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It’s that time again. I did this for the first time last year, and I managed to read 105 books in 2023. Crazy! I read 46 manga, 5 shorter books, and 54 novels.

Anyway, I ran into a few problems throughout the year, mostly being that I wanted to complete my list, but it limited me to books I already had in 2022, so I had to sneak books in here and there if I wanted to read them. Plus, I didn’t have enough time to read ARC books, which I want to do more of this year. I also tried to stick to the order of the books I put in my 2023 TBR, which I’ve decided against this year; I’m going to list them in alphabetical order instead.

So, for 2024, I’ve once again made a list of 25 books I definitely want to read, but I’ll read them in any order I please. Here they are:

1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
2. *Allaigna’s Song Book 1: Overture by JM Landels*
3. *Allaigna’s Song Book 2: Aria by JM Landels*
4. Allaigna’s Song Book 3: Chorale by JM Landels*
5. Beowulf by unknown translated by R.M. Luizza
6. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
7. The Dark Artifices Book 1: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
8. The Dark Artifices Book 2: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
9. The Dark Artifices Book 3: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
10. Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
11. *The Gatekeeper Book 2: Deceiver by Krista Wallace*
12. *The Gatekeeper Book 3: Deceived by Krista Wallace*
13. The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin
14. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
15. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
16. *North Star Heart by Natasha Silva*
17. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
18. The Seventh Tower, Book 1: The Fall by Garth Nix
19. The Seventh Tower, Book 2: Castle by Garth Nix
20. The Seventh Tower, Book 3: Aenir by Garth Nix
21. *The Shadow Knight Trilogy, Book 1: The Last Shadow Knight by Michael Webb*
22. *The Shadow Knight Trilogy, Book 2: Rise of the Last Shadow by Michael Webb*
23. *The Shadow Knight Trilogy, Book 3: Shadows of Destiny by Michael Webb*
24. The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
25. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

As I said above, I won’t be reading these in any particular order, though I do plan on starting with self-published books in January. I have three fiction series plus a poetry book on my list; they are marked above with an asterisk (*). My schedule has me reading a book every week, plus shorter books (100 pages or less) on weekends. I endeavour to also read at least five (5) ARC books through the BookSirens website.

Comment below if you’ve read any of the books on my list and what you think of them, or feel free to add your own TBR books!

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