For those readers and list makers, nothing is more exciting than January! The time to make an amazing list of books to read for the year!

Where will our reading lives take us? What adventures and emotions will we experience through the books we read? Always, there are endless possibilities.

So many books. Limited time.

New books to distract us from other books.

A must read list ensures not all are forgotten!

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Here are the 30 titles I am going to try and read over this year. As always these titles will represent only a portion of my reading. My goal? To read most of these. I use this list like a road map of where to turn next when I come to a pause in my reading choices. It is always waiting to guide me. But it also waits patiently when I am distracted by new books. Often, I am.

Making a list like this – a To Read list – also allows us to reflect on the reading that we want to do. I know I want to emphasize middle grade novels. I didn’t read as much as I usually do in 2018 so my list has more titles that are published in 2018 or earlier (19 titles) and fewer 2019 releases (11 titles).

Here is my list:

Published in 2018 or earlier

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

After Zero by Christina Collins

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read April 7th 2019 5 stars

The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson Read April 19th 2019 5 stars

Wonderland by Barbara O’Connor Read November 19th 2019 5 stars

Harbour Me by Jacqueline Woodson Read January 6th 2019 5 stars

A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena  Read February 11th 2019 4 stars

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway Read February 17th 2019 5 stars

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden  Read March 19th 2019 5 stars

Lu by Jason Reynolds

All That I Can Fix by Crystal Chan Read January 22nd 2019 4 stars

From You to Me by K.A. Holt

Sweep The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier  Read March 24th 2019 5 stars

Tight by Torrey Maldonado

Wild Blues by Beth Kephart Read January 29th 2019 5 stars

(Time Castaways #1) The Mona Lisa Key by Liesl Shurtliff

The Last (Endling #1) by Katherine Applegate

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang  Read March 2nd 2019 5 stars

Published in 2019 

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Read June 16th 2019 5 stars

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu Read May 12th 2019 5 stars

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart  Read July 2nd 2019 5 stars

Dig by A.S. King

Song for A Whale by Lynne Kelly Read December  29th 2019 5 stars

Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Read March 7th 2019 4 stars

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Wargather Read September 17th 2019 5 stars

The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith Read June 16th 2019 5 stars

To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles

The Mighty Heart of Sunny St James by Ashley Herring Blake

What novels are at the top of your TBR list? Please share!