What I read in 2020

I like to keep track of my reading – in my paper calendar, and on this site. I did the same in 2015, 2016,  2017, 2018 and 2019.

(updated monthly)

TitleAuthorDate finished
We That are YoungPreti Taneja03/01/20
Ordinary PeopleSally Rooney05/01/20
The FlamethrowersRachel Kushner09/01/20
Northanger AbbeyJane Austen12/01/20
The Regency RevolutionRobert Morrison16/01/20
The Hand That First Held MineMaggie O’Farrell18/01/20
This Is HappinessNiall Williams27/01/20
Wolf HallHilary Mantel31/01/20
Bring Up the BodiesHilary Mantel03/02/20
The Shapeless UneaseSamantha Harvey06/02/20
The Thirteenth TaleDiane Setterfield07/02/20
Death in her HandsOttessa Mosfegh09/02/20
The FoundlingStacey Halls12/02/20
Unfinished BusinessVivian Gornick015/02/20
Was man van hieraus sehen kannMariana Leky16/02/20
Such A Fun AgeKiley Reid18/02/20
I Choose ElenaLucia Osborne-Crowley21/02/20
SurfacingKathleen Jamie22/02/20
Recipe for a Perfect WifeKarma Brown25/02/20
tidelandsPhilippa Gregory28/02/20
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott05/03/20
Here We AreGraham Swift06/03/20
Bleak HouseCharles Dickens13/03/20
RootboundAlice Vincent17/03/20
The Mirror and the LightHilary Mantel25/03/20
The Brother GardenersAlexandra Wulf28/03/20
QueenieCandice Carty-Williams29/03/20
Red at the BoneJacqueline Woodson30/03/20
Nightingale PointLuan Goldie02/04/20
The Bass RockEvie Wyld05/04/20
HamnetMaggie O’Farrell11/04/20
The Walworth BeautyMichele Roberts14/04/20
GreenwoodMichael Christie17/04/20
ExpectationAnna Hope19/04/20
NightshadeAnnalena McAfee21/04/20
Writers and LoversLily King25/04/20
The Mysteries of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle28/04/20
North & SouthElizabeth Gaskell03/05/20
We Wish You LuckCaroline Zancan07/05/20
A Good NeighbourhoodTherese Anne Fowler10/05/20
Baker TowersJennifer Haigh15/05/20
AutumnAli Smith17/05/20
Catherine HouseElisabeth Thomas21/05/20
Big SummerJennifer Weiner22/05/20
The House of Deep WaterJeni McFarland23/05/20
ActressAnne Enright24/05/20
Latitudes of LongingShubhangi Swarup28/05/20
Parallel LivesPhyllis Rose31/05/20
The StreetAnn Petry04/06/20
A Thousand ShipsNatalie Haynes07/06/20
The Weather in the StreetsRosamond Lehmann11/06/20
SurfacingMargaret Atwood14/06/20
Beethoven VariationsRuth Padel16/06/20
A BurningMegha Majumdar18/06/20
Silver SparrowTayari Jones21/06/20
The WeddingDorothy West23/06/20
Redhead at the Side of the RoadAnne Tyler26/06/20
An Elegant WomanMartha McPhee30/06/20
Strangers and CousinsLeah Hager Cohen03/07/20
The GrammariansCatherine Schine06/07/20
The Golden RuleAmanda Craig10/07/20
The Book of VeeAnna Solomon13/07/20
The Shakespeare RequirementJulie Schumacher16/07/20
To Calais in Ordinary TimeJames Meek19/07/20
Utopia AvenueDavid Mitchell25/07/20
How Much of These Hills Is GoldC Pam Zhang03/08/20
HieroglyphicsJill McCorkle07/08/20
OliveEmma Gannon11/08/20
WantLynn Steger Strong14/08/20
The Pull of the StarsEmma Donaghue17/08/20
SummerAli Smith19/08/20
The Making of PoetryAdam Nicholson23/08/20
How We DisappearedJing-Jing Lee26/08/20
SummerwaterSarah Moss29/08/20
The HeavensSandra Newman03/09/20
The PorpoiseMark Haddon06/09/20
The HarpyMegan Hunter08/09/20
House LightsLeah Hager Cohen12/09/20
The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas13/09/20
This Must Be The PlaceMaggie O’Farrell18/09/20
The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett21/09/20
The Romance of the ForestAnn Radcliffe27/09/20
Halsey StreetNaima Coster30/09/20
Mary BartonElizabeth Gaskell07/10/20
SuncatcherRomesh Gunesekera11/10/20
I am an islandTamsin Calidas16/10/20
Small days and nightTishani Doshi20/10/20
The Berlin ShadowJonathan Lichtenstein22/10/20
The World Broke in TwoBill Goldstein26/10/20
The Voyage OutVirginia Woolf31/10/20
Night and DayVirginia Woolf08/11/20
The YearsVirginia Woolf14/11/20
little scratchRebecca Watson14/11/20
George Eliot. The Last VictorianKathryn Hughes22/11/20
Magic LessonsAlice Hoffman28/11/20
Songs in Ursa MajorEmma Brodie01/12/20
EffingersGabriele Tergit16/12/20
A Place for EverythingJudith Flanders19/12/20
The Victorian HouseJudith Flanders24/12/20
The Victorian CityJudith Flanders30/12/20