Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hellooooo! Here are the best books I read in 2020. Some true stunners in the bunch! Tell me, what's the best book you got to in 2020? Anything in my list you want to pick up?

✨ Things I mentioned/read✨
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories by Laura Van Den Berg: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780374102098
Luster by Raven Leilani: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780374194321
Motherhood by Sheila Heti: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781250214782
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780374229450
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780399592683
Real Life by Brandon Taylor: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780525538882
Weather by Jenny Offill: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780385351102
The Shame by Makenna Goodman: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781571311368
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780802128997
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780525562023
Ocean Vuong interview: youtube.com/watch?v=fjTiLodYG3Y

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