• "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.