Recommendations: Best Books To Read In 2020

I feel that books are one’s biggest stress buster. Whatever happens good or bad, books make you forget the world. In fact, during the current critical situation when everyone is under lockdown, I guess everyone shall develop a habit of book-reading and be consistent with it later as well. So, if you too are a book-lover and exploring the best books to read, this piece must be informative for you. So, proceed further to know about the best books to read in 2020:-

1. Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
   This would be one of the most captivating thriller books you may read this year. It’s all about the twisted relationship between a mother and a daughter. The author’s debut book is a modified version of a true story of the mother-daughter duo. Though the daughter Rose Gold Watts and her manipulative mother Patty live together she didn’t accept her mother. Both the characters are secretive and dark. The author has very well knitted the whole write-up as a story that binds you till the end.
2. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
   This novel features a backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, the military oust in Chile and the hardships and friendships witnessed by people at that time. This historical fiction leaves a stamp of every character that glues you till the end. It also showcases the impact of ideological differences on human lives. This is about a tragedy faced by a young doctor Victor Dalmau, who is caught up in the Spanish Civil War that not only changes his life but the fortune of his country as well.
3. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
   Well, this novel is especially for those writers who opted to hold on to their dream of a published author due to any reason. This book is all about the hardships and struggle while chasing a dream. In this book, the daughter Casey grieves for her beloved mother and still looks out for her ‘real life’ to start even at the age of 31. This is truly a mesmerizing novel that beautifully explores the scary and thrilling leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another one.
4. Long Bright River by Liz Moore
   This is the year’s best pick for the ones who crave for psychological fiction. Moore’s work is highly effectual and can convert any reader into a visual reader. The sharp narration, enthralling crime story, authentic characterization, and the picturization of addiction and poverty are so realistic that may forget the readers that they are reading fiction. The author has carefully intertwined the day-to-day life of a woman police officer and her investigation of a serial killer.
5. Weather by Jenny Offill
   This story can go either way, either you’ll love it extremely or you won’t prefer reading it further even after a few pages. Frankly, this is not a book that can be read in the flow, you need to smack it gradually. ‘Weather’ is not just about the external weather but also about the ‘internal weather’ of everyone, like the troubled relationships, the guilt of careers left unpursued, the crushes that remained silent and the like. Sometimes, it’s harsh and sometimes it spreads moments of joy.
6. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
   It’s a heart wrenching, overwhelming, and captivating story. This dark and unsettling novel explores the psychological and sexual analysis of a relationship between 15-year-old Vanessa Wye and her 45-year-old English teacher, Jacob Strane. It’s a disturbing read especially to those who have been in a controlling relationship. The story is carried ages later when Vanessa looks for a therapist to deal with her sorrow over the loss of her father and Strane approaches to deal with an adverse situation of a student that went public with the allegations of abuse. Then the story revolves around their lives and dilemmas they face ahead.

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