I set a goal on Goodreads (I use the app) to read 40 books in 2017. I have to be clear that although I say “read,” I include books I listen to as audiobooks while I’m driving, which make up a good chunk of this list. I increased my goal from 40 to 42 because I read 2 really short novellas and didn’t want that to make my yearly goal easier to achieve. I accomplished the goal of 42 books on November 1 and read 3 more books after that to bring it to a grand total of 45. So here, from January to December, are the books I read/listened to in 2017.

(* = listened to as an audiobook)

1. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
2. Recipe for a Happy Life by Brenda Janowitz
3. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham*
4. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick*
5. How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer
6. Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart*
7. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
8. The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
9. I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley*
10. Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner*
11. What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
12. Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart*
13. The Selection by Kiera Cass
14. The Elite (The Selection #2) by Kiera Cass
15. The One (The Selection #3) by Kiera Cass
16. The Heir (The Selection #4) by Kiera Cass
17. The Crown (The Selection #5) by Kiera Cass
18. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
19. The Queen (The Selection #0.4) by Kiera Cass
20. The Prince (The Selection #0.5) by Kiera Cass
21. The Guard (The Selection #2.5) by Kiera Cass
22. The Favorite (The Selection #3.5) by Kiera Cass
23. The Epilogue (The Selection #3.1) by Kiera Cass
24. Scenes from Celeste (The Selection novella) by Kiera Cass
25. The Maid (The Selection novella) by Kiera Cass
26. On The Fence by Kasie West
27. June Dreams by Katherine Applegate
28. July’s Promise by Katherine Applegate
29. August Magic by Katherine Applegate
30. Now and Forever by Susane Colasanti
31. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
32. Palace of Stone (Princess Academy #2) by Shannon Hale
33. Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han
34. Once and For All by Sarah Dessen
35. The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir by Ariel Levy*
36. Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
37. By Your Side by Kasie West
38. The Elephants in My Backyard: A Memoir by Rajiv Surendra*
39. The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Sterling*
40. The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson
41. Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing by Rebekah Gregory*
42. The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles #2) by Mary E. Pearson
43. You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein*
44. The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3) by Mary E. Pearson
45. Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins*

Favorites from the year were The Remnant Chronicles series (HUGE plot twists), The Elephants in My Backyard (the author is Kevin G from Mean Girls and you get really sucked into his story), The Selection series (obviously because I read all 5,000 of them), and My Life Next Door (other books by this author are from perspectives of different characters in the same story).

Let me know if you’ve read any of these! What’s on your list to read for 2018?