2020 Year in Review - Reading List Edition

Y'all. I didn't have any reading goals for 2020, but when I got closer to the end of the year I realized that I had read quite a few books, and maybe, just maybe, it would be possible for me to read 26 books, which would equate to one book every two weeks. Challenge accepted, I set out to do just that, and then I thought I was going to fall short near the end, so I leaned a little further into my books, and I ended the year with 28 books read by December 31, 2021. *Queue insane looking happy dance for crushing it*

* read like Rebel Wilson in Pitch Perfect saying, "crushed it!"*

Here is the comprehensive list of everything I read split between non-fiction and fiction. I'll do another post of my top 5, with more details about those 5. Also, all you book lovers head on over to my Instagram for a giveaway!

There are also several books that I have started, but have yet to finish that I still think are worth reading, so I will list them at the bottom.

Non-fiction:

1. Own Your Every Day - Jordan Dooley

2. Chasing the Bright Side - Jess Ekstrom

3. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Greg McKeown

4. Atomic Habits - James Clear

5. Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World) - Cal Newport

6. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

7. Becoming Better Grownups - Brad Montague

8. Building a Story Brand - Donald A. Miller

9. The 4-Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss

10. Get Out of Your Own Way - Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg

11. Profit First - Mike Michalowicz

12. Unf*ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life - Gary John Bishop

13. Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - Simon Sinek

14. Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be - Michelle Poler

15. Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely

16. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael Alan Singer

Non-Fiction - Autobiographies/Memoirs:

1. Becoming - Michelle Obama

2. Hummingbirds in the Trenches - Kondwani Fidel

3. Educated - Tara Westover

Fiction:

1. Dear Edward - Ann Napolitano

2. Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris

3. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

4. Rebel Angels - Libba Bray

5. Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray

6. Diviners - Libba Bray

7. Fable - Adrienne Young

8. House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A. Craig

9. The Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

In Progress, but worth the read! - All non-fiction:

1. More Than Enough - Elaine Welteroth

2. My Own Words - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

3. White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo (for all of my white friends, this is so important, I actually just finished it now in 2021)