The Complete 2020 City Girl Talks Book List

And now, for your holiday shopping and future reading pleasure, here’s a list of all the books we’ve talked about on the podcast in 2020 — as well as the Cup of Something Lovely Book Club selections. Happy reading!

Y’all, I LOVE to read. If you follow me on Instagram or listen to the podcast, I always ask my City Girl Talks podcast guests what they’re reading and what their favourite books are. My love of reading also spurred me to start the Cup of Something Lovely Book Club for the podcast.

Books make for a great holiday season gift for yourself or a fellow bookworm

Believe it or not, it’s already time to think about holiday season gift shopping. So, I combed through my episode notes to create one list of the books mentioned in this year’s episodes — that’s 70+ books. Phew!

Along with the books mentioned in this year, I’ve also included those from 2019. (Because started the podcast in late-2019 and didn’t do a list then — oops!) There’s a broad range from fiction to motivational to just good plain fun. Happy reading and gifting over a cup of something lovely!

BOOKS	AUTHOR	GUEST / BOOK CLUB
A Complaint Free World	Will Bowen	Sarah Ives
A Severed Wasp	Madeleine L’Engle	Deborah Murray
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll	Stefanie McAuley
Anatomy of the Soul	Curt Thompson	Nicole Harshey
Anna Karenina	Leo Tolstoy	Dr. Genieve Burley
Anything by Kate Morton (author of ‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’ and ‘The House at Riverton’)	Kate Morton	Lindsay Dent
Atomic Habits	James Clear	Mika Ennis
Bats Sing, Mice Giggle: The Surprising Science of Animals’ Inner Lives	Karen Shanor and Jagmeet Kanwal	Dana Green Remedios
Becoming	Michelle Obama	Natasha Anderson
Big Magic	Elizabeth Gilbert	Jana Josue-McLaren
Big Summer (Amazon \| Indigo)	Jennifer Weiner	Book Club
Born a Crime	Trevor Noah	Nina Bader
Born to Run	Christopher McDougall	Dr. Genieve Burley
Bountiful, Beautiful and Blissful	Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa	Harmik Cacace
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One	Dr. Joe Dispenza	Dr. Genieve Burley
Chronicles of Narnia series	C.S. Lewis	Anita Dunn
City of Girls	Elizabeth Gilbert	Orla Corrigan
Cook Once, Eat All Week	Cassy Joy Garcia	Dana Green Remedios
Daisy Jones and the Six	Taylor Jenkins Reid	Stefanie McAuley
Discover Your Destiny	Robin Sharma	Monica Morong
Do the Work	Gary John Bishop	Lexi Soukoreff
Dreams From My Father	Barack Obama	Natasha Anderson
Drop the Ball	Tiffany Dufu	Jenny Rodgers and Chitzel Ortega
Ducks, Newburyport	Lucy Ellman	Dr. Genieve Burley
Educated	James Westover	Mika Ennis
Five Little Indians	Michelle Good	Book Club
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity	David Allen	Humaira Ahmed
Girl, Stop Apologizing	Rachel Hollis	Jenna Herbut
Girl, Wash Your Face	Rachel Hollis	Nina Bader
Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)	J.K. Rowling	Amber Storie
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya Angelou	Book Club
I Will Teach You to Be Rich	Ramit Sethi	Dylan McCansh
Judgment Detox	Gabrielle Bernstein	Emily Kiloh
Kitchen Confidential	Anthony Bourdain	Crystal Battagliola
Leaders Eat Last	Simon Sinek	Tara Butterwick
Little Fires Everywhere	Celeste Ng	Stefanie McAuley
Lord of the Rings trilogy	J.R.R. Tolkien	Michelle Owens
Make Bread, Buy Butter	Jennifer Reese	Lexi Soukoreff
Make It Happen	Jenna Herbut	Jenna Herbut
Me and White Supremacy	Layla F. Saad	Book Club
Meet Me in Monaco	Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb	Book Club
More Thank Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are	Elaine Welteroth	Cassy Vantriet
My Family and Other Animals	Gerald Durrell	Leeann Froese
Papillon	Henri Charriere	Sarah Ives
Smart Women Finish Rich	David Bach	Book Club
So You Want to Talk About Race	Ijeoma Oluo	Danielle Wiebe
Soap and Water & Common Sense	Dr. Bonnie Henry	Michelle Owens
Super Attractor (Amazon \| Indigo)	Gabrielle Bernstein	Book Club / Kellie Inglis
The 5 Love Languages	Gary Chapman	Janelle Saccucci
The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	Harmik Cacace / Jenny Rodgers & Chitzel Ortega
The Audacity of Hope	Barack Obama	Natasha Anderson
The Big Leap	Gay Hendricks	Jenna Herbut
The Chakras Handbook	Athena Perrakis	Emily Kiloh
The Cloud Sketcher	Richard Rayner	Meredith Garritsen
The E Myth Revisited	Michael Gerber	Lexi Soukoreff
The Four Agreements	Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills	Dylan McCansh
The Glass Castle	Jeannette Walls	Dylan McCansh
The Good Life	Jesse Dylan	Kellie Inglis
The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Book Club
The Hidden Art of F*cking Up	The Try Guys	Shamiza Ali
The Latte Factor	David Bach	Lexi Soukoreff
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari	Robin Sharma	Kat Gaskin / Monica Morong
The Power of Now	Eckhart Tolle	Nadya Pecherskya / Caylen Baker
The Prophet	Kahlil Gibran	Suka Lang
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	Stefanie McAuley
Trick Mirror	Jia Tolentino	Jana Josue-McLaren
Untamed	Glennan Doyle	Sarah Ives
Untethered Soul	Michael A. Singer	Pearl Cicci
Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power	Pam Grossman	Meredith Garritsen
Washington Black	Esi Edugyan	Stefanie McAuley
White Fragility	Robin DiAngelo	Danielle Wiebe
White Hot Truth	Danielle Laporte	Jenny Rodgers and Chitzel Ortega
Wine Girl	Victoria James	Leeann Froese
You Are a Badass at Making Money	Jen Sincero	Meagan Murtonen
You Can Heal Your Life	Louise Hay	Amber Romaniuk