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Books Read 2019

1. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
4. Oddmire: The Changeling by William Ritter
5. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
6. The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
7. Light over London by Julia Kelly
8. In Atlanta or in Hell by Jeffrey C. Wells
9. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
10. The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar
11. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
12. Conscious by Annaka Harris
13. The Marriage Clock by Zara Reheem
14. Dark Matter by Black Crouch
15. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
16. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie
17. Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
18. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
19. Serpent and Dove by Shelby Maurin
20. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
21. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
22. Normal People by Sally Rooney
23. Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman
24. Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
25. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
26. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
27. Animal Farm by George Orwell
28. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
29. How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
30. You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hahn
31. Summer Hours by Amy Mason Doan
32. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
33. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
34. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
35. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
36. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
37. A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
38. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
39. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
40. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
41. Quiet by Susan Cain
42. ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
43. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie
44. The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
45. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
46. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
48. Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
49. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
50. One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
51. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
52. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
53. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
54. Dune by Frank Herbert
55. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
56. The Institute by Stephen King
57. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
58. The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mankle
59. How to Talk about Books You Haven’t Read by Pierre Baynard
60. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
61. Karamo by Karamo Brown
62. Naturally Tan by Tan France
63. Lady Killers by Tori Telfer
64. Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule
65. In the Woods by Tana French

Books Read 2018

52 Books in 52 Weeks

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (week 1)
2. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (week 2)
3. The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford (week 2)
4. There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins (week 2)
5. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (week 3)
6. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (week 4)
7. The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations by Oprah Winfrey (week 4)
8. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter (week 4)
9. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (week 5)
10. Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab (week 6)
11. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (week 6)
12. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (week 6)
13. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson (week 7)
14. Simon vs. the Homo sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (week 8)
15. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (week 9)
16. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (week 11)
17. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (week 12)
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (week 13)
19. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (week 13)
20. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barrows (week 14)
21. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (week 14)
22. Poe in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern (week 14)
23. The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley
24. Circe by Madeline Miller
25. Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
26. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
27. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
28. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
29. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
30. Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
31. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
32. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
33. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
34. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
35. And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
36. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
37. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
38. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
39. Maul: Lockdown (Star Wars) by Joe Schreiber
40. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
41. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
42. Very Good Lives by J. K. Rowling
43. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
44. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
45. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
46. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
47. Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
48. Archives Principles and Practices by Laura A. Millar
49. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
50. Dear Madame President by Jennifer Palmieri
51. A Good Cry by Nikki Giovanni
52. Matilda by Roald Dahl
53. Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine
54. There There by Tommy Orange
55. Goosebumps: Vampire Breath by R. L. Stine
56. The Killings at Badger’s Drift by Caroline Graham
57. Paper Girls (v. 1) by Brian K. Vaughn
58. Agatha Christie: The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
59. Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith
60. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
61. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
62. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
63. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
64. Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
65. Vicious by V. E. Schwab
66. To All the Boys I’ve Loved before by Jenny Han
67. Less by Andrew Sean Greer
68. The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries by Emma Thompson
69. Mary’s Monster by Lila Judge
70. Vengeful by V. E. Schwab
71. The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
72. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
73. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
74. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
75. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
76. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
77. An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
78. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling
79. Elevation by Stephen King
80. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire
81. Gardener’s Magic and Other Old Wives’ Lore by Bridget Boland
82. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
83. Sleep No More by P. D. James
84. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
85. Scythe by Neil Shusterman
86. The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke
87. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
88. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
89. A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
90. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
91. Ethan Frome and Other Stories by Edith Wharton
92. Dear Santa by Chronicle Books
93. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Books Read 2017

Goal of 50

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1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
2. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
3. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
4. The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe
5. The Blazing World and Other Stories by Margaret Cavendish
6. Othello and the Tragedy of Mariam by William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Cary
7. Oronoko, the Rover, and Other Works by Aphra Behn
8. A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab
9. The Poet and the Vampyre by Andrew McConnell Stott
10. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
11. Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
12. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
13. The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
14. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
15. The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert
16. If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
17. Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
18. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
19. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20. Old School by Tobias Wolfe
21. The Fifth Avenue Artists’ Society by Joy Callaway
22. The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
23. A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins
24. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
25. Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
26. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill
27. The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
28. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
29. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
30. Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
31. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
32. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
33. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
34. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
35. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
36. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
37. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
38. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
40. Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
41. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
42. The Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen
43. The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
45. Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
46. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
47. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
48. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander Freed
49. Ten Things I hate About You by David Levithan
50. Black Cats and Evil Eyes: A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions by Chloe Rhodes