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

1. Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
2. Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
3. Pets of Park Avenue by Stefanie London
4. A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
5. The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi and Emily Balistrieri (Translation)
6. Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
7. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
8. Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes
9. Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Victoria Ying (Illustrator)
10. Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
11. The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
12. My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee
13. High Spirits by Carol J. Perry
14. Into the Windwracked Wilds by A. Deborah Baker
15. The Singularities by John Banville
16. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
17. Strike the Zither by Joan He and Kuri Huang (Illustrator)
18. Green Lantern: Alliance by Minh Lê, et. al.
19. Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
20. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
21. Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens and Monica Mikai (Illustrator)
22. Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe
23. The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass
24. Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
25. Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki
26. The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
27. Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui
28. Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
29. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn
30. Soul of a Killer by Abby Collette and L. Malaika Cooper (Narrator)
31. The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes
32. Best Wishes by Sarah Mlynowski
33. Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
34. We Spread by Iain Reid
35. Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White
36. Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss and Erin Moon (Narrator)
37. The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron
38. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
39. Murder Out of Character by Olivia Matthews
40. Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt
41. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
42. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
43. Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook and Marilyn Levinson (Narrator)
44. Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King
45. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
46. Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah
47. Steeped to Death by Gretchen Rue
48. Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns and Jasmin Walker (Narrator)
49. August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
50. Crunch by Kayla Miller
51. Harley Quinn: The Animated Series, Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour by Tee Franklin and Max Sarin (Illustrator)
52. Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
53. The Neapolitan Sisters by Margo Candela
54. Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns
55. This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
56. Miracle Season by Beth Hautala
57. Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
58. The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
59. KosherSoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty
60. The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
61. These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
62. Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden, et al
63. The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
64. Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé
65. Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove
66. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
67. Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
68. Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
69. Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova
70. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
71. On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
72. We Weren't Looking to Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn
73. Black Hammer, Vol. 6: Reborn, Part II by Jeff Lemire, et al
74. Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman and Emily Rankin (Narrator)
75. Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
76. Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
77. The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
78. Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
79. Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
80. Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older
81. In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
82. Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
83. Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes
84. Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture by Aria S. Halliday
85. Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
86. Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett

TBR from 2021

1. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
2. Our Earthly Ends by Chloe Gong
3. Tik-Tok by Candace Robinson and Amber R. Duell
4. You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith
5. Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
6. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Maria DiRico
7. Death by Hot Apple Cider by Alex Erikson
8. Digging Up Trouble by Kitt Crowe
9. This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke
10. Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
11. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
12. Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
13. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
14. The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes by Rick Riordan
15. Dinosaur Sanctuary, Volume 1 by Itaru Kinoshita
16. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
17. What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie
18. The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
19. Murder by the Bookend by Laura Gail Black
20. Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
21. Reading Between the Crimes by Kate Young
22. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
23. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
24. Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders
25. No Grater Crime by Maddie Day and Laural Merlington (Narrator)
26. Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
27. Much Ado about Nauticaling by Gabby Allan
28. Ballgowns & Butterflies by Kelley Armstrong
29. Linked by Gordon Korman
30. Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis
31. Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
32. Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
33. The Chariot at Dusk Swati Teerdhala
34. Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon
35. She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 1 by Sakaomi Yuzaki and Caleb David Cook (Translator)
36. Yes & No by Elisha Cooper (2021)