Below are two lists of books – ones I’ve read, and others I just couldn’t finish. Go ahead, browse the titles. Perhaps you’ll find something new to love. This list boasts a mix of young adult, adult and new adult titles. To see what I’m reading in 2021, please visit this link!
What I’ve Read: 2018-2020
A WRINKLE IN TIME, A WIND IN THE DOOR, A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET, MANY WATERS, AN ACCEPTABLE TIME, and A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT
by Madeline L’Engle
THE HEALER’S APPRENTICE, THE MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER, THE FAIREST BEAUTY, THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN, THE PRINCESS SPY, THE GOLDEN BRAID, THE SILENT SONGBIRD, THE ORPHAN’S WISH, THE WARRIOR MAIDEN, THE PIPER’S PURSUIT, THE HUNTRESS OF THORNBECK FOREST, THE BEAUTIFUL PRETENDER, THE NOBLE SERVANT and A DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT
by Melanie Dickerson
THE CITY OF EMBER, THE PEOPLE OF SPARKS, THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD and THE PROPHET OF YONWOOD
by Jeanne DuPrau
INKHEART, INKSPELL and INKDEATH
by Cornelia Funke
THE PRINCESS OF THE MIDNIGHT BALL, PRINCESS OF GLASS and PRINCESS OF THE SILVER WOODS
by Jessica Day George
THE DESTINED SERIES
by Kaylin Lee
ISABELLA AND THE SLIPPER
by Victorine E. Lieske
PATHWAYS and REFLECTION
by Camille Peters
THE HEART OF A PIRATE
by Chloe Flowers
A DEADLY DECEPTION
by Tessa Harris
TRAITOR’S MASQUE
by Kenley Davidson
MURDER IN ABSENTIA
by Assaph Mehr
CHRISTMAS BY THE LIGHTHOUSE
by Rebecca Boxall
THE QUEEN, THE PRINCE, THE SELECTION, THE ELITE, THE GUARD, THE ONE, THE FAVORITE, THE HEIR, THE CROWN, HAPPILY EVER AFTER
by Kiera Cass
KILLING KATE
by Alex Lake
THE GLITTERING COURT
by Richelle Mead
BEAUTY and SPINDLE’S END
by Robin McKinley
LOST LAKE HOUSE
by Elisabeth Grace Foley
THE HUNDREDTH QUEEN and THE FIRE QUEEN
by Emily R. King
SILENT MERMAID and THE GIRL IN THE RED HOOD
by Brittany Fichter
STRUCTURING YOUR NOVEL, OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL, CREATING CHARACTER ARCS and BEHOLD THE DAWN
by KM Weiland
ELITE
by Carrie Arrow
CINDERELLA AND THE COLONEL, HEART OF ICE, THE LITTLE SELKIE, RUMPELSTILTSKIN, SLEEPING BEAUTY, SWAN LAKE, THE FROG PRINCE, PUSS IN BOOTS, THE WILD SWANS, A GOOSE GIRL, RED ROPE OF FATE, APPRENTICE OF MAGIC, SNOW WHITE, and THE PRINCE’S BARGAIN
by KM Shea
THE UGLY STEPSISTER, TWICE UPON A TIME and EVER AFTER
by Aya Ling
FAIREST
by Gail Carson Levine
THE EMPEROR’S CONSPIRACY, IN A TREACHEROUS COURT, KEEPER OF THE KING’S SECRETS and IN DEFENSE OF THE QUEEN
by Michelle Diener
FIRE & FROST
by Bluestocking Belles, Jude Knight, Sherry Ewing etc.
A LOYAL HEART, AN UNCERTAIN CHOICE, FOR LOVE AND HONOR, A WORTHY REBEL, FOREMOST, HEREAFTER, EVERMORE, A RELUCTANT BRIDE, THE RUNAWAY BRIDE, ALMOST A BRIDE and BEGUILED
by Jody Hedlund
THE PRINCESS SEARCH, AN INCONVENIENT PRINCESS, A DANCE OF SILVER AND SHADOW, CROWN OF SNOW AND DANCE, A MIDWINTER’S WEDDING and A DREAM OF EBONY AND WHITE
by Melanie Cellier
THE NOBLE GUARDIAN, THE MERCHANT’s YIELD, THE INNKEEPER’S DAUGHTER and THE CAPTURED BRIDE
by Michelle Griep
THE DUKE’S REFUGE and THE SUGAR BARON’S RING
by Lorri Dudley
TAPESTRY
by Cady Elizabeth Arnold
HOLDING THE FORT and THE LIEUTENANT’S BARGAIN
by Regina Jennings
THE HOPE OF AZURE SPRINGS
by Rachel Fordman
THE LOST COUNTESS THAT COUNTED THE STARS, THROUGH THE EYES OF A BLIND DUCHESS, PERFECTLY MISMATCHED WITH THE DUKE, A MISTLETOE MATCH FOR THE WHITE DUCHESS
by Patricia Haverton
THE HAUNTING OF ASHBURN HOUSE
by Darcy Coates
STORY STRUCTURE: THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL FICTION
by William Bernhardt
IMAGES OF AMERICA: PITTSBURGH’S BRIDGES
by Todd Wilson and Helen Wilson
THE JEWELS OF HALSTEAD MANOR
by Kasey Stockton
THE BEST OF INTENTIONS
by Susan Anne Mason
FOREST OF FIRELIGHT, SEA OF STARLIGHT and DAWN OF DARKNESS
by Shari L Tapscott
THE LOST LETTER and THE VISCOUNT AND THE VICAR’S DAUGHTER
by Mimi Matthews
SELF-EDITING FOR FICTION WRITERS
by Renni Browne & Dave King
SOLVING SOPHRONIA
by Jennifer Moore
MAIDEN IN THE TOWER
by Heidi Kimball
ALLEGHENY CITY: A HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH’S NORTHSIDE
by Dan Rooney
PITTSBURGH’S STREAMLINED TROLLEYS
by Kenneth C. Springirth
CHARACTER REACTIONS FROM HEAD TO TOE and 1,000 STRONG VERBS
by Valerie Howard
GANGS AND OUTLAWS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
by Thomas White and Michael Hassett
CAPTURED BY A HIGHLAND PIRATE
by Lydia Kendall
STORING UP TROUBLE
by Jen Turano
LADY MARY CONTRARY
by Anneka R. Walker
AN UNCOMMON WOMAN
by Laura Frantz
SAVING MISS EVERLY, THE CAPTAIN AND MISS WINTER and HIS UNEXPECTED HEIRESS
by Sally Britton
THE UNLIKELY CHAPERONE
by Dorothy Mack
THE LADIES’ BOOK OF ETIQUETTE AND MANUEL OF POLITENESS
by Florence Hartley
THE VICTORIAN BOOK OF CAKES
by T. Percy Lewis and A.G. Bromley
THE OFFICIAL DOWNTON ABBEY COOKBOOK
by Annie Gray
THE UNOFFICIAL DOWNTON ABBEY COOKBOOK
by Emily Ansara Baines
DREAMER OF BRIARFELL
by Lucy Tempest
SHARD OF GLASS
by Emily Deady
IN THE SHADOW OF CROFT TOWERS
by Abigail Wilson
AN INKPOT AND A DOWRY FOR THE MARCHIONESS and INCONVENIENTLY MARRIED TO THE EARL
by Hanna Hamilton
A DUCHESS AFFAIR BAKED IN SECRET, THE RISE OF A FORSAKEN LADY and A COUNTESS SO ELIGIBLY UNMARRIED
by Emma Linfield
STEALING THE HEART OF A RUNAWAY LADY and THE MYSTERY OF THE BROKEN DUKE
by Leah Conolly
HIS CINDERELLA GOVERNESS, A SEA ROSE FOR THE DUCHESS, A NIGHT ROSE FOR THE DUKE, and A WHITE ROSE FOR THE MARQUESS
by Fanny Finch
NIGHT AT THE OPERA
by Stacy Henrie
OF LANDS HIGH AND LOW
by Martha Keyes
A DEFENSE OF HONOR
by Kristi Ann Hunter
HIGHLANDER’S FATEFUL AFFAIR
by Eloise Madigan
A SCANDALOUS DESIRE FOR DUCHESS WALLFLOWER, CAPTIVE TO THE KISS OF A WICKED DUKE and RESCUED BY A WICKED BARON
(warning: steamy)
by Scarlett Osborne
LOVE IS BLIND (warning: steamy)
by Lynsay Sands
ALL IS MARY AND BRIGHT
by Kasey Stockton
A DANGEROUS DUET
by Karen Odden
SECRETS AND SUITORS
by Joanna Barker
A PLEDGE OF PASSION TO THE HIGHLANDER
by Maddie MacKenna
THE TYCOONS
by CharlesR. Morris
DNFs: 2018-2020
In an effort to be completely transparent about my reading habits,
I’ve decided to add a new DNF section. Or, books I Did Not Finish.
CHOSEN AT NIGHTFALL
by CC Hunter
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
by L.M. Montgomery
THE SECRET GARDEN
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
GATES OF PARADISE
by VC Andrews
SPELLED
by Camille Peters
THE PRINCESS PACT and THE PRINCESS GAME
by Melanie Cellier
MY VICTORIANS
by Robert Clark
BEYOND THE KNOWN
by Andrew Rader
BEYOND THE MOON
by Catherine Taylor
HER THREE SUITORS
by Anneka R. Walker
TAPESTRY II and TAPESTRY III
by Cady Elizabeth Arnold
THE DUKE CONSPIRACY, INHERITING TROUBLE, THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE and SWEET SURRENDER
by Wendy May Andrews
THE ACE OF HEARTS
by Ashtyn Newbold
THE ICE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER
by Suzanne G. Rogers
THE PROMISE OF MISS SPENCER
by Sarah L McConkie
BEAUTY AND THE GOBLIN KING
by Lidiya Foxglove
PIROUETTE
by Kenley Davidson
THE DEVIL’S FIRE
by Matt Tomerlin
THE COURTSHIP OF CHLOE
by Dorothy Mack
DISCOVERING GRACE
by Sally Britton
STOLEN PRINCESS
by Nikki Jefford
NEVERLAND FALLING
by Brittany Fichter
THE TENANT
by Katherine Engberg
ROBYN HOOD and THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
by KM Shea
THE HAUNTED KNIGHT OF LADY CANTERLY
by Patricia Haverton
CINDERELLA’S PHANTOM PRINCE + BEAUTY’S MIRROR
by Jenni James and Rose Fairbanks
HER SILENT KNIGHT
by Ashtyn Newbold
A RELENTLESS LOVE FOR THE SHATTERED LADY
by Leah Conolly
THE CURSE OF LADY CLARABELLE
by Fanny Finch and Edith Byrd
BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE
by Katie Alender
SHINE
by Jessica Jung
Great reading list, Leigh! It sounds like you’re finding a good balance between writing and reading which is so important. And I hope you enjoy Stolen Princess. 😀 Thank you for reading!
– Nikki
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Thank you so much for stopping by! I firmly believe everyone should read both fiction and non-fiction. A ton of fiction is heavily influenced by the ‘non’ 🙂
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