Every year, I take part in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. It began as a way to keep track of what I was reading, as I’d accidentally, repeatedly picked up library books I’d already read thinking they were new to me. The challenge is less about challenging myself to read- its harder for me not to read at this point, as I just adore books so deeply. But I enjoy seeing how much I’ve read each year, and my Year in Books is such a treat to look at and remind myself of what I read earlier in the year, books I loved, and books I had to work to finish.

I strive to review everything I read, but because book choices are so personal I try to not leave bad reviews. Just because I didn’t enjoy it doesn’t make it a bad book, it just makes it a poor fit for me.

I’m grateful for the public library, as that’s where I get most of my books. I also got a free trial of Kindle Unlimited, which gave me access to a few titles the library didn’t. I also love Prime First Reads, which gives me one free book per month from their list of upcoming releases.

Here are the titles I read in 2019. I admit I did push myself to hit 90, since I was so close at the end of December. My favorite books of the year are in bold:

1. Beartown, Fredrik Backman
2. As Close to Us as Breathing, Elizabeth Poliner
3. The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty
4. What Alice Forgot, liane Moriarty
5. The Hypnotist’s Love Story, Liane Moriarty
6. Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
7. My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
8. Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty
9. Instant Mom, Nia Vardolos
10. Swimming Pool Sunday, Madeleine Wickham
11. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book, Jennifer Donnelly
12. One Day, David Nicholls
13. And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer, Fredrik Backman
14. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd, Jim Fergus
15. Wishtree, Katherine Applegate
16. Turtles All the Way Down, John Green
17. Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After, Heather Harpham
18. A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman
19. We Were Liars, E. Lockhart
20. The Sun is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon
21. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
22. A Spark of Light, Jodi Picoult
23. The Proposal, Jasmine Guillory
24. I Owe You One, Sophie Kinsella
25. Paper Towns, John Green
26. Rise of the Isle of the Lost, Melissa de la Cruz
27. On the Come Up, Angie Thomas
28. The Light We Lost, Jill Santopolo
29. Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly
30. Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok
31. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
32. Magic Hour, Kristin Hannah
33. Educated, Tara Westover
34. The Last Year of the War, Susan Meissner
35. Everything I Never Told You, Celest Ng
36. Barefoot Season, Susan Mallery
37. Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Patti Callahan
38. The Garden of Small Beginnings, Abbi Waxman
39. Other People’s Houses, Abbi Waxman
40. A Princess in Theory, Alyssa Cole
41. The House on Tradd Street, Karen White
42. Sunset Beach, Mary Kay Andrews
43. The Opposite of Maybe, Maddie Dawson
44. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, Anissa Gray
45. Swimming for Sunlight, Allie Larkin
46. One Day in December, Josie Silver
47. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson
48. The Almost Sisters, Joshilyn Jackson
49. The Island Beneath the Sea, Isabel Allende
50. Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
51. This is How it Always Is, Laurie Frankel
52. Heart of Darkness, Spencer Quinn
53. The Mothers, Britt Bennett
54. The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
55. The Power, Naomi Alderman
56. The Dream Daughter, Diane Chamberlin
57. The Golden Tresses of the Dead, Alan Bradley
58. Dandelion Summer, Mary Ellen Bramwell
59. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Abbi Waxman
60. Masterminds and Wingmen, Rosalind Wiseman
61. The Shark Club, Ann Kidd Taylor
62. What You Don’t Know About Charlie Outlaw, Leah Stewart
63. Ghosted, Rosie Walsh
64. Sunshine Beach, Wendy Wax
65. One Good Thing, Wendy Wax
66. A Bella Flora Christmas, Wendy Wax
67. Best Beach Ever, Wendy Wax
68. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, Louise Miller
69. Miracle Creek, Angie Kim
70. Never Have I Ever, Joshilyn Jackson
71. While We Were Watching Downton Abbey, Wendy Wax
72. Roar, Cecelia Ahern
73. Room to Breathe, Liz Talley
74. The Secrets We Kept, Lara Prescott
75. When We Believed in Mermaids, Barbara O’Neal
76. Things You Save in a Fire, Katherine Center
77. On Folly Beach, Karen White
78. Yellow Crocus, Laila Abrahim
79. Holly Banks Full of Angst, Julie Valerie
80. Inheritance, Dani Shapiro
81. Ellie and the Harpmaker, Hazel Prior
82. Out of Sorts, Sarah Bessey
83. Matchmaking for Beginners, Maddie Dawson
84. Christmas Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella
85. Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Glendy Vanderah
86. The Littlest Bigfoot, Jennifer Weiner
87. Little Bigfoot, Big City, Jennifer Weiner
88. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, Kelly Harms
89. The Tyrant’s Tomb, Rick Riordan
90. Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan

As you can see, when I find an author I love I read all of their work. Abbi Waxman is my favorite of the new to me authors I read this year.

What are some of your favorite books from this year?