Last year, I read an amazing 500 books so this year it was only reasonable that I reach a little more and try to get to 600.

I didn’t.

I got to 700 books!! And yes, maybe it’s considered “cheating” if you count those graphic novels and lower grade books that are easy to read through but they’re still books, and they still count. This year’s special focus was early 2000s dystopian YA and fantasy as well as fractured fairytales.

So if you want to see the breadth of my reading I split them into categories like YA Contemporary, Regency Romance, Adult, Comics etc.

You can check out my reviews and thoughts of the books by clicking on the author tag. I’m pretty sure I got most of them.

So I feel very satisfied and hope this will inspire some new reads. I can’t wait to see what’s coming in 2024. Happy reading.

YA Contemporary

Secrets of My Hollywood Life #1-6 and Summer State of Mind by Jen Calonita

Drama! #1-4 by Paul Ruditis

Dumplin, Puddin, Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

Flirt Club by Cathleen Daley

Somewhere Only We Know, Since You Asked, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, The Way You Make Me Feel and Throwback by Maurene Goo

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass and Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

When Dimple Met Rishi, From Twinkle, With Love, There’s Something About Sweetie and 10 Things I Hate about Pinky by Sandhya Menon

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Unscripted by Nicole Krozer

Full Disclosure and Friday, I’m in Love by Camryn Garret

Jack of Hearts (and other parts) by Lev Rosen

Simon vs the Homo Sapian Agenda, The Upside of Unrequited, Imogen Obviously, and Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abhati

Someone to Love and Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz

Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Baijpai

Between Shades of Grey, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea, The Fountains of Silence and I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

The Duff, A Midsummer’s Nightmare, Lying Out Loud, and Shut In by Kody Keplinger

Loveboat, Taipei and Loveboat Reunion by Abigail Hing Wei

The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee

Not Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

The Radical Element and Tyranny of Petticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood

Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi

Codenname: Dancer by Amanda Brice

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

Wildflowers quintent by VC Andrews

Geek Girls Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance

The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Fever Code, The Kill Order and The Maze Cutter by James Dashner

There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia

Once more with Chutzpah by Haley Neil

Heist Society, Uncommen Criminals and Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

Give me a sign by Anna Sortino

Stranger than Fanfiction and Struck by Lightning: The Carson Philips Journal by Chris Colfer

Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale

Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Running by Natalie Sylvester

K-Pop Confidential and K-Pop Revolution by Stephen Lee

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon

Going Bicoastal by Delia Adhler

Awkward, Decked with Holly, Invisible, Notable and Awkwardly Ever After by Marni Bates

Jessica Darling quintent by Megan McCafferty

Our Wayward Fate, Rent a Boyfriend and When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Every Body Looking and Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Everything Everything and The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Love from A to Z and Love From Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali

YA Fantasy/Dystopian

Chain of Thorns and The Illustrated Guide to Shadowhunters, Denizens and Downworders by Cassandra Clare and Jean

Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue, and Emerald Green by Kirsten Gier

Rise of the Snake Goddess and Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke

Rogue, Untouched by Alisa Kwitney

Twilight, Life and Death, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

The Belles, Everlasting Rose, and The Beauty Trials by Dhionelle Clayton

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordueva

Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos and Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

The Selection, The Elite, The One, The Heir, The Crown and Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass

Secret of the Moon Conch by Dawn Wells and Gabriel Garcia Marcell

Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Avalon High by Meg Cabot

Red Queen, Glass Sword, King’s Cage, War Storm and Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard

Sound of Light by Amanda Bridgeman

Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee

Matched, Crossed and Reached by Ally Condie

Divergent, Insurgent, Alleigent and Four by Veronica Roth

The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Fractured Fairytales

Fairest, The Two Princess of Bamarre, The Princess Tales, Ever, A Tale of Two Castles, and Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

School of Good and Evil, A World Without Princes, The Last Ever After, The Rise of the School for Good and Evil, the Fall of the School for Good and Evil, Quests for Glory, A Crystal in Time, One True King by Soman Chainani

Land of Stories series, A Tale of Magic trilogy, Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alivec, The Book Hugger’s Guide to the Land of Stories, Red Riding Hood’s Guide to Ruling and Mother Goose Diaries by Chris Colfer

The Frog Princess, Dragon’s Breath, Once Upon a Curse, No Place for Magic, The Salemander Spell, The Dragon Princess and Dragon Kiss by E.D. Baker

Fairy Tale Reform School series and Royal Academy Rebels trilogy by Jen Calonita

The Books of Bayern quartet and The Book of Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

Half Upon a Time trilogy and Once Upon Another Time trilogy by James Riley

Chronicles of Never After quartet by Melissa de la Cruz

Grimmtastic Girls #1-8 by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

The Hero’s Guide trilogy by Christopher Healey

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

After Alice, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Mirror Mirror, Hiddensea: The Once and Future Nutcracker and Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Rapunzel’s Revenge and Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

Snow, Glass, Apples, The Sleeper and the Spindle, Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gainman

Disney

Rebel Rose by Emma Theirult

Feather and Flame by Livia Blackthorne

Dangerous Secrets by Mari Mancusi

Art of Ducktales by Kenneth Plume

Go the Distance by Jen Calonita

Mulan: Before the Sword by Grace Lin

Broken Wish by Julie Dao

Shattered Midnight by Dhonielle Clayton

Against the Tide by J. Elle

When You Wish Upon a Star, and Reflection by Elizabeth Lim

A Twisted Tales Anathology edited by Elizabeth Lim

Isle of the Lost quartet, Glass & Cinders, and Snow & Poison by Melissa De La Cruz

Dark Ascension: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway

Fractured Paths by J.C. Cervantes

School of Secrets quintent by Jessica Brody

Ariel and the Curse of the Sea Witches

Disney Girls #1-11 by Gabrielle Charbonnet

Lassie and Nikki, Dog of the North by Disney Comics

Disney Adventures: Pocohontas Special

Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand, Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Egg and by Gail Carson Levine

Tiger Lily and the Secret Treasure of Neverland by Cherie Dimaline,

Pure of Heart by Delilah S. Lawson

Splintered Magic by L.L McKinney

Hocus Pocus & the All New Sequel by A.W. Jantha

Prince of Nightmares and Thorns by Linsey Miller

Realm of Wonders by Alexandra Monir

Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly

Whitman Classics

Eight Cousins & Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott

Polly French and the Surprising Stranger by Francine Lewis

Black Beauty by Anna Seawell

Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders

Donna Parker at Cherrydale by Marcia Martin

Lassie Treasure Hunter by Charles S. Strong

Rin Tin Tin’s Rinty by Rene Martin

Annie Oakley in the Ghost Town Secret, Annette and the Desert Inn Mystery, The Lennon Sisters in the Secret of Holiday Islander, Beverely Hillbillies: Saga of Wildcat Creek by Doris Schroeder

Sand Dune Pony by Troy Nesbit

More than Courage by Patrick Lawson

Toby Tyler told by Dorthea J. Snow

Dale Evans in Danger at Crooked Canyon by Helen Hale

Wild Animals I have Known by Earnest Thompson Seton

Adult

Boy Meets Girl quartet by Meg Cabot

Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman and Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn

Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell

Bobbie’s Faye’s (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels, Bobbie’s Faye very (very, very, very) Bad Day and When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hotel of Secrets by Diane Biller

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul

The Aubrey Hepburn Estate, The Liz Taylor Ring and The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz

Regency Romance

Desperate Duchesses #1-6 by Eloisa James

Union of Rakes trilogy by Eva Leigh

Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana del Rosa

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adrianna Herrera

Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes

Love by Numbers trilogy by Sarah Maclean

The Clandestine Affairs trilogy by Diana Quincy

Girl meet Duke trilogy by Tessa Dare

Lower-Middle Grade

Allie’s Finkle’s Rules #1-6 for Girls by Meg Cabot

Life Starring Me by Robin Wasserman

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

12 to 22 and The Retake by Jen Calonita

Palace of Stone and The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale

Once trilogy by Morris Gleitzman

Girlhood Journeys #1-13 by various

Sincerely by Courtney Sheinmel

Kat the Time Traveler quartet by Emma Bradford

The Cuckoo Sister by Vivian Alcock

The Hollywood Sisters by Mary Wilcox

Twitches by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfield

9 Animal Tales, The Adventures of Bobby Coon, Paddy the Beaver, Poor Mrs. Quack, Longlegs the Heron, Jimmy Skunk, Grandfather Frog, Danny Meadow Mouse, Happy Jack, Bob White, Jimmy Muskrat, Mother West Wind’s How and Mother Wind’s Where Storiesby Thornton Burgess

Magic Attic Club Specials by Susan Korman and Sheri Sinykin

BSC in the USA, Main Street #1-10, and Family Tree quartet by Ann M. Martin

Woof, there it is by Deborah Gregory

Wellspring of Magic by Jan Fields

Wondergirls #1-8 by Jillian Brooks

The Friendship Ring #1-6 by Rachel Vail

If Wishes were Horses by Sibyl Miller

Heroes for my Daughter by Brad Meltzer

Wish You Were Here, Liza by Robin Wasserman, See you Soon, Samantha by Laura Bergen, Miss You, Mina by Denene Millner

Accidentally quartet by Lisa Papademetriou

Emily of New Moon trilogy by LM Montgomery

Are you there God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

The Rose Years series by Roger Lea McBride

The Time Travelling Fashionista trilogy by Bianca Turetsky

Thunder Girls #1-4 and Goddess Girls #1-29 + Super Special by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

The English Roses #1-13 by Madonna

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Miss Popularity trilogy by Francesco Sedita

Dork Diaries: Tales of a by Rachel Renee Russell

The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Caroline by Neil Gainman

Commercial Breaks trilogy by PG Kain
Hotel for Dogs trilogy by Lois Duncan

Baby Book for Willy Bob by Herbert A. Libby

The Shenanigans of Slim Pickens, Tiger: The Monarch Butterfly Who Couldn’t Fly, Mister Seagull meets Lady Lobster, Whales are Amazing. . . Just Like You by Tony Viehmann

Little Pink Pup by Johanna Kerby

Nonfiction

Because I was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz

Generation Friends by Saul Austerlitz

How to Be a Heroine, and Take Courage by Sam Ellis

Golden Girls Forever by Jim Colucci

Bookish Broads by Lauren Marino

Icons by Monica Ahanonu

Illustrated Feminist by Aura Lewiw

Drawing the Vote by Tommy Jenkins

Native Americans in History by Jimmy Beason

Voices of the People by Joseph Bruchac

“Nice” Jewish Girls by Julie Berberg

History of the World in 50 Dogs by Mackenzi Lee

Si Se Pueda by Julio Anta

Art of Avatar the Last Airbender by Mike DiMartino and Bryan Kozentino

The Golden Screen by Jeff Yang

The Original Sisters by Anita Kunz

Black Girls Rock by Beverly Bond

Girls Who Run the World by Diane Knapp

A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeny

Our Brave Foremothers by Rozella Kennedy

Art of DC Comic Bombshells by Ant Lucia

Poetry

milk and honey, and the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur

Manga

Spy x Family vol 1-10 by Tatsuya Endo

Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 1-8, 10-18 by Hiromu Arakawa

Kilala Princess vol 1-5 by Rika Tanaka

Fruits Basket Another vol 1-4 Natsuki Takaya

Comics

W.i.t.c.h. vol 27-29 by Elisabette Gnone

Jem and the Holograms vol 1-5, The Misfits, Infinite, and Dimensions by Kelly Thompson

Murder at Camp Bloom by Molly Muldoon and Terry Blas

Be Prepared and Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

All American Girl by Robin Ha

Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash

Real Friends trilogy by Shannon Hale

The New Kid, Class Act and School Trip by Jerry Craft

Oh My Gods by Stephanie Cook

Emmie and Friends #1-6 by Terri Libenson

Roller Girl and All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson, Where the Stars are Scattered by Omar Hassan and Victoria Jamieson

Hey, Kiddo and Sunshine by Jarrett Krosoczka

Fable Comics edited by Chris Duffy

Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts and Guts by Raina Telegimer

Young Justice vol 1-5 by Greg Weisman

Robin by Kami Garcia

The Olympians #1-12 by George O’Connor

Monster High: Hopes and Screams, and I Only Have Eye for You by Heather Nuhfee

Azula in the Spirit Temple by Faith Erin Hicks

Die Kitty Die vol 1-4 by Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz

DC Comic Bombshells #1-9 by Marguerite Bennett

Marvel Adventures: Avengers Invasion, Fantastic Four: New York’s Finest, Black Widow and the Avengers, Spiderman and the Avengers, Fantastic Four: Monsters, Moles, Cowboys & Coupons

Archie Comics

Xoxo Betty and Veronica trilogy, Love Showdown by Dan Parent, Betty and Veronica: Rock and Roll, Clash of the New kids by Dan Parent, Man from Riverdale by Tom DeFalco, Archie and friend forever by Dan Parent, Betty and Veronica Friends forever vol 1 by Dan Parent, Rocking the world by Dan Parent, Battle of the BFFs by Dan Parent, 80 years of Christmas, 60 magical stories, and Best of the pussycats, Archie Comics: 75 Years 75 Stories, 80 Years 80 Stories, The Archie Encyclopedia, The Art of Archie: The Covers, & The Art of Betty and Veronica by Craig Yoe, and Victor Gorlick, Archie’s Camp Tales, Introducing Katy Keene, Archie vs the World, Archie’s Campfire Tales, Betty and Veronica: Prom Princesses and Shopping Spree

Betty and Veronica Double Digest #156-158, #206 Jughead Double Digest #171, Betty and Veronica digest #188, Betty and Veronica digest #186 and Archie & Friends: All Action, Veronica #100, Katy Keene #45 25th Anniversary Special, World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics #29