Books Read in 2020

1. The Case of the Damaged Detective: 5-Minute Sherlock #1 (Drew Hayes) †
2. Come Tumbling Down: Wayward Children #5 (Seanan McGuire)
3. The Unkindest Tide: October Daye #13 (Seanan McGuire)
4. Conning for Keeps: Agents of TRAIT #2 (Seleste deLaney) *
5. Herding Cats: Sarah’s Scribbles #3 (Sarah Andersen) §
6. All We Saw: Poems (Anne Michaels) ⊕
7. Hogfather: Discworld #20 (Terry Pratchett)
8. The Martian (Andy Weir) †
9. The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)
10. Junkyard Cats (Faith Hunter) †
11. Small Spaces: Small Spaces #1 (Katherine Arden)
12. Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
13. Dead Voices: Small Spaces #2 (Katherine Arden) *
14. Gone With the Witch: Wishcraft Mysteries #6 (Heather Blake)
15. Viva Durant and The Secret of the Silver Buttons (Ashli St. Armant) †
16. I’m Too Young to Be Seventy (Judith Viorst) ⊕
17. Home: Binti #2 (Nnedi Okorafor) *
18. Black Crow, White Snow (Michael Livingston) †
19. The Night Masquerade: Binti #3 (Nnedi Okorafor) *
20. Murder on the Orient Express: Hercule Poirot #10 (Agatha Christie)
21. The Lady Astronaut of Mars: Lady Astronaut #4.5 (Mary Robinette Kowal) *‡
22. The Invisible Library: The Invisible Library #1 (Genevieve Cogman)
23. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
24. Jump Back, Honey: the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar ⊕
25. Death by Dumpling: Noodle Shop Mystery #1 (Vivien Chien)
26. Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition: Vol. 1 (Natsuki Takaya) §
27. Ten Women (Marcela Serrano) *
28. A Hat Full of Sky: Discworld #32 (Terry Pratchett)
29. Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom: Wayside School #4 (Louis Sachar) *
30. Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) †
31. The Emerald Circus (Jane Yolen)
32. The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Jessica Khoury) †/*
33. The Deep (Rivers Solomon)
34. And Still I Rise (Maya Angelou) ⊕
35. The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allen Poe) ‡
36. Wolf’s Curse: Kate & Logan #2 (Kelley Armstrong) *
37. The Zeppelin Deception: Stoker & Holmes #5 (Colleen Gleason) †
38. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: Tristan Strong #1 (Kwame Mbalia)
39. Heroine Worship: Heroine Complex #2 (Sarah Kuhn)
40. Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition: Vol. 2 (Natsuki Takaya) §
41. All Systems Red: Murderbot Diaries #1 (Martha Wells)
42. Compulsory: Murderbot Diaries #0.5 (Martha Wells) *‡
43. Chapter After Chapter (Heather Sellers)
44. The Vela Season 1 (Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, S.L. Huang) †
45. The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune) *
46. Artificial Condition: Murderbot Diaries #2 (Martha Wells)
47. Darkest Powers Tales: 5 Darkest Powers novellas / short stories (Kelley Armstrong) *
48. Go Fish (Ian Rodgers) *‡
49. So Much Cooking (Naomi Kritzer) *‡
50. Maus I (Art Spiegelman) §
51. The Wizards of Once (Cressida Cowell) †
52. Rogue Protocol: Murderbot Diaries #3 (Martha Wells)
53. Prime Meridian (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) *
54. Exit Strategy: Murderbot Diaries #4 (Martha Wells)
55. Into the Heart of Talis: Chronicles of Talis #0 (Antonio Urias) *
56. The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel (Erin Macdonald) †
57. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story (Debbie Tung) *§
58. Network Effect: Murderbot Diaries #5 (Martha Wells)
59. Dim Sum of All Fears: Noodle Shop Mystery #2 (Vivien Chien)
60. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory: Murderbot Diaries #4.5 (Martha Wells) *‡
61. The Burn (Peter Tieryas) *‡
62. For He Can Creep (Siobhan Carroll) *‡
63. To Visit the Queen: Feline Wizards #2 (Diane Duane) *
64. Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City: Girl Genius #13 (Phil & Kaja Foglio) §
65. The Citadel of Weeping Pearls (Aliette de Bodard) *
66. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan) †
67. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World (Michael Pollan) †
68. Dragonbreath: Dragonbreath #1 (Ursula Vernon) *
69. Postcards From the Edge (Carrie Fisher) †
70. The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye (Sarah Pinkser) *‡
71. Nice Dragons Finish Last: Heartstrikers #1 (Rachel Aaron)
72. Saga, Volume 1 (Brian K. Vaughn) *§
73. Of Mice and Magic: Hamster Princess #2 (Ursula Vernon) *
74. Monstress: Awakening (Margorie Liu) *§
75. Give the Family my Love (A.T. Greenblatt) *‡
76. Carpe Glitter (Cat Rambo) *
77. Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) *
78. Shadow of the Batgirl (Sarah Kuhn) §
79. Machina (Fran Wilde, Malka Older, Curtis C. Chen, Martha Wells) †
80. The History of Bourbon (Ken Albala) †
81. Blood Lines: Vicki Nelson #3 (Tanya Huff)
82. Descent of Monsters: Tensorate #3 (J.Y. Yang) *
83. Komi Can’t Communicate Vol 1 (Tomohito Oda) §
84. Interview With the Robot (Lee Bacon) †
85. The Secret Life of Bots (Suzanne Palmer) *‡
86. A Song Below Water (Bethany C. Morrow) *
87. Finna (Nino Cipri) *
88. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water (Zen Cho) *
89. How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps (Andrew Rowe) †
90. The Ascent to Godhood: Tensorate #4 (J.Y. Yang) *
91. Holly Lisle’s Create a Plot Clinic (Holly Lisle)
92. Sourdough (Robin Sloan) *
93. Neverwhere: London Below #1 (Neil Gaiman) †
94. Life Ever After (Carla Grauls) †
95. Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders: Dominion of the Fallen #3.5 (Aliette de Bodard) *
96. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts (Kate Racculia)
97. Shadowed Souls (Seanan McGuire, Tanya Huff) *‡
98. Once More Upon a Time (Roshani Chokshi) †
99. Away With the Wolves (Sarah Gailey) *‡
100. Blood is Another Word for Hunger (Rivers Solomon) *‡
101. Mooncakes (Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu) *§
102. As the Last I May Know (S.L. Huang) *‡
103. And Now His Lordship is Laughing (Shiv Ramdas) *‡
104. Do Not Look Back, My Lion (Alix E. Harrow) *‡
105. A Catalog of Storms (Fran Wilde) *‡
106. Juice Like Wounds: Wayward Children #4.5 (Seanan McGuire) *‡
107. Two Truths and a Lie (Sarah Pinsker) *‡
108. The Ones Who Look (Katharine Duckett) *‡
109. Catfishing on CatNet: CatNet #1 (Naomi Kritzer) *
110. An Explorer’s Cartography of Already Settled Lands (Fran Wilde) *‡
111. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Barack Obama) †
112. Beyond the Dragon’s Gate (Yoon Ha Lee) *‡
113. The Real Sherlock (Lucinda Hawksley) †
114. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death (Caitlin Doughty) *
115. Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
116. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid (C.L. Polk) *‡
117. The Cook’s Companion (Wendy Xu) *§
118. To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Becky Chambers) *
119. How Not to Get Shot: and Other Advice from White People (D.L. Hughley and Doug Moe) *
120. In the Vanishers’ Palace (Aliette de Bodard) *
121. How to Build a Unicorn (A.J. Fitzwater) *‡
122. LaGuardia (Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford) *§
123. The Atrocity Archives: Laundry Files #1 (Charles Stross) *
124. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Diana Wynne Jones)
125. 11/22/63 (Stephen King)
126. Night Shift Dragons: DFZ #3 (Rachel Aaron) †/*
127. Death on the Nile: Hercule Poirot #17 (Agatha Christie)
128. The Tea Dragon Festival: Tea Dragon #2 (Katie O’Neill) *§
129. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor #1 (Jessica Townsend)
130. In Search of Black History (Bonnie Greer) †
131. Not Your Sidekick: Sidekick Squad #1 (C.B. Lee) *
132. Escape from Virtual Island (John Lutz) †
133. Fangs (Sarah Andersen) §
134. Ratpunzel: Hamster Princess #3 (Ursula Vernon)
135. The Murder at the Vicarage: Miss Marple #1 (Agatha Christie) *
136. I, Too, Am America (Langston Hughes) ⊕⊗
137. Witch Hat Atelier Volume 1 (Kamome Shirahama) §*
138. The Story of Kao Yu (Peter S. Beagle) ‡
139. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 17 (Hiromu Arakawa) §
140. Everything All At Once (Bill Nye)
141. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 18 (Hiromu Arakawa) §
142. Beyond the El (John Chu) ‡
143. A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury) ‡
144. Summon the Keeper: Keeper Chronicles #1 (Tanya Huff)
145. The Shape of My Name (Nino Cipri) ‡
146. If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again (Zen Cho) ‡
147. Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis) §*
148. So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijoema Oluo)
149. The House Between the Worlds (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
150. The Inaccessibility of Heaven (Aliette de Bodard) ‡
151. Fearless (various) §
152. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Jessica Brody)
153. Slouch Witch: The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Magic #1 (Helen Harper)
154. The Sun from Both Sides (R.S.A. Garcia) *‡
155. The Ripper Affair: Bannon & Clare #3 (Lilith Saintcrow)
156. Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (Margot Lee Shetterly) †
157. The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (Langston Hughes)
158. Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh) *
159. Murder By Other Means: Dispatcher #2 (John Scalzi) †
160. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (Stephen Brusatte)
161. Harriet the Invincible: Hamster Princess #1 (Ursula Vernon)
162. A Killing Frost: October Daye #14 (Seanan McGuire) *
163. The Wilds of Canada (John Cadiz) §
164. Doctor Who: the Tenth Doctor Adventures (Matt Fitton, Jenny T. Colgan, & James Goss) †
165. Solutions and Other Problems (Allie Brosh) *
166. Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis) §*
167. Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan (Noelle Stevenson & Shannon Watters, with Faith Erin Hicks) §*
168. Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (Art Spiegelman) §
169. Ninth Step Station: Season One (Malka Ann Older, Curtis C. Chen, Jacqueline Koyanagi, & Fran Wilde) †
170. Big Hero 6: the manga (Haruki Ueno) §*
171. The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey: Vol. 0 (D.J. Milky) §*
172. Burning Roses (S.L. Huang)
173. Not Your Villain: Sidekick Squad #2 (C.B. Lee) *
174. The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo) *
175. The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois) *
176. Unrig: How to Fix our Broken Democracy (Daniel G. Newman) §*
177. Séance Tea Party (Reimena Yee) §*
178. Not OnMy Patch: Young Wizards 9.3 (Diane Duane) *‡
179. The Murders of Molly Southbourne: Molly Southbourne #1 (Tade Thompson) *
180. African American Athletes who Made History (Louis Moore) †
181. Last Pen Standing: A Stationary Shop Mystery #1 (Vivian Conroy)
182. The Terracotta Bride (Zen Cho) *‡
183. Seven of Infinities (Aliette de Bodard)
184. Ink and Bone: The Great Library #1 (Rachel Caine)
185. Hold-Time Violations (John Chu) *‡
186. The Magic Fish (Trung Le Nguyen) *§
187. Thoughts of Dog (Matt Nelson) *§
188. The Survival of Molly Southbourne: Molly Southbourne #2 (Tade Thompson) *
189. The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carna)
190. Mall, Mayhem & Magic (Holly Lisle & Chris Guin)
191. Justice Calling: The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #1 (Annie Bellet) *
192. Ghost Talkers (Mary Robinette Kowal) †
193. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo (Zen Cho) *‡
194. For Want of a Nail (Mary Robinette Kowal) *‡
195. Almost American Girl (Robin Ha) *§
196. Snowspelled: The Harwood Spellbook #1 (Stephanie Burgis) *
197. Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe (Mike Massimino) †
198. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi) *
199. How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi) *
200. Spellswept: The Harwood Spellbook #1 (Stephanie Burgis) *‡
201. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Jen Campbell)
202. Quatrain (Sharon Shinn)
203. The Cybernetic Tea Shop (Meredith Katz) *‡
204. Take a Look at the Five and Ten (Connie Willis)
205. Owl Be Home for Christmas (Diane Duane) *
206. The Empress of Salt and Fortune: Singing Hills Cycle #1 (Nghi Vo) *

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KEY:

* e-book
† audiobook
‡ short story or novelette
§ graphic novel or comic
⊕ poetry
⊗ picture book

Strike-through = unfinished
Underlined = re-reads.

(And because a book is struck-through doesn’t necessarily mean that I didn’t like it. It’s possible that I didn’t like it, but it could also be that it was a library book and was due, or that I wasn’t in the mood for that style of book, or wanted to change book format, or any number of reasons. I just didn’t finish it.)