I have a problem. And that problem is that I keep buying books. I can’t help myself! I love books! I love supporting authors! I love looking at all their beautiful covers on my shelves! They bring me joy!
Okay, maybe that isn’t really a problem. But what is an issue is the fact that it takes me forever to even read most of the books I buy. Most of my shelves at this point consist of unread books. I can tell you for certain that I wouldn’t have hundreds of books if I’d actually read all of these already, because if I don’t absolutely love a book and either a) plan to reread it, b) loan it out to all of my friends because I think they should read it too, or c) am just so obsessed with the cover that I absolutely cannot part with it, I don’t keep books.
Every year, I buy a lot of books. But I also donate a lot of books. My local librarians undoubtedly let out a groan every time they see me hauling bags upon bags of books inside. Plus, more recently, I’ve started giving away boxes of books to people who follow me on my various social media. I’m extremely privileged because I can afford to buy all of these books, but it’s not the same for everyone. And if I can give people the ability to discover new (to them) traditionally published books, I absolutely will.
It seems like one of my lingering “new year, new me!” goals is to make a dent in my physical TBR pile, one that just keeps growing and growing and growing. In 2019 I made a list of all the unread books in my house, and let me tell you… a lot of those books still haven’t been read. You’ll probably see a majority of them on this list. Whoops.
Anyway, if you want to know what’s in my physical TBR pile, read on!
organized by title (mostly) A-Z…
except for the last 19 because I missed a whole shelf of books when I was originally making this list!!
1. A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
2. A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
3. A Good Country by Laleh Khadivi
4. A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
5. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
6. A Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
7. All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
8. All the Rage by Courtney Summers
9. Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes
10. Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein
11. Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows
12. Bite Me! by Melissa Francis
13. Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier
14. Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
15. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
16. Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton
17. Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
18. Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst
19. Enchantee by Gita Trelease
20. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
21. Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen
22. Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
23. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
24. Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
25. Get Even by Gretchen McNeil
26. Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
27. Heist Society by Ally Carter
28. How to Love by Katie Cotugno
29. How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
30. If I’m Being Honest by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegmund-Broka
31. Internet Famous by Danika Stone
32. K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
33. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
34. Kissing Max Holden by Katy Upperman
35. Lexicon by Max Barry
36. Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
37. Map of Fates by Maggie Hall
38. Match Me if You Can by Tiana Smith
39. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
40. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
41. Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry
42. Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
43. Poison by Galt Niederhoffer
44. Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
45. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
46. Run Away With Me by Mila Gray
47. Say No to the Bro by Kat Helgeson
48. Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
49. Secrets, Lies, and Scandals by Amanda K. Morgan
50. Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
51. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
52. Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
53. Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
54. Stay With Me by Mila Gray
55. Strange Girl by Christopher Pike
56. Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman
57. Surviving Adam Meade by Shannon Klare
58. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
59. The Adults by Alison Espach
60. The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes
61. The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
62. The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh
63. The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
64. The Dinner by Herman Koch
65. The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
66. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
67. The Graces by Laure Eve
68. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
69. The Merciless I & II by Danielle Vega
70. The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
71. The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward
72. The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
73. The Shortest Distance Between Love and Hate by Sandy Hall
74. The Summer I Turned Pretty Series by Jenny Han
75. The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
76. The Unexpected Spy by Tracy Walder
77. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
78. The Wicked King by Holly Black
79. The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
80. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
81. This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
82. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
83. Thorn by Intisar Khanani
84. Throne of Glass by SJ Maas
85. Tumble and Fall by Alexandra Coutts
86. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
87. Until it Fades by K.A. Tucker
88. You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria
89. You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lyn Solomon
90. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno
91. 9 Days & 9 Nights by Katie Cotugno
92. Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
93. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
94. The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
95. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
96. To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin
97. The Game Can’t Love You Back by Karole Cozzo
98. Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
99. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
100. Mirage by Somaiya Daud
101. The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo
102. The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman
103. The Boyfriend Bracket by Kate Evangelista
104. Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
105. Freshman by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
106. When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn
107. If Only You Knew by Prerna Pickett
108. Finding Mr. Better-Than-You by Shani Petroff
109. Little Black Dress, Little White Lies by Laura Stampler
110. The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
111. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
Okay, whew! That’s a lot of books! But I will admit… these aren’t all of the unread books in my house, they’re just the ones that were the most easily accessible. I have more in boxes that I plan to go through one day, but today is not that day!
Have you read any of the books on this list? Which ones did you like/dislike? Any extra recommendations for me? Let me know in the comments!
simone shirazi 
The struggle. I can’t help but buy books so my list of TBR is constantly growing….I fully understand your struggle. I am trying to for every book I buy, I need to read within the coming month. I am trying this for 2021. 🙂 GOod luck with your TBR pile 🙂
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That’s a really smart system! I’m trying to put myself on a (physical) book buying ban (minus the ones I’ve already preordered haha) for the next six or so months. Ebooks however… well, that’s a different story 😂 Good luck with your TBR pile as well!
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LOLOL. I agree… E books… I mean you could never have too many of those 🙂
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