#and the library finally got the sword of kaigen so i could read it!

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2024 reading list!

As usual my reading hasn't been consistent at all throughout the year, but I did read 92 books which is still pretty good. I also branched out with genres a little bit and got into reading horror this year. There's a lot more I could say about these but for now, here's the list!

Vigilance - Robert Jackson Bennett

The Empress of Salt and Fortune [The Singing Hills Cycle: 1] - Nghi Vo

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O’Farrell

Grey Sister [The Book of the Ancestor: 2] - Mark Lawrence

The Atlas Complex [The Atlas Series: 3] - Olivie Blake

Blood of the Chosen [Burningblade & Silvereye: 2] - Django Wexler

American Elsewhere - Robert Jackson Bennett 

Dazzling - Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

So Let Them Burn [Divine Traitors: 1] - Kamilah Cole

The Bone Shard War [The Drowning Empire: 3] - Andrea Stewart 

Holy Sister [The Book of the Ancestor: 3] - Mark Lawrence 

Legendborn [The Legendborn Cycle: 1] - Tracy Deonn

In the Shadow of Lightning [The Glass Immortals: 1] - Brian McClellan 

Moon of the Crusted Snow [Moon of the Crusted Snow: 1] - Waubgeshig Rice

The Company Man - Robert Jackson Bennett

The Rithmatist [The Rithmatist: 1] - Brandon Sanderson

Three Parts Dead [The Craft Sequence: 1] - Max Gladstone

My Heart Is a Chainsaw [The Indian Lake Trilogy: 1] - Stephen Graham Jones 

The Lies of the Ajungo [The Forever Desert: 1] - Moses Ose Utomi

Galatea - Madeline Miller

The Marrow Thieves [The Marrow Thieves: 1] - Cherie Dimaline

The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez

The Tainted Cup [Shadow of the Leviathan: 1] - Robert Jackson Bennett

Rhythm of War [The Stormlight Archive: 4] - Brandon Sanderson 

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 

Bad Cree - Jessica Johns 

Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White 

Bloodmarked [The Legendborn Cycle: 2] - Tracy Deonn

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy - Nathan Thrall

Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange

Don’t Fear the Reaper [The Indian Lake Trilogy: 2] - Stephen Graham Jones 

Edgedancer [The Stormlight Archive: 2.5] - Brandon Sanderson

The Lies of Locke Lamora [Gentleman Bastard: 1] - Scott Lynch

Moon of the Turning Leaves [Moon of the Crusted Snow: 2] - Waubgeshig Rice

Mistborn: The Final Empire [The Mistborn Saga: 1] - Brandon Sanderson

Chlorine - Jade Song 

The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson

The Truth of the Aleke [The Forever Desert: 2] - Moses Ose Utomi

The Stone Sky [The Broken Earth: 3] - N. K. Jemisin 

The Shadow of the Gods [The Bloodsworn: 1] - John Gwynne

The Girl and the Stars [The Book of the Ice: 1] - Mark Lawrence

The Angel of Indian Lake [The Indian Lake Trilogy: 3] - Stephen Graham Jones 

The Pomegranate Gate [The Mirror Realm Cycle: 1] - Ariel Kaplan

The Well of Ascension [The Mistborn Saga: 2] - Brandon Sanderson

The Book That Broke the World [The Library Trilogy: 2] - Mark Lawrence

House of Open Wounds [The Tyrant Philosophers: 2] - Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Shanghai Immortal [Shanghai Immortal: 1] - A. Y. Chao

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo 

Limited Wish [Impossible Times: 2] - Mark Lawrence

Red Seas Under Red Skies [Gentleman Bastard: 2] - Scott Lynch

The Black God’s Drums - P. Djèlí Clark

Indian Burial Ground - Nick Medina

Daughter of Redwinter [The Redwinter Chronicles: 1] - Ed McDonald 

Dawnshard [The Stormlight Archive: 3.5] - Brandon Sanderson 

Dispel Illusion [Impossible Times: 3] - Mark Lawrence

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror - Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams; N. K. Jemisin, Rebecca Roanhorse, Cadwell Turnbull, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Violet Allen, Erin E. Adams, Tananarive Due, Justin C. Key, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Nnedi Okorafor, L. D. Lewis, Nalo Hopkinson, Maurice Broaddus, Rion Amilcar Scott, Nicole D. Sconiers, Chesya Burke, Terence Taylor, P. Djèlí Clark, Tochi Onyebuchi 

Five Broken Blades [The Broken Blades Trilogy: 1] - Mai Corland

The Vanished Birds - Simon Jimenez

The Girl and the Mountain [The Book of the Ice: 2] - Mark Lawrence

The Weight of Our Sky - Hanna Alkaf 

The Near Witch - V. E. Schwab

The Hero of Ages [The Mistborn Saga: 3] - Brandon Sanderson

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow - Zoulfa Katouh 

The Silverblood Promise [The Last Legacy: 1] - James Logan

The Salt Grows Heavy - Cassandra Khaw

The Sword of Kaigen - M. L. Wang

Real Americans - Rachel Khong

When Among Crows - Veronica Roth

These Burning Stars [The Kindom Trilogy: 1] - Bethany Jacobs 

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water - Zen Cho

Severance - Ling Ma

Escape Velocity - Victor Manibo

Godly Heathens [The Ouroboros: 1] - H. E. Edgmon

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro [Chronicles of the Bitch Queen: 1] - K. S. Villoso 

Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo

Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher

Ocean’s Godori [Ocean’s Godori: 1] - Elaine U. Cho

Mirrored Heavens [Between Earth and Sky: 3] - Rebecca Roanhorse 

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

The Alloy of Law [The Mistborn Saga: 4] [Wax & Wayne: 1] - Brandon Sanderson

Merciless Saviors [The Ouroboros: 2] - H. E. Edgmon

The Sympathizer [The Sympathizer: 1] - Viet Thanh Nguyen

Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle 

Hearts That Cut [Threads That Bind: 2] - Kika Hatzopoulou

The Stardust Grail - Yume Kitasei

The Book Censor’s Library - Bothayna Al-Essa; translated by Ranya Abdelrahman, Sawad Hussain

Wicked Problems [The Craft Wars: 2] - Max Gladstone

Wrath of the Triple Goddess [Percy Jackson and the Olympians: 7] [The Senior Year Adventures: 2] - Rick Riordan 

Vilest Things [Flesh & False Gods: 2] - Chloe Gong

Bonesmith [House of the Dead Duology: 1] - Nicki Pau Preto

What Moves the Dead [Sworn Soldier: 1] - T. Kingfisher