My 12 Favorite Books of 2020
“What is your favorite book?”
I get asked this OFTEN, and can never give an answer. I read far too much and enjoy far too many books for there to just be ONE favorite. I can’t even pick one favorite from this year! So, I picked 12. (This was hard enough! I gave 33 books five stars, after all— you can see them all here.)
I broke my favorites down by genre, and also shared them all in episode 24 of The RAD Podcast, if you’d like to listen in and hear my year-end thoughts on books and more.
Here are my 12 favorite books read in 2020:
My favorite fiction read: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (see my review here)
My favorite debut novel: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (see my review here)
My favorite non-fiction read: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (see my review here)
My favorite romance read: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (see my review here), and the sequel The Happy Ever After Playlist (see my review here)
My favorite self-help read: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode— and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber (see my review here)
My favorite memoir: Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by my friend Wendi Nunnery (see my review here)
My favorite Christian read: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places by Chuck deGroat (see my review here) and Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley Nikondeha (see my review here)
My favorite young adult read: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (see my review here)
My favorite poetry read: What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer (see my review here)
My favorite thriller: The Guest List by Lucy Foley (see my review here)
My favorite fantasy read: A Court of Thorns of Roses, or the whole trilogy really (see my review here)
