I read 105 books in 2018, an average of two a week plus a bonus book.
My record-keeping is imperfect, but here are approximate author/subject identity breakdowns:
51% PoC
43% YA
21% LGBTQIA
16% auto/biography
09% not published this century
07% immigrant
06% male
05% disabled
05% re-reads
05% non-fiction (non-memoir)
04% middle grades/children's
04% graphic novels
02% read for school
I didn't track, but borrowed from a library is probably 85ish%, with the rest being ARCs & DRCs. A similar percentage for ebooks.
Here's the list, in the order I read them. Recommendations in bold. Author or subject with marginalized identity/ies in italics (not necessarily #ownvoices).
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On the Come Up |
Hannah Weyman |
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter |
Erika Sanchez |
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Muslim Girl |
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh |
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Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories |
Hazel Newlevant |
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Translation of Love |
Lynne Kutsukake |
|
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed |
Meghan Daum |
|
We Love You Charlie Freeman |
Kaitlyn Greenidge |
|
Widow Basquiat |
Jennifer Clement |
|
Puddin’ |
Julie Murphy |
|
Homegoing |
Yaa Gyasi |
|
Dumplin’ |
Julie Murphy |
|
Where I Live |
Brenda Rufener |
|
If Only |
Jennifer Gilmore |
|
Code Name: Butterfly |
Ahlam Bsharat |
|
Sophia of Silicon Valley |
Anna Yen |
|
Sadia |
Colleen Nelson |
|
Spinning |
Tillie Walden |
|
Breaths |
An Na |
|
School for Psychics |
KC Archer |
|
Free Food for Millionaires |
Min Jin Lee |
|
Pachinko |
Min Jin Lee |
|
From the Corner of the Oval |
Beck Dory-Stein |
|
Undead Girl Gang |
Lily Anderson |
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Little Fires Everywhere |
Celeste Ng |
|
Dread Nation |
Justina Ireland |
|
Eternal |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
|
Tantalized |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
|
Blessed |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
|
Ask a Manager |
Alison Green |
|
Fetch |
Nicole J. Georges |
|
Confessions of an Heiress |
Paris Hilton |
|
An American Marriage |
Tayari Jones |
|
The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
|
Yes, My Accent Is Real |
Kunal Nayyar |
|
Rediscovery |
Marion Zimmer Bradley |
|
The Sound of Gravel |
Ruth Wariner |
|
The Serpent's Secret |
Sayantani Dasgupta |
|
Fat Girl on a Plane |
Kelly Devos |
|
Exiles Song |
Marion Zimmer Bradley |
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Shadow Matrix |
Marion Zimmer Bradley |
|
If You Come Softly |
Jacqueline Woodson |
|
Will Grayson, Will Grayson |
David Levithan and John Green |
|
Rites of Passage |
Joy Hensley |
|
The Last Cruise |
Kate Christensen |
|
Grrrls on the Side |
Carrie Pack |
|
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces |
Isabel Quintero |
|
Hitting the Books |
Jenn McKinlay |
|
Manfried the Man |
Caitlin Major |
|
Where Am I Now |
Mara Wilson |
|
Awkward Black Girl |
Issa Rae |
|
Girl out of Water |
Laura Silverman |
|
Hush |
Jacqueline Woodson |
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It's Not Like It's a Secret |
Misa Sugiura |
|
The Walls Around Us |
Nova Ren Suma |
|
Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary |
Monica Nolan |
|
Josie and the Pussycats Novelization |
Cathy East Dubowski |
|
The Summer of Jordi Perez |
Amy Spalding |
|
Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian |
Monica Nolan |
|
Surpassing Certainty |
Janet Mock |
|
A Girl Like Me |
Ni-Ni Simone |
|
37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) |
Kekla Magoon |
|
How It Went Down |
Kekla Magoon |
|
Summer of Fear |
Lois Duncan |
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Born a Crime |
Trevor Noah |
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The Chosen |
Chaim Potok |
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Ramona Blue |
Julie Murphy |
|
Crazy Rich Asians |
Kevin Kwon |
|
Americanized |
Sara Saedi |
|
Love, Hate, and Other Filters |
Samira Ahmed |
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Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda |
Becky Albertelli |
|
American Panda |
Gloria Chao |
|
Dear Rachel Maddow |
Adrienne Kisner |
|
Bartleby the Scrivener |
Herman Melville |
|
Her Own Medicine |
Sayantani Dasgupta |
|
Graffiti Girl |
Kelly Parra |
|
We Were Liars |
E Lockhart |
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All You Can Ever Know |
Nicole Chung |
|
Trouble |
Kate Christensen |
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Allegedly |
Tiffany Jackson |
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My Sister the Serial Killer |
Oyinkan Braithwaite |
|
The Meaning of Michelle |
Veronica Chambers |
|
Monday's Not Coming |
Tiffany D. Jackson |
|
Here Comes The Sun |
Nicole Dennis-Benn |
|
The Belles |
Dhonielle Clayton |
|
Well Read Black Girl |
Glory Edim |
|
Quicksand |
Nella Larsen |
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My Boyfriend Barfed In My Handbag |
Jolie Kerr |
|
Miseducation of Cameron Post |
Emily Danforth |
|
Upside of Unrequited |
Becky Albertalli |
|
The Kiss Quotient |
Helen Hoang |
|
Queens of Geek |
Jen Wilde |
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Diabolical |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
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Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge |
Becky Aikman |
|
Feral Nights |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
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Hearts Unbroken |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
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The Incendiaries |
R O Kwon |
|
Feral Curse |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
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Feral Pride |
Cynthia Leitich Smith |
|
Mockingbird |
Kathryn Erskine |
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Leah on the Back Beat |
Becky Albertalli |
|
Black Klansman |
Ron Stallworth |
|
The Followers |
Rebecca Wait |
|
The Everlasting Rose |
Dhonielle Clayton |
|
A Mango-Shaped Space |
Wendy Mass |