010 - Book Reading in the Second Half of 2020

Read more. Reading a good book is like inviting an interesting guest into your home for a few days. Your guest will share an intimate story or worldview that can help to inform your own perspective, help you to grow or understand. So, yeah, read more.

To wit, the guests attending the Marc Baker quarantine party in the second half of 2020 include the list below. I only kicked out three guests, not because they deserved to leave, but more likely I was in a bad mood or not ready to listen.

To completely abuse this guest metaphor, I invited a lot of women into my home (sorry, Hina – I love you) and six of them made my top 10 – headlined by Madeline Miller’s lyrical The Song of Achilles (thanks Allie!).

74 books in total in this year of staying inside. First half list is located here.

Let me know what you enjoyed. I’m always looking for suggestions.

My top 10:

All books with finish date include: