Season 3, Episode 22: Our Top 10 Books of 2020

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing our top 10 books of the year that wouldn’t end. We don’t include our regular segments in these Best of Episodes in the interest of time. We hope that you love this list! It might help you identify if one of us is your book twin. Or if you want to add something to your 2021 TBR. We do create a few “rules” about our top 10 lists:

Finished in 2020, but not required to be published in 2020.
We don’t record until after the last day of the year, in case something squeaks in right at the end!
These are books that really stuck with us after reading.

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* 

Patreon:

1:20 - There’s a LOT of content coming up for our Bookish Friends (Patrons). We are SO excited about all of it! You can join Patreon for $5 a month and get access to this month’s bonus extravaganza:
All Things Murderful with Meredith on January 7th with her top 10 Mystery and Thrillers for 2020
Our Bookish Superlatives with Spicy Opinions on January 14th
Kaytee Reads Too Much on January 21st (a giant episode covering November’s reads and a reflection on 2020 reading in general and the books that didn’t QUITE make the top 10)
The audio of COVIDeo Episode 21 on January 28th
The Buddy Read discussion of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe on January 31st
Plus: the reading journal, the reading tracker, access to the Bookish Friends groups, and Behind the Scenes content and ways to influence the show. Wow!

Our Top 10 of 2020:

10:10 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell (Meredith)

11:20 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee)

11:27 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

12:23 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith)

15:07 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee)

16:11 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith)

17:27 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee)

17:54 - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

19:12 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith)

21:04 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee)

22:50 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)