books i've read april 2025

 4.4.25

• Cosplayers by Dash Shaw (GN)
• Black Butler #33 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Fence: Redemption by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)

4.5.25

• Goodbye Autumn, Hello Fall by Kenard Pak (PB)
• Let's Be Bees by Shawn Harris (PB)
• The Creature of Habit Tries His Best by Jennifer E. Smith & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• The Curious Why by Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez (PB)
• Fairy Walk by Gaia Cornwall (PB)
• PictureFace Lizzy by Josh Gad & Marta Kissi (PB)
• The Change by Kirsten Miller (A)
• Saga Volume Eleven by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
• Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman (GN)
• Our Tree by Jessica Meserve (PB)
• Billy & Rose: Just the Way They Are by Amy Hest & Kady MacDonald Denton (Y)
• Night: A Children's Fable by Katherine L. Jumbe & Shana Dixon (PB)
• The Secret Time Machine and the Gherkin Switcheroo by Simone Lia (Y)

4.6.25

• The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (A)

4.7.25

• The Little Owl & the Big Tree: A Christmas Story by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (PB)
• Eli and the Uncles by Jehan Madhani & Rashin Kheiriyeh (PB)
• Will the Pigeon Graduate? by Mo Willems (PB)
• Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence by Maisha Oso & Candice Bradley (PB)
• Me and Other Bunnies by Mo Willems (PB)
• Toto by Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (A)

4.9.25

• Pilgrim Codex by Vivian Mansour, Emmanuel Valtierra, & Carlos Rodriguez Cortez (Y)
• How to Tantrum Like a Champion: Ten Small Ways to Temper Big Feelings by Allan Wolf & Keisha Morris (PB)
• The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi & Monica Arnaldo (PB)
• Little Freddie Two Pants: (The Dog with Too Many Pants) by Drew Daywalt & Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• We Celebrate the Light by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, & Jieting Chen (YNF)
• Etta Extraordinaire Goes to the White House by Roda Ahmed, Charnaie Gordon, & Chloe Burgett (PB)
• The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin;, Gentlemen Who Started America by Jonah Winter & Barry Blitt (YNF)
• ARTificial Intelligence by David Biedrzycki (PB)
• Many Things at Once by Veera Hiranandani & Nadia Alam (PB)
• How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-Eun (PB)
• The Hole by Lindsay Bonilla & Brizida Magro (PB)
• The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele (GN)
• Cosmoknights Book One by Hannah Temple (GN)

4.11.25

• A Card for My Mom by Bashabi Fraser & Maanvi Kapur (PB)
• Lights Out by Navessa Allen (A)
• Ada and the Galaxies by Alan Lightman, Olga Pastuchiv, & Susanna Chapman (PB)
• Gobble, Gobble, Tucker! by Leslie McGuirk (PB)
• Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic by Dr Shan Woo Lie, Kaili Liu Gormley, & Lisa Wee (YNF)
• Dragon Dreams by Roni Schotter & Khoa Le (PB)
• Katherine Johnson by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jemma Skidmore (YNF)

4.12.25

• Little Lion Girl by Olivia Hope & Fiona Woodcock (PB)
• Something Good by Kenneth Kraegel (PB)
• Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke & Nikolas Ilic (PB)
• Slow Down...On Your Doorstep by Freya Hartas (YNF)
• Mini & Milo: Elephants Can't Jump by Venita Dimos & Natashia Curtin (PB)
• My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda by Bibi Duman Tak & Annemarie Van Haeringen (YNF)
• Cosmoknights Book Two by Hannah Temple (GN)
• Failed Princesses #1 by Ajiichi (M)
• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (A)

4.13.25

• Cthulhu Cat by Pandania (M)
• The Juneteenth Alphabet by Andrea Underwood Petifer & Ana Latese (YNF)
• Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown by Nydia Armendia-Sanchez & Loris Lora (YNF)
• In-Between Places by Alex Killian & Gracy McFerrin (PB)
• Bears at the Beach by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten (PB)
• Dino-Birthday by Lisa Wheeler & Barry Gott (PB)
• Maisy Gets a Pet by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock by Vikram Madan (GN)
• Hocus and Pocus and the Dragon Next Door by A.R. Capetta & Charlene Chua (Y)

4.14.25

• After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)
• Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon (PB)
• A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth & David Litchfield (PB)
• Manny's Mood Clouds by Lourdes Ubidia (PB)
• Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins (PB)
• Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta & Charlene Chua (Y)
• The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu (ANF)

4.15.25

• Blue Box #1 by Kouji Miura (M)
• The Way of the House Husband #12 by Kousuke Oono (M)

4.16.25

• The Apothecary Diaries #7 by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao, & Touco Shino (M)

4.18.25

• Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (A)

4.19.25

• That's My Book!: And Other Stories by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Bears in a Band by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Bears in the Snow by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Henry's Picture-Perfect Day by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song (Y)
• Are You a Sleepy Monster? by Guilherme Karsten (PB)
• Mr. Fox's Game of "No!" by David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith & Julie Flett (PB)
• Grandmother School by Rina Singh & Ellen Rooney (PB)
• My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet & Marion Arbona (PB)
• The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life #2 by Guru Mizoguchi, Usata Nonohara, & ox (M)
• The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life: Cycle of the Elixir #1 by Aya Obara, Usata Nonohara, & ox (M)
• Olivetti by Allie Millington (Y)
• Girls on the Rise by Amanda Gorman & Loveis Wise (PB)

4.20.25

• The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes (Y)
• A Man & His Cat #11 by Umi Sakurai (M)
• A Bride's Story #4 by Kaoru Mori (M)
• I Love You More Than My Phone: A "Slothilda & Peanut" Comic Collection by Dante Fabiero (GN)

4.21.25

• Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (A)
• Until I Meet My Husband: The Manga by Ryousuke Nanasaki (M)
• Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi & Shazleen Khan (GN)

4.22.25

• Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett (A)

4.23.25

• I Want to Be a Wall #3 by Honami Shirono (M)

4.24.25

• Uh-Oh! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
• Oops! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
• Bears in Bed by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Maisy Goes to London by Lucy Cousins (PB)

4.25.25

• The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (A)
• Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, & Jamie Green (GN)

4.26.25

• The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog by Rick McIntyre (ANF)
• The Nutcracker: A Dancing Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• When Your Llama Needs a Haircut by Susanna Leonard Hill & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
• Little Poet William Shakespeare: I Love You by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Little Poet Emily Dickinson: In Emily's Garden by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Little Master Barrie: Peter Pan: An Adventure Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Q Is for Quokka by Jean Claude (YNF)
• Little Poet Lewis Carroll: Silly Time by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Georgia O'Keeffe Loved the Desert by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Rachel Carson Cared About Our World by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Goodnight, Rainbow Cats by Barbara Castro Urio (PB)
• Little Poet Robert Frost: Two Roads by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Beatrix Potter Wrote Stories by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• The Odyssey: A Monsters Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Ansel Adams and His Camera by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• The Zero Dads Club by Angel Adeyoha & Aubrey Williams (PB)
• You're Loved by Liz Climo (PB)
• The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury (PB)
• Giraffe Is Too Tall for This Book by DK Ryland (PB)
• Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Words of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by Katie Wray Schon (YNF)
• Sari Sisters by Anitha Rao-Robinson & Anoosha Syed (PB)
• Karma Is Three Cats: Life According to Taylor Swift's Kitty Best Friends by Bella Montgomery & Caroline Marando (PB)
• Kamala Raised Her Hand by Raakhee Mirchandani & Supriya Kelkar (YNF)
• Robinson's New Thing by Julia Mills (PB)
• Rosemary Long Ears by Susie Ghahremani (PB)
• Clovis Suspects a Sneak by Katelyn Aronson & Benji Williams (PB)

4.27.25

• The Bear's Surprise by Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• A Song of Gladness by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett (PB)
• Bling Blaine: Throw Glitter, Not Shade by Rob Sanders & Letizia Rizzo (PB)
• 100 Dogs: Playful Pups to Count by Michael Whaite (PB)
• The Seedling That Didn't Want to Grow by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• You Need to Chill!: A Story of Love and Family by Juno Dawson & Laura Hughes (PB)
• My Brother Otto by Meg Raby & Elisa Pallmer (PB)
• Owl & Cat: Muslims Are... by Emma Apple (YNF)
• Ten-Word Tiny Tales to Inspire and Unsettle by Joseph Coehlo (PB)
• Barnacle Bay by Jana Curll (GN)
• A Loud Winter's Nap by Katy Hudson (PB)
• Bears and Boos by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Maisy's Chinese New Year by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Harry Styles by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lizzie Knott (YNF)
• Bears and a Birthday by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole (YA)

4.28.25

• Becoming Ted by Matt Cain (A)
• William Kamkwamba by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kirsti Beautyman (YNF)
• The Only Monster by Matt Coyne & Brendan Kearney (PB)
• Why We Eat Fried Peanuts by Zed Zha & Sian James (PB)
• Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom & Christine Grove (PB)
• No Huddles for Heloise by Deborah Kerbel & Udayana Lugo (PB)

4.30.25

• The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore (A)

04.25 total: 154

12 graphic novels; 12 manga; 88 picture books; 12 adult fiction; 8 youth fiction; 19 youth nonfiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 1 young adult fiction

books i've read march 2025

 3.1.25

• How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson (A)
• Lu by Jason Reynolds (Y)
• Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
• Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp & Sylvia Bi (GN)

3.2.25

• Weasels by Elys Dolan (PB)
• The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln by Marissa Moss & Jeremy Holmes (YNF)
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (PB)
• Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen (PB)
• I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (PB)
• Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi & John Manders (PB)
• The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum & Tim Bowers (PB)
• Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)

3.3.25

• A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (A)
• The Bride Was a Boy by Chii (M)

3.4.25

• So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole (YA)

3.8.25

• The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (A)
• The Vampire Slayer Volume 1 by Sarah Gailey, Michael Shelfer, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
• The Vampire Slayer Volume 2 by Sarah Gailey, Sonia Liao, Claudia Balboni, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
• The Vampire Slayer Volume 3 by Sarah Gailey, Hannah Templer, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
• We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (A)

3.9.25

• The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth (A)
• Mr. Lepron's Mystery Soup by Giovanna Zoboli & Mariachiara Di Giorgio (PB)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #30 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

3.10.25

• Marvel Studios 100 Objects: Iconic Artifacts from the MCU by Tracey Miller-Zarneke (ANF)

3.11.25

• Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (A)
• 101 Dogs: An Illustrated Compendium of Canines by Nicola Jane Swinney & Romy Blumel (ANF)

3.12.25

• Roar for Reading by Beth Ferry & Andrew Joyner (PB)
• Umami by Jacob Grant (PB)
• Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman by Ann Diament Koffsky & Abigail Rajunov (YNF)
• Clever Crow by Chris Butterworth & Olivia Lomenech (YNF)
• All the Rocks We Love by Lisa Varchol Perron, Taylor Perron, & David Scheirer (YNF)
• Daydream by Hannah Grace (A)

3.13.25

• Crows: An Egg-to-Sky Story by Margaret Peot (YNF)
• It Happened in Salem by Jonah Winter & Brad Holland (YNF)
• Henna Is... by Marzieh Abbas & Anu Chouhan (PB)
• Waiting for the Dawn: A Tale of Forest Fires and Renewal by Fabiola Anchorena (PB)
• Mixed Feelings by Liana Finck (PB)
• Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love by Joseph Coelho (PB)
• Between You and Me by Rob Sanders & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly (PB)

3.14.25

• Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver (A)
• Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (A)

3.15.25

• The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (A)

3.16.25

• A Condition Called Love #6 by Megumi Morino (M)

3.17.25

• To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn (A)
• It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Y)

3.19.25

• When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (A)

3.20.25

• Yippee! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
• Mr. Santa by Jarvis (PB)

3.21.25

• Mamiachi & Me by Jole Gutierrez, Dakota Gutierrez, & Mirelle Ortega (PB)

3.22.25

• Wildflowers by Liniers (GN)
• Otto's Backwards Day by Frank Cammuso & Jay Lynch (GN)
• Good Night Thoughts by Max Greenfield & James Serafino (PB)
• Patrick Mahomes by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Guilherme Kersten (YNF)
• The Bear Shaped-Hole by John Dougherty & Thomas Docherty (PB)
• I've Got the Painters In by Jen Jenivive (A)
• Welcome to the Bed & Biscuit by Joan Carris & Noah Z. Jones (Y)
• Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon (YA)
• Lila Greer and the Shrieking Shadow by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)

3.23.25

• Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon (YA)
• The Apothecary Diaries #6 by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao, & Touco Shino (M)

3.24.25

• A Man & His Cat #10 by Umi Sakurai (M)
• Idol Dreams #2 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Idol Dreams #3 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Idol Dreams #4 by Arina Tanemura (M)

3.27.25

• The Fellowship of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (A)

3.28.25

• Hide and Seek: This Is Not a Kid's Book by Andrew Racho & Winendra Adi (A)

3.29.25

• The Little Bean by Jen Jenivive (A)
• Idol Dreams #5 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Graineliers #1 by Rihito Takarai (M)

3.30.25

• The Train of Dark Wonders by Alex Bell (Y)
• Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
• The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses #1 by Koume Fujichika (M)
• Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo (GN)

3.31.25

• The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch (A)
• Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne (A)
• Finding Courage by Darcy Pattison & Agnieszka Wajda (PB)
• Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear & Gracey Zhang (PB)
• Eleven Words for Love: A Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah & Maxine Beneba Clarke (PB)
• Yayoi Kusama by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ryoko Ichikawa (YNF)
• Bailey the Bat and the Tangled Moose by Grand Lawrence & Noemie Gionet Landry (PB)

03.25 total:  81

18 adult fiction; 8 youth fiction; 7 graphic novels; 24 picture books; 8 youth nonfiction; 11 manga; 3 young adult fiction; 2 adult nonfiction

books i've read february 2025

 2.1.25

• Little Naturalists: George Washington Carver Loved Plants by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Little Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore! by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Little Naturalists: The Adventures of John Muir by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Little Naturalists: Henry David Thoreau in the Woods by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• I Feel Brave by DK Publishing (YNF)
• I Feel Proud by DK Publishing (YNF)
• How Do I Feel?: A Little Guide to My Emotions by DK Publishing (YNF)
• My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids by Joana Estrela & Jay Hulme (PB)
• Basquiat Colors by Mudpuppy (YNF)
• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark (A)

2.2.25

• Frank and the Bad Surprise by Martha Brockenbrough & Jon Lau (Y)
• Yummers! by James Marshall (PB)
• Willis by James Marshall (PB)
• Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (PB)
• Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (PB)
• Idol Dreams #1 by Arina Tonemura (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #9 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #10 by Io Sakisaka (M)

2.3.25

• The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones (YA)
• Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (A)

2.5.25

• A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp (A)

2.6.25

• The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey (A)

2.7.25

• The Last to Pie by Misha Popp (A)
• Maisy Goes to a Show by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• We're Having a Party (for Everyone!) by Katie Vernon (PB)

2.8.25

• Dr. KittyCat: Clover the Bunny by Jane Clarke (Y)
• Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell & Molly Bang (Y)
• Little Rat Rides by Monika Bang-Campbell & Molly Bang (Y)
• Bunjitsu Bunny Vs. Bunjitsu Bunny by John Himmelman (Y)
• Noise at Night by Beth Raisner Glass, Susan Lubner, & Bruce Whatley (PB)
• Nina in That Makes Me Mad! by Hilary Knight & Steven Kroll (GN)
• Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? by Agnes Rosentiehl (GN)
• Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers (GN)
• Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman (GN)
• Little Hare Finds a Gift by Oleksandr Shatokhin (PB)
• Anonymoose by Shawna J.C. Tenney (PB)
• One Wild Christmas by Nicholas Oldland (PB)
• Slow Down...in the Park by Rachel Williams & Freya Hartas (YNF)
• The Serpent's Shadow: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan & Orpheus Collar (GN)
• The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (A)

2.9.25

• Knight of the Ice #1 by Yayoi Ogawa (M)
• Ao Haru Ride #11 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• Portly McSwine by James Marshall (PB)
• Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens by James Marshall (PB)
• Isty-Bitsy Baby Mouse by Michelle Meadows & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Asiago by Adam McHeffey (PB)
• Every Wrinkle Has a Story by David Grossman & Ninamasina (PB)
• Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillbrand & Maira Kalman (YNF)
• Foxtrot by Becka Moor (PB)
• A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau (A)
• A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau (A)
• Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green (GN)

2.10.25

• The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (A)

2.11.25

• The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (A)

2.13.25

• Running Mate by Leah Brunner (A)
• A Condition Called Love #3 by Megumi Morino (M)

2.14.25

• A Condition Called Love #4 by Megumi Morino (M)

2.15.25

• Neither: A Story About Being Who You Are by Airlie Anderson (PB)
• F*ck That: An Honest Meditation by Jason Headley (ANF)
• Disappointing Affirmations: Unfollow Your Dreams! by Dave Tarnowski (ANF)
• Unlimited Squirrels: The FRUSTRATING Book! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Unlimited Squirrels: Guess What!? by Mo Willems (PB)
• My Afro Is a Rising Sun by Yaram Yahu & Deann Wiley (PB)
• Feelings Are Better with Friends by Micol Ostow & Keiron Ward (PB)
• Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right by Dan Santat & Mo Willems (PB)
• Star Wars: Someone Who Loves You by Beth Revis & Sophie Li (PB)
• Rory the Remarkable Dragon by Kathryn Rammell (PB)
• Don't Think of Tigers by Alex Latimer (PB)
• Clive Penguin by Huw Lewis Jones & Ben Sanders (PB)
• Barnaby Unboxed! by Terry Fan, Eric Fan, & Devin Fan (PB)
• Fox, Fox, and More Fox: Three Stories by Corey R. Tabor (PB)
• The Hare Who Wouldn't Share by Steve Small (PB)
• Parachutes by Kelly Yang (YA)
• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe (YA)
• A Condition Called Love #5 by Megumi Morino (M)

2.16.25

• I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, & Julia Kuo (YNF)
• A Friend for Eddy by Ann Kim Ha (PB)
• When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel: A Short Tale About a Short Tail by Chris Pine & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• To See an Owl by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• So Cold! by John Coy & Chris Park (PB)
• The World Needs the Wonder You See by Joanna Gaines & Julianna Swaney (PB)
• Chloe and Maude: 3 Stories About Two Best Friends by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Lonely Bird's Dream by Ruth Whiting (PB)
• The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood & LeUyen Pham (PB)
• Mousetronaut Saves the World: Based on a (Partially) True Story by Mark Kelly & C.F. Payne (PB)
• Pockets of Love by Yamile Saied Mendez & Sara Palacios (PB)
• Pizza for Birds by Bob Shea (PB)
• Saint Spotting: Or How to Read a Church by Chris Raschka (YNF)
• Monsters!: & Other Stories by Gustavo Duarte (GN)
• Free Shit by Charles Burns (ANF)
• Not THIS Bear! by Bernice Myers (PB)
• Big Kicks by Bob Kolar (PB)
• Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur by John Patrick Green (GN)
• The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story by Marie Kondo & Yuko Uramoto (M)
• Maisy Goes to a Wedding by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Wade's Wiggly Antlers by Louise Bradford & Christine Battuz (PB)
• The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book by Deborah Lee Rose & Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis (PB)
• The Big Christmas Bake by Fiona Barker & Pippa Curnick (PB)
• Good Night, Planet by Liniers (GN)
• The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers (GN)
• Winter Lullaby by Dianne White & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
• The Winter Bird by Kate Banks & Suzie Mason (PB)

2.17.25

• Rabbit & Bear: The Pest in the Nest by Julian Gough & Jim Field (Y)
• Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (GN)
• Ao Haru Ride #12 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (A)
• Ao Haru Ride #13 by Io Sakisaka (M)
• Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly: Shadow Hills by Jordan Quinn & Ornella Greco (GN)
• Bunjitsu Bunny Jumps to the Moon by John Himmelman (Y)

2.21.25

• Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews (A)
• Katie the Catsitter: The Purrfect Plan by Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue (GN)

2.22.25

• The Long Game by Elena Armas (A)
• My Best Friends Are Balls by Jen Jenivive (PB)
• Unicorn Time Machine by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio & Paulina Ganucheau (GN)

2.23.25

• The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-Orians (ANF)
• When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll (GN)
• The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (GN)
• Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges & Polterink (GN)

2.24.25

• Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe (YA)
• Patina by Jason Reynolds (Y)
• The Avant-Guards: Down to the Wire by Carly Usdin, Noah Hayes, Lea Caballero, & Eleonora Bruni (GN)
• Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)

2.25.25

• Sunny by Jason Reynolds (Y)

2.28.25

• Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)

02.25 total: 126

11 youth nonfiction; 52 picture books; 14 adult fiction; 11 youth fiction; 11 manga; 4 young adult fiction; 19 graphic novels; 4 adult nonfiction

books i've read january 2025

 1.1.25

• Komi Can't Communicate #29 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Classmates #4: Sora & Hara by Asumiko Nakamura (M)
• Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe & James Howe (Y)
• Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon (YA)

1.2.25

• I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg (ANF)
• Open Throat by Henry Hoke (A)

1.3.25

• I Hear You, Ocean by Kallie George & Carmen Mok (PB)
• I Hear You, Mountains by Kallie George & Carmen Mok (PB)
• The Class with Wings by Paul Fleischman & Hannah Salyer (YNF)
• Gertie: The Darling Duck of WWII by Shari Swanson & Renee Graef (YNF)
• Tumblebaby by Adam Rex & Audrey Helen Weber (PB)
• Insect Detective by Steve Voake & Charlotte Voake (YNF)
• The Totally Not Boring Book of Feelings by Jolie Taylor & Brandon Dorman (Y)
• This Is My Brain!: A Book on Neurodiversity by Elise Gravel (YNF)
• Komi Can't Communicate #30 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• A Condition Called Love #1 by Megumi Morino (M)

1.4.25

• Hold Hands by Sara Varon (PB)
• It's Really Cold Outside! by Harriet Ziefert (PB)
• Fall Parade by Camelia Kay & Allyn Howard (PB)
• The Ogre Who Wasn't by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett (PB)
• Mama's Magnificent Dancing Plantitas by Jesus Trejo & Eliza Kinkz (PB)
• Rumie Goes Rafting by Meghan Marentette (PB)
• Just One Girl: A Fight for Equal Rights by Trinka Hakes Noble & Amanda Calatzis (PB)
• Mooncakes Mean Family by Benson Shum (PB)
• A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse by Charlotte Zolotow, Crescent Dragonwagon, & Julie Morstad (PB)
• Mixed-Up Mooncakes by Christina Matula, Erica Lyons, & Tracy Subisak (PB)
• Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians!! by Kristi Mahoney, Chantalle Thorne, & Burgen Thorne (PB)
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (A)
• Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Mar Julia (GN)
• Classmates #5: O.B. Occupation to Beloved by Asumiko Nakamura (M)
• Twinkle Stars Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya (M)

1.5.25

• Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray (YA)
• Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert (A)

1.6.25

• Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan (Y)
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (A)

1.7.25

• Twinkle Stars Volume 2 by Natsuki Takaya (M)

1.9.25

• Love, Lies & Hocus Pocus: Beginnings by Lydia Sherrer (A)
• Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life by Melissa Wygard (A)

1.11.25

• This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher (A)

1.12.25

• Jasper & Joop by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
• Flip the Script by Lyla Lee (YA)

1.13.25

• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (YA)
• Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht & Jarvis (PB)
• The Woofmore Is Not Haunted by Donna Gephart, Lori Haskins Houran, & Josh Cleland (Y)
• A Day with Mousse by Clair Lebourg (Y)
• Lore Olympus Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe (GN)
• What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (A)
• The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan & Orpheus Collar (GN)
• Hospital Heroes Save the Day! by R.W. Alley (YNF)
• McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger & John Hendrix (PB)
• The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Miss Leoparda by Natalia Shaloshvili (PB)
• Little and Big by Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben (PB)

1.14.25

• Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself by Matthew Gray Gubler (Y)
• The Baby Firebird by Paula Harrison (Y)
• The Nine Lives of Aristotle by Dick King-Smith & Bob Graham (Y)

1.15.25

• Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow (A)
• Princess Pulverizer: The Dragon's Tale by Nancy Krulik & Justin Rodrigues (Y)

1.17.25

• Lone Wolf Gets a Pet by Kiah Thomas & K-Fai Steele (Y)

1.18.25

• Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
• Montezuma's Tantrum by Nuria Gomez Benet & Santiago Solis (PB)
• The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood (PB)
• Perfect by Waka T. Brown & Yuko Jones (PB)
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Georghia Ellinas, & Jane Ray (PB)
• Gray by Laura Dockrill & Lauren Child (PB)
• Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions by Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• Plumber Pearl! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Walter Finds His Voice: The Story of a Shy Crocodile by Ann Kim Ha (PB)
• Sometimes: A Day Full of Feelings by Stephanie Stansbie & Elisa Paganelli (PB)
• Abuela's Library by Lissette Norman & Jayri Gomez (PB)
• It's Fall! by Renee Kurilla (PB)
• A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher (A)
• Bert the Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson & Catherine Rayner (PB)
• John the Skeleton by Triinu Laan & Marja-Liisa Plats (Y)
• Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories by Sara Varon (GN)

1.19.25

• The Star Wolf by Paula Harrison (Y)
• Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire (A)

1.20.25

• Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (A)
• Fighting Words by Leonarda Carranza & Erika Medina (PB)
• Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum (YNF)

1.24.25

• The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (A)

1.25.25

• A Stickler Christmas by Lane Smith (PB)
• How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird by Candace Savage & Rachel Hudson (YNF)
• Safe Crossing by Kari Percival (YNF)
• Little Bear's Big House by Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• Tippy and the Night Parade by Lilli Carre (GN)

1.26.25

• Fence #6 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (C)
• Too Many Moose! by Lisa M. Bakos & Mark Chambers (PB)
• Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis (Y)
• You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes (A)
• Karakuri Odette #1 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

1.27.25

• Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (A)

1.29.25

• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (A)

1.30.25

• Dog's First Baby by Natalie Nelson (PB)
• Cat's First Baby by Natalie Nelson (PB)
• Dog's First Christmas by Natalie Nelson (PB)
• Spy X Family #12 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #31 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Bungo Stray Dogs #2 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)
• Bungo Stray Dogs #3 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)

1.31.25

• That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (A)
• Bungo Stray Dogs #4 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)
• A Condition Called Love #2 by Megumi Morino (M)

01.25 total: 103

14 manga; 14 youth fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction; 17 adult fiction; 39 picture books; 8 youth nonfiction; 5 graphic novels; 1 comic

2024 Reading Challenge--Book Riot Read Harder

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!  I was able to complete the bonus challenge of reading books with LGBTQ authors on some of the prompts, but not all.

2024 BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE
First time finished: 6/12/24
Second time finished: 6/8/24

Read a cozy fantasy book

• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
• The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

Read a YA book by a trans author

• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
• The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

Read a middle grade horror novel

• The Stars Do Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy
• Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
• Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
• Ophie's Ghost by Justina Ireland
• Ravenfall by Kalyn Josepson

Read a history book by a BIPOC author

• Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cherlise
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Read a sci-fi novella

• Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Finna by Nino Cipri (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character

• Green by Alex Gino
• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
• Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
• Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby & A.J. Sass

Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author

• your wound/my garden by ALOK
• Femme in Public by ALOK (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book in translation from a country you've never visited

• Komi Can't Communicate #9 (Japan) by Tomohito Oda
• The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend (Japan) by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Horimiya #13 (Japan) by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
• The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
• The Wolf in Underpants at Full Speed (France) by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet

Read a book recommended by a librarian

• Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Baumann (Ed.), Kay Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao

Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author

• Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a picture book published in the last five years

• Cinderella--with DOGS! (2003) by Linda Bailey & Freya Hartas
• Cookie Time (2024) by Jessie Sima (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Baller Ina (2023) by Liz Casal
• Adam and His Tuba (2022) by Ziga X Combac & Maja Kastelic
• The Littlest Yak and the New Arrival (2022) by Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley
• Rock Your Mocs (2023) by Laurel Goodluck & Madelyn Goodnight
• Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders (2024) by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, & Dung Ho
• Lucky Duck (2024) by Greg Pizzoli
• Bros (2024) by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author

• Redsight (sci-fi) by Meredith Moore
• Show Me a Sign (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte
• Can Bears Ski? (picture book) by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
• Sail Me Away Home (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte

Read a comic that has been banned

• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Read a book by an author with an upcoming events (virtual or in person) and then attend the event

• Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
• Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars by Irshad Manji (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a YA nonfiction book

• An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book based solely on the title

• War and Speech by Don Zolidis
• Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr
• Songs of the Fog Maiden by Tomie dePaola
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: Silverlake Art Show by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell

Read a book about media literacy

• This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
• You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
• Chicken Little and the Very Long Race by Sam Wedelich
• A Kids Book About Life Online by Dave S. Anderson & Blake Fleischacker

Read a book about drag or queer artistry

• Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel & Katya
• GuRu by RuPaul (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a romance with neurodivergent characters

• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
• Game On by Seressia Glass
• Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction)

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

Read a book that went under the radar in 2023

• For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
• Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

Read a manga or manhwa

• Horimiya #12 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
• The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Beastars #16 by Paru Itagaki
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda
• Natsume's Book of Friends #23 by Yuki Midorikawa
• School Zone Girls #1 by Ningiyau
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
• Black Butler #32 by Yana Toboso

Read a howdunit or whydunit mystery

• When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
• You by Caroline Kepnes
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Pick a challenge form any of the previous years' challenges to repeat

• Love in Winter Wonderland (set in bookstore, 2022) by Abiola Bello
• The Prospects (trans character by trans author, 2023) by KT Hoffman

2024 Reading Challenge--PopSugar

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!

2024 POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Finished first time: 6/25/24
Finished second time: 8/25/24

A book with the word "leap" in the title

• Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
• Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell

A bildungsroman

• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
• Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book about a 24-year-old

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
• Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley

A book about a writer/author

• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
• Glitterland by Alexis Hall

A book about K-pop

• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
• Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
• XOXO by Axie Oh
• ASAP by Axie Oh

A book about pirates

• Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
• Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
• Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
• Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
• The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella
• Pie-Rats! by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough & David Mottram

A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete

• Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
• Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Hoops by Matt Tavares
• Mary Kom by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jen Khatun

A book by a blind or visually impaired author

• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle
• A Dead & Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes

A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author

• Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
• Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
• Animals Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell
• Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book by a self-published author

• Femme in Public by ALOK
• Letter from the Queen by Tara Lipsyncki & Cherry Mock
• your wound/my garden by ALOK
• The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

A book from a genre you typically avoid

• If I Ever Get Out of Here (historical fiction) by Eric Gansworth
• Show Me a Sign (historical fiction) by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book from an animal's POV

• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires
• Burt the Beetle Lives Here! by Ashley Spires
• Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
• Cold Clay by Juneau Black
• Mirror Black by Juneau Black
• Junia: The Book Mule of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson & David C. Gardner
• The Fox & Little Tanuki #1 & #2 by Mi Tagawa
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
• Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw & Tara Audibert

A book originally published under a pen name

• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
• The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon

A book recommended by a bookseller

• Cheeky Brat #1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki
• Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness
• Blue Period #1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

A book recommended by a librarian

• Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
• Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Bauman (Ed.), Ky Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao
• The Strange Library by Maruki Murakami
• The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy

A book set 24 years before you were born

• Indignation by Philip Roth
• To Catch a Thief by David Dodge

A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list

• The Unhoneymooners (Maui) by Christina Lauren
• The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
• I Hope This Doesn't Find You (Australia) by Ann Liang

A book set in space

• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• Dear Galaxy by Paige Lavoie
• Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
• Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes
• Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

A book set in the future

• The Passengers by John Marrs
• The Marriage Act by John Marrs
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis

A book set in the snow

• Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
• The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson
• Flubby Does NOT Like Snow by J.E. Morris

A book that came out in a year that ends in "24"

• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
• Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler
• Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

A book that centers on video games

• Cat + Gamer #1-4 by Wataru Nadatani
• Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
• Game On by Seressia Glass
• Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
• Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

A book that features dragons

• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
• 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & Lian Cho
• It's Your Year, Baby Dragon by Ariel Hsu
• Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
• The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung & Hanna Cha
• The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
• In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
• Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
• Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours

• This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi
• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
• The Passengers by John Marrs
• Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
• House Party: A Novel edited by Justin A. Reynolds

A book that was published 24 years ago

• History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold
• Everything Is Mine by Andrea D'Aquino

A book that was turned into a musical

• Pygmalion (My Fair Lady) by Bernard Shaw
• Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Cats) by T.S. Eliot & Edward Gorey

A book where someone dies in the first chapter

• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
• Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• Harriet's Reflections (first page) by Marion Kadi
• Gone with the Witch by Angela M. Sanders
• Starter Villain by John Scalzi
• Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

A book with a main character who's 42-years-old

• The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• Since I Could Die Tomorrow #1 by Sumako Kari

A book with a neurodivergent main character

• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
• I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux & Roz MacLean
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
• Lost Inside My Head by Vigg
• Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
• Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary

• Combinatorics by Robin Wilson
• Crystallography by A.M. Glazer

A book with a title that is a complete sentence

• Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
• You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
• I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
• Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison & Erin Kraan
• I Want to Be a Wall #1 by Honami Shirono

A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot

• I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
• Here We Go Again by ALison Cochrun
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
• Instant Karma by Marissa Mayer

A book with an unreliable narrator

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
• When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

A book with at least three POVs

• The Marriage Act by John Marrs
• The Passengers by John Marrs
• The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
• For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
• Hollowthorn by Kayln Josephson
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• Children on Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
• Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

A book with magical realism

• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• New Adult by Timothy Janovsky
• Maria Mariposa by Karla Arenas Valenti & Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
• Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim

A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

A book written during NaNoWriMo

• Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil

A cozy fantasy book

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
• The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author

• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Green by Alex Gino
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers
• Finna by Nino Cipri
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander

A horror book by a BIPOC author

• Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A memoir that explores queerness

• The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao
• Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown

A nonfiction book about Indigenous people

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

A second-chance romance

• All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
• Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll

• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
• The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

An LGBTQ+ romance novel

• Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond
• All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Forward March by Skye Quinlan
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander
• Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
• Glitterland by Alexis Hall
• The Love Study by Kris Ripper

ADVANCED
A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

A book with 24 letters in the title

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

A collection of at least 24 poems

• Shake Loose My Skin by Sonia Sanchez
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
• poyums by Len Pennie
• Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

The 24th book of an author

• The Dastard by Piers Anthony
• Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

A book that starts with the letter "X"

• XOXO by Axie Oh
• xxxHOLiC #1-3 by CLAMP

2023 Reading Challenge--Book Riot Read Harder

I realized I never posted my reading challenges from last year, so I'm doing that now!

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  For some prompts, I was able to do the bonus challenge of reading books with LGBTQ authors.

2023 BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Finished: 10/14/23

Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author

• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
• If You're a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist by Gavin Grimm, Kyle Lukoff, & J Yang
• Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
• Welcome to St. Hell by Lewis Hancox
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukensz
• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Read one of your favorite author's favorite books

• Dragonsong (Kim Harrison) by Anne McCaffrey
• Boy's Life (TJ Klune) by Robert McCammon (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Saga Book One, Two, & Three (Rainbow Rowell) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
• The Rose That Grew from Concrete (Angie Thomas by Tupac Shakur

Read a book about activism

• "You Just Need to Lose Weight" by Audrey Gordon
• Choosing Brave by Angela Joy & Janelle Washington
• How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Lalena Garcia & Caryn Davidson
• Forest Fighter by Anita Ganeri & Margaux Carpenter
• The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord & Julia Blattman

Read a book that's been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author

• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawnson
• All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Read a completed webcomic

• Crumbs by Danie Stirling
• Artifice by Alex Woolfson & Winona Nelson (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Scurry by Mac Smith
• Let's Get Burgers by Ash S.

Finish a book you've DNFed

• Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

Listen to an audiobook performed by a POC of a book written by an AOC

• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Finding Me by Viola Davis

Read a graphic novel/comic/manga if you haven't before; or read one that is a different genre than you normally read

• Cult Girls (fictionalized memoir/anf) by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (manga memoir) by Nagata Kobi
• Sensory: Life on the Spectrum (comic anthology) edited by Bex Ollerton
• A First Time for Everything (comic memoir) by Dan Santat

Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author

• Wonder Doodles by Joanne Shi
• Bedtime in Nunatsiavant by Raeann Brown
• Moose Is Loose on the Palouse by Seema Jot Kaur & Chris Shanahan
• How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Lalena Garcia & Caryn Davidson
• Forest Fighter by Anita Ganeri & Marguax Carpenter

Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover

• Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
• Viking in Love by Doug Cenko

Read a cookbook cover to cover

• Baking by Feel by Becca Rea-Tucker
• Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history

• Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
• Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Stonewall Riots by Archie Bongiovanni & A. Andrews

Read an author local to you

• The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar (SLC)
• Rise Up with a Song: The True Story of Ethel Smyth, Suffragette Composer by Diane Warthey (Moscow) & Helena Perez Garcia
• Starhug: A Journey of Hope, Healing & Hugs by Cindy Wong & ShiShi Nguyen (Seattle)
• Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson (SLC) & Eunji Jung
• I Am a Warrior Goddess by Jennifer Adams (SLC) & Carme Lemniscates
• Woof Woof, the Bad Dog by Kate Nilson (SLC) & My Vu
• Inclusion Alphabet by Kathryn Jenkins (SLC area)
• A Place for Pluto by Stef Wade & Melanie Demmer (SLC)

Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings

• The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter
• Changes Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Erroll by Hannah Shaw
• Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
• In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni
• Ferdinand Cheval: The Postman Who Delivered a Palace (1st review!) by Anne Renaud & Ana Salopek
• Moose Is Loose on the Palouse by Seema Jot Kaur & Chris Shanahan
• Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Sample
• Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, & Nichole Matthews

Read a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country

• Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

Read a romance with bisexual representation

• Rosaline Painter Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
• Only Mostly Devastated; & If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington
• Delilah Green Doesn't Care; & Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Read a YA book by an Indigenous author

• The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation

• Sensory: Life on the Spectrum edited by Bex Ollerton
• The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood

Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism

• Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Read a book of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author

• The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupak Shakur
• Resistencia edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja
• The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
• Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith

Read a book of short stories

• Cool. Awkward. Black. edited by Karen Strong
• Gleanings by Neal Shusterman

Read any book from the Ignyte awards shortlist/longlist/winner list

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
• Root Magic by Eden Royce
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

Read a social horror, mystery, or thriller novel

• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans
• The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings by Richard Byrne
• The Mystery of the Love List by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Ishaa Lobo
• Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant
• Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
• Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Pick a challenge from any of the previous years' challenges to repeat

• The Banned Bookstore of Maggie Banks (set in bookstore, 2022) by Shauna Robinson
• Sam's Super Seats (disabled author, 2022) by Keah Brown & Sharee Miller

2023 Reading Challenge--PopSugar

I realized I never posted my reading challenges from last year, so I'm doing that now!

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!

2023 POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Finished first time: 9/20/23
Finished second time: 11/8/23

A book you meant to read in 2022

• Harrow the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir
• Changers Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper

A book you bought from an independent bookstore

• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson
• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

A book about a vacation

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
• Spy X Family #8 & #9 by Tatsuya Endo
• Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Sample
• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin

A book by a first-time author

• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
• Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
• The Spirit of Springer by Amanda Abler & Levi Hastings
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
• Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

A book with mythical creatures

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Martha Altes
• Moonstruck: Troubled Waters by Grace Ellis, Shea Beagle, & Claudia Aguirre
• Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

A book about a forbidden romance

• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
• Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
• Lore Olympus Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

A book with "girl" in the title

• The Girl from the Other Side, Siuil, a Run #7-11 by Nagabe
• The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
• The Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah Massini
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

A celebrity memoir

• Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
• Finding Me by Viola Davis
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• Pageboy by Elliot Page
• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

A book with a color in the title

• The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
• Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen
• The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi & Ruaida Mannaa
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet
• Green on Green by Dianne White & Felicita Sala
• Gold by Jed Alexander
• Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
• Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Daniel Minter
• The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly

A romance with a fat lead

• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

A book about or set in Hollywood

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton

A book published in spring 2023

• Spell Bound by F.K. Lukens
• When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni & Peter H. Reynolds
• The Knowing by Ani Di Franco & Julia Mathew
• I Am Temple Grandin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
• Happy Place by Emily Henry

A book published the year you were born

• Salem's Lot by Stephen King
• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
• Pezzettino by Leo Lionni
• In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni

A modern retelling of a classic

• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
• Cinderella and the Furry Slippers by Davide Cali & Raphaelle Barbanegre
• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
• Gold by Jed Alexander
• The Three Little Pugs and the Big, Bad Cat by Becky Davies & Caroline Attia
• Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle
• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
• Poisoned Apple by Anne Lambelet
• Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith & Boulet
• Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig
• Little Miss Splendid and the Beast by Alice Downes & TJ Morrow

A book with a song lyric as its title

• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
• Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett

A book where the main character's name is in the title

• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Banned Bookstore of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
• Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Lindsay Eagar

A book with a love triangle

• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy; & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022

• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
• All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
• Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (A book about witches from 2022) by Sangu Mandanna
• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Romance with single parent from 2021) by Alexis Hall
• Season of the Bruja Volume 1 (A book about witches from 2022) by Aaron Duran & Sara Soler
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (MC with a mobility issue from 2022) by Gabrielle Zevin
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Hugo winner from 2022) by Nghi Vo
• The Heartbreak Bakery (includes a recipe from 2022) by A.R. Capetta

A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023

• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Salem's Lot by Stephen King
• Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

A book set in the decade you were born

• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Salem's Lot by Stephen King

A book with a queer lead

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
• Chef's Kiss by Melendez, Brink, Jones, & Otsmane-Elhaou
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
• Only Mostly Devastated; & If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
• Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle
• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
• Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
• Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
• Delilah Green Doesn't Care; & Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
• Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

A book with a map

• Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Marta Altes
• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
• Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey
• Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin

A book with a rabbit on the cover

• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever by Doug Savage
• Everything Will Be Okay by Anna Dewdney & Judy Schachner
• Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis by Julie Sakai & Stan Sakai
• The Disappearing Mr. Jacques by Gideon Sterer & Benjamin Chaud
• Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
• Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey
• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

A book with just text on the cover

• Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
• Linus by Stuart Hausmann
• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
• Recitatif by Toni Morrison
• She's Gone by David Bell

The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list

• Food Friends: Fun Foods That Go Together by Cece Bell
• Busy Buddies by Cece Bell
• Go, Pea, Go! by Joe Moshier & Chris Sonnenberg

A #BookTok recommendation

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy, & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A book you bough secondhand

• Changes Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper
• Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Changes Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper

A book your friend recommended

• The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate & Daniel Mate
• The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman

A book that's on a celebrity book-club list

• Finding Me by Viola Davis
• African Proverbs for All Ages by Johnetta Detsch Cole & Nelda LaTeef

A book about a family

• Spy X Family #3-8 by Tatsuya Endo
• The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy; & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Once Upon a Goat by Dan Richards & Eric Barclay
• The Promised Neverland #20 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu
• The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Edgar

A book that comes out in the second half of 2023

• Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
• Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer
• Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

A book about an athlete/sport

• Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Madani's Best Game by Fran Pintadera & Raquel Catalina
• Sarah and the Big Wave by Bonnie Tsui & Sophie Diao
• Skater Cielo by Rachel Katstaller
• The Fifth Quarter by Mike Dawson
• Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter
• Bibi's Got Game by Bianca Andreescu, Mary Beth Leatherdale, & Chelsea O'Byrne
• Courage in Her Cleats: The Story of Soccer Star Abby Wambach by Kim Chaffee & Alexandra Badici
• Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente

A historical-fiction book

• Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

A book about divorce

• Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin
• What About Neko?: A Book About Divorce by Nancy Loewen & Elisa Paganelli
• Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds & Raul the Third

A book you think your best friend would like

• Chef's Kiss by Melendez, Brink, Jones, & Otsmane-Elhaou
• Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
• I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, & Juana Martinez-Neal
• So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
• The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee
• Killer Queens by David M. Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon, & Lucas Gattoni

A book you should have read in high school

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• The Pearl by John Steinbeck

A book you read more than 10 years ago

• Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
• Happy Hippo, Angry Duck by Sandra Boynton
• Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
• Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

A book you wish you could read for the first time again

• Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
• Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

A book by an author with the same initials as you

• Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
• She's Gone by David Bell

ADVANCED
A book written during NaNoWriMo

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

A book based on a popular movie

• Into the Heartlands (Black Panther) by Brown, Araujo, Bustos, & Aguirre
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream by Frederick Joseph & Nikkolas Smith
• In Every Generation (BtVS) by Kendare Blake
• The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee

A book that takes place entirely in one day

• The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

A book that was self-published

• Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

A book that started out as fan fiction

• After by Anna Tood
• After We Collided by Anna Todd

A book with a pet character

• Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds
• Antoine's Tale by Janet Curran
• Best Day Ever! by Marilyn Singer & Leah Nixon
• Douglas, You're a Genius! by Ged Adamson
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

A book about a holiday that's not Christmas

• Once Upon an Eid edited by S.K. Ali & Aisha Saeed
• Tomorrow Is New Year's Day (Korean New Year) by Aram Kim
• The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman & Galia Bernsein
• Chloe's Lunar New Year by Lily LaMotte & Michelle Lee
• Grumpy New Year by Katrina Moore & Xindi Yan
• Happy Easter from the Crayons by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
• A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton
• The Matzah Ball (Hanukkah) by Jean Meltzer
• Chinese New Year by Adam Hargreaves
• Mr. Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt by Adam Hargreaves
• Little Miss Valentine by Adam Hargreaves
• Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster & Sue Eastland
• Halloween Is a Treat! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle
• Ganesha Goes Green (Ganesha Chaturthi) by Lakshmi Thamizhmani & Debasmita Dasgupta
• It's Navidad, El Cucuy! (Christmas & Las Posadas) by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo

A book that features two languages

• Resistencia edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
• The Story of Ukraine by Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, & Polina Doroshenko
• Season of the Bruja Volume 1 by Aaron Duran & Sara Soler
• Team Up by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay
• Milo + Niko by D Guzman
• A Crown for Corina by Lae Kan Sea Kemp & Elisa Chavarri
• We All Play/Kimetawanaw (Cree) by Julie Flett
• Hear My Voice compiled by Warren Binford
• Small Nap, Little Dream by Talia Aikens-Nunez & Natalia Colombo
• Book of Questions: Selections by Pablo Neruda & Paloma Valdivia
• Luna Oscura by Heidi Moreno
• Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang & Hyewon Yum
• Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart & John Parra

The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list

• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• After We Fell by Anna Todd
• Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

A book with alliteration in the title

• Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley
• A Turtle in the Toilet by Jonathan Emmett & Caroline Jayne Church
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita
• The Worrywarts (in book, not title) by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole
• Animalia (in whole book) by Graeme Base
• The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
• The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter
• A Darkening of Dragons by S.A. Patrick
• The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes