• "The Other Mothers" by Katherine Faulkner
• "Woman of Light" by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
• "Welcome Home, Stranger" by Kate Christensen
• "The Fake Mate" by Lana Ferguson
• "This Time Tomorrow" by Emma Straub*
• "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
• "Let Us Descend" by Jesmyn Ward
• "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters*
• "The Last Love Note" by Emma Grey
• "How to Be Perfect" by Michael Schur
• "Part of Your World" by Abby Jimenez
• "A Heart That Works" by Rob Delaney
• "One Summer in Savannah" by Terah Shelton Harris
• "The Switch" by Beth O'Leary*
• "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese*
• "Family Family" by Laurie Frankel*
• "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride*
• "Pineapple Street" by Jenny Jackson*
• "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese***
• "Becoming" by Michelle Obama*
• "Reign" by Katharine McGee
• "The House of Eve" by Sadeqa Johnson***
• "Beyond the Wand" by Tom Felton
• "In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado
• "Just for Summer" by Abby Jimenez
• "Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson*
• "The Henna Artist" by Alka Joshi
• "The Secret Keeper" by Alka Joshi
• "Funny Story" by Emily Henry
• "The Women" by Kristin Hannah*
• "The Perfumist of Paris" by Alka Joshi
• "Meet the Benedettos" by Katie Cotugno
• "I Have Some Questions for You" by Rebecca Makkai*
• "Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone" by Benjamin Stevenson
• "Within Arm's Reach" by Ann Napolitano*
• "The Invisible Hour" by Alice Hoffman
• "Rift" by Cait West**
• "North Woods" by Daniel Mason
• "Eligible" by Curtis Sittenfeld*
• "You Think It, I'll Say It" by Curtis Sittenfeld

Recording the books I've read every 6 months brings me so much joy! I looove to read! 2024 is off to a great start with 40 books read! And so many amazing books on this list. "The Berry Pickers" was so poignant.

• "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.