2020 | End of Year Book Survey

 2020 Reading Stats

Number of Books You Read: 213

Number of Re-Reads: 22

Genre You Read the Most From: Fantasy

1. Best Book You Read in 2020?

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

2. Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love more but didn't?

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera and Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger

3. Most surprising (in a good way) book you read?

Fire by Kristin Cashore and Endgame by James Frey

4. Book you "pushed" the most people to read (and they did)?

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

5. Best series you started in 2020? Best Sequel of 2020? Best Series Ender of 2020?

Best series started: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Best sequel: Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Best series ender: Nyxia: Uprising by Scott Reintgen

6. Favourite new author you discovered in 2020?

Riley Sager

7. Best book from a genre you don't typically read/was out of your comfort zone?

The Radium Girls by Katie Moore or City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

Home Before Dark/Lock Every Door by Riley Sager or The Guest List by Lucy Foley

9. Book you read in 2020 that you would be most likely to re-read next year?

I try to leave it at least a year before I re-read anything, but I might re-read the Every Heart a Doorway series again.

10. Favourite cover of a book you read in 2020?

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

11. Most memorable character of 2020?

Everyone from the Way of Kings series by Brandon Sanderson or the Shefali and O-Shizuka from The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2020?

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

13. Most thought-provoking/life-changing book of 2020?

Clap When you Land by Elizabeth Acevedo or The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

14. Book you can't believe you waited until 2020 to finally read?

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

15. Favourite passage/quote from a book you read in 2020?

I never make a note of this! But it's probably something from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

16. Shortest and longest book you read in 2020?

Shortest book: The Mirror & the Maze by Renee Ahdieh (13 pages)

Longest book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1264 pages)

17. Book that shocked you the most?

 The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

18. OTP of the year? (you will go down with this ship!)

Bryce and Hunt from House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

19. Favourite non-romantic relationship of the year?

The friendships in A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

20. Favourite book you read in 2020 from an author you've read previously?

Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

21. Best book you read in 2020 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else/peer pressure, etc.?

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2020?

I didn't read any good ones this year that stood out!

23. Best 2020 debut you read?

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

24. Best worldbuilding/most vivid setting you read this year?

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

25. Book that put a smile on your face/was the most fun to read?

Beach Read by Emily Henry

26. Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2020?

The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

27. Hidden gem of the year?

All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

28. Book that crushed your soul?

Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick. This was such a huge disappointment for me.

29. Most unique book you read in 2020?

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

30. Book that made you the most mad? (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (and I didn't like it!)

1. One book you didn't get to in 2020 but will be your number one priority in 2021?
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

2. Book you are most anticipating for 2021 (non-debut)?

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

3. 2021 debut you are most anticipating?

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

4. Series ending/a sequel you are most anticipating in 2021?

The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch

5. One thing you hope to accomplish or do in your reading/blogging life in 2021?

I want to read over 150 books again this year, and I would like to make time to blog more.

6. A 2021 release you've already read and recommend to everyone (if applicable):

None right now! Trying to stay away from Arcs while I haves such a big TBR.

Let me know if there are any books I should get to soon, or if you have any thoughts on the books mentioned above!

Note: This survey comes from the wonderful Perpetual Page Turner!