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Book List in 2016

This year, I set a goal to read 100 books, and I beat it by one! It was a fabulous year for books: Lots of amazing new releases, new series, and much anticipated sequels.

In grand total, I read 101 books this year:
  1. Wolf by Wolf - Ryan Graudin
  2. A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas
  3. Trigger Warnings - Neil Gaiman
  4. Girl Waits With Gun - Amy Stewart
  5. Bands of Mourning - Brandon Sanderson
  6. Mistborn: Secret History - Brandon Sanderson
  7. Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline
  8. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
  9. Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
  10. A Darker Shade of Magic - V. E. Schwab (reread)
  11. Calamity - Brandon Sanderson
  12. A Gathering of Shadows - V. E. Schwab
  13. Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
  14. Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
  15. The Lady Astronaut of Mars - Mary Robinette Kowall
  16. The Force Awakens - Alan Dean Foster (novalization) 
  17. Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo
  18. Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo
  19. The Selection - Kiera Cass (reread)
  20. The Elite - Kiera Cass (reread)
  21. The One - Kiera Cass (reread)
  22. The Siren - Kiera Cass
  23. Happily Ever After - Kiera Cass
  24. The Heir - Kiera Cass (reread)
  25. Sourcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
  26. Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
  27. Bluescreen - Dan Wells
  28. Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton
  29. Longbourn - Jo Baker
  30. Catherine, Called Birdy - Karen Cushman (reread)
  31. City of Stairs - Robert J. Bennett
  32. The Crown - Kiera Cass
  33. City of Blades - Robert J. Bennett
  34. Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
  35. Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld
  36. Me Before You - Jojo Myers
  37. Chasing Redbird - Sharon Creech
  38. The Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman (reread)
  39. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos - Dominic Smith
  40. Cinder - Marissa Meyer
  41. Socks - Beverly Cleary
  42. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer
  43. After You - Jojo Myers
  44. Edenbrooke - Julianne Donaldson (reread)
  45. Red Rising - Pierce Brown
  46. All The Birds In The Sky - Charlie Jane Anders
  47. Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire 
  48. The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory
  49. Cress - Marissa Meyer
  50. This Savage Song - Victoria (V. E.) Schwab
  51. Winter - Marissa Meyer
  52. The Glittering Court - Richelle Mead
  53. Eric - Terry Pratchett
  54. You're Never Weird on the Internet - Felicia Day
  55. The Star-touched Queen - Roshani Chokshi
  56. Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron - Jonathan Strahan
  57. The Gift of Imperfection - Brené Brown
  58. Passenger - Alexandra Bracken
  59. Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black
  60. Attachments - Rainbow Rowell
  61. The Rosie Effect - Graeme Simsion
  62. The Jewel - Amy Ewing
  63. A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas
  64. The White Rose - Amy Ewing
  65. The Ballard of Lucy Whipple - Karen Cushman
  66. The Hippopotamus Pool - Elizabeth Peters (reread)
  67. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (reread)
  68. A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir
  69. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
  70. Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine
  71. Three Dark Crowns - Kendare Blake
  72. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
  73. Matilda - Roald Dahl (reread)
  74. The Chaos of Stars - Kiersten White
  75. Reawakened - Colleen Houck
  76. Defy - Sara B. Larson
  77. The Thousandth Floor - Katharine McGee 
  78. Like a River Glorious - Rae Carson
  79. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
  80. A Shadow Bright and Burning - Jessica Cluess
  81. Replica - Lauren Oliver
  82. The Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis
  83. Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova
  84. The Forgetting - Sharon Cameron
  85. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (reread)
  86. Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo
  87. And I Darken - Kiersten White
  88. Heartless - Marissa Meyer
  89. Arcanum Unbounded - Brandon Sanderson
  90. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (reread)
  91. The Forbidden Wish - Jessica Khoury 
  92. The Girl from Everywhere - Heidi Heilig
  93. The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon
  94. Half the World - Joe Abercrombie
  95. Lady Cop Makes Trouble - Amy Stewart 
  96. Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
  97. Crown of Midnight - Sarah J. Maas
  98. Heir of Fire - Sarah J. Maas
  99. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
  100. Truthwitch - Susan Dennard
  101. This Is Where It Ends - Marieke Nijkamp

YA and Fantasy books featured very heavily, as did female authors. In 2017 I would like to expand into other genres and authors of which I haven't read much. But what can I say, I love SF/F, and YA is a super strong genre, and I read what I enjoy!

I'm excited for all the amazing books I'll be able to read in 2017! My TBR list is already a mile long, and there are a ton of new books coming out in 2017 that I want to read, but the wonderful thing about books is they're always there, patiently waiting for us to discover the adventure and magic within. (Cheesy, I know, but it's true!)

How many books did you manage to read this year? What are your goals for 2017?

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