If you’re here, you must be interested in the kinds of books that I read.
Below are all the books that I’ve read in 2018 and 2019. I update this list at the end of each month, so if you want the most up-to-date information about what I’m reading, follow me on Goodreads. I also post about my reading on Instagram and Twitter. I’ve bolded the books that were 5 star (or nearly 5 star) reads.
2019
November
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
- Bunny by Mona Award
- The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
- Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
- Simon versus the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
October
- Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
- Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities #4) by Shannon Messenger
- The Institute by Stephen King
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez
- Joyland by Stephen King
- Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
- An Enchantment of Ravens by Maragret Rogerson
- The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
- My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
- Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
September
- The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
- Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities #2) by Shannon Messenger
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Well Met by Jen DeLuca
- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
- End of the Rope by Jan Redford
- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
- Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities #3) by Shannon Messenger
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Paper Towns by John Green
August
- My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
- If We Were Villains by ML Rio
- The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
- The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
- The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr
July
- Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
- Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
- The Home Edit by Clea Shearer
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
June
- Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
- The Runaway King by Jennifer A Nielsen
- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Abertalli
- Golden State by Ben H Winters
- The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
May
- Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
- Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
- The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
- Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
- The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
- The False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
- Dry by Neal Shusterman
April
- Educated by Tara Westover
- The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
- Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
- Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
March
- Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
- Jed and the Junkyard War by Steven Bohls
- Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
- Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
February
- The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- The Humans by Matt Haig
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
- A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
- An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks
- Elevating Co-Teaching Through UDL by Elizabeth Stein
- How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky
- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
January
- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
2018
December
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
November
- The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
- Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriaty
- Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
October
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
- Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
September
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
- The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
August
- Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
- The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine
- The Poppy War by RF Kuang
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
July
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
- Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriaty
- Rising Strong by Brene Brown
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriaty
- The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
- Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
June
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
- Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess
- The Magician King by Lev Grossman
- The Book of Essie by Meghan Maclean Weir
- The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
May
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach
- Do This For Me by Eliza Kennedy
April
- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
- The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle
- The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton
March
- The Girls by Emma Cline
- Swing Time by Zadie Smith
- Swamplandia by Karen Russell
- The Unseen World by Liz Moore
- Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
- Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- Moxie by Jennifer Matthieu
February
- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Assistants by Camille Perri
- Too Fat, Too Loud, Too Slutty by Anne Helen Peterson
- Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler
January
- Wonder by RJ Palacio
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Greene
- Teach Like Finland by Timothy Walker
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