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🎯 My Reader Goals 2024

đź“š Reading Challenge 2024: Read 54 books & 20,500 pages

Every year I look back at my reading list and think about my reader goals. I don’t have anything specific, other than the number of books/pages I want to tackle.

I will probably continue reading a lot more lighthearted romance books since they proved to be a great way to unwind and bring joy to my life. From my TBR pile (over 200+ books) I picked some to focus on this year:

Series that were on my goals last year that I still want to read in 2024:

  1. A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) by Becky Chambers

  2. Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion #2) by Jessie Mihalik

  3. Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax #2) by Ann Aguirre

  4. Ambush or Adore (Delightfully Deadly #3) by Gail Carriger

  5. Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly #2) by Gail Carriger

  6. Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds #1) by Emma Newman

  7. Any Other Name (The Split Worlds #2) by Emma Newman

  8. Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy #1) by Tade Thompson

  9. Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi

  10. Diving into the Wreck (Diving Universe #1) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  11. Fire Logic (Elemental Logic #1) by Laurie J. Marks

  12. The Cold Between (Central Corps #1) by Elizabeth Bonesteel

  13. Series: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (I stopped at book #10)

  14. Series: Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

  15. Series: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (I stopped at book #3)

  16. Series: The Expanse by James S.A. Corey (finish series: I stopped at book #6)

  17. Series: Uptown Girls by Joanna Shupe

Books I want to read in 2024 (in no particular order):

  1. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (currently reading)

  2. The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

  3. One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig

  4. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik

  5. Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) by Rebecca Yarros

  6. Artemis by Andy Weir

  7. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

  8. Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers #1) by Penny Reid

  9. Not in love by Ali Hazelwood

  10. Bride by Ali Hazelwood

  11. Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

  12. The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral #1) by C.L. Wilson

  13. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

  14. Book of Night (Book of Night #1) by Holly Black

  15. Starter Villain by John Scalzi

  16. Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

  17. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells

  18. Divinity 36 (Tinkered Starsong #1) by Gail Carriger

  19. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

  20. Shadowbound (Dark Arts #1) by Bec McMaster

  21. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0.5) by Travis Baldree

  22. The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

  23. The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

  24. The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

  25. Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel #1) by T. Kingfisher

  26. Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

  27. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps #1) by Kimberly Lemming

  28. Beach Read by Emily Henry

  29. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels #1) by India Holton

  30. The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

  31. Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) by Nalini Singh

Non-fiction books:

  1. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich

  2. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

  3. In Defence of Food by Michael Pollan

  4. The Science of Time Travel by Elizabeth Howell

  5. Power of Fun by Catherine Price

  6. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

  7. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell

  8. How to Focus by Thích Nhất Hạnh

  9. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

  10. Last Chance to See by Mark Carwardine, Douglas Adams

â–¶ I will have at least 12 more books that are going to be picked for my local Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club (we read 1 book/month).

This list is just a starting point, in case I run out of ideas!

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By Noisy Deadlines
Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.