I’ve been trying to get myself to read more books, but for the longest time, life was too busy to fit more than 30-ish books a year. 2024, however, was the year I put my foot down and said I’M DOING THIS. I’M READING 100 BOOKS. And somehow, here I am now, with ✨160 books✨ read, my heart full and my head aching. (I read some crazy stuff, y’all…)
I’m so happy I was FINALLY able to catch up on books that have been gathering dust on my TBR shelf, like Better than the Movies. But I’m also happy I was able to grab onto plenty of 2024 releases and see what’s popular these days (apparently hockey smut, which, um, okay😳). I can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store.
For now, here are some fun stats from GoodReads, as well as my top favs!
My top 10 TBR books I finally got around to:
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
- Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
- Solitaire by Alice Oseman
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter
- When We Were Them by Laura Taylor Namey
- ACE by Angela Chen
- My Summer of You by Nagisa Furuya
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
My top 10 favorite 2024 releases:
- Stay with My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan
- Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
- My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy
- I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
- The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales
- I Wish You Would by Eva Des Lauriers
- On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino
- Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann
- Midnights with You by Clare Osongco
- Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce
Honorable mentions (because there was just too much goodness):
- Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
- The Getaway List by Emma Lord
- Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao
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