwalk, Three Body Problem 

Those are the only ones I read this year 

I just finished Moonwalk today. I really enjoyed it as I felt as though I was sat talking to MJ. How did you find it?

I read Pet Sematary last year and really enjoyed that too. It's probably one of the creepiest Stephen King books that I have read.

Edited December 16, 2020 by monster4life231

[monster4life231 4,225]

51 minutes ago, CCSir said:

- Call of the Wild/White Fangs

- The Turn of the Screw

By the way, in case anybody doesn't know about it, I discovered the Gutenberg Project this year, and it's LIT! So many public domain works to discover:

https://www.gutenberg.org/

Thank you for sharing this!

edit: Apologies I've quoted you twice in two separate comments rather than in one comment.

Edited December 16, 2020 by monster4life231

[KanyeWest 17,707]

1 hour ago, monster4life231 said:

A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass).

This book is an amazing short book, the most touching Ive ever read. I recommend to you all especially if you are american

[KanyeWest 17,707]

3 minutes ago, monster4life231 said:

I just finished Moonwalk today. I really enjoyed it as I felt as though I was sat talking to MJ. How did you find it?

Who is the author?