I love books. I love talking about books and recommending books, but most of all I love reading books. In light of this, I’m posting the list of books I read last year. Technically this time it’s a year and a half—I started keeping track in June 2019. This list is just MG/YA—join my newsletter to get the full list, including adult books and nonfiction, plus the books I started but chose not to finish. Any titles with links will take you to the book reviews I’ve posted about them. You’ll see some that I read aloud to my boys (ages 6 and 4). I marked some as rereads, meaning I’ve read them multiple times before. Some of the others I’ve read before as well, but if I read them as a kid I’m not counting that as a reread, since it’s been a while.
2019
Shadows—Robin McKinley (reread)
Forgive Me, I Meant to do It—Gail Carson Levine
A Tale of Two Castles—Gail Carson Levine
The Language of Spells—Garret Weyr
A Date with Darcy (Bookish Boyfriends)—Tiffany Schmidt
The Creature of the Pines (Unicorn Rescue Society)—Adam Gidwitz
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone–J.K. Rowling (reread)
Sweet Home Alaska—Carole Estby Dagg
Chalice—Robin McKinley (reread)
What to Say Next—Julie Buxbaum
The Only Alien on the Planet—Kristen D. Randle (reread)
A Tale Dark and Grimm—Adam Gidwitz
Ink, Iron, and Glass—Gwendolyn Clare
Ogre Enchanted—Gail Carson Levine
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban–J.K. Rowling (reread)
The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande (Unicorn Rescue Society)—Adam Gidwitz and David Bowles
Shadows: the Books of Elsewhere—Jacqueline West
The Trumpeter of Krakow—Eric P. Kelly
2020
Rebel of the Sands—Alwyn Hamilton
Jo’s Boys—Louisa May Alcott
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making–Catherynne M. Valente
Sorcery and Cecelia—Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (reread)
Book of Enchantments—Patricia C. Wrede (reread)
The Sun is Also a Star—Nicola Yoon
The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Field Guide/The Seeing Stone)—Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
The Hero and the Crown—Robin McKinley
The Wind in the Willows—Kenneth Grahame (read aloud with boys)
The BFG—Roald Dahl (read aloud with boys)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—J.K. Rowling (reread)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—Roald Dahl (read aloud with boys)
Little House in the Big Woods—Laura Ingalls Wilder
James and the Giant Peach—Roald Dahl (audiobook with boys)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh—Robert C. O’Brien
The Birchbark House—Louise Erdrich
The Tale of Despereaux—Kate DiCamillo
Matilda—Roald Dahl (read aloud with boys)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix—J.K. Rowling (reread)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe—C.S. Lewis (read aloud with boys)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince—J.K. Rowling (reread)
Prince Caspian—C.S. Lewis (read aloud with boys)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—J.K. Rowling (reread)
Amulet: the Stonekeeper—Kazu Kibuishi
The Belles—Dhonielle Clayton
Island of the Blue Dolphins—Scott O’Dell