71 BOOKS IN 2019

I’ve always loved reading, but 2018-2019 was when I really fell in love with books and realized how truly important reading is to me; I really embraced how it serves as an escape while also making me feel productive and constantly growing. 2019 was the best reading year I’ve ever had, so here’s the list of the 71 books I read with my star ratings out of 5! (Some were for classes, but the majority was simply for my own leisure and self-care)

January

  1. The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas: 5/5 (audiobook)
  2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain: 2/5 (for class)
  3. Eyes Wide Open – Paul Fleischman: 3/5 (for class)

February

  1. As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner: 1/5 (for class)
  2. Someday, Someday Maybe – Lauren Graham: 3/5 (audiobook)
  3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie: 4/5 (for class)
  4. The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo: 5/5 (for class)
  5. See Me – Nicholas Sparks: 5/5
  6. Out of the Dust – Karen Hesse: 4/5 (for class)

March 

  1. Number the Stars – Lois Lowry: 3/5 (for class)
  2. We Were Liars – e. Lockhart: 3/5 (for class)
  3. Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller: 3/5 (for class)
  4. And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie: 4/5 (for class)
  5. Looking for Alaska – John Green: 5/5  (re-read for class)

April

  1. The Age of Miracles – Karen Thompson Walker: 4/5 (for class)
  2. Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan: 2/5
  3. Daisy Jones & The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid: 5/5
  4. The Giver – Lois Lowry: 4/5

May

  1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – Marie Kondo: 4/5
  2. Princess in Love – Meg Cabot: 2/5
  3. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life – Benjamin Alire Saénz: 5/5
  4. Heretics Anonymous – Katie Henry: 4/5
  5. They Both Die at the End – Adam Silvera: 5/5

June

  1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid: 5/5
  2. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle: 3/5
  3. Schizo – Nic Sheff: 3/5

July

  1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky: 5/5
  2. Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart – Courtney Peppernell: 3/5
  3. Pillow Thoughts – Courtney Peppernell: 2/5
  4. Beastly – Alex Flinn: 3/5
  5. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing – Hank Green: 4/5 (e-book)
  6. Lucky Suit – Lauren Blakely: 1/5 (audiobook)
  7. With the Fire on High – Elizabeth Acevedo: 5/5
  8. Five Feet Apart – Rachael Lippincott: 4/5 (audiobook)
  9. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll: 4/5
  10. History is All You Left Me – Adam Silvera: 5/5

August

  1. Shout – Laurie Halse Anderson: 5/5
  2. I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You to Bits – Gunnar Ardelius: 3/5
  3. Through the Looking Glass & What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll – 2/5
  4. Everything is Fucked – Mark Manson: 4/5
  5. You Are a Badass at Making Money – Jen Schiro: 4/5
  6. Sorcery of Thorns – Margaret Rogerson: 4/5

September

  1. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone Illustrated Edition – J.K. Rowling/Jim Kay: 5/5
  2. The Vanishing Stair – Maureen Johnson: 3/5
  3. The Undoing of Thistle Tate – Katelyn Detweiler: 5/5
  4. Girls of Paper and Fire – Natasha Ngan: 5/5
  5. Spinning – Tillie Walden: 4/5
  6. Again, But Better – Christine Riccio: 5/5
  7. A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel – Madeleine L’engle/Hope Larson: 2/5

October

  1. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition – J.K.Rowling/Jim Kay: 5/5
  2. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living – Louise Miller: 5/5
  3. Save the Date – Morgan Matson: 5/5
  4. The Late Bloomers’ Club – Louise Miller: 3/5
  5. P.S. I Still Love You – Jenny Han: 3/5
  6. The Art of Breaking Things – Laura Sibson: 4/5
  7. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season of the Witch – Sarah Rees Brennan: 4/5

November

  1. This Time Will Be Different – Miss Sigiura: 3/5
  2. The Kingdom – Jess Rothenberg: 5/5
  3. One True Loves – Taylor Jenkins Reid: 5/5
  4. Disrupt-Her – Miki Agrawal: 5/5
  5. The Thousandth Floor – Katharine McGee: 5/5
  6. After I Do – Taylor Jenkins Reid: 5/5

December

  1. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban Illustrated Edition – J.K. Rowling/Jim Kay: 5/5
  2. You’d Be Mine – Erin Hahn: 2/5
  3. East – Edith Pattou: 4/5
  4. Maybe in Another Life – Taylor Jenkins Reid: 4/5
  5. The Lightning Dreamer – Margarita Engle: 3/5
  6. The Astonishing Color of After – Emily X. R. Pan: 4/5
  7. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens: 3/5
  8. Rebel Girls – Elizabeth Keenan: 3/5
  9. I’d Rather Be Reading – Anne Bogel: 5/5

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