I didn't like every book that I read this year, and I can't vouch for all of them. I read many other genres as well including: suspense, fairy-tale retellings, spy novels, realistic fiction, culinary mystery, romance, science fiction, and inspirational.Īs always, the fact that these books were on my list of being read this year does not necessarily mean I recommend them. The other most read genres were dystopian (12), classics (11), and historical fiction (10).

My most read genre was fantasy (15), with non-fiction (14) coming in as a close second place.

I kept track of which genres I was reading this year as well. I have many more classics and non-fiction books on my list to read and I am going to keep up that goal for future years.

I read 11 classics and 14 non-fiction books this year. I ended up far surpassing that goal (mostly because of audiobooks, which is a good way for me to do many of those books). I made a goal at the end of last year to read at least one classic or non-fiction book per month (for a total of 12), because I want to be a 'life-long learner' and keep reading to learn things and challenge myself, in addition to reading for fun, now that I am out of school and won't be reading textbooks. I also still listen to audiobooks while I am doing housework while he is sleeping. It did slow it down some, but I still find ways to fit it in- mostly by reading while I am feeding him or reading to him from whatever book I am reading at the time. Harrison was born at the end of August and so I thought that might slow down my reading quite a bit. So throughout this year I usually always had one audiobook and one physical book that I was reading at any given time, and I usually got through audiobooks much faster since I listened to them while doing other things. I also started listening to audiobooks whenever I was cooking, cleaning, or other similar things. I got through a ton of audiobooks while working at the library for the first half of the year, because I was allowed to listen to them while I worked. It also happened to be my year with the most books read- 100 exactly! The much higher number is due largely to the fact that I started listening to audiobooks regularly. Another year has passed already! This year was one of the biggest in my life yet with a ton of big changes.

Drops of gold by sarah m eden