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Ok. Here goes.

I track all my books at https://t.co/WLPKFEPoYK. I am going to go through the list and talk about the books I read in 2020 that struck me. Hopefully this won’t be 55 tweets long.

 The first book I read in 2020 was this book about punk rock I think recommended by @dansinker

I love books about music and especially music that I enjoy. I learned a lot reading this book and it introduced me to a number of bands. Was fun.

https://t.co/VGpVabzKEQ
I will read anything by Ken Liu. This collections is wonderful. The story “The Paper Menagerie” broke my heart. I loved it so so much.

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A friend recommended Infinite Detail and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I often think about the techno utopian world that we have build and what will happen in the future. This book details a very bizarre and weird future building on a lot of those ideals.

https://t.co/YC4yg4swAd
I loved reading this book. I didn’t really know anything about Jessica Simpson before - but really enjoyed her autobiography. Who knew!

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I found this book to be unsettling. I recommended it to some friends. They also found it unsettling.

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I quite enjoyed this book. I typically don’t like it when people are named “harper.” This book was solid. I love sci-fi like this.

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A friend recommended this book and I had always wondered about Warhol. It is an incredible book. I read this book for what felt like 2 years. That may have just been 2020 tho. @BlakeGopnik did a wonderful thing with this book.

https://t.co/MkCp9JLguK
I will read every murderbot book that is released. @marthawells1 has done an amazing job of creating one of my favorite series of books

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I adored this play. A friend had recommended this and I am glad I read it. I always spend a lot of time learning about the authors of the books that I read and It is so sad that she had such a short life.

https://t.co/Zygv3AmqBY
This was one of my favorite books of 2020. The was a beautiful and haunting tale. Can’t wait to read more of @mieko_kawakami’s books.

https://t.co/pS6wTpT0em
This book blew my mind. Mostly because it was such a different idea. Such a scary book.

https://t.co/xvyJlnt0jy
I love the lady astronaut books. @MaryRobinette has done such an amazing job of building a world that Ilove. All of the Lady Astronaut books are amazing and fun. I highly recommend them.

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Reading Weather was such a wonderful experience. I highly recommend it. I found it haunting and magical.

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My friend @sewellchan recommended I read this book. I am so so glad I did. It simultaneously made me hopeful for the U.S. and scared for our future.

If you have any questions about why and how for the U.S. I recommend that you read this.

https://t.co/vDm32jeNmc
I really liked @intelwire’s book. It is another example of a world that could exist if we just keep things going how they are going now. It isn’t ideal.

Read the book tho. Especially if you are in ad buying ;)

https://t.co/waXlKpD498
This was a random book I read. I reallllllly liked it. It was like reading a spy movie. Almost unbelievable! But it is real! So so good.

https://t.co/PoMHxC4aNU
I am often looking for books that give me an atmospheric feeling. I find that Kazuo Ishiguro books always give me that atmospheric vibe.

A pale view of the hills is such a book. It is much different than his later books, and still so dark and strong.

https://t.co/8UNgx1lJA0
I loved reading this book by @xrw. It gave me inspiration, excitement and hope for our world.

It made me hungry for tasty food in far away locales.

I can’t wait to travel again.

https://t.co/H6lG0muN8L
I read this book to understand Goya. These artist biographies are long af. I now know way more about Goya that I ever wanted to. I just wanted to know why and how he painted his Saturn Devouring His Son painting. And the author is like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

lol

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I have had the paper version of this book on my coffee table for years. I reread the first essay often. I have never completely finished the second essay (no idea why)

I spent some time deliberately finishing the second essay and am very happy I did.

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I don’t have any idea how I found this, but I loved it! I ended up staying up super late to finish it.

https://t.co/3DWw5ZQTvb
My brother suggested I would like this book. I devoured it and the second book as well. Such a nice universe and setting. Recommend!

https://t.co/9DS6Z9CSxd
All in all I read about 55 books this year. Mostly fiction. Some biographies. A few history.

It was all wonderful. You can see the full list at https://t.co/WLPKFEPoYK

Post your favs from 2020! I need recommendations!

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