It’s January 1, which means it’s time for my annual chronological list of every book I read this year. I’ve also included a few superlatives at the bottom of the page! I’ll be posting a more detailed list of my top 10 reads of 2024 soon. You can also follow along on Instagram, where I am @WildflowerReadsBlog🌼Happy reading in 2025!

1. Babel by R.F. Kuang ✒️
2. Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll ✨
3. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho ✊🏾
4. Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith 📷
5. Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez 🗽
6. The Brave by James Bird 🦋
7. Junior High by Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, and Tillie Walden 🎶
8. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 💔
9. Heartstopper vol. 5 by Alice Oseman 🍂
10. Level Up by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham 🎮
11. If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie 💞
12. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 💎
13. Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham 🐲
14. Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman ⌛
15. I Think Our Son is Gay vol. 1 by Okura 🏳️‍🌈
16. Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann 💜
17. Stacey’s Mistake by Anne M. Martin and Ellen T. Crenshaw 🗽
18. Ghost Book by Remy Lai 👻
19. Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi ✒️
20. Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang ⚔️
21. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass 😺
22. Drawing Deena by Hena Khan 🎨
23. The Moon Within by Aida Salazar 🌔
24. Thieves by Lucie Bryon 📿
25. Breda’s Island by Jessie Ann Foley 🌳
26. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde🪞
27. Saint Young Men vol. 1 by Hikaru Nakamura ☸️
28. Spell of a Time by Sophie Escabasse ⌚
29. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 🧌
30. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 💊
31. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 🤺
32. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 🦚
33. Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson ☀️
34. Little Miss Stoneybrook…and Dawn by Ann M. Martin 🎀
35. The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko Kashiwaba 🍚
36. Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba 👻
37. How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino 🏠
38. Reggie & Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant 💞
39. The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw 🌸
40. The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann ⛱️
41. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence 🧋
42. Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai by Debbi Michiko Florence 🍨
43. While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown 🎏
44. Fake Dates & Mooncakes by Sher Lee 🥮
45. A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat ✈️
46. Be That Way by Hope Larson 🖌️
47. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado 💐
48. Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez ⚽
49. Gloria Buenrostro is Not My Girlfriend by Brandon Hoàng 🚲
50. Supper Club by Jackie Morrow 🍛
51. Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol 👻
52. Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao 💚
53. Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 🩷
54. Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks 🏇🏾
55. Pride by Ibi Zoboi ✍🏾
56. The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi 🪞
57. The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest 🧺
58. The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith 🧶
59. Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan 🐢
60. Sunny Makes Her Case by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm 💼
61. The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp 👑
62. Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (graphic novel) by Paula Danziger and Victoria Ying 🖍️
63. Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson ☄️
64. Messenger by Lois Lowry ✉️
65. Rumaysa by Radiya Hafiza 🧣
66. You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger ⛲
67. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 🏳️‍🌈
68. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson 🙃
69. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli 🥁
70. The Upside of Unrequired by Becky Albertalli 💗
71. Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell 🚗
72. Son by Lois Lowry 🌊
73. Brooms by Teo DuVall and Jasmine Walls 🧹
74. The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún vol. 1 by Nagabe 🌲
75. The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown ♊
76. Crush by Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, and Tillie Walden 🎵
77. The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa 🌤️
78. A Winter Book by Tove Jansson 🪨
79. Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews 🐺
80. Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau 🏳️‍⚧️
81. Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirlees 🍓
82. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe 🏳️‍⚧️
83. Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed 🪧
84. The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle 🎨
85. The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery 🌳

Best Fantasy: Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews

Best Realistic Fiction: Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Best Historical Fantasy: Babel by R.F. Kuang

Best Series: The Moomin books by Tove Jansson

Best Graphic Novel: The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle

Favorite Discovered Author: Becky Albertalli

Best Reread: The Giver by Lois Lowry

Beset Nonfiction: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Best Sci-Fi: Son by Lois Lowry