• "Clytemnestra" by Costanza Casati
  • "In the Lives of Puppets" by TJ Klune
  • "Beach Read" by Emily Henry
  • "The Duke and I" by Julia Quinn
  • "The Half Moon: A Novel" by Mary Beth Keane
  • "Chain Gang All Stars" by Nana Kwame Adje-Brenyah
  • "Go as a River" by Shelley Read
  • "If We're Being Honest" by Cat Shook*
  • "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano*
  • "The Viscount Who Loved Me" by Julia Quinn
  • "An Offer from a Gentleman" by Julia Quinn
  • "Romantic Comedy" by Curtis Sittenfeld*
  • "Dust Child" by Que Mai Phan Nguyen*
  • "The Great Reclamation" by Rachel Heng*
  • "Mister Magic" by Kiersten White*
  • "The Invisible Life of Adde LaRue" by V. E. Schwab
  • "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn
  • "The God of Endings" by Jacqueline Holland*
  • "House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears
  • "Loot" by Tania James*
  • "A Council of Dolls" by Mona Susan Power***
  • "People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry
  • "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" by Kim Fu
  • "I Never Thought of it That Way" by Mónica Guzmán***
  • "The London Séance Society" by Sarah Penner
  • "Book Lovers" by Emily Henry
  • "Homecoming" by Kate Morton*
  • "The Friend Zone" by Abby Jimenez
  • "The Nanny" by Lana Ferguson
  • "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmun
  • "Flight" by Lynn Steger Strong*

f you only read a couple books from this list, let them be "A Council of Dolls" and "I Never Thought of it That Way." My year's total book count is 66, but I read "Lessons in Chemistry" twice so 65. Cheers to another year of great books.