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!
- Rosewater – Tade Thompson
- The Institute – Stephen King
- House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
- Annihilation – Jeff Vandermeer
- The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula LeGuin
- The Line of Beauty – Alan Hollinghurst
- What is an Apparatus and other Essays – Georgia Agamben
- The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
- Frankenstein – Mary Shelly
- The Outsider – Stephen King
- Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardino Evaristo
- The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula LeGuin
- Delirium – Lauren Oliver
- The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera
- The Buried Giant – Kazuhiro Ishiguro
- Doctor Sleep – Stephen King
- Company of Liars – Karin Maitland
- Bird Box – Josh Malerman
- A Judgement in Stone – Ruth Rendell
- Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
- Rebecca – Daphne Du Maguire
- Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
- The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
- Castle of Blood – C. L. Werner
- My Exorcism Killed Me – Rick Wood
- Our Endless Numbered Days – Claire Fuller
- Close to Death – Rick Wood
- The Sensitives – Rick Wood
- Hidden Company – S. E. England
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Grady Hendrix
- Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun – Sarah Ladipo Manyika
- Elegance – Kathleen Tessaro
- Circe – Madeline Miller
- The Vegetarian – Han Kang
- All Grown Up – Jami Attenberg
- Blaze – Richard Bachman
- A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
- My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell
- The End of the World Running Club – Adrian J. Walker
- Horns – Joe Hill
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
- Company of Liars – Karen Maitland
- The Facts of Life – Paula Knight
- Blonde Roots – Bernardino Evaristo
- Candied – Voltaire
- Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke
- SCUM Manifesto – Valerie Solanas
- Witch Hunter – C.L. Werner
- The Art of Peace
- Elegant Enigmas – Edward Gorie
- 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