All the Five-Star Favorites I Read in 2020

It’s been quite a year of reading, and looking back, I’m honestly grateful for the silver lining of this whole quarantine situation that led to so much more time for books! I would 100% choose a healthy and pandemic-free world over time for reading, but I didn’t hate staying at home more and curling up with books as a way to escape.

Out of the 220+ books I read in 2020, only 33 earned a five-star review from me! That might seem high (or low) to you, but it feels just right to me— five-star reads are the truly AMAZING ones to me, and I stand by each one of these books deserving that rating.

Here are all of my five-star favorites from 2020:

ps— all are affiliate linked!

ps— if i happen to read another five-star favorite in the next 11 days, i’ll be sure to add it. ;)

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