100 Books to Read in 2020
One of my main goals in 2020 is to read more books. It has always been something I truly enjoy that I often forget about or let slide, often being replaced by “Netflix and chill” or the endless social scroll. Since focusing on a sleep hygiene routine over the past couple of months, I have found that reading before bed has made such a difference in my sleep! Not only does it give my eyes and mind a break from the ever-bright and blue light from my phone screen, but it lets my mind wind down while getting lost in a good book.
I typically try to read at least 1-2 chapters each night depending on how tired I am. With this, I’ve set a personal goal to read as many books as I possibly can this year! I love both fiction and non-fiction, and typically switch between them so that my mind can go from learning to wandering and exploring.
In order to hold myself accountable on this read all the books in 2020 goal, I’ve started a spreadsheet to track every book I read this year. Not only does it hold me accountable, but it will be a fun way to look back at the end of the year at everything I read.
With such a lofty goal in place for the new year, I’ve also been noting down different books that I want to read and the list seems to grow day by day…and I don’t hate it one bit! I thought it would be fun to put together a list to share with y’all so that we can all focus on reading more in 2020. I’ll be sharing frequent updates and mini-reviews on the books I read throughout the year and would love to continually connect with y’all on what you’re reading and your thoughts on those books, too. It’s sort of like an unofficial TLSW book club!
Because I’m a list type of person, I created this FREE PDF DOWNLOAD of 100 books to read in 2020! Just click to download the list to save to your phone or laptop. This way, you can mark off the books you read this year and keep track of your favorites! Here’s to more reading, wandering and learning in 2020!
PS: Books are currently buy 2 get 1 FREE at Target! I linked as many as I could that are available from Target so now is the perfect time to stock up on all your favorites to read this year.
SHOP THE BOOK LIST
A - B: 10% Happier by Dan Harris // 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson // 13 Things Mentally Strong People Do by Amy Morin // 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey // A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult // A Tribe Called Bliss by Lori Harder // All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven // All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda // All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood // Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane // Atomic Habits by James Clear // Awe by Paul David Tripp // Becoming by Michelle Obama // Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert // Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend // Brain Lock by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Beverly Beyette // Broke Millennial Takes On Investing by Erin Lowry
C - F: Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner // Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus // Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley // Daring Greatly by Brene Brown // Dark Places by Gillian Flynn // Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans // Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman // Essentialism by Greg McKeown // Everybody Always by Bob Goff // Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng // Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson // Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo // Finding Your F*ck Yeah by Alexis Rockey // Finding I Am by Lysa Terkeurst // Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
G - L: Getting Things Done by David Allen // Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn // Good to Great by Jim Collins // Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance by Angela Duckworth // Guac Is Extra But So Am I by Sarah Solomon // High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard // How To Walk Away by Katherine Center // How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith // I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan // I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron // I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi // I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson // Indistractable by Nir Eyal // Leave Your Mark by Aliza Light // Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult // Little Black Book by Othega Uwagba // Little Gods by Meng Jin
M - S: Make It Happen by Lara Casey // Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb // Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis // Millennial Money Makeover by Conor Richardson // New Morning Mercies by Paul Tripp // Nine Perfect Stranger by Laine Moriarty // Normal People by Sally Rooney // One Day in December by Josie Silver // Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley // Playing Hurt by John Saunders // Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein // Radical Candor by Kim Scott // Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn // Single Dating Engaged Married by Ben Stuart // Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult // Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver // Start With Why by Simon Sinek // Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler // Switch On Your Brain by Caroline Leaf
T: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell // The 30-Day Money Cleanse by Ashley Fienstein Gerstley // The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Keller // The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman // The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker // The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt // The Grace Year by Kim Ligge // The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah // The Likeability Trap by Alicia Mendez // The Little Book of Big Change by Amy Johnson // The Myth of a Nice Girl by Fran Hauser // The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile // The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg // The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran // The Quarter-Life Breakthrough by Adam Smiley Poswolsky // The Road Back To You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile // The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson // The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson // The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon // The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion // Truly Madly Guilty by Laine Moriarty // Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
W - Y: What’s Best Next by Matt Perman // When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger // Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens // Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney // Work Party by Jacklyn Johnson // You Are the Girl for the Job by Jess Connolly // You Do You by Sarah Knight // Your Money Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money by Vicki Robin