Reading at least 100 books in 2021

I was a little short on my 100 books in a year I started in June last year but I think I might just do it this year!

Here’s my list - fingers crossed

  1. Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin 8/1/2021

  2. The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 13/1/2021

  3. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 20/1/2021

  4. One for the Road by Stephen King 3/2/2021

  5. Graveyard Shift by Stephen King 3/2/2021

  6. The Babysitters Remember by Ann M. Martin 3/2/2021

  7. The Reploids by Stephen King 4/2/2021

  8. The Jaunt by Stephen King 4/2/2021

  9. Happy by Fearne Cotton 6/2/2021

  10. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 8/2/2021

  11. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 12/2/2021

  12. Life’s a Pitch by Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity 19/2/2021

  13. The Forgotten Women Heroes (Second World War Untold Stories) by Scott S.G. Meaker 19/2/2021

  14. A Crime Short Story Collection from Bloomsbury 19/2/2021

  15. Bizarre True Stories by Layla Hawkes 20/2/2021

  16. Once Upon A Time in the West Country by Tony Hawks 20/2/2021

  17. How to be a Productivity Ninja by Graham Allcott 28/2/2021

  18. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher 2/3/2021

  19. Unicorns by Skye Alexander 10/3/2021

  20. If I Stay by Gayle Forman 12/3/2021

  21. Flappy Entertains by Santa Montefiore 15/3/2021

  22. Psychic Protection by William Bloom 16/3/2021

  23. The Gift by Cecilia Ahern 18/3/2021

  24. Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl 20/3/2021

  25. Nice to Meet You by Jessie J 21/3/2021

  26. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 26/3/21

  27. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer 28/3/21

  28. Three Things I’d Tell My Younger Self by Joanna Cannon and others 28/3/21

  29. S.T.A.G.S by M. A. Bennett 4/4/21

  30. The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling Out Racist Stereotypes by Elijah Lawal 10/4/21

  31. Light is the New Black by Rebecca Campbell 10/4/21

  32. Ghost Stories by Ron Ripley 10/4/21

  33. The Institute by Stephen King 15/4/21

  34. The Mindful Way through Depression by J. Mark G. Williams 17/4/21

  35. Thinking in Numbers by Daniel Tammet 21/4/21

  36. The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner 22/4/21

  37. The Twits by Roald Dahl 26/4/21

  38. Depression Hates a Moving Target by Nita Sweeney 28/4/21

  39. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 28/4/21

  40. The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl 29/4/21

  41. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl 30/4/21

  42. Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl 30/4/21

  43. The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier 2/5/21

  44. Miracles of Life by J. G. Ballard 2/5/21

  45. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson 3/5/21

  46. Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson 5/5/21

  47. Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl 5/5/21

  48. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 9/5/21

  49. The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl 9/5/21

  50. The Humans by Matt Haig 10/5/21

  51. George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl 10/5/21

  52. Unpopular Culture by B Guvna 11/5/21

  53. Esio Trot by Roald Dahl 12/5/21

  54. The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson 13/5/21

  55. A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen 14/5/21

  56. Q by Christina Dalcher 19/5/21

  57. Going Solo by Roald Dahl 19/5/21

  58. The Witches by Roald Dahl 21/5/21

  59. Love Lessons by Jacqueline Wilson 22/5/21

  60. Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead by David Casarett 23/5/21

  61. The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits by Ant Middleton 25/5/21

  62. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 31/5/21

  63. Mirror Mirror by Jen Calonita 2/6/21

  64. Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson 3/6/21

  65. An Otter on the Age: And Other True Tales from an Animal Sanctuary by Rex Harper 11/6/21

  66. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory 14/6/21

  67. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 18/6/21

  68. Tin by Padraig Kenny 22/6/21

  69. Holes by Louis Sachar 22/6/21

  70. The Butterfly Club by Jacqueline Wilson 24/6/21

  71. Wonder by R J Palacio 25/6/21

  72. Clover Moon by Jacqueline Wilson 26/6/21

  73. The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 27/6/21

  74. The Swan Kingdom by Zoe Marriott 3/7/21

  75. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge 4/7/21

  76. Between Sea and Sky by Nicola Penfold 5/7/21

  77. The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters 5/7/21

  78. Roller Girl by Vanessa North 6/7/21

  79. These Unlucky Stars 9/7/21

  80. Queenie by Jacqueline Wilson 9/7/21

  81. Little Kid, Big City! New York City by Beth Beckman 10/7/21

  82. Lady Susan and Other Works by Jane Austen 12/7/21

  83. Ayoade on Ayoade by Richard Ayoade 13/7/21

  84. The Smallest of Bones by Holly Lyn Wairath 14/7/21

  85. How to Be Human by Karen McCombie 14/7/21

  86. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 14/7/21

  87. Dracul by Dacre Stoker 15/7/21

  88. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 18/7/21

  89. Deep Work by Cal Newport 18/7/21

  90. Revenge of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine 18/7/21

  91. Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke 20/7/21

  92. Keeper of Secrets by Sarah J Dodd 24/7/21

  93. A Nurse’s Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis by Louise Curtis 24/7/21

  94. The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter 24/7/21

  95. The Princess Diaries: 1 by Meg Cabot 24/7/21

  96. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 25/7/21

  97. The Alibi Girl by C. J. Skuse 25/7/21

  98. The Princess Diaries 2 by Meg Cabot 27/7/21

  99. The Memory Thieves by Daren Simpson 29/7/21

  100. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 31/7/21

  101. Whenever You’re Ready by Jeeyoon Kim 2/8/2021

  102. Once Upon a Curse by Anna Kashina (ed) 2/8/21

  103. The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale by Ben Miller 3/8/21

  104. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune 3/8/21

  105. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 5/8/21

  106. The Seep by Chana Porter 9/8/21

  107. Nowhere Girl by Magali Le Huche 10/8/21

  108. The Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma 10/8/21

  109. 1% Success Habits by Brandon Nankivell 11/8/21

  110. The Great Ex-Scape by Jo Watson 11/8/21

  111. Psychotic by Jacques Mathis 14/8/21

  112. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 15/8/21

  113. Innate by Eric Carter 16/8/21

  114. Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults by Lucy Mangan (intro) 17/8/21

  115. Eighty Days Yellow by Vina Jackson 17/8/21

  116. Starring Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson 19/8/21

  117. The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey 22/8/21

  118. Sticker by Henry Hoke 23/8/21

  119. The Only Living Girl on Earth by Charles Yu 23/8/21

  120. The Arrangement by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 24/8/21

  121. Formal FIngering by Jamie Fuchs 23/8/21

  122. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 23/8/21

  123. This World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer 24/8/21

  124. B-Side Books by John Plotz (ed) 28/8/21

  125. Wicked Children by Karen Maitland 28/8/21

  126. The Martian by Andy Weir 28/8/21

  127. The Village Shop for Lonely Hearts by Alison Sherlock 30/8/21

  128. Atomic Habits by James Clear 30/8/21

  129. Soppy by Philippa Rice 2/9/21

  130. I.N.V.U., volume 1 by Kim Kang-Won 4/9/21

  131. Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson 4/9/21

  132. Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson 6/9/21

  133. Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell 7/9/21

  134. Something is Killing the Children, volume 1 by James Tynion IV 8/9/21

  135. Surrounded by Psychopaths by Thomas Erikson 8/9/21

  136. Titanic: The Story about the Unsinkable Ship by Henry Freeman 8/9/21

  137. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 8/9/21

  138. Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson 8/9/21

  139. Seven Sins by Miguel Estrada 10/9/21

  140. Lily Alone by Jacqueline Wilson 11/9/21

  141. Strange Animals You Won’t Believe Exists by Babar Saleem 12/9/21

  142. The Uncertain Sea by Bonnie Tsui 12/9/21

  143. A Winter’s Dream by Sophie Claire 12/9/21

  144. Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings 12/9/21

  145. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale 12/9/21

  146. The Creakers by Tom Fletcher 13/9/21

  147. Approaching Christmas by Jane Williams 13/9/21

  148. Don’t Hate What You Don’t Understand by DinoKids Press 15/9/21

  149. Holding Out for a Hero by Amy Andrews 17/9/21

  150. The Guest List by Lucy Foley 21/9/21

  151. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick 20/9/21

  152. Fallen by Lauren Kate 20/9/21

  153. No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings 22/9/21

  154. At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper 22/9/21

  155. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 23/9/21

  156. Lori and Max by Catherine O’Flynn 24/9/21

  157. 100 Ghosts: A Gallery of Harmless Haunts by Doogie Horner 24/9/21

  158. Monsters You Should Know by Emma SanCartier 25/9/21

  159. Roar: A Story for Every Woman by Cecelia Ahern 25/9/21

  160. Success: Why you fail where others succeed by Thibaut Meurisse 25/9/21

  161. City of Ghosts by Victoria Swab 27/9/21

  162. Thirteen Chairs by Dave Shelton 28/9/21

  163. Witch Please by Sonia Lazo 29/9/21

  164. Printer’s Devil Court by Susan Hill 29/9/21

  165. Disney Manga: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Jun Asuka (illustrations) 29/9/21

  166. The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine 29/9/21

  167. Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton 3/10/21

  168. Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed 3/10/21

  169. Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner 3/10/21

  170. Bird Box by Josh Malerman 6/10/21

  171. Guardian by Rob Radcliffe 8/10/21

  172. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce 8/10/21

  173. The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes 11/10/21

  174. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children 1) by Seanan McGuire 11/10/21

  175. Malorie by Josh Malerman 14/10/21

  176. The Chain by Adrian McKinty 14/10/21

  177. The Pressure Principle by Dave Alred 14/10/21

  178. Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson 16/10/21

  179. The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson 22/10/21

  180. Buffy the Vampire Slayer vol.1 by Jordie Bellaire 29/10/21

  181. Heavy Vinyl vol 1 by Carly Usdin 29/10/21

  182. Christmas at the Log Fire Cabin 30/10/21

  183. The Longest Whale Song by Jacqueline Wilson 30/10/21

  184. Reading Quirks by The Wild Detectives 2/11/21

  185. Waves by Ingrid Chabbert 2/11/21

  186. The Lighter Side by Andy Thompson 4/11/21

  187. I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin 6/11/21

  188. This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay 7/11/21

  189. Herding Cats #3 by Sarah Andersen 8/11/21

  190. Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously by Adam Ellis 9/11/21

  191. Us by Curtis Wiklund 10/11/21

  192. The Dark Side of the Mind by Kerry Daynes 11/11/21

  193. The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris 11/11/21

  194. The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters by Sierra Dean 11/11/21

  195. Heartstopper volume 1 by Alice Oseman 14/11/21

  196. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung 17/11/21

  197. Holidays with the Wongs by Jackie Lau 18/11/21

  198. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 18/11/21

  199. The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James 18/11/21

  200. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 19/11/21

  201. Under the Whispering Door by T. J. Klune 21/11/21

  202. The Button Box by Lynn Knight 23/11/21

  203. The Fix by Damian Thompson 23/11/21

  204. Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson 23/11/21

  205. All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen 24/11/21

  206. Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson 25/11/21

  207. Mooncop by Tom Gauld 27/11/21

  208. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children 2) by Seanan McGuire 28/11/21

  209. Giant Days vol. 1 27/11/21

  210. Festive Spirits by Kate Atkinson 2/12/21

  211. The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason 2/12/21

  212. I’m Absolutely Fine! by Annabel Rivkin 2/12/21

  213. Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children 3) by Seanan McGuire) 3/12/21

  214. In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children 4) by Seanan McGuire 4/12/21

  215. Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children 5) by Seanan McGuire 11/12/21

  216. Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children 6) by Seanan McGuire) 11/12/21

  217. Twas the Nighsthift Before Christmas by Adam Kay 13/12/21

  218. Rebugging the Planet by Vicki Hird 17/12/21

  219. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Lizzie Shane 17/12/21

  220. The Professional by Kresley Cole 17/12/21

  221. The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman 22/12/21

  222. Twas the Fight Before Christmas by Josie Lloyd 21/12/21

  223. Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 21/12/21

  224. Book Love by Debbie Tung 22/12/21

  225. Midnight in Everwood by M. A. Kuzniar 23/12/21