My Year in Books

Hi friends!

I always look forward to writing this post. It is so cool to look back on the books I read over the year and mull over which ones made me feel all the things. This year, I dipped into a lot of fantasy worlds and they took me to some of the most special places. I find that fantasy books are the most immersive and I tend to favor the escape from reality.

My favorite read this year was the From Blood and Ash series by Jennifer Armentrout. Oooooh my gosh. You guys know my love affair with ACOTAR and I have to say, this is runner-up. I devoured this series. Another favorite from this year was the highly-hyped Fourth Wing series. The hype is REAL and it lived up to my expectations.

There’s also plenty of non-fiction books in the mix, if that is more your speed. I’ve loved reading more about slow living/minimalism this year.

But anyways, here is the full list and I will share my top favorites after that. I hope you find something good here that will make your 2024 book list! If you would like to see what’s on my TBR list for 2024, let me know. I will most likely share that over on Instagram soon.

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Here’s what I’ve read this year:

1. A Touch of Darkness
2. A Court of Mist and Fury (graphic audiobook)
3. Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living
4. Living Slower
5. My Hygge Home
6. The Relaxed Art of Eclectic Homeschooling
7. Homeschool Made Easy
8. How Not to Diet
9. Sapiens
10. 101 Tips for Kindergarten at Home
11. 101 Tips for Preschool at Home
12. Do I Know You?
13. Devotions
14. A Simpler Motherhood
15. Fridge Love
16. The Power of Play
17. The Unschooling Unmanual
18. The Four-Hour School Day
19. The Serpent and the Wings of Night
20. The Read Aloud Family
21. The Natural Child
22. Secretly Yours
23. Why Can’t We Just Play?
24. Goodbye, Things
25. Bookworm
26. How to Be a Moonflower
27. Modern Miss Mason
28. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
29. The Minimalist Home
30. The More of Less
31. Clutterfree with Kids
32. In Praise of Slowness
33. Honey for a Child’s Heart
34. Natural Born Learners
35. Decluttering at the Speed of Life
36. This is Homeschooling
37. The Art of Rest
38. The Giver
39. The Joy of Less
40. Make Room for What You Love
41. Essentialism
42. Honey, I Homeschooled the Kids
43. Stop Buying Bins
44. Free to Live
45. The Love Wager
46. Funny Feelings
47. Untigering
48. The Truth About Homeschooling
49. The Call of the Wild and Free
50. How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids
51. Whales: An Illustrated Celebration
52. Minimalist Homeschooling
53. Happy Place
54. The Clutter Fix
55. Meet Me at the Lake
56. Raising Motivated Kids
57. Talkers, Watchers, and Doers
58. Imagine If…
59. Family Hygge
60. The Rhythm of Family
61. Practice Makes Perfect
62. How to Homeschool the Kids You Have
63. The Well-Trained Mind
64. The Self-Care Year
65. A Lovely Life
66. Zen: The Art of Simple Living
67. When In Rome
68. Fourth Wing
69. The Well-Adjusted Child
70. Dwelling: Simple Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, and Soul
71. A Wilder Life
72. Same Time Next Summer
73. Food Rules
74. Homeschool Mama Self Care
75. Divine Rivals
76. The Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion
77. Introverted Mom
78. In Defense of Food
79. Hold On to Your Kids
80. Love, Theoretically
81. The Highly Sensitive Person
82. Unschooling to University
83. From Blood and Ash
84. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
85. The Crown of Gilded Bones
86. A Shadow in the Ember
87. The War of Two Queens
88. Cupcakes and Kisses
89. A Light in the Flame
90. Soul of Ash and Blood
91. The Happiness Year
92. The Confident Homeschooler
93. I Quit! Confessions of an Imperfect Homeschool Mom
94. The Summer I Turned Pretty
95. It’s Not Summer Without You
96. We’ll Always Have Summer
97. For the Children’s Sake
98. House of Sky and Breath
99. A Gracious Space: Fall
100. Talking at Night
101. Better Together
102. The Highly Sensitive Parent
103. Fall of Ruin and Wrath
104. The Roommate Pact
105. Heaven on Earth
106. Plant You
107. Kingdom of the Wicked
108. Kingdom of the Cursed
109. Kingdom of the Feared
110. Holiday Romance
111. The Woman in Me
112. A Fire in the Flesh
113. Worried All the Time
114. Iron Flame
115. Simple Happy Parenting
116. The Plant Power Doctor
117. Throne of the Fallen

My Top Fiction Reads:

• Fourth Wing series (Obsessed. Best series I’ve read since ACOTAR)
• From Blood and Ash series (Second best and also filled the ACOTAR void)
• Flesh and Fire series (Must be read alongside Blood and Ash… so good)
• The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy (love the show on Prime, too)
• Happy Place (Emily Henry never disappoints me… ever)
• Divine Rivals (gorgeous imagery)
• Same Time Next Year
• Practice Makes Perfect
• Meet Me at the Lake
• Bookworm (This one was a wild and fun ride)
• Do I Know You?
• Talking at Night
• Kingdom of the Wicked series
• Throne of the Fallen

My Top Non-Fiction Reads:

• Hold On To Your Kids
• Dwelling: Simple Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, and Soul
• A Lovely Life
• Simple Happy Parenting
• Imagine If…
• How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids
• Essentialism
• The Joy of Less
• Natural Born Learners
• Clutterfree with Kids
• The More of Less
• Minimalist Home
• A Simpler Motherhood
• My Hygge Home
• The Highly Sensitive Parent