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Beat the Backlist 2023: 01/01/22
 Hosted by Austine of Novel Knight.
Although I did surpass my usual goal of 300, I am going to do another year of a smaller goal, 200. As with previous years, my goal for this challenge is to have half my reading be from backlist books. Ideally, I'd like to complete my 2021 books and make a serious dent in my 2022 purchases.
Below is my list of unread books from 2021, 2020 and 2019. I will cross them out as I read them. I will also add other books to the list as I read them, and will bold them.
TBR from 2022
- Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
- Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
- Pets of Park Avenue by Stefanie London
- A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
- The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi and Emily Balistrieri (Translation)
- Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
- Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
- Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes
- Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Victoria Ying (Illustrator)
- Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
- The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
- My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee
High Spirits by Carol J. Perry
- Into the Windwracked Wilds by A. Deborah Baker
- The Singularities by John Banville
- Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
- Strike the Zither by Joan He and Kuri Huang (Illustrator)
- Green Lantern: Alliance by Minh Lê, et. al.
- Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens and Monica Mikai (Illustrator)
- Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe
- The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
- Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki
- The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
- Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui
- Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn
Soul of a Killer by Abby Collette and L. Malaika Cooper (Narrator)
- The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes
Best Wishes by Sarah Mlynowski
- Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
- We Spread by Iain Reid
Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White
Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss and Erin Moon (Narrator)
- The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron
- Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
- Murder Out of Character by Olivia Matthews
- Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt
- Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
- The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook and Marilyn Levinson (Narrator)
- Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King
- Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
- Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah
- Steeped to Death by Gretchen Rue
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns and Jasmin Walker (Narrator)
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
Crunch by Kayla Miller
- Harley Quinn: The Animated Series, Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour
by Tee Franklin and Max Sarin (Illustrator)
- Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
The Neapolitan Sisters by Margo Candela
- Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns
- This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
- Miracle Season by Beth Hautala
- Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
- The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
- KosherSoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty
- The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
- These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
- Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden, et al
- The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
- Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé
- Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
- Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
- Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova
- Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
- On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
- We Weren't Looking to Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn
- Black Hammer, Vol. 6: Reborn, Part II by Jeff Lemire, et al
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman and Emily Rankin (Narrator)
- Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
- Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
- Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
- Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
- Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older
- In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
- Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
- Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes
- Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture by Aria S. Halliday
- Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
- Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
TBR from 2021
- Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
- Our Earthly Ends by Chloe Gong
- Tik-Tok by Candace Robinson and Amber R. Duell
- You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith
- Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Maria DiRico
- Death by Hot Apple Cider by Alex Erikson
- Digging Up Trouble by Kitt Crowe
- This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke
- Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
- Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
- Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes by Rick Riordan
Dinosaur Sanctuary, Volume 1 by Itaru Kinoshita
- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
- What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie
- The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
- Murder by the Bookend by Laura Gail Black
- Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
- Reading Between the Crimes by Kate Young
- The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders
No Grater Crime by Maddie Day and Laural Merlington (Narrator)
- Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
- Much Ado about Nauticaling by Gabby Allan
- Ballgowns & Butterflies by Kelley Armstrong
- Linked by Gordon Korman
- Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis
- Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
- Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
- The Chariot at Dusk Swati Teerdhala
- Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 1 by Sakaomi Yuzaki and Caleb David Cook (Translator)
Yes & No by Elisha Cooper (2021)
Older books
Dead-End Detective by Amanda Flower and Laura Faye Smith (Narrator) (2020)
A Design to Die For by Kathleen Bridge and Vanessa Daniels (Narrator) (2020)
Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush and Kae Marie Denino (Narrator) (2020)
Hidden Pictures by Carolyn Keene (2020)
I Am a Cat Barista, Volume 2 by Hiro Maijima (2020)
Kowloon Generic Romance, Volume 2 by Jun Mayuzuki and Amanda Haley (Translation) (2020)
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter, Volume 1 by Kazuki Irodori (2020)
- A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (2019)
- Reverie by Ryan La Sala (2019)
Call of the Night, Volume 1 by Kotoyama (2019)
- Color Outside the Lines by Sangu Mandanna (2019)
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, Volume 2 by Keigo Maki (2019)
- A Constellation of Roses by Miranda Asebedo (2019)
- Coral by Sara Ella (2019)
A Storm of Wishes by Jacqueline West (2019)
- The Burning Queen by Kathryn Lasky (2019)
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (2019)
- Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire (2019)
- The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams (2019)
- Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo (2019)
- How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters (2019)
- Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 by Gary Giddins (2018)
Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker and Thérèse Plummer(2018)
- The Reckless Club by Beth Vrabel (2018)
- The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding (2018)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2017)
Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper (2017)
Komi Can't Communicate, Volume 4 by Tomohito Oda (2017)
The Promised Neverland 2 by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (Illustrator), and Luise Steggewentz (Translator) (2017)
A Tale of Two Kitties by Sofie Kelly and Cassandra Campbell (Narrator) (2017)
- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan (2016)
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Volume 1 by Ren Eguchi and Kevin Chen (Translator) (2016)
The Gathering by Dan Poblocki (2016)
- A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder by Victoria Laurie (2016)
Boiled Over by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (Narrator) (2014)
Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death by Chris Riddell (2014)
To Fudge or Not to Fudge by Nancy CoCo and Vanessa Johansson (Narrator) (2014)
Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2014)
Sweetness and Lightning Volume 2 by Gido Amagakure and Adam Lensenmayer (Translator) (2014)
The Case of the Toxic Mutants by Ursula Vernon (2013)
Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay and Allyson Ryan (Narrator) (2013)
Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae (2012)
The Lonely Phone Booth by Peter Ackerman and Max Dalton (Illustrator) (2010)
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck (2009)
Deep South by Nevada Barr (2000)
Birthday Party Murder by Leslie Meier and Karen White (Narrator) (2002)
The Starlite Drive-In by Marjorie Reynolds (1997)
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely (1994)
A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle (1971)
Tootle by Gertrude Crampton and Tibor Gergely (Illustrator) (1945)
- Alias Jane Smith by Clarence Budington Kelland (1944) (reread)
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift and Lynd Ward (1942)
- The Norths Meet Murder by Frances Lockridge (1940)
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky (1939)
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie and David Suchet (Narrator) (1924)
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (1881)
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