Seidchen's 2020 Books

1. The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
Nonfiction: essays, memoir, autobiography
American, 20th century
Library book
Finished January 2020

2. Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks
Nonfiction: parenting, cultural studies
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished January 2020

3. The BFG by Roald Dahl
Fiction: novel, children's
British, 20th century
Our library
Finished January 2020

4. Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays by Leslie Jamison
Nonfiction: essays
American, 21st century
Library book
Finished January 19, 2020

5. She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer
Nonfiction: science, history of science, history of medicine
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished February 2020

6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Nonfiction: essays
American, 21st century
Library book
Finished February 2020

7. The Overstory by Richard Powers
Fiction: novel
American, 21st century
Our library
Finished February 2020

8. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
Nonfiction: resistance, art, mindfulness
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished March 2, 2020

9. Weather: A novel by Jenny Offill
Fiction: novel
American, 21st century
Library book
Finished March 2020

10. Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly
Nonfiction: gender studies
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished April 12, 2020

11. Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson
Fiction: novel
Finnish/Swedish, 20th century
Our library
Finished April 2020

12. The Witches by Roald Dahl
Fiction: novel, children's
British, 20th century
Library book
Finished May 5, 2020

13. How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Fiction: novel
American, 21st century
Our library
Finished May 2020

14. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Fiction: novel, Native American
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished June 6, 2020

15. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction: novel, slavery
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished June 16, 2020

16. The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald
Fiction: novel
British, 20th century
Our library
Finished June 27, 2020

17. Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
Fiction: novel, children’s
Finnish, 20th century
Our library
Finished June 28, 2020

18. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fiction: novel, children’s
British, 20th century
Our library
Finished June 29, 2020

19. Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Nonfiction: sexuality
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished July 2020

20. Matilda by Roald Dahl
Fiction: novel, children's
British, 20th century
Our library
Finished July 13, 2020

21. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Nonfiction: anti-racism
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished July 19, 2020

22. Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson
Fiction: novel, children’s
Finnish, 20th century
Our library
Finished July 27, 2020

23. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Fiction: novel, children’s
American, 20th century
Our library
Finished August 2, 2020

24. Circe by Madeline Miller
Fiction: novel, classics
American, 21st century
Our library
Finished August 2, 2020

25. Ayiti by Roxane Gay
Fiction: stories
American, 21st century
Our library
Finished August 3, 2020

26. No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J.Siegel
Nonfiction:parenting
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished August 16, 2020

27. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fiction: novel
Nigerian, American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished September 17, 2020

28. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Nonfiction: anti-racism
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished September 30, 2020

29. The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child by Daniel J. Siegel
Nonfiction: parenting
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished October 7, 2020

30. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Nonfiction: memoir, anti-racism
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished October 10, 2020

31. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Fiction: novel
American, 20th century
My library
Finished October 17, 2020

32. Sula by Toni Morrison
Fiction: novel
American, 20th century
Audiobook
Finished October 18, 2020

33. A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Indian, American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished October 29, 2020

34. Sister Outsider by Audre Lord
Nonfiction: essays, anti-racism, intersectionality
American, 20th century
Audiobook
Finished November 12, 2020

35. A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Fiction: novel, climate apocalypse
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished November 19, 2020

36. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Fiction: novel, Oedipus
British, 21st century
My library
Finished December 2020

37. A House Is a Body by Shruti Swamy
Fiction: stories
American, Indian, 21sr century
My library
Finished December 2020

38. Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Nonfiction: race, history, sociology
American, African American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished December 10, 2020

39. The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson
Nonfiction: science, memoir
American, 21st century
My library
Finished December 2020

40. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Fiction: novel, race, family
American, 21st century
Audiobook
Finished December 31, 2020