My 100 All Time Favorite Books

 This list with be continually updated as I read new favorites! And yes, this list is in order, but the top 5 or so are really interchangeable for my favorite book. Side note: I count entire series as one book for simplicity's sake, but I will mention my favorite book in the series parenthetically.

1.  Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series - The Last Olympian) by Rick Riordan
2. Harry Potter (Series - The Order of the Phoenix) by J.K. Rowling
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses (Series - A Court of Mist and Fury) by Sarah J. Maas
4. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
5. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
6. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
7. The Heroes of Olympus (Series - The House of Hades) by Rick Riordan
8. The Hunger Games (Series - Catching Fire) by Suzanne Collins
9. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
10. Six of Crows (Duology - Crooked Kingdom) by Leigh Bardugo
11. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
12. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
13. Heartstopper (Series - Volume 3) by Alice Oseman
14. The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
15. Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
16. Beartown (Duology - Beartown) by Fredrik Backman
17. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
18. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
19. The Nevernight Chronicle (Series - Godsgrave) by Jay Kristoff
20. Blood Heir (Series - Red Tigress) by Amelie Wen Zhao
21. Finding Me by Viola Davis
22. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
23. The One by John Marrs
24. It's Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
25. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
26. Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
27. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
28. Wayfarers (Series - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet) by Becky Chambers
29. Montague Siblings (Series - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue) by Mackenzi Lee
30. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
31. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
32. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
33. The Body: A Guide For Occupants by Bill Bryson
34. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
35. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
36. The Humans by Matt Haig
37. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
38. Watchers by Dean Koontz
39. White Rabbit Chronicles (Series) by Gena Showalter
40. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
41. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
42. Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten
43. The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon
44. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
45. Track (Series - Sunny) by Jason Reynolds
46. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
47. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
48. Becoming by Michelle Obama
49. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
50. Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
51. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
52. Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
53. These Broken Stars by Meghan Spooner and Amie Kaufman
54. Paper Towns by John Green
55. Matilda by Roald Dahl
56. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
57. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
58. Intensity by Dean Koontz
59. Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins
60. Me by Elton John
61. Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
62. Happy Place by Emily Henry
63. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
64. 5 to 1 by Holly Badger
65. One by Sarah Crossan
66. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
67. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
68. Divergent (Series) by Veronica Roth
69. LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
70. Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
71. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
72. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
73. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
74. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
75. House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
76. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
77. House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
78. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
79. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
80. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
81. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
82. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
83. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
84. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
85. Warcross by Marie Liu
86. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
87. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
88. Artemis by Andy Weir
89. What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
90. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
91. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
92. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
93. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
94. Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
95. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
96. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
97. We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
98. What The Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
99. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
100. Shades of Magic (Series) by V.E. Schwab

Green - 4.51-5.0        Pink - 4.5        Red - 4.3-4.5        Blue - 4.1-4.3        Yellow - 4.0-4.1

Last updated: 01/01/2024

ALL THE BOOKS I READ IN 2020 RANKED

This list is late, I have no preamble, here it is:

1. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon
3. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
4. House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan
5. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
6. The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan
7. Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
8. Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
9. Me by Elton John
10. Intensity by Dean Koontz
11. The One by John Marrs
12. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
13. The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
14. The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
15. The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus #3) by Rick Riordan
16. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) by Rick Riordan
17. One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying #2) by Karen M. McManus
18. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
19. The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
20. Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole
21. Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes
22. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
23. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
24. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
25. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
26. They Went Left by Monica Hesse
27. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
28. The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) by Rick Riordan
29. The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
30. A Heart So Fierce and Broken (Cursebreakers #2) by Brigid Kemmerer
31. Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle #1) by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
32. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
33. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
34. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
35. The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee
36. Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
37. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
38. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
39. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
40. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
41. Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill
42. Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
43. The Other People by CJ Tudor
44. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
45. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
46. We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding
47. I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh
48. I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
49. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
50. Recursion by Blake Crouch
51. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
52. Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
53. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
54. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
55. Twilight (Twilight #1) by Stephenie Meyer
56. The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
57. Lucky Caller by Emma Mills
58. Majesty (American Royals #2) by Katharine McGee
59. Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
60. The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson
61. The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
62. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
63. Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
64. One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
65. The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
66. New Moon (Twilight #2) by Stephenie Meyer
67. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
68. Starport by George R. R. Martin
69. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
70. House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
71. Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle #2) by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
72. Contagion by Erin Bowman
73. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
74. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
75. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
76. The Odd Women by George Gissing
77. Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye
78. Mexican Gothic by Siliva Moreno-Garcia
79. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
80. The Hand On The Wall (Truly Devious #3) by Maureen Johnson
81. The Turn of The Key by Ruth Ware
82. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
83. Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin
84. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
85. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
86. Swimming Lessons by Lili Reinhart
87. All The Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
88. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
89. You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkenin
90. Starsight (Skyward #2) by Brandon Sanderson
91. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
92. Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles #2) by Kresley Cole
93. The City We Became (Great Cities #1) by N.K. Jemisin
94. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins
95. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
96. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
97. Eclipse (Twilight #3) by Stephenie Meyer
98. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
99. Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
100. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
101. The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
102. Remembrance by Rita Woods
103. Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
104. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
105. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
106. Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
107. Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
108. From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
109. I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
110. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
111. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
112. Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin
113. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
114. The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
115. Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) by Jeff VanderMeer
116. True Story by Kate Reed Petty
117. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
118. Sawkill Girls by Clare Legrand
119. Where She Went (If I Stay #2) by Gayle Forman
120. How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann
121. The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
122. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
123. Galatea by Madeline Miller
124. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
125. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
126. Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
127. Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney