Well, we made it to the halfway point of the year 2020, which will go down as one of the most pivotal (and the wackiest) years in living memory. Just like everyone else, I’ve been affected by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the murders which led to the international Black Lives Matter movement, as well as a few things in my personal life. I managed to adapt and I’m starting to catch up on everything that’s been going on. I am managing to keep up with all of my reading while expanding on my blog and my other projects. So, while my WIP remain in that state, I’m glad to say that I’ve been branching out and checking out new YouTubers and following fellow bookbloggers; and, I want to thank those who have asked me to be guests on their channels and on their blogs. Last, I want to thank everyone for reading my posts that are not reviews, but are personal essays and deep dives into literature, pop culture, and current events. It feels good to know that there are people who are interested in what I post online.
As for reading in 2020, I’m reading, but I’m reading more than speculative fiction. You can look at my Goodreads page and you’ll see what I mean. In terms of speculative fiction, I’ve been catching up on some of what I missed, and I’m getting back into paranormal and urban fantasy. I have a stack of graphic novels that I need to read, too; but, I’ll get to them eventually. How many of 2020’s Most Anticipated releases have you read so far?
So, what does that mean for my favorite speculative fiction books of 2020, so far? Well, I haven’t finished reading 10 books that were released this year, yet; but, I can talk about at least 10 speculative fiction books in 2020 that I’m enjoying, and ones I’m excited to read. In other words, this list will be different from last year’s, but I hope you find this list of reads as interesting, informative, and/or enjoyable.
Books I’ve Finished:
The Nine Realms: A Queen in Hiding; The Queen of Raiders; A Broken Queen; The Cerulean Queen
by Sarah Kozloff
Wayward Children, #5: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Daughter from the Dark by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
The Black Iron Legacy, #2: The Shadow Saint by Gareth Hanrahan
The Legacy of the Mercenary Kings, #1: The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
Books I’m Currently Reading:
The Daevabad Trilogy, #3: The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
The Kingston Cycle, #2: Stormsong by C.L. Polk
Malus Domestica Trilogy, #1: Burn the Dark by S.A. Hunt
The Protectorate, #2: Chaos Vector by Megan E. O’Keefe
A Chorus of Dragons, #3: The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
The Reborn Empire, #1: We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
Books I Want to Read by the End of 2020:
The City, #1: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
The Murderbot Diaries, #5: The Network Effect by Martha Wells
The Poppy War, #3: The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Anasazi Series, #1: Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
Burningblade & Silvereye, #1: Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Race the Sands: A Novel by Sarah Beth Durst
Docile by K.M. Szpara
Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
The Locked Tomb, #2: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Rook and Ruin, #1: The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
City of Sacrifice, #2: Ash and Bones by Michael R. Fletcher
The Drowning Empire, #1: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden
The Burning, #2: The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Scholomance, #1: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
Malus Domestica Trilogy: I Come with Knives and The Hellion by S.A. Hunt
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
The Hanged God Trilogy, #1: Northern Wrath by Thilde Kold Holdt
AND, A LOT MORE!!!
I hope to read 100 books by the end of the year, with at least 30 of them being speculative fiction books that were released this year. Which books will be on my Top 20 (or 25) Favorite Speculative Fiction Books of 2020? We’ll have to wait and see.
Looks like you have lots of good reads ahead! I’m not familiar with The Nine Realms books…I’ll have to look them up. The Only Good Indians and The Year of the Witching are also on my TBR.
I started reading “The Year of the Witching,” and it’s very immersive! As for “The Nine Realms,” they remind of my Tamora Pierce’s works. If you’re interested, then I’ve reviewed the series for my blog and for Fantasy-Faction.
Thanks, I will take a look! I never read Tamora Pierce :O I couldn’t get into her books when I was a kid, but I think I might like them now.
Try one of her “other” series, which is set in that universe.