The Book List 2020

Ok folks, 2020 has arrived and I’ve started putting together the book list for this year. There’s a mix of classic and contemporary fiction and as always, more can be added as the year goes on. Always opened to suggestions as well. As usual, I’ll highlight as I read them. Happy reading!

1. Rosewater – Tade Thompson
2. The Institute – Stephen King
3. House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski
4. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
5. Annihilation – Jeff Vandermeer
6. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula LeGuin
7. The Line of Beauty – Alan Hollinghurst
8. What is an Apparatus and other Essays – Georgia Agamben
9. The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
10. Frankenstein – Mary Shelly
11. The Outsider – Stephen King
12. Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardino Evaristo
13. The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula LeGuin
14. Delirium – Lauren Oliver
15. The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera
16. The Buried Giant – Kazuhiro Ishiguro
17. Doctor Sleep – Stephen King
18. Company of Liars – Karin Maitland
19. Bird Box – Josh Malerman
20. A Judgement in Stone – Ruth Rendell
21. Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
22. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maguire
23. Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
24. The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
25. Castle of Blood – C. L. Werner
26. My Exorcism Killed Me – Rick Wood
27. Our Endless Numbered Days – Claire Fuller
28. Close to Death – Rick Wood
29. The Sensitives – Rick Wood
30. Hidden Company – S. E. England
31. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Grady Hendrix
32. Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun – Sarah Ladipo Manyika
33. Elegance – Kathleen Tessaro
34. Circe – Madeline Miller
35. The Vegetarian – Han Kang
36. All Grown Up – Jami Attenberg
37. Blaze – Richard Bachman
38. A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
39. My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell
40. The End of the World Running Club – Adrian J. Walker
41. Horns – Joe Hill
42. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
43. Company of Liars – Karen Maitland
44. The Facts of Life – Paula Knight
45. Blonde Roots – Bernardino Evaristo
46. Candied – Voltaire
47. Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke
48. SCUM Manifesto – Valerie Solanas
49. Witch Hunter – C.L. Werner
50. The Art of Peace
51. Elegant Enigmas – Edward Gorie
52. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

Bonus

1. Wolf Hall – Hillary Mantel

2. Pump Six and other Stories – Paolo Bagigalupi

3. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke

4. All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr