2021 Beat The Backlist: Official Update Post #BTB2021

I had a lot of fun with the previous Beat The Backlist challenges, so of course I signed up again. This challenge is hosted by Novelknight and in 2021 will be all about reading for the third year in a row. No extra complications or extra points for reviews, just getting those backlist titles read and earning brownie points for that. This challenge is all about reading all those poor neglected books on your shelves instead of just new releases. We all love our new releases, but those older books deserve our attention too right? 😉 Books have to be published before 2021 to count, and you can set your own goals as you see fit.

I’ve decided to set my goal at a total of 80 books published before 2021, with at least 30 of them published 2018 or before.

On to the official update post part… Where I will share the books I’ve read that fit the challenge. Books are either orange for books published in 2020 or 2019 or green for books published before that.

>>> Last updated November 3rd 2021 <<<

BOOKS READ IN 2021:

# JANUARY #

• The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (published in 2001)
• The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren (published in 2020)
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (published in 2016)
• In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (published in 2020)
• Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson (published in 2010)
• How To Stop Time by Matt Haig (published in 2017)
• Every Tool’s A Hammer by Adam Savage (published in 2019)
• Fractured by Karin Slaughter (published in 2008)
• Deity by Matt Wesolowski (published in 2020)
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber (published in 2017)
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (published in 2003)
• The Love Song Of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce (published in 2014)
• The Big Four by Agatha Christie (published in 1927)
• The Match by Sarah Adams (published in 2020)
• The Tent by Kealan Patrick Burke (published in 2013)
• Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson (published in 2014)
• No Second Chance by Harlan Coben (published in 2003)
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (published in 2013)
• Smoke Screen by Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger (published in 2019)
• Prosecco And Promises by A.L. Michael (published in 2018)

Total for this month: 6 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 14 books read published 2018 or before.

# FEBRUARY #

• Night By Night by Jack Jordan (published in 2019)
• The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (published in 2019)
• Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz (published in 2019)
• Martinis And Memories by A.L. Michael (published in 2018)
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (published in 2016)
• Los Plebeyos by Marta Lopetegui (published in 2019)
• Viper by Bex Hogan (published in 2019)
• This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay (published in 2017)
• Twice In A Blue Moon by Christina Lauren (published in 2019)
• The Island by Ragnar Jonasson (published in 2016)
• The Enemy by Sarah Adams (published in 2020)
• Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter (published in 2001)
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (published in 2020)
• The House In The Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (published in 2020)
• Venom by Bex Hogan (published in 2020)
• Inborn by Thomas Enger (published in 2017)
• The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson (published in 2020)

Total for this month: 11 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 6 books read published 2018 or before.

# MARCH #

• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (published in 2020)
• Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (published in 2020)
• Moonrise by Sarah Crossan (published in 2017)
• When Life Gives You Lemons by Fiona Gibson (published in 2020)
• Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (published in 2020)
• George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl (published in 1981)
• Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed (published in 2020)
• The One by John Marrs (published in 2016)
• The Mountain In My Shoe by Louise Beech (published in 2016)
• A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (published in 2010)
• The Mystery Of The Blue Train by Agatha Christie (published in 1928)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 5 books read published 2018 or before.

# APRIL #

• One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus (published in 2020)
• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (published in 2020)
• The Runaway Bride by Mary Jayne Baker (published in 2018)
• Facets Of Death by Michael Stanley (published in 2020)
• The Off Limits Rule by Sarah Adams (published in 2020)
• Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman (published in 2018)
• Thirty-One Bones by Morgan Cry (published in 2020)
• Silent Scream by Angela Marsons (published in 2015)
• The Final Chapter by Jerome Loubry (published in 2018)
• Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (published in 2002)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 5 books read published 2018 or before.

# MAY #

• First Blood by Angela Marsons (published in 2019)
• Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch (published in 2012)
• Evil Games by Angela Marsons (published in 2015)
• A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron (published in 2012)
• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (published in 2020)
• The Life We Almost Had by Amelia Henley (published in 2020)
• Tears Of Amber by Sofia Segovia (published in 2018)
• Take Me There by Carolee Dean (published in 2010)
• The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1892)
• The Train To Key West by Chanel Cleeton (published in 2020)
• The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson (published in 2017)
• Lost Girls by Angela Marsons (published in 2015)
• Spring Skies Over Bluebell Castle by Sarah Bennett (published in 2019)
• Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (published in 2020)
• Harry Potter En De Steen Der Wijzen by J.K. Rowling (published in 1997)
• A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley (published in 2008)

Total for this month: 6 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 10 books read published 2018 or before.

# JUNE #

• The Extraordinary Hope Of Dawn Brightside by Jessica Ryn (published in 2020)
• Every Single Secret by Emily Carpenter (published in 2018)
• Sunshine Over Bluebell Castle by Sarah Bennett (published in 2019)
• Play Dead by Angela Marsons (published in 2016)
• The Stand by Stephen King (published in 1978)
• Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch (published in 2013)
• The Beekeeper Of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (published in 2019)
• Las Onomatobellas by Ruth Kaufman (published in 2018)
• Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees (published in 2020)
• The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon (published in 2019)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 5 books read published 2018 or before.

# JULY #

• Girls Who Lie by Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir (published in 2019)
• Blood Lines by Angela Marsons (published in 2016)
• Starlight Over Bluebell Castle by Sarah Bennett (published in 2019)
• A Dog’s Promise by W. Bruce Cameron (published in 2019)
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (published in 1967)

Total for this month: 3 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 2 books read published 2018 or before.

# AUGUST #

• The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1902)
• Dead Souls by Angela Marsons (published in 2017)
• The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez (published in 2020)
• The Lost Man by Jane Harper (published in 2018)
• Stranger On A Train by Patricia Highsmith (published in 1950)
• The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie (published in 1936)
• The Good Samaritan by John Marrs (published in 2017)
• Two Old Men And A Baby by Hendrik Groen (published in 2019)
• The Trouble With Goats And Sheep by Joanna Cannon (published in 2016)
• The Holiday by T.M. Logan (published in 2019)
• Red Winter by Dan Smith (published in 2013)
• A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (published in 2003)
• Indelible by Karin Slaughter (published in 2004)
• How The Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (published in 2020)
• American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (published in 2020)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 10 books read published 2018 or before.

# SEPTEMBER #

• Broken Bones by Angela Marsons (published in 2017)
• Faithless by Karin Slaughter (published in 2005)
• The Humans by Matt Haig (published in 2013)
• Adulthood Is A Myth by Sarah Andersen (published in 2016)
• Dying Truth by Angela Marsons (published in 2018)

Total for this month: 0 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 5 books read published 2018 or before.

# OCTOBER #

• Spring At Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett (published in 2018)
• Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons (published in 2018)
• Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson (published in 2020)
• Snap by Belinda Bauer (published in 2018)
• Summer At Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett (published in 2018)
• Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (published in 2014)
• Dead Memories by Angela Marsons (published in 2019)
• A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson (published in 2019)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (published in 2012)

Total for this month: 3 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 6 books read published 2018 or before.

# NOVEMBER #

• The Muse by Jessie Burton (published in 2016)
• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (published in 2020)

Total for this month: 1 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 1 books read published 2018 or before.

 

FINAL NUMBERS: 50/50 books read published in 2020 or 2019 and 69/30 books read published 2018 or before. A total of 119/80 books.

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