Yearly Book Log

📚 Yearly Book Log

Since 2010, I’ve been tracking every book I finish — one chapter at a time. This page is a running list of what I’ve read each year, updated as I go. It’s my way of remembering where I’ve been (and how many stories I’ve lived along the way).

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2025

  1. Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  2. The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber
  3. The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
  4. Dead Med by Freida McFadden
  5. First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
  6. Run on Red by Noelle W. Ihli
  7. The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin
  8. Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon
  9. Heartwood by Amity Gaige

📚 Total: XX books read in 2025

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2024

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2024

⭐ Favorite Book of 2024:

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✨ Other Standout Reads:

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  • Book Title 2 by Author 2

2023

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2023

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2022

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2022

⭐ Favorite Book of 2024:

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✨ Other Standout Reads:

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2021

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2021

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2020

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2020

⭐ Favorite Book of 2024:

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2019

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2019

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2018

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2018

⭐ Favorite Book of 2024:

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✨ Other Standout Reads:

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2017

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2017

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2018

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📚 Total: XX books read in 2018

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✨ Other Standout Reads:

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2015

  1. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
  2. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
  4. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
  5. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
  6. Making Faces by Amy Harmon

📚 Total: 6 books read in 2015

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2014

  1. Radio Girl by Carol Brendler
  2. Plain Kate by Erin Bow
  3. Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
  4. The Fat Bridesmaid by Brooke Zaras
  5. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
  6. My Story by Elizabeth Smart
  7. I Know You’re There by Susan Allison-Dean
  8. Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
  9. The Golden Apple by Faerl Marie
  10. This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl
  11. Death on Eat Street by J.J. Cook
  12. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Carad
  13. Old Before My Time by Hayley Okines
  14. The Publicist by Christina George
  15. Cure For the Common Breakup by Beth Kendrick
  16. Dead on Her Feet by Lisa Fernow
  17. Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman
  18. French Twist by Glynis Astie
  19. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
  20. Beyond Hollywood Strip by Shamron Moore
  21. A Pinch of Ooh La La by Renee Swindle
  22. Legend by Marie Lu
  23. In the Mirror by Kaira Rouda
  24. My Mother’s Secret by J.L. Witterick
  25.  Parenting: Illustrated With Crappy Pictures by Amber Dusick
  26. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  27. Hungry Mother Creek by Heather Cobham
  28. Chez Stinky by Susan Daffron
  29. The Harm in Asking by Sara Barron
  30. Full of Life by Nancy O’Dell
  31. A Taste Fur Murder by Dixie Lyle
  32. Saranormal: Mischief Night by Phoebe Rivers
  33. Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Jill Smokler
  34. Motherhood Comes Naturally by Jill Smokler
  35. I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
  36. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman
  37. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
  38. French Toast by Glynis Astie
  39. Spell Booked by Joyce and Jim Lavene
  40. The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
  41. Saranormal: Spirits of the Season by Phoebe Rivers
  42. What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

📚 Total: XX books read in 2024

⭐ Favorite Book of 2024:

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✨ Other Standout Reads:

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  • Book Title 2 by Author 2

2013

  1. Diners, Dives and Dead Ends by Terri Austin
  2. Bouquet Toss by Melissa Brown
  3. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  4. My Beautiful Failure by Janet Ruth Young
  5. Baby! Baby? Baby!? by Holly Kerr
  6. Ten by Gretchen McNeil
  7. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
  8. Butter by Erin Jade Lange
  9. The Bride’s Baby by Liz Fielding
  10. A State of Jane by Meredith Schorr
  11. Spookygirl: Paranormal Investigator by Jill Baguchinksy
  12. Louder Than Words by Laurie Plissner
  13. The Trajectory of Dreams by Nicole Wolverton
  14. Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child
  15. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  16. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
  17. One For The Books by Joe Queenan
  18. When She Was Gone by Gwendolen Gross
  19. Pilgrims Don’t Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm
  20. The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club by Duncan Whitehead
  21. Bridesmaid Lotto by Rachel Astor
  22. Fracture by Megan Miranda
  23. The After Girls by Leah Konen
  24. Revival, Volume One: You’re Among Friends by Tim Seeley
  25. How I Lost You by Janet Gurtler
  26. 3rd Generation and Beyond by Danna Pycher
  27. Moonlit by Jadie Jones
  28. OCD, The Dude, and Me by Lauren Roedy Vaughn
  29. Bad Day by Devon Cooper
  30. A Glittering Chaos by Lisa de Nikolits
  31. Saranormal: Haunted Memories by Phoebe Rivers
  32. Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown
  33. The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace
  34. Zom-B by Darren Shan
  35. The Time Between by Karen White
  36. Hollywood Strip by Shamron Moore
  37. The Billionaire Wins the Game by Melody Anne
  38. Wink by Eric Trant
  39. Is This All There Is? by Patricia Mann
  40. Another Saturday Night and I Ain’t Got No Body by Jennie Marts
  41. Blogger Girl by Meredith Schorr
  42. Loving the Missing Link by Julia Asel Thomas
  43. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
  44. How I Planned Your Wedding by Susan Wiggs and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas
  45. The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms
  46. How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
  47. Cowboy With a Cause by Carla Cassidy
  48. She Ain’t Heavy by Arnine Cumsky Weiss
  49. The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron
  50. The Snowman Maker by Barbara Briggs Ward
  51. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
  52. The Trouble With Christmas by Debbie Mason
  53. Tiara Trouble by Lane Buckman
  54. Tales From the Laundry Pile by Kathleen Kole
  55. Swimming With Maya by Eleanor Vincent

📚 Total: 55 books read in 2013

⭐ Favorite Book of 2025:

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige
  • The Hollow by Kiersten Modglin

2012

  1. Going Underground by Susan Vaught
  2. Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
  3. Angel Face by Barbie Latza Nadeau
  4. The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
  5. Scotland by Starlight by Nancy Volkers
  6. Julia’s Child by Sarah Pinneo
  7. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony by Keith Ablow
  8. One For the Money by Janet Evanovich
  9. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
  10. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
  11. Bed by David Whitehouse
  12. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  13. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  14. The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
  15. All These Thing I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin
  16. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
  17. Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
  18. Home Front by Kristin Hannah
  19. The Vow by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter
  20. The Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin
  21. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
  22. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
  23. A Little Bit Pregnant by Susan Mallery
  24. The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo
  25. India’s Summer by Therese
  26.  Picture Perfect by Lucie Simone
  27. Saranormal: Ghost Town by Phoebe Rivers
  28. The Extra Mile by Pam Reed
  29. Enchanted by Starlight by Tina Hook
  30. A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans
  31. Pass the Hot Stuff by Dana Page
  32.  The Reindeer Keeper by Barbara Briggs Ward
  33. With My Body by Nikki Gemmell
  34. Sharp by David Fitzpatrick
  35.  Dancing Naked in Dixie by Lauren Clark
  36. Following Atticus by Tom Ryan

📚 Total: 36 books read in 2012

⭐ Favorite Book of 2012:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
  • All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

2011

  1. Simply From Scratch by Alicia Bessette
  2.  Sounds Like Crazy by Shana Mahaffey
  3. The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little
  4. Brains by Robin Becker
  5.  John Dies at the End by David Wong
  6. Sheetrock Angel by Jeanne C. Davis
  7. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
  8. The Dumpster by Becky Due
  9. Cardboard by Fiona Place
  10. Snow by Ronald Malfi
  11. A World I Never Made by James LePore
  12. Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris
  13. Blood of My Brother by James LePore
  14. The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan
  15. You Don't Love This Man by Dan DeWeese
  16. Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress by Megan van Eyck
  17. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
  18. Miss Hildreth Wore Brown by Olivia deBelle Byrd
  19. Separate Kingdoms by Valerie Laken
  20. The Chimp Who Loved Me by Annie Greer
  21. Stilettos and Scoundrels by Laina Turner-Molaski
  22. Notes From a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins
  23. A Scottish Ferry Tale by Nancy Volkers
  24. A Brief Lunacy by Cynthia Thayer
  25. Stay by Deb Caletti
  26.  Hit Reply by Rocki St. Claire
  27. 703 by Nancy Makin
  28. The Babysitter Murders by Janet Ruth Young
  29. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
  30. When Did I Get Like This? by Amy Wilson
  31. The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer
  32. Love Struck by Chantel Simmons
  33. Beaglemania by Linda O. Johnston
  34. The Mumbo Jumbo Circus by Jane George
  35. Sharing Sam by Katherine Applegate
  36. Exposure by Therese Fowler
  37. Megan's Way by Melissa Foster
  38. Starring in the Movie of My Life by Laurel Osterkamp
  39. Breaking Even by Kathleen Kole
  40. The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn Bache
  41. Zombie Blondes by Brian James
  42. Things We Didn't Say by Kristina Riggle
  43. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
  44. 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
  45.  Chasing Amanda by Melissa Foster
  46. Click by Lisa Becker
  47. Stay by Allie Larkin
  48. Lessons From A Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
  49. The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
  50. In Her Wake by Nancy Rappaport
  51. Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
  52. Repairing Rainbows by Lynda fishman
  53. Tiger, Tiger by Margaux Fragoso
  54. Blow Me by Lennie Ross
  55. Two Kisses For Maddy by Matthew Logelin
  56. Just Friends With Benefits by Meredith Schorr
  57. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
  58. Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
  59. Heist Society by Ally Carter
  60. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
  61. Rock Star's Girl by J.F. Kristin
  62. Tassy Morgan's Bluff by Jim Stinson
  63. The Final Note by Kevin Alan Milne
  64. Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison
  65. Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
  66.  Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
  67.  Practical Jean by Trevor Cole
  68. Life, In Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson
  69. The Christmas Shoppe by Melody Carlson
  70. Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar
  71. Love Times Three by Joe, Alina, Vicki and Valerie Darger
  72. Dollars to Donuts by Kathleen Kole
  73. This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
  74. Christmas on Nutcracker Court by Judy Duarte
  75. The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
  76.  Lost December by Richard Paul Evans
  77. The Nine Lives of Christmas by Sheila Roberts
  78. The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne
  79. Caught in the Act by Jeannie McDonough and Paul Lonardo

📚 Total: 79 books read in 2011

⭐ Favorite Book of 2011:

Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Simply From Scratch by Alicia Bessette
  • The Chimp Who Loved Me by Annie Greer and Tim Vandehey
  • Exposure by Therese Fowler
  • Things We Didn't Say by Kristina Riggle
  • 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
  • Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
  • Lost December by Richard Paul Evans

2010

  1. Bliss by Lauren Myracle
  2. Crossing the Bridge by Michael Baron
  3. Urban Gothic by Brian Keene
  4. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
  5. A Black Tie Affair by Sherrill Bodine
  6. Knit, Purl, Die by Anne Canadeo
  7. Hold Still by Nina LaCour
  8. Falling for Romeo by Jennifer Laurens
  9. Unlikely Angels by Michael O'Doran
  10. McTeague by Frank Norris *
  11. Ghostbread by Sonja Livingston *
  12. Nocturne by Harrison Gradwell Slater
  13.  A Season of Eden by J.M. Warwick
  14. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron *
  15.  Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens
  16. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton*
  17. Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
  18. Tempered Justice by Helene J. Smith
  19. The Circle of Friends: Heather by L. Diane Wolfe
  20. The Mark by Jen Nadol
  21. Skin by Ted Dekker
  22. For Keeps by Natasha Friend
  23. Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook
  24. Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl
  25. Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey
  26. Stalker Girl by Rosemary Graham
  27. A Certain Wolfish Charm by Lydia Dare
  28. Morpheus Road: The Light by DJ MacHale
  29. Things I Know About Love  by Kate le Vann
  30. The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart
  31. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffmann
  32. Siren by Tricia Rayburn
  33. The Line by Teri Hall
  34. In A Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth
  35. If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now by Claire LaZebnik
  36. Penitence by Jennifer Laurens
  37. The Last Christian by David Gregory
  38. Strange Neighbors by Ashlyn Chase
  39. I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan
  40. This One is Mine by Maria Semple
  41. Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala
  42. Numbers by Rachel Ward
  43. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
  44. Hector and The Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord
  45. Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
  46. Huck by Janet Elder
  47. The Wild Irish Sea by Loucinda McGary
  48. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
  49.  After by Amy Efaw
  50. The Ivy by Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur
  51. Sounds of Murder by Patricia Rockwell
  52. Gentlemen Prefer Blones by Anita Loos 
  53. Fangland by John Marks
  54. Fairview Felines by Michele Corriel
  55. The Cougar Club by Susan McBride
  56. In The Neighborhood by Peter Lovenheim
  57. Muder at Yale by Stella Sands
  58. Up From the Blue by Susan Henderson
  59. Fat Cat by Robin Brande
  60. The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman
  61. Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham
  62. Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans
  63. The Wedding Gift by Kathleen McKenna
  64. The Gift by Richard Paul Evans
  65. The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans
  66. The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere
  67. Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah
  68. Eviction Earth by T.C. Pannone

📚 Total: 68 books read in 2024

⭐ Favorite Book of 2010:

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron

✨ Other Standout Reads:

  • Siren by Tricia Rayburn
  • If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now by Claire LaZebnik
  • Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
  • After by Amy Efaw
  • Up From the Blue by Susan Henderson
  • Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans