Top 10 of the Year

From bottom to top: Grant by Ron Chernow; The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson; The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett; Untamed by Glennon Doyle; Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor; The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray; Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson; Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum; and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

What I’m Reading

Book Reviews

Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change by Maggie Smith: Click here to read my review — *Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change* by Maggie Smith: Click **here** to read my review

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid: Click here to read my review — *Such a Fun Age* by Kiley Reid: Click **here** to read my review

Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum: Click here to read my review — *Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution* by Todd S. Purdum: Click **here** to read my review

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin: Click here to read my review — *Lavinia* by Ursula K. Le Guin: Click **here** to read my review

Other

“2020 Tested Us Beyond Measure. Where Do We Go From Here?” by Stephanie Zacharek | December 5, 2020 | TIME Magazine — **“2020 Tested Us Beyond Measure. Where Do We Go From Here?”** by **Stephanie Zacharek** | December 5, 2020 | TIME Magazine

“Why Do We Still Love ‘The Office’?” by Sarah Larson | December 7, 2020 | The New Yorker — **“Why Do We Still Love ‘The Office’?”** by **Sarah Larson** | December 7, 2020 | The New Yorker

“The Highly Unlikely Yet Totally Predictable Return of Uggs” by Max Berlinger | December 10, 2020 | The New York Times — **“The Highly Unlikely Yet Totally Predictable Return of Uggs”** by **Max Berlinger** | December 10, 2020 | The New York Times

“Golf’s Most Inspiring Acts of Kindness in 2020” by Peter Finch | December 8, 2020 | Golf Digest — **“Golf’s Most Inspiring Acts of Kindness in 2020”** by **Peter Finch** | December 8, 2020 | Golf Digest

“How Dating in a Pandemic is Like Being in a Jane Austen Novel” by Amy Collier | December 4, 2020 | The New Yorker — **“How Dating in a Pandemic is Like Being in a Jane Austen Novel”** by **Amy Collier** | December 4, 2020 | The New Yorker

“COVID-19 Took Away Our Family’s Second Home: The Library” by Maggie Smith | October 19, 2020 | The Washington Post — **“COVID-19 Took Away Our Family’s Second Home: The Library”** by **Maggie Smith** | October 19, 2020 | The Washington Post

What I’m Listening To

“Talking About the Ten Best Books of 2020” | New York Times Book Review Podcast — **“Talking About the Ten Best Books of 2020”** | **New York Times Book Review Podcast**

“Kate Winslet” | NPR’s Fresh Air — **“Kate Winslet”** | **NPR’s Fresh Air**

“Brené with President Barack Obama on Leadership, Family and Service” | Dare to Lead — **“Brené with President Barack Obama on Leadership, Family and Service”** | **Dare to Lead**

“How I Built This Resilience: Emily Powell of Powell’s Books” | How I Built This — **“How I Built This Resilience: Emily Powell of Powell’s Books”** | **How I Built This**

The Book

The process of writing, querying, and shopping a book can be a quite a roller coaster. As we look to this new year, I’d like to share this image that has always helped me to see the beauty of the journey and —at times — the necessity of the waiting. I do not know exactly what 2021 has in store, but I am hopeful.