#ReadWomen 2020 Final Reading List

The end of 2020 is here! Here is the final list of all the books I read during this incredibly bizarre year.



2020 is my new personal record for most books read in a year! I have read fifty-nine books, forty-nine of them being written exclusively by women. 

My previous record year was 2016, when I read fifty-two books total, though I still think 2016 is my record for most books written by women written in a year.

2020 really shifted a lot of my reading habits! Usually, I do most of my reading on my commute to and from work, but with the onset of WFH I had to carve out time in my day dedicated to reading.

  1. Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie
  2. What it means when a man falls from the sky: Stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah
  3. Few eggs and No Oranges by Vere Hodgson 
  4. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara
  5. Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson
  6. Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor
  7. The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier 
  8. Little Reunions by Eileen Chang
  9. Still She Haunts Me by Katie Roiphe
  10. Expiation by Elizabeth von Arnim 
  11. Electra by Kerry Greenwood 
  12. As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto edited by Joan Reardon
  13. Unsettling Canada by George Manuel
  14. Insight by Tasha Eurich
  15. Drop the Ball by Tiffany Dufu
  16. Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson 
  17. The Way of the Rose by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn
  18. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
  19. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 
  20. Consequences by E.M. Delafield
  21. Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
  22. Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita
  23. Light is the new Black by Rebecca Campbell (re-read)
  24. Tarot for Troubled Times by Teresa Reed and Shaheen Miro 
  25. The Far Cry by Emma Smith 
  26. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo 
  27. Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World edited by Zahra Hankir
  28. Cocaine Blues: Phryne Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #1 by Kerry Greenwood
  29. Flying Too High: Phryne Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #2 by Kerry Greenwood
  30. Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul’s Wisdom by Linda Yael Schiller
  31. Murder on the Ballarat Train: Phryne Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #3 by Kerry Greenwood
  32. Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte
  33. The Priory by Dorothy Whipple
  34. Rise Sister Rise by Rebecca Campbell (re-read)
  35. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
  36. Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi (re-read) 
  37. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 
  38. The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
  39. Dream Tending: Awakening to the Healing Power of Dreams by Stephen Aizenstat
  40. The Great Work: Self-Knowledge and Healing through the Wheel of the Year by Tiffany Lazic
  41. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  42. The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss
  43. Presence: Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy
  44. What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi (re-read)
  45. The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine by Barbara Tedlock, PH D
  46. The Winged Pharaoh by Joan Grant 
  47. Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole by Robert Moss 
  48. The Power of Tarot: To Know Tarot, Read Tarot, and Live Tarot by Liz Worth
  49. Pathworking the Tarot: Spiritual Guidance & Practical Advice from the Cards by Leeza Robertson
  50. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (re-read)
  51. Emma by Jane Austen
  52. The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the magic of the everyday by Sharon Blackie
  53. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien 
  54. Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
  55. Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James
  56. Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill
  57. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth (re-read)
  58. One Woman's Year by Stella Martin Currey
  59. Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (re-read)

I have been doing #ReadWomen since 2014! Find out why here. Want to know what I've read in previous years? Links below!

2019 books
2018 books
2017 books
2016 books
2015 books
2014 books



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