This post is about the books I read this year. There were 88 in total and so many good ones. I did highlights for my favorites and then followed up with some honorable mentions and extras just for funsies.

This is the sweetest graphic novel ever! And so seasonally appropriate—for a good fall read, this is a winner.

This is the story of Pride and Prejudice, so you make think there’s nothing to spoil, but what’s cool about the LBD is that it hits all the major plot plots of P&P but also gives them unique twists.

I loved the characters—teens who are highly talented athletes and performers but who struggle with various forms of anxiety that inhibit their performance. I

This book is about rape. It’s written in free verse that’s spare, punchy, and packed with nuance.

I’ve been waiting in line on Overdrive to read this since July, and it didn’t disappoint. This is the much-anticipated sequel to The Royal We, a story of an intercontinental romance featuring an alternate UK royal family and a tomboy from America.

I one hundred percent loved The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, book 1 in this duology, and this book came in swinging close behind

This story is where September, our protagonist, is the momentous age of fourteen.

What happens after the dramatic “run after someone in the rain” scene? When it’s back to normal life and growing up decisions and personalities that don’t always jive perfectly? That’s what we’re dealing with here.

There were some plot twists I saw coming, but others that sent me for a loop. The main one, which comes near the end of the book, makes complete sense when you find out about it, but it’s not something I would have ever connected the dots on.