2020 in Books

Chasing Creative

2020 hasn't been kind to most of us, but books are always there to see us through. Listen in to hear how 2020 changed our reading habits, the books we loved (and didn't), and what's next for our reading lives—and the podcast!—in 2021.

Books Mentioned in This Episode

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

The Selection Series by Kiera Cass

The Book of Essie by Megan McLein Weir

Your Blue Flame: Drop the Guilt and Do What Makes You Come Alive by Jen Fulwiler

What Is a Girl Worth? My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics by Rachael Denhollander

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Attachments and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park and Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Harry Potter (of course)

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters by Tom Nichols

I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong

Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World by Shelley Miller

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stievater

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (book 3 of Winternight trilogy)

The Book of Essie by Megan McLein Weir

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

Calm the H*ck Down by Melanie Dale

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Curious George by H. A. Rey

Maybe God Is Like That, Too by Jennifer Grant and Benjamin Schippert

The Wind in the Willows by Igloo books

The Preacher’s Wife by Kate Bowler

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work by Kathleen Norris

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Reconnect: Spiritual Restoration from Digital Distraction by Ed Cyzewski

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

The Switch by Beth O’Leary

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Past Chasing Creative episodes with Kendra Adachi (the Lazy Genius): Kendra Adachi on Trusting Your Creative Intuition and Kendra Adachi on Valuing Yourself Enough to Create

The Naughty Corner comedy special by Jen Fulwiler on Amazon Prime

Read more of Ed Yong’s science writing for the Atlantic

Ashley’s Winnie-the-Pooh books are out of print, but this looks similar

Abbie’s copy ofThe Wind in the Willows

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