2021 Reading List

These are the books I’ve finished in 2021 so far:

  1. Memorial by Bryan Washington
  2. Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
  3. Barbarian’s Prize by Ruby Dixon
  4. The Best American Essays 2017 Edited by Leslie Jamison
  5. Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow
  6. Dating-ish by Penny Reid
  7. Beautiful Facade by Kathryn S. Rose
  8. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  9. The Project by Courtney Summers
  10. Butter Side Up by Jane Enright
  11. The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams
  12. The Gunners by Rebecca Kauffman
  13. Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reis
  14. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
  15. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
  16. The Ex talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
  17. What Doesn’t Kill You by Tessa Miller
  18. The Roommate by Rosie Danan
  19. The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
  20. Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
  21. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
  22. Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
  23. Neanderthal Seeks Extra Yarns by Penny Reid
  24. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  25. You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
  26. The Little Book of Big Knowing by Michelle Sammons
  27. The Best American Essays 2020 edited by Andre Aciman
  28. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
  29. If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
  30. The Hooker and the Hermit by Penny Reid & L.H. Cosway
  31. Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
  32. Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
  33. Ways to Ruin a Royal Reputation by Dani Collins
  34. Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli
  35. Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
  36. Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon
  37. The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
  38. Marriage and Murder by Penny Reid
  39. Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
  40. Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom by Emily L. Hay Hinsdale
  41. The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
  42. Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
  43. Ice Ice Babies by Ruby Dixon
  44. Aegean Sun: The Kafenion by Stephanie Wood
  45. The Player and the Pixie by Penny Reid & L.H. Cosway
  46. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
  47. Writing into the Wound by Roxane Gay
  48. Simmer Down by Sarah Smith
  49. Just Like You by Nick Hornby
  50. Having the Barbarian’s Baby by Ruby Dixon
  51. The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
  52. Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese
  53. Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam
  54. Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
  55. The Cad and the Co-ed by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid
  56. Signs: The Secret Language of The Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson
  57. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
  58. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
  59. Group by Christie Tate
  60. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
  61. Girls Weekend by CM Nascosta
  62. Always Only You by Chloe Liese
  63. The Varlet & the Voyer by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid
  64. It Had to be You by Georgia Clark
  65. Other People’s Children by RJ Hoffman
  66. Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
  67. Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
  68. The Point After by Sean Conley
  69. The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
  70. The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
  71. Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
  72. Runaway Train by Lee Matthew Goldberg
  73. Weight Expectations by M. E. Carter
  74. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  75. American Royals by Katharine McGee
  76. Majesty by Katharine McGee
  77. Sticking to the Script by Stella Weaver
  78. The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
  79. That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
  80. Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick
  81. Year Book by Seth Rogan
  82. Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
  83. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  84. An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
  85. Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen
  86. Breath by James Nestor
  87. Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
  88. Finally Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosmiano
  89. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
  90. The Guild of the Infant Savior by Megan Galbraith
  91. Who is Maud Dixon? Alexandra Andrews
  92. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
  93. Stud Muffin by Jiffy Kate
  94. Plot Twist by Bethany Turner
  95. Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello
  96. How Sweet It Is by Dylan Newton
  97. Witches Get Stitches by Juliette Cross
  98. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
  99. The Therapist by BA Paris
  100. Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
  101. No Whisk No Reward by Ellie Kay
  102. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
  103. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
  104. The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
  105. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
  106. The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
  107. Beef Cake by Jiffy Kate
  108. With You Forever by Chloe Liese
  109. Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
  110. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
  111. Barbarian’s Touch by Ruby Dixon
  112. The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones
  113. All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  114. One Night Only by Catherine Walsh
  115. Just Folking Around by Penny Reid
  116. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
  117. Totally Folked by Penny Reid
  118. The Guncle by Steven Rowley
  119. The Husbands by Chandler Baker
  120. Aloha With Love by Lindy Miller & Terence Brody
  121. Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
  122. Isn’t it Romantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams
  123. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
  124. The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
  125. Batter of Wits by Karla Sorensen
  126. Luster by Raven Leilani
  127. Written in the Stars by Alexandra Bellefleur
  128. Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
  129. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
  130. Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
  131. The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
  132. Calm by Ruby Dixon
  133. Eye Candy by Jiffy Kate
  134. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
  135. Just Kids by Patti Smith
  136. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  137. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  138. Steal My Magnolia by Karla Sorensen
  139. Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
  140. Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things by Amanda Lovelace
  141. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
  142. The Utterly Uninteresting…Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Haynes
  143. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazlewood
  144. Attraction by Penny Reid
  145. This Jade World by Ira Sukrungruang
  146. Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney
  147. Heart by Penny Reid
  148. If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
  149. Capture by Penny Reid
  150. Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
  151. Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
  152. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
  153. The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn
  154. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
  155. One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
  156. 40-Love by Olivia Dade
  157. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
  158. Writing Hard Stories by Melanie Brooks
  159. Motion by Penny Reid
  160. Space by Penny Reid
  161. Time by Penny Reid
  162. The Audacity of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliott
  163. Neon Gods by Katee Robert
  164. The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
  165. Desperate Measures by Katee Robert
  166. The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton by Eleanor Ray
  167. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
  168. The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
  169. Love in Due Time by L.B. Dunbar
  170. Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen
  171. Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
  172. A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert
  173. The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
  174. The Beast by Katee Robert
  175. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  176. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
  177. How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 days by KM Jackson
  178. Crime and Periodicals by Nora Everly
  179. Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden
  180. The Sea Witch by Katie Robert
  181. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
  182. Queen Takes Rose by Katee Robert
  183. 99% Mine by Sally Thorne
  184. Emotional Inheritance by Galit Atlas
  185. The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert
  186. Prose Before Bros by Cathy Yardley
  187. The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson
  188. A Very Grumpy Christmas by Jerica MacMillan
  189. Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
  190. The Naughty List by Ellie Mae MacGregor
  191. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
  192. Santa Claus is Going to Town on Me by ML Eliza
  193. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
  194. The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
  195. Verity by Colleen Hoover
  196. So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
  197. Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
  198. Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
  199. The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor
  200. Shelf Awareness by Katie Ashley
  201. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzie Lee