Books I've Read: Q4 2020
Me peering through the stacks in a bookstore in Tours, France, on the hunt for new French-language books to read. September 2020.
A list of the books I read in the third quarter of 2020, in rough chronological order:
Monogamy, by Sue Miller
Les Yeux Jaunes des Crocodiles, by Katherine Pancol (French-language edition)
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple
Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam
Vernon Subutex 2, Virginie Despentes (French-language edition)
Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (illustrations by Sara Lautman)
Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
Sharko, by Franck Thilliez (French-language edition)
Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark
Sortez-Moi de Là, by Sonia Degotor (French-language edition)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab
Memorial, by Bryan Washington
D'ici Là, Porte-Toi Bien, by Carène Ponte (French-language edition)
La Vie est Belle et Drôle à la Fois, by Clarisse Sabard (French-language edition)
The Shadow King, by Maaza Mengiste
Ceux Qui S’Aiment Finissent Toujours par Se Retrouver, by Sonia Degotor (French-language edition)
Farinet ou la Fausse Monnaie, by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (French-language edition)
The Great Offshore Grounds, by Vanessa Veselka
Getting Mother’s Body, by Suzan-Lori Parks
Les Victorieuses, by Laetitia Colombani (French-language edition)
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, by Anonymous
As in the past, I’ve bolded the books that really wowed me and that I would recommend highly.
Want to check out the best books I read in the previous quarters of 2020? You can find my list of books read in the first quarter of 2020 here, my reading list from the second quarter of 2020 here, and my third-quarter reads here. And you can click here for my list of the best of the best reads of 2020.
And stay tuned for my annual best-reads-of-the-year write-up!
I’ve you’ve read any of these, I’d love to hear your thoughts. And if you have any recommendations for my 2021 reading list, let’s hear them!