How many books read in 2024:
110
How many fiction and non fiction?:
Mostly fiction, but I did read several memoirs and two feminist non fiction texts.
Male/Female author ratio?:
Pretty close, but slightly more female authors, like usual.
Favorite book of 2024?:
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Defiant by Brandon Sanderson
Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly
Starfighters of Adumar by Aaron Allston
Aurora Burning or Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Poison Song by Jen Williams
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston
Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston
The Exiled Fleet by J.S. Dewes
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Least favorite?:
I haven't hated anything I've read this year, but I was a little disappointed by Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (it focused too much on the romance and I wanted more about the world building) and Villette by Charlotte Bronte (I loved Jane Eyre but this one just didn't grab me as much). But both were 3 stars so I didn't dislike them by any means.
Newest?:
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, which came out in July of 2024 and The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke which came out in October 2024.
Longest and shortest book titles?:
Longest - Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Shortest - Forever by Judy Blume
Longest and shortest books?:
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson is the longest at 1,248 pages
Sacred Hospitality by Olivie Blake is the shortest at 31 pages
How many books from the library?:
Most were from the library, I'd say.
Any translated books?:
Yona of the Dawn mangas from Japanese
Blue Flag mangas from Japanese
Your Name from Japanese
A Long Petal of the Sea from Spanish
Beowulf from Old English (shhhh, it does count!)
Most read author?:
Ali Hazelwood, Brandon Sanderson, and Leigh Bardugo
Any re-reads?:
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo.
Favorite character of the year?
Spensa Nightshade
Hadrian Marlowe
Emily Wilde
Jaina Solo
Dalinar Kholin
Wedge Antilles
Annabeth Chase
Percy Jackson
Luke Skywalker
Leia Organa Solo
Han Solo
Jorgen Weight
Kaladin Stormblessed
Shallan Davar
Navani Kholin
Jasnah Kholin
Monza Murcatto
Wendell Bambleby
The entirety of Crew 312 from the Aurora Cycle
Orka
Elvar
Varg
Adequin Rake
Iris Winnow
Roman Kitt
Olive Smith
Petra Pena
Asuka (from The Deep Sky)
Nikolai Lanstov
Voort Piggy saBinring
Gara Petothel
Tyria Sarkin
Face Loran
Vasya Petrovna
Yumi
Nikaro/Painter
Tress
Wit
Esther Greenwood
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Cherris ke Hanadi
Vintage
Tor
Noon
Frankie McGrath
Naranpa (Nara)
Serapio
Xiala
Iktan
Okoa
Which countries did you go to through the page in your year of reading?:
Italy, Japan, China, Austria, Chile, Spain, Russia, England, Ireland, Romania, India, Vietnam, and many fantasy and sci-fi worlds.
Which book wouldn't you have read without someone’s specific recommendation?
The Vela (wouldn't have heard about it if the channel Literature Science Alliance hadn't brought it to my attention), Semiosis, Bright Young Women, The Pillars of the Earth, The Bell Jar, etc.
Which author was new to you in 2024 that you now want to read the entire works of?
Ali Hazelwood, John Gwynne, Rebecca Ross, Yume Kitasei, Fonda Lee, Isabel Allende, Sylvia Plath, Sarah Beth Durst, etc
Which books are you annoyed you didn't read?:
Prime Deceptions, Wind and Truth, The Mercy of Gods, Camelot, Shield of Lies, Tyrant's Test, Dreaming the Eagle, Velocity Weapon, A Game of Thrones, Rule of Wolves, Age of Legends, The Heroes, Lolita etc
Did you read any books you have always been meaning to read?
YES! :D
X Wing series (Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill) by Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston (finished the seriessssss)
Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly (finished the trilogy!)
The Crystal Star by Vonda McIntyre
Star Wars: The Old Republic 1-3 comics by Alexander Freed
Before the Storm by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (Blackfleet Crisis trilogy)
Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (finished the series!)
The Lesser Devil and Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Oathbringer, Dawnshard, and Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight)
The Poison Song by Jen Williams (finished the trilogy)
System Collapse by Martha Wells
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Exiled Fleet by J.S. Dewes
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He (OwlCrate)
Aurora Burning and Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (finished the trilogy)
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Jade City by Fonda Lee
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace (finished the duology)
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Blue Flag mangas by Kaito (finished)
Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (finished the trilogy!)
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Forever by Judy Blume
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (finished the trilogy)
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
This Poison Heart by Kaylynn Bayron (OwlCrate)
The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (finished duology)
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Yumi and the Nightare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (finished the duology)
The Wicked King by Holly Black
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Beowulf by unknown
The Vela by various
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (finished the trilogy)
The Atlas Paradox (and Sacred Hospitality) by Olivie Blake
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (OwlCrate)
What books are you planning to read in 2025?
Star Wars EU Legends books (finish the Blackfleet Crisis trilogy, The New Rebellion, Corellian trilogy, The Hand of Thrawn duology, Scourge, Survivor's Quest, re-read Junior Jedi Knights and Young Jedi Knights. For comics, I want to read the Rebellion comics, X-wing comics, Knight Errant comics, Jedi vs Sith comics, Early Victories comics, Droids omnibus, etc)
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
Livesuit by James S.A. Corey
Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes (finish)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (finish)
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio
Velocity Weapon by Megan O'Keefe
Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Camelot by Giles Kristian
Arthur by Giles Kristian
Malice by John Gwynne
The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes
The Saga of the Icelanders by unknown
The Blue Beautiful World by Karen Lord
Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan (remove if finished)
Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Relentless Legion by J.S. Dewes
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Human Kind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
The Spear by Nicola Griffith
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings
Dreamships by Melissa Scott
Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman
Artifact Space by Miles Cameron
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir
Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovky
The Odyssey by Homer
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith
Queen of Oak by Melanie Karsak
The Druid by Jeff Wheeler
The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee
The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
The Lord of Demons by Evan Winter
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Ursa Major by Casey E. Berger
The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec
Witches Steeped in Cold by Ciannon Smart
Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Sarena Nanua
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Lakesedges by Lyndall Clipstone
Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross
Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
Ballad & Dagger by Daniel Jose Older
Together We Burn by Isabel Ibanez
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
The Drowned Wood by Emily Lloyd-Jones
The Depths by Nicole Lesperance
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford
The Lumanaries by Susan Dennard
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
Escaping First Contact by T.S. Beier
The Outside by Ada Hoffman
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Neil Armstrong: A Life in Flight by Jay Barbree
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Nova War by Gary Gibson
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Skystone by Jack Whyte
Noumenon Infinity by Marina J. Lostetter
The Death of Arthur by Thomas Mallory
On Combat by Dave Grossman
Æthelflæd: The Lady of the Mercians by Tim Clarkson
King Alfred's Daughter by David Stokes
We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker
Ascender by Jeff Lemire
Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland
Warrior Queens of History by Maria Small
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
XOXO by Axie Oh
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie
Peace and Turmoil by Elliot Brooks
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Children of Ragnarok by Cinda Williams Chima
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Walker
The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
The Wind from Hastings by Morgan Llywelyn
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne Brown
The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah
Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews
The Vela: Salvation by various
The Collapsing Universe by Isaac Asimov
Enchantress by James Maxwell
Jade War by Fonda Lee
The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
History of the Vikings and Norse Culture by Njord Kane
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Battlecry by Emerald Dodge
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Meru by S.B. Divya
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Frances Pryor
The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak
Alcestis by Euripides
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Alecto the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Red Palace by June Hurr
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Preto
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
The Silence of Bones by June Hurr
The Glittering Hour by Iona Gray
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Lovely War by Julie Barry
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Black Coast by Mike Brooks
Beren and Luthien by JRR Tolkien
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Winter Counts Weiden
Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden
The Torchkeeper: The Raising by Steven dos Santos
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Freedom by Jay Kirkpatrick
Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
The Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica Verdi
The Hand of the Sun King by J.T. Greathouse
The Will of the Many by James Islington
World Without End by Ken Follett
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Traitor's Blade by Sebastian de Castell
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Afrika by Colleen Craig
World After by Susan Ee
Imperium by Robert Harris
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall
The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Alliette de Bodard
Don Juan by Byron
Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi
This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Odin's Child by Siri Peterson
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizel
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
The Blighted Stars by Megan O'Keefe
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
A Turn of Light by Julie Czerneda
Shield Maiden by Sharion Emmerichs
Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
Elvish by S.G. Prince
The Falconer by Elizabeth May
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
The Sun and the Void by Gabriella Romero-Lacruz
Son of the Storm by Suyi Okungbowa
A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima
Witch Hat Atilier by Kamome Shirahama
Yona of of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi
Ultra Maniac by Wataru Yoshizumi
Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura
Shugo Chara by Peach Pitt
Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu
Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
Eifelheim by Michael Flinn
I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick
Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
Crossed by Emily McIntyre
The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell
Powwow Summer by Nahanni Shingoose
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Blackwing by Ed McDonald
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley
The Sword Defiant by Gareth Ryder-Hanaran
The Coward by Stephen Aryan
But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life by Paige Layle
The Autism Spectrum Guide to Sexuality and Relationships: How To Understand Yourself and Make Choices That Are Right For You by Emma Goodall
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer O'Toole
Letters to my Weird Sisiters: On Autism and Feminism by Joanne Limburg
The Silver Serpent by David Debord
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait
Starry Messenger: A Cosmic Perspective on Civilization by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers On the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Lemmon
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front by MJ Hegar
Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft by Caroline Johnson
Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the Army by Kayla Williams
Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military by Tanya Biank
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Female Astronauts by Loren Grush
Dawn of the Overlords by Kevin Potter
City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
The Farm by Emily McKay
Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess
Moonshadow: The Nightmare Ninja by Simon Higgins
At the Hot Gates by Donald Samson
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
2001: Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
To Explore Strange New Worlds by Elizabeth Barnes
Devil in the Device by Lora Beth Johnson
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Aoife of Leinster: The Price of a Throne by Sean J. Fitzgerald
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Federations by John Joseph Adams, etc
Veiled Alliances by Kevin J. Anderson
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
The Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
A Flame in the North by Lilith Saintcrow
Neferura by Malayna Evans
The Archive Undying by Emma Candon
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell
Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Real Knockouts by Martha McCaughey
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August
The Great Mortality by John Kelly
In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
After by Amy Efaw
Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Brown
Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells
Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn by Brian Merchant
Elvish by S.G. Prince
Medusa in the Graveyard by Emily Devenport
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
The Planets by Dava Sobel
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
A Banh Mi for Two by Trinity Nyugen
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
Silksinger by Laini Taylor
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
Poison Study by Maria Snyder
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
Who Cooked the Last Super: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
Right Wing Women by Andrea Dworkin
Rouge by Mona Awad
Gone Gone Gone by Hannah Moscowitz
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Axiom's End by Lindsey Ellis
The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake
One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Skyborn by David Dalglish
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Unremembered by Jessica Brody
Dark Space by Lisa Henry
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Fox Meadows
Beach Read by Emily Henry Wreath by Sigrid Undset
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth
Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Silver Hammer by Vera Henriksen
6 Seconds of Life by Tonya Fitzharris
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoevsky
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
Augustus by John Williams
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
A Witch's Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by unknown
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Raiders from the Sea by Lois Walfrid Johnson
Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci
Rome: The Emperor's Spy by M.C. Scott
The Last Roman in Britain by M.C. Scott
Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
Foundation: The History of England from its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok Banker
Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England Henrietta Leyser
A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin by John Norwich
She Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
A Killing Art: The Untold Story of Taekwondo by Alex Gillis
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Deathess by Catherynne M. Valente
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Quiet Invasion by Sarah Zettel
And the Stars Will Sing by Michelle Browne
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
Todoke with Kimi by Karuho Shiina
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
The Chosen Queen by Joanna Courtney
The Horse Goddess by Morgan Llywelyn
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts
We Are Legion by Dennis Taylor
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
Carrie by Stephen King
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Priestess of the White by Trudi Canavan
Saturn Run by John Sanford
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Spice and Wolf by Isuna Hasekura
The Wolf by Leo Carew
The Dark that Dwells by Matt Digman
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Only the Stones Survive by Morgan Llewelyn
I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino
Cold From the North by D.W. Ross
Forsaken Skies by Nolan Clark
Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey
The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles by John Morris
Ymir by Rich Larson
The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen
The Sword and the Circle by Rosemary Sutcliff
When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable by Karen Ehman
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier
Genre You Read The Most From
“Dalinar—”
Dalinar forced himself to his feet. “You. Cannot. Have. My. Pain.”
“Be sensible.”
“I killed those children,” Dalinar said.
“No, it—”
“I burned the people of Rathalas.”
“I was there, influencing you—”
“YOU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN!” Dalinar bellowed, stepping toward Odium. The god frowned. His Fused companions shied back, and Amaram raised a hand before his eyes and squinted.
Were those gloryspren spinning around Dalinar?
“I did kill the people of Rathalas,” Dalinar shouted. “You might have been there, but I made the choice. I decided!” He stilled. “I killed her. It hurts so much, but I did it. I accept that. You cannot have her. You cannot take her from me again.”
“Dalinar,” Odium said. “What do you hope to gain, keeping this burden?”
Dalinar sneered at the god. “If I pretend … If I pretend I didn’t do those things, it means that I can’t have grown to become someone else.”
“A failure.”
Something stirred inside of Dalinar. A warmth that he had known once before. A warm, calming light.
Unite them.
“Journey before destination,” Dalinar said. “It cannot be a journey if it doesn’t have a beginning.”
A thunderclap sounded in his mind. Suddenly, awareness poured back into him. The Stormfather, distant, feeling frightened—but also surprised.
Dalinar?
“I will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” - Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
"In the stories, yes," I whispered. "But Jorgen, there's one huge flaw in all of those stories."
"Which is?"
"None of them had you.” - Defiant by Brandon Saderson
'No,' I replied. 'I remember her. You remember her.'
'That's pain.'
'That's life.” - Defiant by Brandon Sanderson
"That depends," said the Bear pointedly. "If my brave mistress does not give me something better to do than run to and fro in the dark, I will happily kick over all your mushrooms.” - The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
