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 
I adored “Sic of Crows”. Still haven’t read the Raven Cycle my Maggi Stiefvater, but it’s on my list 😀
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!
Aaaaand, the Raven Cycle just got bumped up higher on the list. I smell a book purchase in January 🙂
You won’t regret it!