My 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge

For 2019 I set my largest reading challenge yet. 100 books. 365 days. Did I make it? Somehow, I did! Below you will find the list of what I read in 2019 and this will also give you an idea of what reviews you can expect from me. I may not review all of them in the near future but I will be jumping into getting these done ASAP.

  1. Finding Claire Fletcher (Claire Fletcher Mystery #1) by Lisa Regan
  2. Losing Leah Holloway (Claire Fletcher Mystery #2) by Lisa Regan
  3. The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan (A Re-read for me).
  4. Vanishing Girls (Detective Josie Quinn #1) by Lisa Regan
  5. The Girl With No Name (Detective Josie Quinn #2) by Lisa Regan
  6. Her Mother’s Grave (Detective Josie Quinn #3) by Lisa Regan
  7. Her Final Confession (Detective Josie Quinn #4) by Lisa Regan
  8. The Bones She Buried (Detective Josie Quinn #5) by Lisa Regan
  9. A Merciful Fate (Mercy Kilpatrick #5) by Kendra Elliot (I’ll be working on reviews for the entire series).
  10. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick #6) by Kendra Elliot (I’ll be working on reviews for the entire series).
  11. Close to the Bone (Widow’s Island #1) by Kendra Elliot (joint series written by Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh).
  12. A Bone to Pick (Widow’s Island #2) by Melinda Leigh
  13. Hour of Need (Scarlet Falls #1) by Melinda Leigh
  14. Minutes to Kill (Scarlet Falls #2) by Melinda Leigh
  15. Seconds to Live (Scarlet Falls #3 by Melinda Leigh
  16. On Her Father’s Grave (Solitude, Oregon series, Rogue River #1) by Kendra Elliot (joint series written by Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh).
  17. Gone to Her Gave (Solitude, Oregon series, Rogue River #2) by Melinda Leigh (joint series written by Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh).
  18. Her Grave Secrets (Solitude, Oregon series, Rogue River #3) by Kendra Elliot (joint series written by Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh).
  19. Walking on Her Grave (Solitude, Oregon series, Rogue River #4) by Melinda Leigh (joint series written by Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh).
  20. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
  21. Wild Heat (Hot Shots: Men of Fire #1) by Bella Andre (A Re-read for me).
  22. Hot as Sin (Hot Shots: Men of Fire #2) by Bella Andre (A Re-read for me).
  23. Never Too Hot (Hot Shots: Men of Fire #3) by Bella Andre (A Re-read for me).
  24. The Good Widow by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
  25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  26. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  28. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  29. Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  30. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  31. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling (A Re-read for me).
  32. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness
  33. Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness
  34. The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
  35. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
  36. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmul, Amy Wallace
  37. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacifc Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  38. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  39. Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges & Douglas R. Hofstadter
  40. The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk
  41. Waiting to be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox
  42. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman & Greg McKeown
  43. When by Victoria Laurie
  44. Holes by Loius Sachar (A Re-read for me).
  45. Secrets Never Die (Morgan Dane #5) by Melinda Leigh (I’ll be working on reviews for the entire series).
  46. Save Your Breath (Morgan Dane #6) by Melinda Leigh (I’ll be working on reviews for the entire series).
  47. She Can Run (She Can…#1) by Melinda Leigh
  48. Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer
  49. The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni (Charles Jenkins #1)
  50. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark
  51. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State killer by Michelle McNamara
  52. The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
  53. Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport #1) by John Sandford
  54. A Killer’s Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery #1) by Mike Omer
  55. In the Darkness (Zoe Bentley Mystery #2) by Mike Omer
  56. The Body Keeper (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries #3) by Anne Fraiser (I’ll be working on reviews for the entire series).
  57. Dead End Girl (Violet Darger #1) by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  58. Image in a Cracked Mirror (Violet Darger #1.5) by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  59. Killing Season (Violet Darger #2) by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  60. The Girl in the Sand (Violet Darger #3) by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  61. Bad Blood (Violet Darger #4) by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  62. Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
  63. The Last Move by Mary Burton
  64. Dead Certain by Adam Mitzner
  65. Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner
  66. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins (A Re-read for me).
  67. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins (A Re-read for me).
  68. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins (A Re-read for me).
  69. Prince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War #1) by Mark Lawrence
  70. The Liar’s Key (The Red Queen’s War #2) by Mark Lawrence
  71. The Wheel of Osheim (The Red Queen’s War #3) by Mark Lawrence
  72. Three Days Missing by Kimberly Belle
  73. The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton
  74. The Everlasting Rose (The Belles #2) by Dhonielle Clayton
  75. The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1) by Dot Hutchinson
  76. Roses of May (The Collector #2) by Dot Hutchinson
  77. The Summer Children (The Collector #3) by Dot Hutchinson
  78. The Vanishing Season (The Collector #4) by Dot Hutchinson
  79. And I Darken (The Conqueror’s Saga #1) by Kiersten White
  80. Little Girls Sleeping (Detective Katie Scott #1) by Jennifer Chase
  81. Her Last Whisper (Detective Katie Scott #2) by Jennifer Chase
  82. Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
  83. Keep You Close by Karen Cleveland
  84. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (A Re-read for me).
  85. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (A Re-read for me).
  86. The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien (A Re-read for me).
  87. The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (A Re-read for me).
  88. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (A Re-read for me).
  89. Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison (A Re-read for me).
  90. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (A Re-read for me).
  91. Year One (Chronicles of The One #1) by Nora Roberts
  92. Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One #2) by Nora Roberts
  93. Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott
  94. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) by Tana French
  95. The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) by Tana French
  96. Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3) by Tana French
  97. Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French
  98. The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5) by Tana French
  99. The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad #6) by Tana French
  100. Dear Martin by Nic Stone

I admit, some of these books were re-reads which I used in order to push me out of reading slumps. However, overwhelmingly most of these were new titles and new authors for me. A large portion is mystery/thriller type books but there is a good sprinkling of fantasy, sci-fi and YA in there as well.

With my 2019 reading goal done I’m not looking at 2020 and I’ve set a new goal of 110 books for the year. With it being a leap year maybe that extra day will help me pull it off!

Good luck to everyone setting goals and kicking off the year with a book in their hands!

About author

Brittney Soban

Brittney is a writer, reader and general lover of all things that end up printed on a page. With a few published poems and a lot of unpublished stories and novels she spends her days doing a nine to five job while wishing she was home working on the worlds she loves to create. As “punishment”, her and her brothers were banned from watching television for a week, leading to Brittney deciding that the free books at the library were better than TV and, in a very Matilda fashion, she took home loads of books every day and has never looked back. A reader of all types of literature, she will read practically anything put in front of her as long as something within it, no matter how small, sparks her interest. Give her high fantasy, science fiction, mystery, it doesn’t matter, but her love does lie within the fantasy and YA genres. A series junkie on top of everything else, she picks and chooses when to begin a series based on how many standalone books also await her attention in her to be read pile. Once she starts a series she will read every installment available back to back until she finishes a series or is forced to wait for the next publication. Called a book dragon by her boyfriend, the term is fitting as she owns more books than anything else and is quite sure her obituary will state she died under an avalanche of books. She truly wouldn’t have it any other way.

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