In 2020, my patience was very thin overall. I had far too many plates spinning and the state of the world and seeing how people reacted to it just made my fuse even shorter.
Thankfully, I was able to escape reality with books. As such, I ended up with quite the list of 5-star reads this year!
Let’s dive in!
Best Books That I Read In 2020
5-Star Reads Published in 2020
Below is my list of 2020 releases that I was able to read and gave five star ratings. This list is organized in alphabetical order by author:
- Clown In A Cornfield by Adam Cesare
- Following the Dead Tracks by Aiden Merchant
- Peck by Aiden Merchant
- Squirming Disease by Aiden Merchant
- Tenebris by Aiden Merchant
- Out At Sea by Aiden Merchant
- Horrific Holidays by Aiden Merchant
- Don’t Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel
- Comanche by Brett Riley
- The Other People by C.J. Tudor
- The Stairwell by Dean Bryant
- Sarah’s Cross by Dean M. King
- Monstre Volume One by Duncan Swan
- Small Walt Spots Dot by Elizabeth Verdick & Marc Rosenthal
- Last Case At A Baggage Claim by Eric J. Guignard
- Starving Ghosts in Every Thread by Eric LaRocca
- Girl on Fire by Gemma Amor
- Snowball by Gregory Bastianelli
- Misfits by Hunter Shea
- Plunge by Joe Hill, Stuart Immonen & Dave Stewart
- Scratches by Joshua Marsella
- The Horror Collection: Emerald Edition by Kevin J Kennedy
- The Horror Collection: Pumpkin Edition by Kevin J Kennedy
- The Horror Collection: The Silver Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy
- The Best of Indie Horror by Kevin J. Kennedy
- Merry Fuckin’ Christmas and Other Yuletide Shit by Kevin J. Kennedy
- Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
- Halloween Season by Lucy A. Snyder
- Anger is an Acid by Read Michael Clark
- Dead Meat: Day 0 by Read Nick Clausen
- The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Nick Clausen
- Intruder by Nick Clausen
- Dead Meat: Day 4 by Nick Clausen
- Dead Meat: Day 5 by Nick Clausen
- Dead Meat: Day 6 by Nick Clausen
- Food Fright by Nico Bell
- The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik
- Worst Laid Plans by Samantha Kolesnik
- Seeing Things by Sonora Taylor
- The Perfectly Fine House by Stephen Kozeniewski & Wile E. Young
- Dead Daughters by Tim Meyer
- The Last of the Mountain Men by Tony Moyle
- We Are Wolves: An Anthology compiled by Gemma Amor, Laurel Hightower, and Cynthia Pelayo
- Our Final Halloween Shorts by Various Authors
- Halldark Holidays edited by Gabino Iglesias
- Slaves to Gravity by Wesley Southard & Somer Canon
- Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young
Back-List 5-Star Reads
Below is my list of back-list books that I read in 2020 and gave five star ratings, organized by author.
- The Texas Chainsaw Breakfast Club or I Don’t Like Mondays by Bracken MacLeod by Bracken MacLeod
- Autumncrow by Cameron Chaney
- Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Ghost Mine by Hunter Shea
- Floaters by Kelli Owen
- Made In Britain by Kevin J. Kennedy
- Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
- Chills (Kathy Ryan #1) by Mary SanGiovanni
- The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark
- Dead Woman Scorned by Michael Clark
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- A Fresh Start by Somer Canon
- Little Paranoias by Sonora Taylor
- The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
- One For The Road by Wesley Southard
- Catfish in the Cradle by Wile E. Young
5-Star Reads That Haven’t Yet Been Published
- A Bright Enchanted Suffering by Eric LaRocca
- Begotten by Eric LaRocca
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
Thanks for checking out my list!
Do you see any of your favorites on this list?
The Other people by CJ Tudor is one I wanted to read. Nick Clausen and Riley Sager I kinda want to try too!
<3 I hope you enjoy whichever works you pick up!
Totally with you on Sarah’s Cross (the only book here that I’ve read😋) – such a great book!
That story is just SO good!! 🙂
I really want to check out Clown in a Cornfield. So glad to see it on your list! I hope you have just as many five-star reads in 2021!
It’s intense!! Enjoy! 🙂
So many 5-stars! That’s awesome.
I picked up some amazing reads!!