
Beat the Backlist – 2020
Good morning bookworms!
As we all may remember (and I sometimes forget), I signed up to, uhhh, a lot of challenges in 2019. What can I say? I have bookish FOMO. Unfortunately this bookish FOMO also results in me buying a lot of books. Which takes us back to the reason why we’re here. I am signing up for Beat the Backlist for the second year in a row!Yes, you heard me. Despite the fact that I think I added more books than removed from my backlist in 2019, I honestly can’t wait to make a bigger dent in the untameable pile of books.In case you need a refresh, or you’re new to the party, Beat the Backlist is hosted by Austine at The Novel Knight. You should totally check out Austine’s blog because she is a lovely human being, and I highly recommend joining this challenge if you, like me, have a VERY long list of unread books. I’m also planning on doing the mini challenges. So, without any further ado, please see my absolutely long TBR…
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 | ||
Amber and Dusk | Lyra Selene | Amber and Dusk #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
American Gods | Neil Gaiman | 2001 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Archenemies | Marissa Meyer | Renegages #2 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
As She Ascends | Jodi Meadows | Fallen Isles #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Aurora Rising | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | The Aurora Cycle #1 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | 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 | ||
Beholder, The | Anna Bright | The Beholder #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | 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 | |
Bone Houses, The | Emily Lloyd-Jones | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Bone Witch, The | Rin Chupeco | The Bone Witch #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Book Thief, The | Markus Zusak | 2006 | Historical Fiction | Adult | ||
Brightfall | Jamie Lee Moyer | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Brightly Burning | Alexa Donne | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | ||
Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales, The | Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm | 1840 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Call Down the Hawk | Maggie Stiefvater | Dreamer Trilogy #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
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 | |
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 | |
Chasing the Shadows | Maria V. Snyder | Sentinels of the Galaxy #2 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Circe | Madeleine Miller | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Clariel | Garth Nix | Abhorsen #4 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The | Holly Black | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Conjuring of Light, A | V. E. Schwab | Shades of Magic #3 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Coraline | Neil Gaiman | 2002 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Crowns of Feather | Nicki Pau Preto | Crown of Feathers #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Crows, Papua New Guinea, and Boats | David Thorne | 2018 | Humour | Adult | ||
Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance | Jennieke Cohen | 2019 | Historical Fiction | YA | ||
Darius the Great is Not Okay | Adib Khorram | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Dark Lover | J. K. Ward | Black Dagger Brotherhood #1 | 2005 | Fantasy | Adult | |
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 | ||
Devouring Gray, The | Christine Lynn Herman | The Devouring Gray #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Disasters, The | M. K. England | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | ||
Dividing Eden | Joelle Charbonneau | Dividing Eden #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Dress for the Wicked, A | Autumn Krause | 2019 | 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 | |
Enchantée | Gita Trelease | Enchantée #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | 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 Alice | H. J. Ramsay | 2019 | 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 | |
Evermore | Sara Holland | Everless #2 | 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 | |
Fever King, The | Victoria Lee | Feverwake #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Fierce Like a Firestorm | Lana Popović | Hibiscus Daughter #2 | 2018 | Fantasy | 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 | |
Four Dead Queens | Astrid Scholte | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Frankie | Shivaun Plozza | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Friend or Fiction | Abby Cooper | 2019 | Magical Realism | MG | ||
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 | |
Gilded Wolves, The | Roshani Chokshi | The Gilded Wolves #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Girl Who Chose, The | Violet Grace | Chess Raven Chronicles #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Girl With the Whispering Shadow, The | D.E. Night | The Crowns of Croswald #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | MG | |
Girls of Paper and Fire | Natasha Ngan | Girls of Paper and Fire #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Girls of Storm and Shadow | Natasha Ngan | Girls of Paper and Fire #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Glass Spare, The | Lauren DeStefano | The Glass Spare #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | 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 | |
Guinevere Deception, The | Kiersten White | Camelot Rising #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
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 of Salt and Sorrows | Erin A. Craig | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
I Was Born for This | Alice Oseman | 2018 | Contemporary | YA | ||
I Wish You All the Best | Mason Deaver | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Ice Wolves | Amie Kaufman | Elementals | 2018 | Fantasy | MG | |
If I’m Being Honest | Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Imposters | Scott Westerfield | Imposters #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brönte | 1847 | Historical Fiction | Adult | ||
Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index | Julie Israel | 2017 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Just Lucky | Melanie Florence | 2019 | 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 of Scars | Leigh Bardugo | Nikolai #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Kinslayer | Jay Kristoff | The Lotus Wars #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Lady Midnight | Cassandra Clare | The Dark Artifices #1 | 2016 | Fantasy | YA | |
Lady Smoke | Lauren Sebastian | Ash Princess #2 | 2019 | 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 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 | |
Lord of Shadows | Cassandra Clare | The Dark Artifices #2 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Love and Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch | Love and Gelato #1 | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | |
Management Style of the Supreme Beings, The | Tom Holt | 2017 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Merciful Crow, The | Margaret Owen | The Merciful Crow #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
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 | |
Missing of Clairdelune, The | Christelle Dabos | The Mirror Pass #2 | 2015 | Fantasy | YA | |
More Than We Can Tell | Brigid Kemmerer | Letters to the Lost #2 | 2018 | Contemporary | 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 | |
Night Circus, The | Erin Morgenstern | 2011 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Nocturna | Maya Motayne | A Forgery of Magic #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
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 | ||
Orpheus Girl | Brynne Rebele-Henry | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Place on Dalhousie, The | Melina Marchetta | 2019 | Contemporary | Adult | ||
Poison Eaters and Other Stories | Holly Black | 2010 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Postcards for a Songbird | Rebekah Crane | 2019 | 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 | |
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 | |
Red Scrolls of Magic, The | Cassandra Clare | The Eldest Curses #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Renegades | Marissa Meyer | Renegages #1 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Revenge Wears Prada | Lauren Weisberger | The Devil Wears Prada #2 | 2013 | Chick lit | Adult | |
Rise of Kyoshi, The | F. C. Yee | The Kyoshi Novels #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Rivers of London | Ben Aaronovitch | Rivers of London #1 | 2011 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Rotherweird | Andrew Caldecott | Rotherweird #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Ruin and Rising | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy #3 | 2014 | Fantasy | YA | |
Sanctuary | Caryn Lix | Sanctuary #1 | 2018 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
Scent of You, The | Maggie Alderson | 2017 | Chick lit | Adult | ||
Scorch Dragons | Amie Kaufman | Elementals #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | MG | |
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 | |
Seeker | Kim Chance | Keeper Duology #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The | Taylor Reid Jenkins | 2017 | Contemporary | Adult | ||
Shadow Frost | Coco Mia | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Shadow Glass, The | Rin Chupecco | The Bone Witch #3 | 2019 | 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 | |
Ship of Smoke and Steel | Django Wexler | The Wells of Sorcery #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | 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 | |
Sorcery of Thorns | Margaret Rogerson | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Soulbinder | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #4 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Spellslinger | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Spin | Colleen Nelson | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Spin the Dawn | Elizabeth Lim | The Blood of Stars #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik | 2018 | Fantasy | Adult | ||
Splintered | A. G. Howard | Splintered #1 | 2013 | Fantasy | YA | |
Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day | Dominique Valente | 2019 | Fantasy | MG | ||
State of Sorrow | Melinda Salisbury | Sorrow #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
StepSister | Jennifer Donnelly | 2019 | 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 Brimstone, A | G. S. Denning | Warlock Holmes #1 | 2016 | Fantasy | Adult | |
Superman: Dawnbreaker | Matt de la Peña | DC Icons #4 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Supernova | Marissa Meyer | Renegades #3 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | YA | |
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 | ||
Tale of Magic, A | Chris Colfer | A Tale of Magic #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | MG | |
Ten Thousand Doors of January, The | Alix E. Harrow | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
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 | |
Tiger at Midnight, The | Swati Teerdhala | The Tiger at Midnight #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | 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 | |
To Best the Boys | Mary Weber | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
Toffee | Sarah Crossan | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
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 | |
Viper | Bex Hogan | Isles of Storm and Sorrow #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wailing Woman, The | Maria Lewis | Supernatural Sisters #5 | 2019 | Fantasy | ||
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 | |
We are Blood and Thunder | Kesia Lupo | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | ||
We Hunt the Flame | Hafsah Faizal | Sands of Arawiya #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Weapon | Lynette Noni | Whisper #2 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
What I Like About Me | Jenna Guillaume | 2019 | Contemporary | YA | ||
When It’s A Jar | Tom Holt | YouSpace #2 | 2013 | Fantasy | Adult | |
When We Collided | Emery Lord | 2016 | Contemporary | YA | ||
Whisper | Lynette Noni | Whisper #1 | 2018 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wicked Fox | Kat Cho | Gumiho #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wicked Like a Wildfire | Lana Popović | Hibiscus Daughter #1 | 2017 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wicked Saints | Emily A Duncan | Something Dark and Holy #1 | 2019 | Fantasy | YA | |
Wicker King, The | K. Ancrum | The Wicker King #1 | 2017 | Contemporary | 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 | |
Winterwood | Shea Ernshaw | 2019 | 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 |
The list currently sits at 251 books… My goal for the year is 75 books. As in, to read 75 books, not get my list down to 75 books!!
I’ll be taking one book per month either by recommendation from someone, or I’ll be running a Twitter poll based on multiple recommendations, depending on who picks my books each month. So feel free to recommend me a book to read each month!!


34 Comments
Beware Of The Reader
OMG Meeghan! I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled some more to reach the end of your list! You were not kidding when you said it’s long LOL
Meeghan reads
Total of 249 books Sophie!! ??
Mani
? that’s one super long list!! Good luck in reading all 75 books!!
Meeghan reads
Thanks Mani!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!!
evelynreads1
This list is huge haha! I hope you can get to as many as possible next year!
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Meeghan reads
Thanks Evelyn!! I just need to make a good sized dent in it… the problem is that I just want to read everything!!
evelynreads1
I know that problem hahah!
Mere
I scrolled…and then I hate the end button, then went back up because OMG so many books!!! 75 seems perfectly reasonable to me!
Meeghan reads
Thanks Mere!! Hopefully I won’t be adding to it like I did his year… ?
_tirilu
Meghan!!!!! The first book you will absolutly read starting 01.01. is A WINTER’S PROMISE!! READ IT! Seriously, you need to read it. Is it on top of your pile yet? ???
That’s an amazing list, by the way. I still have to make mine or maybe I’ll just put up a link for a Goodreads shelf. ? 75 is honestly a lot, especially since I hope to read about 80 books the whole year. Maybe half of it will be backlist titles, I’m trying to be realistic. ?
Meeghan reads
Ahhh, excellent recommendation!! I will add it to my January TBR!!
I’m thinking about doing a monthly poll where people can choose a book from my backlist for me to read. I just… don’t know how to manage this with 250 books!!
Also, I’ve read almost 120 books so far this year, so I really should dedicate more time to my TBR!!
AshesBooksandBobs
I love how your list is organized! Good luck!
Meeghan reads
Thank you!!! I started it at the end of 2018 and have just been updating it.
dbsguidetothegalaxy
I thought I commented on this post but apparently I didn’t?? I’m still putting my shelf together and haven’t even WRITTEN my post yet ? so I really need to decide which books to go on it.
Ahhhh Dark Lover!!! I love that series and definitely need to go read it again (as I didn’t even finish it because there’s like 100 books in the series.
I’m happy you’re reading the Percy Jackson series! When we finally finish the Curse Workers series, do you wanna do another buddy read of Percy Jackson? They’re quick books ?
Good luck if you try The Name of the Wind! Ooh, I have Reckless as an owned book!
Meeghan reads
I would love someone to push me to finish the PJ series!!! I read Lightning Thief this year, and the novella after it, but definitely happy to BR the rest with you!!
TBH, I’ve had Dark Lover for so long, it probably wasn’t 100 books long when it was recommended to me?! ?
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Yes!! I have The Lightning Thief at home (but could always borrow it from Libby anyway) Which novella? Demigod Diaries? The Unofficial Camp Half-Blood Guide (I think it’s called that).
Haha, I think I started to read it (when my sister was at work, so definitely without her knowing ?) maybe when it was about 5 or 6 books? And know it’s reaching 15? 20?
Meeghan reads
The novella (eshort story?) was something about Ares’ chariot?! I think it’s 1.5 in the PJ series.
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Ah, yes I think i know which one you’re talking about. Haven’t read that one, but I know that one.
Meeghan reads
I think I found it online…?
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Ah, yeah. He has a couple on his website.
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Forgot to add this to my comment! Speaking of buddy reads – I’m literally currently listening to Red Glove!
Meeghan reads
DB, my love, YOU deserve a gold star, a medal and a trophy!! ⭐️??
dbsguidetothegalaxy
?? Somehow I got to 10% before so we’ll see how long this listening takes me.
Meeghan reads
I have a lot of free time over the next couple of days, so I will get stuck in then!!
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bookishluna
You have quite a few really great books on this list! Circe, Coraline, Jane Eyre, Strange the Dreamer The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Seafarer’s Kiss, and Norse Mythology.
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I’m trying to tackle my TBR too and have about 180+ books. I’m going to try and read more than buy more books and hopefully make some progress haha!
Meeghan reads
It’s such a struggle trying to read everything!! Why can’t we get paid to do this?!
Olivia-Savannah
Oh my goodness what a long TBR but we gotta do what we gotta do to get back to our backlist TBR. I have to be honest, since my buying ban I have been very good with reading my backlist TBR. I see some favourites of mine on here like Call Down the Hawk, Circe and All the Bright Places. Plus some I either want to read or still need to read. Happy reading!
Olivia-S @ Olivia’s Catastrophe
meeghan
Thanks Olivia!! I’m keeping Call Down the Hawk until closer to book 3 release date because if anything bad happens to Ronan and I have to wait, I will cry. A LOT.
Maude
OMG that list is HUGE ! Love how it’s organized, though, it looks really useful to have !
meeghan
It is lovely – it would be much better if I actually updated the original spreadsheet more often than once every few months!! ?