Popular Choices for 2020:
- Barnes and Noble Book of the Year Finalists
- Reese’s Book Club Picks
- Good Reads Best Books of 2020 (To be announced 12/8)
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2020 so far
- New York Times Best Sellers
Audra’s Faves Read in 2020:
- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra
- Girl Unbroken: A Sister’s Harrowing Story of Survival from The Streets of Long Island to the Farms of Idaho by Rosie Maloney
- River People by Margaret Lukas
- Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
- Henry’s Sisters by Cathy Lamb
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Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Peggy’s Faves Read in 2020:
- And Then They Stopped Talking to Me – Making Sense of Middle School by Judith Warner
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
- The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
- Adultery by Paulo Coelho
- The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Lauren’s Faves Read in 2020:
- All the Ruth Ware books after the Girl in Cabin 10…The Turn of the Key, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
- Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley
- One More Lie by Amy Lloyd
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
- The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
- The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn
Ella (age 11, Peggy’s daughter):
- Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? by Judy Blume
- Blubber by Judy Blume
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Drama/Smile/Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Peyton (age 11, Lauren’s daughter):
- All three of the Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
- Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- The Mysterious Benedict Society books by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Brazen by Penelope Bagieu
Cricket (age 8, Lauren’s daughter):
- She will only read Goosebumps or I Survived books.
Colton (age 8, Peggy’s son):
- Totally Ninja Raccoons series by Kevin Coolidge
- Notebooks of Doom series by Troy Cummings
- Puppy Academy series by Gill Lewis
- Scholastics Year in Sports
Local/Georgia Author New Releases:
- God, you make me feel SPECIAL, SAFE & LOVED (Three children’s board books by Katie Kenny Phillips)
- I’ll See You Again by KG Fletcher
- A Greater Story by Sam Collier
- A Dickens & Christie Mystery Box Set: Three Cozy English Animal Mysteries in one by Kathy Manos Penn
The three separate books are also carried at The Enchanted Forest. - Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley
- Vincent in Wonderland by C.E. White
- Liar’s Bloodline by Lei Robison
- Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
- Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets (5 Questions to help you determine your next move) by Andy Stanley
Comment on this post if you know of other new releases or have favorite books you’ve read this year to share!
