My Year in Books

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.

If you don’t already, please head over and follow me on GoodReads for my ratings. x


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

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