Books I Need to Read in ’21

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my most anticipated releases of 2021. I’m so excited about these books to come out! However, I really do need to start reading the unread books on my bookshelf as well. There are so many of them, it drives me insane! I was always the kind of person to finish an unread book before I bought another. Unfortunately, I’ve been behind for years now, and that needs to change. Here’s the books I want/need to read in 2021!

Netgalley ARCs

I have six unread Netgalley ARCs waiting for a review, and two I wasn’t able to review before. My ratio’s at 69% – which isn’t too bad, I guess – but I just feel so… asdfghjkl about having unread books on there. Plus, I want to start requesting new books! These are my top priority, but I don’t want to read them all one after another, cause I’d lose my mind if I only read to write reviews. Anyway, the books on Netgalley are;

• Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica S. Olson (for the blog tour, yay!)
• A Golden Fury by Samanta Cohoe (I was on the blog tour!)
• The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
• Hush by Dylan Farrow
• Fable by Adrienne Young
• The Girl of Hawthorn & Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (inactive – couldn’t review at the time, I own 2 physical copies now!)
• The Complete Book of Dreams by Stephanie Gailing (inactive – review copy expired in the app! – boo!!)

Unread Books on my Shelf

There are SO MANY unread books on my physical bookshelf right now! And the worst of it? The whole shelf of books I bought during Amazon’s Black Friday sale in 2019. Yes, nineteen(!!!) I did read a bunch of them, but I think the majority is still left unread. There’s too many to list, so here are just a few;

• Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
• Sightwitch by Susan Dennard
• Sky In The Deep by Adrienne Young
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
• The Traitor’s Kiss by Erin Beaty

But wait… There’s even more! Shamefully, I still haven’t read Vengeful by V.E Schwab, and it’s been on my shelf forever! I also still need to read A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, Ghosts of The Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare, and The Reckoning of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin.

Backlist TBR

I guess I better start reading because there are so many more books on my TBR that I don’t own yet. They’re books that I’ve been wanting to read for a while but never got to, and sequels to books I read in the past few years but aren’t “new” anymore. The list is too long yet again, so I’ll only name a few;

• Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
• Iron Heart by Nina Varella
• The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman
• Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
• How The King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

I have so much work to do if I want to finish all of these by the end of the year… Hahah!

What’s on your 2021 TBR? And what do you recommend I read first? Let me know!