Beat the Backlist 2023: 01/01/22

Hosted by Austine of Novel Knight.

Although I did surpass my usual goal of 300, I am going to do another year of a smaller goal, 200. As with previous years, my goal for this challenge is to have half my reading be from backlist books. Ideally, I'd like to complete my 2021 books and make a serious dent in my 2022 purchases.

Below is my list of unread books from 2021, 2020 and 2019. I will cross them out as I read them. I will also add other books to the list as I read them, and will bold them.

TBR from 2022

1. Frozen Detective by Amanda Flower and Laura Faye Smith (Narrator)
2. Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
3. Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
4. Pets of Park Avenue by Stefanie London
5. A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
6. Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
7. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
8. Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes and Frankie Corzo (Narrator)
9. Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Victoria Ying (Illustrator)
10. Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
11. The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
12. My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee
13. High Spirits by Carol J. Perry
14. The Singularities by John Banville
15. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
16. Strike the Zither by Joan He and Kuri Huang (Illustrator)
17. Green Lantern: Alliance by Minh Lê, et. al.
18. Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
19. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
20. Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens and Monica Mikai (Illustrator)
21. Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe
22. The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass
23. Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
24. Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki
25. The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
26. Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui
27. Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
28. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn
29. Soul of a Killer by Abby Collette and L. Malaika Cooper (Narrator)
30. The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes
31. Best Wishes by Sarah Mlynowski
32. Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
33. We Spread by Iain Reid
34. Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White
35. Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss and Erin Moon (Narrator)
36. The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron
37. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
38. Murder Out of Character by Olivia Matthews
39. Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt
40. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
41. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
42. Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook and Marilyn Levinson (Narrator)
43. Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King
44. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
45. Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah
46. Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns and Jasmin Walker (Narrator)
47. August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
48. Crunch by Kayla Miller
49. Harley Quinn: The Animated Series, Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour by Tee Franklin and Max Sarin (Illustrator)
50. Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
51. The Neapolitan Sisters by Margo Candela
52. This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
53. Miracle Season by Beth Hautala
54. Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
55. The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
56. KosherSoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty
57. The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
58. These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
59. Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden, et al
60. The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
61. Twice as Perfect by Louisa Onomé
62. Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove
63. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
64. Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
65. Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
66. Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova
67. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
68. On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
69. We Weren't Looking to Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn
70. Black Hammer, Vol. 6: Reborn, Part II by Jeff Lemire, et al
71. Two Dogs by Ian Falconer
72. Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman and Emily Rankin (Narrator)
73. Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
74. Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
75. The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
76. Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
77. Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
78. Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older
79. In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
80. Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
81. Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes
82. Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture by Aria S. Halliday
83. Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
84. Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
85. Frank and Bert by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

TBR from 2021

1. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
2. Our Earthly Ends by Chloe Gong
3. Spy x Family, Volume 8 by Tatsuya Endo
4. Tik-Tok by Candace Robinson and Amber R. Duell
5. You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith
6. Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
7. Digging Up Trouble by Kitt Crowe
8. This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke
9. Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
10. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
11. Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
12. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
13. The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes by Rick Riordan
14. Dinosaur Sanctuary, Volume 1 by Itaru Kinoshita
15. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
16. What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie
17. The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
18. Murder by the Bookend by Laura Gail Black
19. Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
20. Reading Between the Crimes by Kate Young
21. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
22. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
23. Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders
24. No Grater Crime by Maddie Day and Laural Merlington (Narrator)
25. Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
26. Much Ado about Nauticaling by Gabby Allan
27. Ballgowns & Butterflies by Kelley Armstrong
28. Linked by Gordon Korman
29. Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis
30. Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
31. Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
32. The Chariot at Dusk Swati Teerdhala
33. Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon
34. She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 1 by Sakaomi Yuzaki and Caleb David Cook (Translator)
35. Yes & No by Elisha Cooper (2021)
36. Lost Lad London, Volume 2 by Shima Shinya (2021)