Books I Read, Am Reading, and Want to Read in 2021 + Anticipated Releases

Books I Read This Year

I didn't include the books I didn't finish.

• "The Councillor" by E.J. Beaton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Raybearer" by Jordan Ifueko ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Poison Study" by Maria V. Snyder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "The Bear and the Nightingale" by Katherine Arden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novak ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "A Trial of Sorcerers" by Elise Kova ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "How to Win at College" by Cal Newport ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "How to Become a Straight-A Student" by Cal Newport ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• "The Poppy War" by R.F. Kuang ★ ★ ★ ★
• "The Odyssey" by Homer ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Sorcery of Thorns" by Margaret Rogerson ★ ★ ★ ★
• "The Folk of the Air" series by Holly Black ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Fable" by Adrienne Young ★ ★ ★ ★
• "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo ★ ★ ★
• "The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater ★ ★ ★
• "The Inheritance Games" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ★ ★ ★
• "Shadow of the Fox" by Julie Kagawa ★ ★ ★
• "Legend" by Marie Lu ★ ★
• "Namesake" by Adrienne Young ★ ★

Books I'm Reading Now

Books I Want to Read This Year

In no particular order. I read a lot of fantasy books this year, so I'm trying to branch out to other genres. This is a long and ambitious list, and it'll only get longer. I probably won't be able to get to all of them, but there's just so many interesting books out there.

• "The Atlas Six" by Olivia Blake
• "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver
• "Educated" by Tara Westover
• "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
• "On Writing" by Stephen King
• "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones
• "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
• "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles
• "The Secret History" by Donna Tart
• "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami
• "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong
• "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene
• "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson
• "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado Pérez
• "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu
• "Hood Feminism" by Mikki Kendall
• "Crying in H Mart" by Michelle Zauner
• "Vita Nostra" by Marina Dyachenko
• "The Sword of Kaigen" by M.L. Wang
• "The Last Lumenian" by S.G. Blaise
• "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
• "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
• "Deathless" by Catherynne M. Valente
• "Dragonfly Girl" by Marti Leimbach
• "The Rotation of Power" by H.V. Rosemarie
• "Jade City" by Fonda Lee

Anticipated Releases

• "Little Thieves" by Margaret Owen : A Germanic fantasy retelling of "Goose Girl," but in the point of view of an unapologetically wicked maid.
• "The Boy With Fire" by Aparna Verna: An adult fantasy book inspired by the author's Indian heritage, plus morally gray characters and themes of power, politics, and religion.
• "Redemptor" by Jordan Ifueko: I was destroyed by the first book of this African-inspired duology. How could you just leave me HANGING.
• "Six Crimson Cranes" by Elizabeth Lim: An Asian-inspired retelling of "The Six Swans" by the Brothers Grimm, complete with an arranged marriage trope, heartwarming family relationships, and talking paper cranes. It doesn't get any better than that
• "Jade Fire Gold" by June C.L. Tan: According to the Goodreads summary, it's "inspired by Chinese mythology, with rich magic and an epic slow-burn romance." Hm, seems interesting. Then the author had to include the list below. WELL OKAY *aggressively adds to tbr*