Growing up, I was such an avid reader. I went on to earn my English degree and I even worked at Barnes & Noble during college! But then life happened and reading got away from me, but my love for it never left. Over time, I developed a hobby for buying books and my bookshelf grew faster than I could finish. I slowly got back into it last year but now I want to keep the momentum going.

On New Year’s I finally went through my bookshelf and organized everything. So without further ado, here is my full TBR (to be read) list. If you’d like to watch my vlog about it, check it out on my YouTube channel.

Current Queue

These are the books that I started to read but stopped. I’m hoping to finish them first (I read books like I watch TV).

1. Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
2. Becky Lynch: The Man – Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin
3. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
5. Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
6. The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
8. Ward D by Freida McFadden
9. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
10. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Up Next:

These are the rest of the books that I’m planning to read once I get through the first ten.

1. A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
2. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
3. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
4. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
5. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
6. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
7. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
8. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
9. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
10. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
11. Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky
12. Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
13. Funny Story by Emily Henry
14. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
15. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
16. If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura
17. Julian’s House by Judith Hawkes
18. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
19. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
20. Lost by Gregory Maguire
21. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
22. Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
23. Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger
24. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
25. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
26. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
27. The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
28. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
29. The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart
30. The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore
31. The Crash by Freida McFadden
32. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
33. The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao
34. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
35. The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn by Valerie Bowman
36. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
37. The Inmate by Freida McFadden
38. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
39. The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz
40. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
41. The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden
42. The Teacher by Freida McFadden
43. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
44. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
45. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
46. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
47. You by Caroline Kepnes
48. You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
49. Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention by Patricia Heaton

My primary goal is to finish the current queue by May or June. I can read about 2 books a month if I actively try. Once that list is done, I’d like to get through the rest as much as I can. I’m not concerned about speed. I also don’t forcing myself to finish books I don’t like so my results at year-end will reflect that. I do have a wish list, but I’d like to make a dent before adding more to my bookshelf. I’m really looking forward to exploring which titles, authors, and genres that I like since that’s changed over time.

Happy reading!