This acts as an accountability tracker for the 2021 releases that caught my attention. I’m trying to read as much of the latest releases as I can for the year. I’ve listed the books based on the graphics that I did initially since they’re by blog posts. However, release dates are subjected to changes so some of these might not be accurate.
If you would like to know more about my thoughts about each book, just click the headers, you’ll be directed to the respective blog posts. Also, symbols with ✓ are already read while the ones with ✗, I’ve not read.
january – june
january: 18/20
february: 18/21
march: 15/22
april: 15/17
may: 27/31
june: 22/32
july – december
july: 14/19
august: 10/17
september: 21/36
october: 11/24
november: 9/25
december: 6/14
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january
✓ lore – alexandra bracken
✓ the trouble with good ideas – amanda panitch
✓ one of the good ones – maika & maritza moulite
✓ happily ever afters – elise bryant
✓ concrete rose – angie thomas
✓ clues to the universe – christina li
✓ a groom of her own – christi caldwell
✓ city of the plague god – sarwat chadda
✓ the invitation – vi keeland
✓ we free the stars – hafsah faizal
✗ winterkeep – kristin cashore
✓ last night at the telegraph club – malinda lo
✓ the stud next door – kendall ryan
✓ not my match – ilsa madden-mills
✓ amari and the night brothers – b.b. alston
✓ how to get lucky – lauren blakely & joe arden
✓ the knockout – sajni patel
✗ the mask falling – samantha shannon
✓ wings of ebony – j. elle
✓ a vow so bold and deadly – brigid kemmerer
february
✓ all the tides of fate – adalyn grace
✓ make up break up – lily menon
✓ a taste for love – jennifer yen
✓ fat chance, charlie vega – crystal maldonado
✓ love is a revolution – renée watson
✓ red, white and whole – rajani larocca
✓ much ado about you – samantha young
✗ beneath the keep – erika johansen
✓ the gilded ones – namina forna
✓ a pho love story – loan le
✓ fireheart tiger – aliette de bodard
✓ ancestor approved: intertribal stories for kids – edited by cynthia leitich smith
✓ a lady’s formula for love – elizabeth everett
✓ a court of silver flames – sarah j. maas
✗ reaper of souls – rena barron
march
✓ chain of iron – cassandra clare [rtc]
✓ bridge of souls – victoria schwab
✓ yolk – mary h.k. choi
✗ once upon a quinceañera – monica gomez-hira
✗ phoenix flame – sara holland
✓ accidentally engaged – farah heron
✗ a trial of sorcerers – elise kova
✓ act your age, eve brown – talia hibbert
✗ ravage the dark – tara sim
✗ city of spells – alexandra christo
✓ the heiress hunt – joanna shupe
✓ home to you – kaylee ryan & lacey black
✓ the mirror season – anna-marie mclemore
✓ soul lanterns – shaw kuzki
✓ to have and to hate – r.s. grey
✓ lost in the never woods – aiden thomas
✓ taming of the beast – christi caldwell
✓ rule of wolves – leigh bardugo
✗ she’s too pretty to burn – wendy heard
✗ with you all the way – cynthia hand
✓ wilde child – eloisa james
✓ sweethand – n.g. peltier
april
✓ pride and premeditation – tirzah price
✓ the infinity courts – akemi dawn bowman
✓ aru shah and the city of gold – roshani chokshi
✓ my almost ex – piper rayne
✓ somewhere between bitter and sweet – laekan zea kemp
✓ the duke undone – joanna lowell
✓ crave thy neighbor – teagan hunter
✓ not pretending anymore – penelope ward & vi keeland
✗ the serpent’s curse – lisa maxwell
✓ second first impressions – sally thorne
✓ the virgin rule book – lauren blakely
✓ the forest of stolen girls – june hur
✓ kate in waiting – becky albertalli
✓ someone wanton his way comes – christi caldwell
✗ the crown of gilded bones – jennifer l. armentrout
✓ witches steeped in gold – ciannon smart
✓ dial a for aunties – jesse q. sutanto
may
✓ the last shadow warrior – sam subity
✓ the ones we’re meant to find – joan he
✓ the last fallen star – graci kim
✓ counting down with you – tashie bhuiyan
✗ realm breaker – victoria aveyard
✓ luck of the titanic – stacey lee
✗ blade of secrets – tricia levenseller
✓ the dragon of jin-sayeng – k.s. villoso
✓ arsenic and adobo – mia p. manansala
✓ people we meet on vacation – emily henry
✓ from little tokyo, with love – sarah kuhn
✓ black water sister – zen cho
✓ the other side of perfect – mariko turk
✓ bossing the cowboy – kennedy fox
✗ every body shines: sixteen stories about living fabulously fat – edited by cassandra newbould
✓ heartstopper volume 4 – alice oseman
✓ made in korea – sarah suk
✓ last chance books – kelsey rodkey
✗ the marvelous mirza girls – sheba karim
✓ mister impossible – maggie stiefvater
✓ ophie’s ghosts – justina ireland
✓ my vegas groom – piper rayne
✓ tokyo ever after – emiko jean
✓ sixteen scandals – sophie jordan
✓ not my problem – ciara smyth
✓ misfit in love – s.k. ali
✓ sister of the bollywood bride – nandini bajpai
✓ her scottish scoundrel – sophie barnes
✓ malibu rising – taylor jenkins reid
✓ my fair marchioness – christi caldwell
✓ a kiss for a kiss – helena hunting
june
✓ one last stop – casey mcquiston
✗ for the wolf – hanna f. whiten
✗ ace of spades – faridah àbíké-íyímídé
✓ the chosen and the beautiful – nghi vo
✗ the force of fire – sayantani dasgupta
✓ a chorus rises – bethany c. morrow
✓ an emotion of great delight – tahereh mafi
✓ the ghosts we keep – mason deaver
✗ grace and glory – jennifer l. armentrout
✓ the girl from the sea – molly ostertag
✓ instructions for dancing – nicola yoon
✓ the jasmine throne – tasha suri
✓ love & other natural disasters – misa sugiura
✓ fifteen hundred miles from the sun – jonny garza villa
✓ the marvelous – claire kann
✓ of princes and promises – sandhya menon
✓ the wolf and the woodsman – ava reid
✓ we can’t keep meeting like this – rachel lynn soloman
✓ the virgin game plan – lauren blakely
✓ sisters of the snake – sasha & sarena nanua
✓ the box in the woods – maureen johnson
✓ the tangleroot palace: the stories – majorie m. liu
✓ broken web – lori m. lee
✗ my contrary mary – cynthia hand, brodi ashton & jodi meadows
✗ rising like a storm – tanaz bhathena
✗ witchshadow – susan dennard
✓ blackout – edited by dhonielle clayton
✗ the bone way – holly j. underhill
✓ gearbreakers – zoe hana mikuta
✗ generation misfits – akemi dawn bowman
✓ this poison heart – kalynn bayron
✓ the importance of being wanton – christi caldwell
july
✓ rise to the sun – leah johnson
✓ six crimson cranes – elizabeth lim
✓ half sick of shadows – laura sebastian
✓ kissing the cowboy – kennedy fox
✓ xoxo – axie oh
✓ it happened one summer – tessa bailey
✓ radha & jai’s recipe for romance – nisha sharma
✓ up all night: 13 stories between sunset and sunrise – edited by laura silverman
✓ sword stone table: old legends, new voices – edited by swapna krishna & jenn northington
✓ these hollow vows – lexi ryan
✓ the spark – vi keeland
✗ she who became the sun – shelley parker-chan
✓ isn’t it bromantic? – lyssa kay adams
✗ the river has teeth – erica waters
✗ the lady or the lion – aamna qureshi
✓ it had to be the duke – christi caldwell
✗ small favors – erin a. craig
✓ devil in disguise – lisa kleypas
✓ gods & monsters – shelby mahurin
august
✗ the wild ones – nafiza azad
✗ sparrow rising – jessica khoury
✓ a lesson in vengeance – victoria lee
✗ paola santiago and the forest of nightmares – tehlor kay mejia
✓ like a love song – gabriela martins
✗ how moon fuentez fell in love with the universe – raquel vasquez gilliland
✓ velvet was the night – silvia moreno-garcia
✓ the dating playbook – farrah rochon
✓ how we fall apart – katie zhao
✓ winning the cowboy – kennedy fox
✗ a dance with the fae prince – elise kova
✗ beyond the mapped stars – rosalyn eves
september
✗ pahua and the soul stealer – lori m. lee
✓ a clash of steel: a treasure island remix – c.b. lee
✗ so many beginnings: a little women remix – bethany c. morrow
✓ the all-consuming world – cassandra khaw
✓ portrait of a scotsman – evie dunmore
✓ the hawthorne legacy – jennifer lynn barnes
✗ among thieves – m.j. kuhn
✗ the inheritance of orquídea divina – zoraida córdova
✓ the jasmine project – meredith ireland
✓ the shaadi set-up – lillie vale
✗ the city beautiful – aden polydoros
✓ pippa and the prince of secrets – grace callaway
✗ defy the night – brigid kemmerer
✓ the hollow heart – marie rutkoski
✗ a dark and starless forest – sara hollowell
✓ the lost girls – sonia hartl
✓ the love hypothesis – ali hazelwood
✓ it all comes back to you – farah naz rishi
✓ a lot like adiós – alexis daria
✗ not here to be liked – michelle quah
✓ last gamer standing – katie zhao
✓ iron widow – xiran jay zhao
✓ first love, take two – sajni patel
✓ the bronzed beasts – roshani chokshi
✓ the wolf’s curse – jessica vitalis
✓ all these bodies – kendare blake
✓ the dishonoured viscount – sophie barnes
✓ the virgin replay – lauren blakely
✓ once upon a broken heart – stephanie garber
✓ steelstriker – marie lu [rtc]
✗ the last graduate – naomi novik
✓ the cursed carnival and other calamities: new stories about mythic heroes – edited by rick riordan
✗ dark rise – c.s. pacat
✓ mistletoe christmas: an anthology – eloisa james, christi caldwell, janna macgregor, & erica ridley
✓ lakesedge – lyndall clipstone
✓ the devil’s own duke – lenora bell
october
✓ vespertine – margaret rogerson
✓ when night breaks – janella angeles
✓ kingdom of the cursed – kerri maniscalco
✓ a spindle splintered – alix e. harrow
✓ squad – maggie tokuda-hall
✗ daughter of the deep – rick riordan
✗ everything within and in between – nikki barthelmess
✓ love, chai, and other four-letter words – annika sharma
✗ shattered midnight – dhonielle clayton
✓ jade fire gold – june c.l. tan
✓ the keeper of night – kylie lee baker
✓ aristotle and dante dive into the waters of the world – benjamin’s alire sáenz
✗ any sign of life – rae carson
✓ between shades of grey (graphic novel) – ruta sepetys
✓ nothing but blackened teeth – cassandra khaw
✓ little thieves – margaret owen
✓ within these wicked walls – lauren blackwood
✓ city of shattered light – claire winn
✓ the circus at the end of the sea – lori snyder
✗ a shadow in the ember – jennifer l. armentrout
✓ the lady gets lucky – joanna shupe
✓ donut fall in love – jackie lau
✗ the grimrose girls – laura pohl
november
✓ tahira in bloom – farah heron
✓ a wanton for all seasons – christi caldwell
✗ dreams lie beneath – rebecca ross
✓ gilded – marissa meyer
✗ when we were them – laura taylor namely
✗ a psalm of storms and silence – roseanne a. brown
✓ my sister’s flirty friend – piper rayne
✗ briar girls – rebecca kim wells
✓ a rush of wings – laura e. weymouth
✓ sway with me – syed m. masood
✓ the donut trap – julie tieu
✗ wild tongues can’t be tamed: 15 stories from the latinx diaspora – edited by saraciea j. fennell
✓ you’ve reached sam – dustin thao
✗ all of us villains – amanda foody & christine lynn herman
✗ year of the reaper – makiia lucier
✓ skin of the sea – natasha bowen
✓ graceling (graphic novel) – kristin cashore
✓ our violent ends – chloe gong
✓ tidesong – wendy xu
✓ the singles table – sara desai
✓ believe me – tahereh mafi
✓ the sinful ways of jamie mackenzie – jennifer ashley
✗ girls of fate and fury – natasha ngan
✗ the bone shard emperor – andrea stewart
✓ you’ll be the death of me – karen m. mcmanus
december
✓ jade legacy – fonda lee
✓ the righteous – renée ahdieh
✗ girl giant and the jade war – van hoang
✗ a history of wild places – shea ernshaw
✓ the coldest touch – isabel sterling
✗ the excalibur curse – kiersten white
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