Beat the Backlist – 2019
Good morning bookworms!
Well, you know how I said I wanted to turn 2019 up a notch on my blogging? And then remember how I signed up to the A-Z reading challenge? Well, I’m signing up to a few more challenges for 2019. Including, Beat the Backlist which is hosted by Austine at The Novel Knight. This was totally introduced to me by my some of my fave peeps – The Of Wonderland Book Club who are partnering with Austine.
This actually kind of works out perfectly because I spent last weekend going over all of my bookshelves scoring for unread books, and now I have a giant spreadsheet TBR. So, below is my current list of unread, physical, owned books. Yup, all 138** of them (including the three new ones that I bought yesterday).
I spent a lot of time and effort making this list, as you can tell, because I’ve added way more columns than necessary, but this is primarily because I want to be able to quickly sort it by title, author, year, series, genre and age group for when I do my NEWTs in January. Yep, you heard me, I’m throwing that in there too. Also, genre for these is pretty much just a guess at this point as (as we all know) I am very bad at reading blurbs. So, if I’m totes off the mark with anything, please let me know!! I rely on you guys.
Now, I’m not saying I’m going to read every single one of these next year, or that this is all I’m going to read (because The Wicked King and Darkdawn to list my two most anticipated releases), but I really do want to finish 2019 with less of the below on my TBR pile. Because I’m totally going to add more anyway. Also, this (obviously) still includes books on my TBR this month, on the off-chance that I won’t stick to my TBR (because I’m not reading a book on my Dec TBR at the moment – I am literally the worst).
I’m also planning on doing the mini challenges (go team Ravenclaw!), so this should keep me pretty occupied for a while!!
So, without any further ado, please take a gander at my backlist TBR. *Cringes and runs away in shame from having so many books they could literally crush me to death if they all fell on me…*
Title | Author | Series | Year Published | Genre | Age Group | Read? |
Ace of Shades | Amanda Foody | The Shadow Game #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
After the Party | Lisa Jewell | Ralph’s Party #2 | 2010 | Chick lit | Adult | |
All the Bright Places | Jennifer Niven | 2015 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Always Never Yours | Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Amber and Dusk | Lyra Selene | Amber and Dusk #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
American Gods | Neil Gaiman | 2001 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Anna and the French Kiss | Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss #1 | 2010 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Archenemies | Marissa Meyer | Renegages #2 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
As She Ascends | Jodi Meadows | Fallen Isles #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
At the Stroke of Midnight | Tara Sivec | Naughty Princess Club #1 | 2018 | Romance | Adult | ✅ |
Autoboyography | Christina Lauren | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Ballad | Maggie Stiefvater | Books of Faerie #2 | 2009 | Fantasy | YA | |
Battle of the Labyrinth, The | Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson #4 | 2008 | Fantasy | MG | |
Bear and the Nightingale, The | Katherine Arden | Winternight trilogy #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Beauty | Lousie Mensch | 2014 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Before She Ignites | Jodi Meadows | Fallen Isles #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Begin, End, Begin | Danielle Binks | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Belles, The | Dhonielle Clayton | The Belles #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Beyond a Darkened Shore | Jessica Leake | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Black Heart | Holly Black | The Curse Workers #3 | 2012 | Fantasy | YA | |
Black Witch, The | Laurie Forest | The Black Witch Chronicles #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Bloodlines | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #1 | 2011 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Bone Witch, The | Rin Chupeco | The Bone Witch #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Book Thief, The | Markus Zusak | 2006 | Historical Fiction | Adult | ||
Brightly Burning | Alexa Donne | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | ||
Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales, The | Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm | 1840 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Caraval | Stephanie Garber | Caraval #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Career Game | Lousie Mensch | 2015 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Carve the Mark | Veronica Roth | Carve the Mark #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Case For Jamie, The | Brittany Cavalaro | Charlotte Holmes #2 | 2018 | Mystery | YA | ✅ |
Casquette Girls, The | Alys Arden | The Casquette Girls #1 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
Catching Epics | Halie Fewkes | Secrets of the Tally #2 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Charmcaster | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #3 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Check Please: #Hockey | Ngozi Ukazu | Check Please #1 | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Circe | Madeleine Miller | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Clariel | Garth Nix | Abhorsen #4 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Conjuring of Light, A | V. E. Schwab | Shades of Magic #3 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Coraline | Neil Gaiman | 2002 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Crows, Papua New Guinea, and Boats | David Thorne | 2018 | Humour | Adult | ||
Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Dark Lover | J. K. Ward | Black Dagger Brotherhood #1 | 2005 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Darker Shade of Magic, A | V. E. Schwab | Shades of Magic #1 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
Darkness at Sethanon, A | Raymond E Feist | The Riftwar Saga #4 | 1987 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Deal for Three, A | Halie Fewkes | Secrets of the Tally #3 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Death: At Death’s Door | Jill Thompson | 2003 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Disasters, The | M. K. England | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | ||
Dividing Eden | Joelle Charbonneau | Dividing Eden #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Ducks In The Bathroom Are Not Mine, The | David Thorne | 2017 | Humour | Adult | ||
Dust | Hugh Howey | Silo #3 | 2013 | Sci-Fi | Adult | |
Eden Conquered | Joelle Charbonneau | Dividing Eden #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary | Adult | ||
Ember in the Ashes, An | Sabaa Tahir | An Ember in the Ashes #1 | 2015 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Emergency Contact | Mary H.K. Choi | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Endsinger | Jay Kristoff | The Lotus Wars #3 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Eve of Man | Giovanni and Tom Fletcher | Eve of Man trilogy #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Ever the Brave | Erin Summerill | Clash of Kingdoms #2 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Ever the Hunted | Erin Summerill | Clash of Kingdoms #1 | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | |
Everless | Sara Holland | Everless #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Falconer, The | Elizabeth May | The Falconer #1 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fallen Kingdom, The | Elizabeth May | The Falconer #3 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Falling Kingdoms | Morgan Rhodes | Falling Kingdoms #1 | 2012 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fates Divided, The | Veronica Roth | Carve the Mark #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fierce Like a Firestorm | Lana Popović | Hibiscus Daughter #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fiery Heart, The | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #4 | 2013 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Finnikin of the Rock | Melina Marchetta | Lumatere Chronicles #1 | 2008 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fire and Heist | Sarah Beth Durst | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Foolish Hearts | Emma Mills | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
For a Muse of Fire | Heidi Heilig | For a Muse of Fire #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns | Julie C Dao | Rise of the Empress #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Foxhole Court, The | Nora Sakavic | All For the Game #1 | 2013 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Frankie | Shivaun Plozza | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Freshmen | Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison | 2017 | Contemporary | NA | ✅ | |
Froi of the Exiles | Melina Marchetta | Lumatere Chronicles #2 | 2011 | Fantasy | YA | |
From Twinkle, With Love | Sandhya Menon | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Furyborn | Claire Le Grand | Empirium #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Gathering of Shadows, A | V. E. Schwab | Shades of Magic #2 | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | |
Geekerella | Ashley Poston | Once Upon a Con #1 | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, The | Mackenzi Lee | Montague Siblings #1 | 2017 | Historical Fiction | YA | ✅ |
Girls of Paper and Fire | Natasha Ngan | Girls of Paper and Fire #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Glass Spare, The | Lauren DeStefano | The Glass Spare #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Golden Lily, The | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #2 | 2012 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Golden Son | Pierce Brown | Red Rising Saga #2 | 2015 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Good Omens | Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | 2006 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Grace and Fury | Tracy Banghart | Grace and Fury #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Hating Game, The | Sally Thorne | 2016 | Contemporary | Adult | ✅ | |
Heart Forger, The | Rin Chupeco | The Bone Witch #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Heart of Iron | Ashley Poston | Heart of Iron #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Heart of Thorns | Bree Barton | Heart of Thorns #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Heartless | Marissa Meyer | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Hearts We Sold, The | Emily Lloyd-Jones | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Hollow City | Ransom Riggs | Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #2 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
House with Chicken Legs, The | Sophie Anderson | 2018 | Fantasy | MG | ✅ | |
Hunted | Meagan Spooner | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | ✅ | |
I Was Born for This | Alice Oseman | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Ice Wolves | Amie Kaufman | Elementals | 2018 | Fantasy | MG | |
In Bed with the Beast | Tara Sivec | Naughty Princess Club #2 | 2018 | Romance | Adult | ✅ |
Indigo Spell, The | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #3 | 2013 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Isla and the Happily Ever After | Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss #3 | 2014 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brönte | 1847 | Historical Fiction | Adult | ||
Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index | Julie Israel | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Kat and Meg Conquer the World | Anna Priemaza | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
King of Ashes | Raymond E Feist | The Firemane Saga #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | |
King’s Men, The | Nora Sakavic | All For the Game #3 | 2014 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Kinslayer | Jay Kristoff | The Lotus Wars #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Kiss Quotient, The | Helen Hoang | The Kiss Quotient #1 | 2018 | Romance | Adult | ✅ |
Kiss the Girl | Tara Sivec | Naughty Princess Club #3 | 2018 | Romance | Adult | ✅ |
Lady Midnight | Cassandra Clare | The Dark Artifices #1 | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | |
Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, The | Mackenzi Lee | Montague Siblings #2 | 2018 | Historical Fiction | YA | |
Lament | Maggie Stiefvater | Books of Faerie #1 | 2008 | Fantasy | YA | |
Language of Thorns, The | Leigh Bardugo | Grishaverse #0.5 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Last of August, The | Brittany Cavalaro | Charlotte Holmes #2 | 2017 | Mystery | YA | ✅ |
Last Olympian, The | Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson #5 | 2009 | Fantasy | MG | |
Legendary | Stephanie Garber | Caraval #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Letters to the Lost | Brigid Kemmerer | Letters to the Lost #1 | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | |
Lies of Locke Lamora, The | Scott Lynch | Gentleman Bastard #1 | 2006 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Lola and the Boy Next Door | Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss #2 | 2011 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Lord of Shadows | Cassandra Clare | The Dark Artifices #2 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Love and Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Management Style of the Supreme Beings, The | Tom Holt | 2017 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Million Worlds With You, A | Claudia Gray | Firebird Trilogy #3 | 2016 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Miniaturist, The | Jessie Burton | 2014 | Historical Fiction | Adult | ||
Mirage | Somaiya Daud | Mirage #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Ransom Riggs | Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1 | 2011 | Fantasy | YA | |
Morning Star | Pierce Brown | Red Rising Saga #3 | 2016 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Murder at the Mill | M. B. Shaw | Iris Grey Mystery #1 | 2017 | Crime | Adult | |
Muse of Nightmares | Laini Taylor | Strange the Dreamer #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
My Lady Jane | Cynthia Hand / Brodi Ashton / Jodi Meadows | The Lady Janies #1 | 2016 | Historical Fiction | YA | |
My Not So Perfect Life | Sophie Kinsella | 2017 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
My Plain Jane | Cynthia Hand / Brodi Ashton / Jodi Meadows | The Lady Janies #2 | 2018 | Historical Fiction | YA | |
Name of the Wind, The | Patrick Rothfuss | The Kingkiller Chronicle #1 | 2007 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Navigating the Stars | Maria V Snyder | Sentinels of the Galaxy #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Near Witch, The | V. E. Schwab | The Near Witch #1 | 2011 | Fantasy | YA | |
Nevermoor | Jessica Townsend | Nevermoor #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | MG | ✅ |
Night Circus, The | Erin Morgenstern | 2011 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | 2017 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Once a King | Erin Summerill | Clash of Kingdoms #3 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Onyx and Ivory | Mindee Arnett | Rime Chronicles #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Open Summer Road | Emery Lord | 2014 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Prince and the Dressmaker, The | Jen Wang | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Queen of Air and Darkness | Cassandra Clare | The Dark Artifices #3 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Quintana of Charyn | Melina Marchetta | Lumatere Chronicles #3 | 2012 | Fantasy | YA | |
Radio Silence | Alice Oseman | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Rat Queens: Sass and Sourcery | Kurtis J Wiebe | Rat Queens #1 | 2014 | Fantasy | Adult | ✅ |
Raven King, The | Nora Sakavic | All For the Game #2 | 2013 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ |
Reaper at the Gates, A | Sabaa Tahir | An Ember in the Ashes #3 | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Reckless | Cornelia Funke | Mirrorworld #1 | 2010 | Fantasy | YA | |
Red Glove | Holly Black | The Curse Workers #2 | 2011 | Fantasy | YA | |
Red Rising | Pierce Brown | Red Rising Saga #1 | 2014 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Renegades | Marissa Meyer | Renegages #1 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Revenge Wears Prada | Lauren Weisberger | The Devil Wears Prada #2 | 2013 | Chick lit | Adult | |
Rivers of London | Ben Aaronovitch | Rivers of London #1 | 2011 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Ruby Circle, The | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #6 | 2015 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Ruin and Rising | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy #3 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Saga Vol 1 | Brian K Vaughan | Saga #1 | 2012 | Fantasy | Adult | ✅ |
Saga Vol 2 | Brian K Vaughan | Saga #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | Adult | ✅ |
Sanctuary | Caryn Lix | Sanctuary #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Scent of You, The | Maggie Alderson | 2017 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Sea of Monsters, The | Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson #2 | 2006 | Fantasy | MG | |
Seafarer’s Kiss, The | Julia Ember | The Seafarer’s Kiss #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Secrets of the Tally | Halie Fewkes | Secrets of the Tally #1 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The | Taylor Reid Jenkins | 2017 | Contemporary | Adult | ||
Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy #1 | 2012 | Fantasy | YA | ✅ |
Shadow of the Fox | Julie Kagawa | Shadow of the Fox #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Shadowblack | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #2 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Shadowsong | S. Jae-Jones | Wintersong #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Shift | Hugh Howey | Silo #2 | 2013 | Sci-Fi | Adult | |
Shiny Broken Pieces | Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton | Tiny Pretty Things #2 | 2016 | Mystery | YA | |
Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Silver Shadows | Richelle Mead | Bloodlines #5 | 2014 | Paranormal | YA | ✅ |
Singles Game, The | Lauren Weisberger | 2016 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Sky in the Deep | Adrienne Young | Sky in the Deep #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Skyward | Brandon Sanderson | Skyward #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Sleep Like a Baby | Charlaine Harris | Aurora Teagarden #10 | 2017 | Crime | Adult | |
Smoke Thieves, The | Sally Green | The Smoke Thieves #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Songs About a Girl | Chris Russell | Songs About a Girl #1 | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | |
Soulbinder | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #4 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Spellslinger | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
State of Sorrow | Melinda Salisbury | Sorrow #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Stormdancer | Jay Kristoff | The Lotus Wars #1 | 2012 | Fantasy | YA | |
Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor | Strange the Dreamer #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Study in Charlotte, A | Brittany Cavalaro | Charlotte Holmes #1 | 2016 | Contemporary | NA | ✅ |
Summer of Jordi Perez, The | Amy Spalding | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ✅ | |
Summer Palace and Other Stories, The | C. S. Pacat | Captive Prince #0.4-3.5 | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | ✅ |
Surface Breaks, The | Louise O’Neill | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Surprise Me | Sophie Kinsella | 2018 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Take Three Girls | Cath Crowley / Fiona Wood / Simmone Howell | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Tea Dragon Society, The | Katie O’Neill | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | ✅ | |
Ten Count Vol 1 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #1 | 2014 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Count Vol 2 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #2 | 2014 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Count Vol 3 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #3 | 2015 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Count Vol 4 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #4 | 2015 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Count Vol 5 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #5 | 2016 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Count Vol 6 | Rihito Takarai | Ten Count #6 | 2018 | Yaoi | Adult | ✅ |
Ten Thousand Skies Above You | Claudia Gray | Firebird Trilogy #2 | 2015 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Their Fractured Light | Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner | The Starbound Trilogy #3 | 2015 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
These Broken Stars | Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner | The Starbound Trilogy #1 | 2013 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
These Rebel Waves | Sara Raasch | Stream Raiders #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
This Shattered World | Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner | The Starbound Trilogy #2 | 2014 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Thousand Pieces of You, A | Claudia Gray | Firebird Trilogy #1 | 2014 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Tiny Pretty Things | Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton | Tiny Pretty Things #1 | 2015 | Mystery | YA | |
Titan’s Curse, The | Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson #3 | 2007 | Fantasy | MG | |
Torch Against the Night, A | Sabaa Tahir | An Ember in the Ashes #2 | 2016 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Truthwitch | Susan Dennard | The Witchlands #1 | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | |
Undying | Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner | Unearthed #2 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Unearthed | Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner | Unearthed #1 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Unexpected Everything, The | Morgan Matson | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Vanishing Throne, The | Elizabeth May | The Falconer #2 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
Vengeful | V. E. Schwab | Villains #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Vicious | V. E. Schwab | Villains #1 | 2013 | Fantasy | Adult | ✅ |
Walk It Off, Princess | David Thorne | 2017 | Humour | Adult | ||
War Storm | Victoria Aveyard | Red Queen #4 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Warcross | Marie Lu | Warcross #1 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
When It’s A Jar | Tom Holt | YouSpace #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | Adult | |
When We Collided | Emery Lord | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
White Cat | Holly Black | The Curse Workers #1 | 2010 | Fantasy | YA | ✅ |
Wicked Like a Wildfire | Lana Popović | Hibiscus Daughter #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wild Beauty | Anna-Marie McLemore | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Wildcard | Marie Lu | Warcross #2 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Winner’s Crime, The | Marie Rutkoski | The Winner’s trilogy #2 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
Winner’s Curse, The | Marie Rutkoski | The Winner’s trilogy #1 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Winter’s Promise, A | Christelle Dabos | The Mirror Pass #1 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wintersong | S. Jae-Jones | Wintersong #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wires and Nerve | Marissa Meyer | Wires and Nerve #1 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Wise Man’s Fear, The | Patrick Rothfuss | The Kingkiller Chronicle #2 | 2011 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Wizards of Once, The | Cressida Cowell | The Wizards of Once #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | MG | |
Wool | Hugh Howey | Silo #1 | 2012 | Sci-Fi | Adult | |
Wren Hunt, The | Mary Watson | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Wundersmith | Jessica Townsend | Nevermoor #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | MG | ✅ |
So, any books on here you think I should read immediately?
** updated on 7 November to 229 books (total, including read)… ? and marked off those read (46 total)!
*** I received this book in December 2018, so not sure if it counts or not? It’s not an ARC, but as I backed the publishing of it on Kickstarter I received an “early” copy.
73 Comments
Kim @ Pages and Pekoe
The fact that you made this into such an organized and thoughtful list is giving me life! Good luck!
Meeghan reads
Haha, thanks Kim! My actual spreadsheet also has a column with the goodreads link for every books… It’s totally extra ??
Chocoviv
Great organization!
Meeghan reads
Thanks!!
Chocoviv
? you’re welcome
Paige @ BookishPaige_
Oh man, at least 38 of these I own and are sitting unread on my shelves (but I totally have like 200-300 unread books.. oops. But if you ever wanna buddy read any of those 38 books then let me know ^_^
Meeghan reads
Ooh!! Let me know which ones and we can totally organize that!!
emme @ a literary latte
Wow so many books to read and a lot are on my tbr too!
Out of these I’ve only read 8:
All the Bright Places which I only gave 2 stars oops, Anna and The French Kiss (loved, 5 star – how didn’t you find it?), Caraval (5), Coraline (4), From Twinkle (3.5), Jane Eyre, The Night Circus (4) & The Unexpected Everything (4).
Meeghan reads
I also loved Anna and the French Kiss!! 5 stars all around!! You’ve made me think that maybe I should add a column for ratings… Or maybe link to reviews for those I have read!! Ah, Emma, you’ve inspired me to update this post!!
acosyreader
I love a good spreadsheet! TBR organisation ENVY right here haha
Meeghan reads
Haha, I’m happy to email my template!!
Ruqs
This is so ORGANISED!! I can only pray to be this organised with my books ? My own TBR is overflowing with over 300 books and I’m just on Goodreads adding more all the time, shamelessly ?
Meeghan reads
I had to stop adding books to my goodreads because it was insane!!
Ruqs
Ahh dont stop!!! Go with the flow ???
Austine @ NovelKnight Book Reviews
I love how organized this is! I love making spreadsheets and tables and have one for my owned/unread books that I’ll be using for this challenge. So many books, so little time!
Meeghan reads
Naww, thank you!! I also love spreadsheets. The real version has extra columns with links to goodreads and everything on it… I went slightly overboard! ?
Austine @ NovelKnight Book Reviews
Haha I don’t think it’s overboard. I have a sheet with the GR link plus info like publisher/page count/release date as well as who to contact for reviews (when applicable) etc.
Meeghan reads
I wish I had put page numbers on my list and now I feel like it’s too much to go back and add them!
Austine @ NovelKnight Book Reviews
You could always add them on your full sheet as a new column and update as you read!
Meeghan reads
Very true!! ??
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Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
This is some fantastic organization! Out of these books, I definitely recommend All the Bright Places and These Broken Stars. And lots of others, but I’m trying to be reasonable here. 🙂
Meeghan reads
No!! Don’t hold back!! Tell me all of the ones you highly recommend. I’ve actually got a separate list of books that everyone is all “you must read this immediately” and I’m making my way through it slowly…
Briana | Pages Unbound
Good luck!
Meeghan reads
Thanks!!
Kat @ Novels & Waffles
Wow…this is quite the tbr! But then again, I think mine is just as long…*starts to sob uncontrollably* Anyways, Shadow of the Fox was MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE read from 2018… I’m not implying anything, but if that book was to somehow be bumped up a bit higher on this list, I don’t think it would be amiss haha.
Meeghan reads
Hahaha, noted!! Once the move is done and all my books are back on shelves (as opposed to in boxes) I will find it!!
Greg
Wow that’s quite the list! But there’s an awful lot of awesome sounding books there haha! I still need to read Wildcard and the Falconer books.
Meeghan reads
Hey Greg!! Ha, thanks! I add to it every month ?? and yes, there are so many books on here that people rave about and I just need to find more time to read them (and probably less time to add to it!!)
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PerfectlyTolerable
Wow! That is quite a list 😀 I saw you read Geekerella and The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, but you didn’t add the sequels to either one? The Princess and The Fangirl and The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy are both amazing and I liked them both better than the originals (which almost never happens!)
I don’t know if you listen to Audiobooks but Carve the Mark has a great narrator! I loved his voice <3
Also, A Darker Shade of Magic, Good Omens, and Sky in the Deep are all great and I would definitely recommend them!
Happy Reading!
Meeghan reads
I did read Princess and the Fangirl, but it’s not on the list as it was released this year.
I haven’t read Felicity’s story yet, but I do plan on getting to it soon!!
Yes, I want to read all of the Gaiman backlist. I have so many of his books on here, but because I started with Neverwhere (which I LOVED) I’m scared his other books won’t be as good!!
And ADSOM I have started 3 times now, but always at a time when I seem to be close to a slump. I swear I’ve read those first 20 pages so many times, but next time I’m reading beyond them!!
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Chana @ Paper Procrastinators
You’re so organized!! I don’t even want to try and count the number of unread books I have in my shelf because I know that there are just some I’ve had for ages and have absolutely no inclination to get to ? It’s so admirable that you’re participating in so many challenges though, I’m always scared to, because I know I probably won’t complete them.
Meeghan reads
Oh, I’m not really that organized!! ? I’ve bought more backlist books that I haven’t added to the list yet… and this spreadsheet took me FOREVER to make!! I really like the challenges, and there’s a bit of FOMO about me not signing up to everything… but I do try and make realistic goals so that I don’t stress myself out!! ?
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JJ Crafts
I made a a book backlist of about 50 books to read in 2019 at the start of the year. I’ve read about 15 of them and now the list is at 60 books….?? There’s TOO many amazing books to catch up on!
Meeghan reads
So so so true!! My backlist started at about 160, and had books on there that I’ve had for about 10 years. It’s too much!!
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BiteIntoBooks (@BiteIntoBooks)
That list is just…. I’d run away too!
Well.. I have 3 bookshelves in my living room and I’m pretty sure 80% is unread… The shelves are all full.. I’m not allowed to buy books, it’s just too much!
Good luck with your list! And have fun 🙂
Meeghan reads
I’m not asking if I’m allowed to buy books… what’s that saying again? It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission?! ?
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R A I N
Oh boy! You just gave me a serious case of jealousy! soo organized! AS COMPARED TO MY BOOKS JUST FLUNG ANYWHERE IT FITS LET ALONE SORTING THEM OUT BY GENRE AND ALL, IN A SPREADSHEET!!! xD THIS IS #GOALS (totally unrealistic for me though)
HATS OFF TO YOU, GIRL!!! YOU ROCK!
Meeghan reads
Thank you!! ?? I must say, it’s definitely not this neat now, and I am seriously behind on updating this post with my read books!!
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dbsguidetothegalaxy
I think I might join the Beat the Backlist next year! The Kingkiller Chronicles is pretty good but it is a slow read and the THIRD BOOK isn’t OUT YET.
DARK LOVER DARK LOVER I LOVE IT.
And of course anything by Rick Riordan I highly recommend of course ?
Meeghan reads
Yeah, I’m pulling my 2020 BTB spreadsheet together. I need to stop buying so many backlist books!!
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Might have to set one up myself ? Finally used my google Calender the other day to see a sort of posting schedule ??
Well, your bookshelves need to be full, don’t they?
Meeghan reads
True, true… and what better way to fill them than by LOTS of backlist books?!
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Well i MEAN you’re right and you should say it!!
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