This year I am counting the pages I read in DNF’d book towards my page total. I read a total of 225 books in 2021 which was short of my goal of 250. In 2022, I am aiming for my highest goal ever of 400 books.
January
Title Author Pages Rating
Hold Back the Tide Melinda Salisbury 300 3
Heart of Thorns Bree Barton 480 5
Tears of Frost Bree Barton 480 2
Soul of Cinder Bree Barton 496 DNF (137 out of 496)
Playing with Fire April Henry 240 5
Clockwork Princess Cassandra Clare 567 5
The Whitechapel Fiend Cassandra Clare 98 4
Nothing but Shadows Cassandra Clare 96 5
Cast Long Shadows Cassandra Clare 63 5
Every Exquisite Thing Cassandra Clare 64 5
The Midnight Heir Cassandra Clare 64 5
The Hobbit J R R Tolkien 366 5
Twilight Stephenie Meyer 501 4
The Shadows Tricia Levenseller 326 4
Kings of the Wyld Nicholas Eames 502 5
Fellowship of the Ring J R R Tolkien 427 3
Desperate Measures Katee Robert 230 5
Learn My Lesson Katee Robert 253 3
A Worthy Opponent Katee Robert 270 4
The Beast Katee Robert 284 5
The Two Towers J R R Tolkien 447 3
Fully Alive Michael J. Surdyka 184 4
Pages Read: 6379
Books Read: 22 and 1 DNF
Average Number of Pages: 277
Average Rating: 4.0
February
Title Author Pages Rating
The Gilded Ones Namina Forna 432 4
A Touch of Death Rebecca Crunden 306 DNF (100/306)
Muted Tami Charles 400 5
The Encyclopaedia Wikipedia 592 3
Fantasy Lover Sherrilyn Kenyon 337 5
Dark Lover J R Ward 393 5
Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice 342 5
The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 552 5
Lover Eternal J R Ward 441 4
Lover Awakened J R Ward 434 5
Lover Revealed J R Ward 455 4
Pages Read: 4478
Books Read: 10 and 1 DNF
Average Number of Pages: 447
Average Rating: 4.5
March
Title Author Pages Rating
Kings of the Wyld Nicholas Eames 502 5
A Better Bad Idea Laurie Devore 304 3
Life on Mars Tracy K Smith 75 4
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 208 5
High Rise J G Ballard 208 4
The Absolutely True Diary Sherman Alexie 230 4
Ring Shout P. Djeli Clark 185 4
Her Body & Other Parties Carmen M. Machado 248 4
City of Ghosts Victoria Schwab 272 3
Tunnel of Bones Victoria Schwab 304 4
Bridge of Souls Victoria Schwab 304 5
The Call Peadar O Guilin 317 5
The Gravity of Us Phil Stamper 314 4
Infinity Son Adam Silvera 368 3
The Book of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 416 5
The Invasion Peadar O Guilin 336 1
Absolutely Remarkable Thing Hank Green 343 4
Girl, Serpent, Thorn Melissa Bashardoust 336 DNF (117 out of 336)
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 343 3
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo 432 4
Pages Read: 5838
Books Read: 19 and 1 DNF
Average Number of Pages: 291
Average Rating: 3.7
April
Title Author Pages Rating
Lover Unbound J R Ward 502 5
Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Hank Green 452 5
Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel 333 3
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 301 4
All Systems Red Martha Wells 144 5
Compulsory Martha Wells 6 3
Artificial Condition Martha Wells 158 5
Rogue Protocol Martha Wells 158 5
Exit Strategy Martha Wells 176 5
Home: Habitat, Range Martha Wells 17 3
Dustborn Erin Bowman 432 3
A Dead Djinn in Cairo P Djeli Clark 48 3
Last Gate of the Emperor Kwame Mbalia 304 3
Haunting of Tram Car 015 P Djeli Clark 160 2
The Little Mermaid Hans Anderson 80 4
Low Chrissy Williams 80 5
Daughters of Bone Jessica Temple 80 5
Blood like Garnets Leigh Harlen 160 4
The Only Card Lauren Turner 112 5
The Path of the Witch Lidia Pradas 176 4
The Psychology of Killers Todd Grande 190 5
Disembodied Voices Tim Marczenko 192 1
Pages Read: 4261
Books Read: 22
Average Number of Pages: 193
Average Rating: 3.9
May
Title Author Pages Rating
The Ripper of Whitechapel M K Wiseman 214 4
Miles from Motown Lisa Sukenic 224 3
The Lodge Chris Coppel 224 5
Come Home, Indio Jim Terry 208 3
The Paladin Prophecy Mark Frost 560 5
The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 544 5
Your Dad Will Do Katee Robert 172 5
Gifting Me to His Best Friend Katee Robert 150 5
My Dad’s Best Friend Katee Robert 139 4
Seducing My Guardian Katee Robert 151 5
Claire’s Apocalypse K T Rose 39 5
The Immortal Game Talia Rothschild 352 4
Confessions of a Killer Johnny Payne 250 5
Blood in the Water Silver Cameron 256 3
Black Box Shiori Ito 256 5
The Cipher Kathe Koja 356 3
From the Caves Thea Prieto 144 5
The Naomi Letters Rachel Mennies 112 2
Vulnerable AF Tarriona Ball 112 4
Desperate Measures Katee Robert 230 5
The Beast Katee Robert 284 5
Pages Read: 5077
Books Read: 21
Average Number of Pages: 241
Average Rating: 4.2
June
Title Author Pages Rating
The Coward Stephen Aryan 400 5
Shark Summer Ira Marcks 256 4
Breach of Peace Daniel B Greene 134 5
The Loop Ben Oliver 368 5
The Cuts that Cure Arthur Herbert 338 3.5
The Block Ben Oliver 320 5
Luster Raven Leilani 240 4
The Last Wish Andrzej Sapkowski 360 4
Strange Weather in Tokyo Hiromi Kawakami 215 4
Parade Hiromi Kawakami 96 5
Short Stories in Japanese Various 250 4
Japanese Stories Anne McNulty 192 3.5
Ms Ice Sandwich Mieko Kawakami 92 4
The Vegetarian Han Kang 188 3
Trans Medicine Stef M Shuster 224 4
So We Look to the Sky Misumi Kubo 312 5
The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa 288 5
House of Hollow Krystal Sutherland 304 4.5
Anxious People Fredrik Backman 416 4.5
Real Life Brandon Taylor 329 2
Written in Bone Sue Black 368 4
A Cat, A Man & 2 Women Junichiro Tanizaki 180 4
Ice Planet Barbarians Ruby Dixon 188 5
Ensnared Tiffany Roberts 330 5
Ice Planet Honeymoon Ruby Dixon 55 3
Pages Read: 6443
Books Read: 25
Average Number of Pages: 257
Average Rating: 4.2
July
Title Author Pages Rating
The Dark Chorus Ashley Meggitt 241 4.5
You and Me at the End of the World Brianna Bourne 368 3
The Wives Tarryn Fisher 256 DNF (74/256)
The Call of Cthulhu H P Lovecraft 420 3.6
Pages Read: 1103
Books Read: 4
Average Number of Pages: 275
Average Rating: 2.7
August
Title Author Pages Rating
Black Boy Joy Kwame Mbalia 304 4.5
They Met in a Tavern Elijah Menchaca 416 3.75
Down to Earth Betty Culley 224 4.5
Bad Witch Burning Jessica Lewis 352 4.5
Fence Volume 1 C S Pacat 112 4.5
Fence Volume 2 C S Pacat 112 4
Fence Volume 3 C S Pacat 112 3
Fence Volume 4 C S Pacat 112 4
If RPG World had Social Yusuke Nitta 264 2.5
The Dare Harley Laroux 150 4.5
Tales of Terror Chris Priestly 238 5
Daddy’s Angel K A Knight 286 4
Captive Prince C S Pacat 240 3.75
The Doctor Nikki Sloane 296 4
I’m the Villainess Sarasa Nagase 240 4
Mary Will I Die? Shawn Sarles 304 3
Pages Read: 3762
Books Read: 16
Average Number of Pages: 235
Average Rating: 3.9
September
Title Author Pages Rating
Nemesis Brendan Reichs 446 4.5
The Priory of the Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 848 3.75
The Southern Book Club’s Guide Grady Hendrix 404 3
Chain of Gold Cassandra Clare 592 3
The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes 384 4.25
Stalking Shadows Cyla Panin 400 4
Death Perceptions Lee Allen Howard 310 3
Stalker Stalked Lee Matthew Goldberg 164 4.25
New Moon Stephenie Meyer 563 3.5
Sidelined Kara Bietz 304 4
The Guinevere Deception Kiersten White 337 3
To Break a Covenant Alison Ames 320 4
The Book of the Baku R. L. Boyle 305 5
Wicked Villains Shorts Katee Robert 134 4.5
Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey 561 5
Pages Read: 6072
Books Read: 15
Average Number of Pages: 404
Average Rating: 3.9
October
Title Author Pages Rating
The Year of the Knife G D Penman 270 4.25
The Wounded Ones G D Penman 228 4
The Last Days of Hong Kong G D Penman 234 3.75
Eros/Psyche Maria Llovet 164 4.25
Kiss the Fae Natalia Jaster 358 4.25
Hex Thomas Olde Heuvelt 384 4
When No One is Watching Alyssa Cole 368 5
The Gilded King Josie Jaffery 303 4.5
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden 497 3.75
The Night When No One Kalena Miller 336 4.5
Salem’s Lot Stephen King 744 4.75
The Hellbound Heart Clive Barker 164 5
Hellraiser: The Toll Mark Alan Miller 100 5
The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu Tom Vater 314 4.5
Scream for Us Molly Doyle 84 5
Games We Play Dana Isaly 96 5
Morning Gory Milking Farm C M Nastcosta 180 4.25
Pages Read: 4872
Books Read: 17
Average Number of Pages: 286
Average Rating: 4.4
November
Title Author Pages Rating
The Scarlet Gospels Clive Barker 419 4.75
The Reckless Kind Carly Heath 336 3.25
Daddy Morebucks Normandie Alleman 188 2.75
Under Mr. Nolan’s Bed Selena Kitt 240 5
Satan’s Affair H D Carlton 189 4.5
Forbidden Seven Rue 200 4.5
Baby Bird Seven Rue 120 4
The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 182 3
These Hollow Vows Lexi Ryan 464 3.75
Psycho Robert Bloch 185 4
The Family Man Anna Willett 208 4
Things Have Gotten Worse Eric LaRocca 102 5
I’m Thinking of Ending Things Iain Reid 224 1.5
Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 195 5
Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk 218 4
Nothing but Blackened Teeth Cassandra Khaw 128 2
Woom Duncan Ralston 138 4.75
Nerdgasm Kimberly Reese 176 4.75
The Warden Jon Richter 346 5
The Crossing Gate Asiel R. Lavie 416 4.5
Prince’s Gambit C S Pacat 404 5
King’s Rising C S Pacat 385 4.75
We Need to do Something Max Brook III 188 3.75
Kolkata Noir Tom Vater 113 4.5
Dreams of the Vengeful Adelaide Forrest 106 4.25
Dead Inside Chandler Morrison 198 5
We Have Always Lived Shirley Jackson 146 2.75
Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys 176 3.5
Pretty, Dark and Dirty Margot Scott 160 4
I Know Your Secret Daphne Grab 240 4.25
Come Closer Sara Gran 194 4
Pages Read: 6984
Books Read: 31
Average Number of Pages: 225
Average Rating: 4.0
December
Title Author Pages Rating
The Pool Boy Nikki Sloane 326 3.25
The Architect Nikki Sloane 395 3.5
Tender is the Flesh Agustina Bazterrica 224 5
Genesis Seven Rue 138 2.5
Comfort Food Kitty Thomas 192 4.25
Jack Layla Fae 37 4.5
Forbidden Fling Kat Taylor 44 4
The Horseman of Sleepy Hollow Rebecca F Kenney 123 5
The Gargoyle Prince Rebecca F Kenney 269 3.5
Jack Frost Rebecca F Kenney 285 3.5
Confessions on the 7:45 Lisa Unger 368 4
Kingdom of the Wicked Kerri Maniscalco 372 3.25
Kingdom of the Cursed Kerri Maniscalco 433 3.5
Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid 369 4.5
Call Me By Your Name Andre Aciman 248 4.25
Find Me Andre Aciman 260 4
The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix 352 4.5
The Loop Jeremy Johnston 327 3.5
Dipped in Holly Dana Isaly 66 4.5
Melt for Us Molly Doyle 95 5
Pages Read: 4932
Books Read: 20
Average Number of Pages: 246
Average Rating: 4
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