Another year just flew by! It was my big YA debut year, too, and although I don’t feel like my life has changed drastically, I’ve been floored by the readers who’ve taken the time to reach out to me–thank you! I hope it’s just the start of a longer book writing career.
The past couple of years, I’ve posted a list of all the books I read (not including graphic novels and manga, of which I’ve read many) on this blog to celebrate New Year’s. Why do I do this and not post every book I read on Goodreads? I feel weird publicly assigning grades and criticizing other people’s novels as an author, especially since if I don’t love something, it might just be my own tastes, you know? This is a way for me to celebrate how much I’ve read each year.
- Split Second by Kasie West
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Monk and the New Lieutenant by Hy Conrad
- The World We Live in by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- No Life But This by Anna Sheehan
- Ransomwood by Sherryl Jordan
- The Fading Dusk by Melissa Giorgio (second time read through for proofs)
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
- Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
- Smoke and Mirrors #2, sequel to The Fading Dusk by Melissa Giorgio (reading ahead of time as her editor)
- Dexter Is Dead by Jeff Lindsay
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
- The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley
- Cress by Marissa Meyer
- Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
- Naruto: Kakashi’s Story by Akira Higashiyama
- Fairest by Marissa Meyer
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – still reading
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – still reading
Each year I’ve read fewer books, but I did spend a lot of time reading graphic novels and manga I’m not counting on this list–over 100 volumes, in fact!
Amy McNulty 
You won’t regret it!
Aaaaand, the Raven Cycle just got bumped up higher on the list. I smell a book purchase in January 🙂
Definitely check out Raven Cycle! Since the last book is almost out, you can marathon them all at once. Six of Crows was a bit slow for me at first, but I’m about halfway through and it’s really picking up speed!
I adored “Sic of Crows”. Still haven’t read the Raven Cycle my Maggi Stiefvater, but it’s on my list 😀