One of the challenges I've put forward to my students this year is to read a wider variety of books from authors around the world. This stems from the realisation that almost my entire reading log for 2018 came from not only very Western authors, but pretty much only Australian, American, or British authors.

This page is to track my own progress through this challenge but I've also included my own version of the challenge log I've given my students (see below) ... cause it's pretty and it took me a ridiculously long time to make all those flag stamps.

I wasn't overly excited about this recipe when I picked it out. I figured it would be fine, but I was certainly looking to pair it with something more exciting. But no! It was delicious and I happily ate my bowl on its own and wished I had more.

Difficulty: 1.5/5

I was actually very impressed with how easy this was given the faux-risotto end result. If I ever felt a yen for risotto, I would quite happily sub this in and scrap all the extra work. I added the half-point purely for pots used.

Ingredients: 4/5

Extremely accessible ingredients that worked together very well. Rice and stock are always in the pantry, and I was able to grab a handful of parsley from the garden. I docked a point for my own inexperience with asparagus (I had no idea how to cook it, which turned out to be a non-issue) and then I bought the wrong cheese - which turned out to be delicious all the same!

Flavour: 4/5

Yes. Please. More rice needed. It wasn't an intense flavour but I thought it was delicious. I'm always a fan of zucchini and you can't go wrong with a cheesy undertone.

Repeatability: 5/5

This is 100% going to be repeated. It was fairly low effort for a very pleasing result. I can see it being served as a side dish if you have some people over, but I can't see myself going past curling up with a hearty bowl of this ricey goodness.

The first recipe cooked as part of my Project Cookbook was the Spicy Salami Spaghetti. It was a fairly soft landing for me as Nigella Lawson's Small Pasta with Salami is one that is already on the regular rotation for me. I chose it largely because I already had most of the ingredients. There was leftover salami in the fridge from Jess and I being fancy,  spaghetti is always in the pantry, and I had some basil I wanted to use. 

Difficulty: 2/5

This was not a difficult recipe in the slightest. I didn't need any specialty equipment or skills. The hardest part was slicing and deseeding the chillis and that was no hardship. I bumped the difficulty rating up to a 2 only because I had to use two pots (one for the sauce, one for the pasta) and because I had to figure out what wine to buy. This is a child-friendly recipe in terms of challenge.

Ingredients: 3/5

Most of the ingredients for this recipe were easy to find and even already in my house. Those that weren't were very easy to source. I've never bought baby capers before, but I found them at Coles with a bit of hunting. The hardest part for me, the reason it got a 3 rather than higher was for the inclusion of wine. I know it's not a necessary inclusion, but I wanted to be true to the recipe. It definitely added a richness that I enjoyed but I have no knowledge of wine whatsoever. This left me standing in the bottle-o like a stunned mullet looking at row upon row of wine. I picked one that landed squarely in the crossover of the Venn diagram between 'dirt cheap' and 'ooh pretty label'.

Flavour: 4/5

The flavour was lovely, and a little richer than I would have expected over my usual version of this recipe. The chilli gave it just the right kick, and I really liked the bursts of tomato. It wasn't quite as good the next day as leftovers, but it still gets the points.

Repeatability: 4.5/5

This recipe is completely repeatable! So quick, so easy, so tasty. I knocked half a point off however because I know in my heart that I'll revert back to the Nigella version that uses canned tomatoes and beans from my pantry and nixes the wine. For me this is a speedy dinner, and I'd rather avoid the trip to the grocers first.

Alex and Jess had a lot of advice on which cookbook to tackle. Antoni in the Kitchen and Jamie Oliver's 5 Ingredients were both high contenders, with Jess fawning over Bake Australia Great all the while. In the end, however, I decided to go with a nice simple Women's Weekly Fast Dinner. Who knows, if it goes well I might follow up with something a bit more challenging.

Each recipe will receive a rating out of 5 for...

Difficulty (how hard was it to cook)
Ingredients (were they hard to find/prepare? Too expensive? Something interesting and new?)
Flavour (did it taste good)
Repeatability (will I be making it again?)

Completed Recipes

001  Spicy Salami Spaghetti

002  Asparagus and Zucchini Rice
003  Satay Chicken Skewers

2019  |  2018  |  2017  |  2016  |  2015  |  2014  |  2013  |  2012  |  2011  |  2010  |  2009  |  2008  |  2007

Total Books: 187

February

• The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Leaving Home: Short Pieces - Jodi Picoult
• Larger Than Life - Jodi Picoult
• Where There's Smoke - Jodi Picoult
• Everyday Adventures: 50 Outlandish Ways to Travel Without Leaving Your City - Lonely Planet
• Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects - Mike Warren
• Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
• Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany - Jane Mount
• Fake Blood - Whitney Gardner
• I Can Be Anything! - Jerry Spinelli and Jimmy Liao
• Be Prepared - Vera Brosgol
• The Bad Seed - William March

March

• My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Prepping 101: 40 Steps You Can Take to Be Prepared - Kathy Harrison
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye - Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
• Saga, Vol. 9 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• Zita the Spacegirl - Ben Hatke
• The Feather - Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood
• Skyward, Vol. 1: My Low-G Life - Joe Henderson 
• Skyward, Vol. 2: Here There Be Dragons - Joe Henderson
• Room on our Rock - Kate Temple, Terri Rose Baynton, and Jol Temple
• The Hole Story - Kelly Canby
• Come Closer - Sara Gran
• All Summer Long - Hope Larson
• American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
• Midnight at the Library - Ursula Dubosarsky and Ron Brooks
• Sonam and the Silence - Eddie Ayres and Ronak Taher
• Why I Love Summer - Michael Wagner and Tom Jellett
• Go Go and the Silver Shoes - Jane Godwin
• Waiting for Chicken Smith - David Mackintosh
• Girl on Wire - Lucy Estela and Elise Hurst
• I Can't Remember the Title but the Cover is Blue - Elias George
• Spill Zone - Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
• The Secret Love of Geek Girls - Hope Nicholson et al
• Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country - Billy Connolly
• Strong Female Protagonist - Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag
• Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection - A.J. Jacobs

April

• Lullaby - Leïla Slimani
• Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story - Rohan Cleave and Coral Tulloch
• The Flying Optometrist - Joanne Anderton and Karen Erasmus
• Australian Birds - Matt Chun
• The Great Lizard Trek - Felicity Bradshaw and Norma MacDonald
• Chalk Boy - Margaret Wild and Mandy Ord
• The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
• Digby and Claude - Emma Allen and Hannah Sommerville
• When You're Going to the Moon - Sasha Beekman and Vivienne To
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 7: I've Been Waiting for a Squirrel Like You - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• Delicious Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker and Slow Cooker - Australian Women's Weekly
• Heads Will Roll - Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 8: My Best Friend's Squirrel - Ryan North and Erica Henderson

May

• My Abandonment - Peter Rock
• A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
• Well Read Cookies: Beautiful Biscuits Inspired by Great Literature - Lauren Chater
• The Ukulele Handbook - Gavin Pretor-Pinney
• The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
• Seeing Science: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of the Universe - Iris Gottlieb
• Whiskey in a Teacup - Reese Witherspoon
• Alpacas with Maracas - Matt Cosgrove

June

• Ether, Vol. 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze - Matt Kindt and David Rubín
• Who Let the Gods Out? - Maz Evans
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars - Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
• A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living - Lauren and Oberon Carter
• Naturally Tan - Tan France
• The Elephant - Jenni Desmond
• Girl Town - Carolyn Nowak
• Educated - Tara Westover
• Ether, Vol. 2: Copper Golems - Matt Kindt and David Rubín
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead. Vol. 6: The Sorrowful Life - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn

July

• Cracks in the Walls - Tatiana Davidson, Dom Proust, and Ryan Hopwood
• The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel - Renee Nault
• The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite - Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas - Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 9: On a Roll - Shannon Watters et al
• Marvel Rising - Devin Grayson et al
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 10: Parents' Day - Shannon Watters et al
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 11: Time After Crime - Shannon Watters et al
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Socks Around Norway: Over 40 Traditional Knitting Patterns Inspired By Norwegian Folk-Art Collections - Nun Granlund Sæther
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Urban Sketching Step by Step: Techniques for Creating Quick and Lively Urban Scenes - Klaus Meier-Pauken
• Newspaper Blackout - Austin Kleon
• Wildlife of Australia - John Pickrell
• A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories - Angela McAllister and Alice Lindstrom
• Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1 - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers into Screams - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Black Cockatoo - Carl Merrison

• The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Folk Embroidered Felt Birds: 20 Modern Folk Art Designs to Make and Embellish - Corinne Lapierre
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 28: A Certain Doom - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 29: Lines We Cross - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Monuments - Will Kostakis
• Xander and the Rainbow Barfing Unicorns: Revenge of the One-Trick Pony - Matthew K. Manning and Joey Ellis
• Crystal Fighters - Jen Bartel
• Circe - Madeline Miller
• Giant Days, Vol. 1 -  John Allison and Max Sarin
• Giant Days, Vol. 2 -  John Allison and Max Sarin
• Giant Days, Vol. 3 - John Allison and Max Sarin 
• Giant Days, Vol. 4 - John Allison and Max Sarin
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order- Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
• Giant Days, Vol. 5 - John Allison and Max Sarin
• PTSD - Guillaume Singelin
• My Boyfriend is a Bear - Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris

• How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir - Kate Mulgrew
• The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
• Toffee - Sarah Crossan
• Goldie Vance, Vol. 1 - Hope Larson and Brittney Williams
• Goldie Vance, Vol. 2 - Hope Larson and Brittney Williams
• Hex Vet, Vol. 1: Witches in Training - Sam Davies
• Coffeehouse Knits: Knitting Patterns and Essays with Robust Flavour - Kerry Bogert
• Camp - Kayla Miller
• Calling All Witches - Laurie Calkhoven and Violet Tobacco
• Strong is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves - Laurie Calkhoven
• Marvel: Powers of a Girl - Lorraine Cink and Alice X. Zhang
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
• The Dictionary of Difficult Words - Jane Solomon

• Gradient Style: Color Shifting Techniques and Knitting Patterns - Kerry Bogert
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF - Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare
• Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course - Gordon Ramsey
• They Called Us Enemy - George Takei and Harmony Becker
• Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
• The Island - M.A. Bennett
• Guts - Raina Telgemeier
• The Testaments - Margaret Atwood

November

• Bee and Puppycat, Vol. 1 - Natasha Allegri
• The Art of Crochet Blankets - Rachele Carmona
• 100 Demon Dialogues - Lucy Bellwood
• Penny Nichols - M.K. Reed
• Home: A Memoir of My Early Years - Julie Andrews Edwards

December

• Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years - Julie Andrews Edwards
• Killer Style: How Fashion has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History - Alison Matthews David
• Giant Days, Vol. 6 - John Allison
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 31: The Rotten Core - Robert Kirkman
• Giant Days, Vol. 7 - John Allison
• Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
• Giant Days, Vol. 8 - John Allison
• Giant Days, Vol. 9 - John Allison
• The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
• Box - Patrick Eirbeleit
• Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed? - Liz Prince
• Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
• The Gruffalo's Child - Julia Donaldson
• Not Just a Box... - Jeanne Willis
• Little Brothers and Little Sisters - Monica Amalda
• Heartstopper: Vol. 1 - Alice Oseman
• Cheshire Crossing - Andy Weir
• Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
• Giant Days, Vol. 10 - John Allison
• Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
• The Stepmother Who Dreamed of Feathers - Kristen Grace
• Giant Days, Vol. 11 - John Allison
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned - Brian K. Vaughan

2018  |  2017  |  2016  |  2015  |  2014  |  2013  |  2012  |  2011  |  2010  |  2009  |  2008  |  2007

Total Books: 246

February

• House Arrest - K.A. Holt
• Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
• (Mostly) Wordless - Jed Alexander
• A Cat Named Haiku - Mark Poulton
• Adulthood is a Myth - Sarah Anderson
• Big Mushy Happy Lump - Sarah Anderson
• The Dunderheads - Paul Fleischman
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• Little People, Big Dreams: Emmeline Pankhurst - Lisbeth Kaiser
• Little People, Big Dreams: Amelia Earheart - Ma Sánchez Vegara and Maria Diamantes
• Tiny House Basics: Living the Good Life in Small Spaces - Joshua and Shelley Engberg
• The Story of the Car - Giles Chapman
• S.T.A.G.S. - M.A. Bennett
• Edward and the Great Discovery - Rebecca McRitchie and Celeste Hulme
• Miss Moon: Wise Words from a Dog Governess - Janet Hill
• A Very Quacky Christmas - Frances Watts and Ann James

March

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
• Hello to You, Moon - Sally Morgan, Sonny Day, and Biddy Maroney
• Florette - Anna Walker
• Gus Dog Goes to Work - Rachel Flynn and Craig Smith
• Grandma Forgets - Paul Russell and Nicky Johnston
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 6: Who Run the World? Squirrels - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• The Anzac Tree - Christina Booth
• Two Rainbows - Sophie Masson and Michael McMahon
• Emma and the Whale - Julie Case and Lee White
• What's Up Top? - Marc Martin
• Clare's Goodbye - Libby Gleeson and Anna Pignataro
• Koala Bare - Jackie French and Matt Shanks
• 1, 2, Pirate Stew - Kylie Howarth
• My Friend Tertius - Corinne Fenton and Owen Swan
• Road Trip - Danny Parker
• Andy Web: Artist - Maree Coote
• Pea Pod Lullaby - Glenda Millard
• Archie and the Bear - Zanni Louise and David Mackintosh
• Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros - Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge
• Drawn Onward - Meg McKinlay and Andrew Frazer
• Glitch - Michelle Worthington and Andrew Plant
• Whatcha Building? - Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King
• Our Last Trip to the Market - Lorin Clarke and Mitch Vane
• Feathers - Phil Cummings and Phil Lesnie
• Merry Everything - Tania McCartney and Jess Racklyoft
• Gaolbird: The True Story of William Swallow, Convict and Pirate - Simon Barnard
• Swan Lake - Anne Spudvilas
• Flapper, V.C. - Mark Wilson
• At the Zoo I See - Joshua Button and Robyn Wells
• Big Fella Rain - Beryl Webber
• The Cat Wants Cuddles - P. Crumble and Lucinda Gifford
• The Second Sky - Patrick Guest and Jonathan Bentley
• A Walk in the Bush - Gwyn Perkins
• The Thank You Dish - Trace Balla
• Sarah and the Steep Slope - Danny Parker and Matt Ottley
• NoMax! - Shannon Horsfall
• The Very Sleepy Bear - Nick Bland
• Papa Sky - Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich
• Rodney Loses It! - Michael Gerard Bauer
• Pig the Star - Aaron Blabey
• Ready, Steady, Hatch! - Ben Long
• Olivia's Voice - Mike Lucas and Jennifer Harrison
• Busting! - Aaron Blabey
• Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! - Katrina Germein and Janine Dawson
• Shapes of Australia - Bronwyn Bancroft
• Stitches and Stuffing - Carrie Gallasch and Sara Acton
• Danny Blue's Really Excellent Dream - Max Landrak
• The Sloth Who Came to Stay - Margaret Wild and Vivienne To
• Rabbit-Hole Golf Course - Ella Mulvey and Karen Briggs
• Ten Pound Pom - Carole Wilkinson and Liz Anelli
• Guff - Aaron Blabey
• Heads and Tails - John Canty
• Mopoke - Philip Bunting
• Trash - Andy Mulligan
• The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon
• Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Eric: A Little Echidna with a Very Big Dream - Matt Shanks
• Hark, It's Me, Ruby Lee! - Lisa Shanahan
• Millie Loves Ants - Jackie French and Sue deGennaro
• LEGO Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History - Daniel Lipkowitz
• The Shop at Hoopers Bend - Emily Rodda

April

• Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
• Can You Find Me? - Gordon Winch and Patrick Shirvington
• The Very Noisy Baby - Alison Lester
• Meerkat Choir - Nicki Greenberg
• Molly the Pirate - Lorraine Teece and Paul Seden
• Why Can't I Be a Dinosaur - Kylie Westaway and Tom Jellett
• That Christmas Feeling - Lili Wilkinson and Amanda Francey
• Snail Mail: Rediscovering the Art and Craft of Handmade Correspondence - Michelle Mackintosh
• Storm Whale - Sarah Brennan and Jane Tanner
• All Rights Reserved - Gregory Scott Katsoulis
• The Scared Book - Debra Tidball and Kim Siew
• One Keen Koala - Margaret Wild and Bruce Whatley
• Me and You - Deborah Kelly
• A Child Through Time - Steve Noon
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's Eye View - Shannon Watters et al
• Because of You - Pip Harry
• The Secret Science of Magic - Melissa Keil
• Leave Me Alone! - Vera Brosgol
• First Hundred Words in Japanese - Heather Amery
• Mates: A Dog's Tale - Barry Jonsberg and Tom Jellett
• Nanna's Button Tin - Dianne Wolfer
• The World's Worst Pirate - Michelle Worthington and Katrin Dreiling
• Baking with Kafka - Tom Gould

May

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
• Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
• The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - A.J. Jacobs
• How to Bee - Bren MacDibble
• Moonrise - Sarah Crossan
• I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl - Skottie Young
• Little People, Big Dreams: Ella Fitzgerald - Ma Sánchez Vegara
• Stone Girl - Eleni Hale
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 8: Stone Cold - Shannon Watters et al
• The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Phil Szostak
• The Art of Star Wars: Rogue One - Josh Kushkins
• Hostage - Guy Delisle
• Everything is Flammable - Gabrielle Bell
• Little People, Big Dreams: Ada Lovelace - Ma Sánchex Vegara and Zagouko Yamamoto
• The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World - A.J. Jacobs
• The Little Viet Kitchen: Over 100 Authentic and Delicious Vietnamese Recipes - Thuy Pham-Kelly
• My life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues - Pamela Paul

June

• Here We Are - Oliver Jeffers
• Babyteeth, Vol. 1: Born - Donny Cates and Garry Brown
• The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause - James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh
• 100 Plants that Almost Changed the World - Chris Beardshaw
• Harrow County, Vol. 3: Snake Doctor - Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook, Hannah Christenson, and Carla Speed McNeil
• The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang
• Star Wars Coding Projects: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Coding Your Own Animations, Games, Simulations and More! - Jon Woodcock
• Chewie and the Porgs - Kevin Shinick and Fiona Hsieh
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In - Angelo Surmelis
• Saga, Vol. 8 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• Around the World in 80 Cocktails - Chad Parkhill
• Pantheon: The True Story of Egyptian Deities - Hamish Steele
• Mike - Andrew Norriss
• Spinning Tops and Gumdrops: A Portrait of Colonial Childhood - Edwin Barnard
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
• Dreamscapes: Inspiration and Beauty in Gardens Near and Far - Claire Takács
• Present, Not Perfect: A Journal for Slowing Down and Living with Grace, Meaning and Connection - Celeste Bellemore
• One Pot Favourites - Pete Evans
• It's All Easy: Delicious Weekday Recipes for the Super-Busy Home Cook - Gwyneth Paltrow
• Big Pacific: Passionate, Voracious, Mysterious, Violent - Rebecca Tansley
• Almost Midnight - Rainbow Rowell
• The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin

• I Just Ate My Friend - Heidi McKinnon
• Mallee Boys - Charlie Archbold
• Do Not Lick This Book - Idan Ben-Barak
• Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women - Penguin Random House Australia
• Women in Science: 50 Pioneers Who Changed the World - Rachel Ignotofsky
• 50 Ways to Feel Happy: Fun Activities and Ideas to Build Your Happiness Skills - Vanessa King
• Edward's Menagerie: Over 40 Soft and Snuggly Toy Animal Crochet Patterns - Kerry Lord
• Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity - Sarah Suzuki
• Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - Margot Lee Shetterly
• Simple Acts of Kindness: 500+ Ways to Make a Difference - Adams Media
• Wormwood Saga, Vol. 1: The Journey Begins - Daniel Lieske
• Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew - Grace Ellis, Caitlin Quirk, and Clayton Cowles
• The Little Library Cookbook - Kate Young
• Heretics! Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy - Steven and Ben Nadler
• Small House Living Australia - Catherine Foster
• The Art of Simple - Eleanor Ozich
• The Bicycle: 200 Years on Two Wheels - The History Press
• Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
• The Cruelty - Scott Bergstrom
• Big Cats, Little Cats: A Visual Guide to the World's Cats - Jim Medway
• Little Me: My Life from A-Z - Matt Lucas
• I Work at a Public Library - Gina Sheridan
• Goliath - Tom Gauld
• Bigfoot - Pascal Girard
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling
• Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies - Kitty Flanagan
• Monster Hats: 15 Scary Head-Warmers to Knit - Vanessa Mooncie
• Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy - Brian K. Vaughan
• Runaways, Vol. 2: Runaways - Brian K. Vaughan
• The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
• The Worst Witch - Jill Murphy
• The Worst Witch Strikes Again - Jill Murphy

August

• Your Creative Work Space: The Sweet Spot Style Guide to Home Office + Studio Decor - Desha Peacock
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
• Creatures with Features: Feathers, Fur and Spines... and Other Wild Outfits - Steve Morenos and Sharon Dalgeish
• Babyteeth, Vol. 2: Razed - Donny Cates and Garry Brown
• Solo - Alexander Kwame
• Pashmina - Chanani Nidhi
• Generation X, Vol. 1: Natural Selection - Christina Strain
• House of Women - Sophie Goldstein
• I Kill Giants - Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura
• Science Squad - Robert Winston
• Posh Pancakes: Over 70 Recipes, from Hoppers to Hotcakes - Quadrille
• Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living - Linnea Dunne

September

• Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary - Susan Rennie
• Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum - Kathy Willis
• Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage
• Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback - Robyn Davidson
• Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters - Barack Obama
• I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Change Two Lives - Caitlin Alifirenka
• How to Be a Hero - Florence Parry Heide and Chuck Groenink
• The Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leif and Robert Lawson
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling

October

• Wise Trees - Diane Cook
• Van Life - Foster Huntington
• The Beautiful Death - Mathieu Bablet
• The Art of Natural Cleaning: Tips and Techniques for a Chemical-Free Sparkling Home 
• Dry - Neal Shusterman
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green
• The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
• Pimp My Noodles: Turn Instant Noodles and Ramen into Fabulous Feasts
• The Dream Peddler - Irena Kobald
• Happy Food: Fast, Fresh, Simple Vegan - Bettina Campolucci Bordi
• The Sun and Her Flowers - Rupi Kaur
• Cicada - Shaun Tan
• Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan 

November

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
• Sketches from a Nameless Land: The Art of The Arrival - Shaun Tan
• This Thing of Darkness - Matt Davies
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling

December

• What's the Opposite? - Oliver Jeffers
• How Did I Get Here? - Philip Bunting
• Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers
• Bird Box - Josh Malerman
• Beautiful Mess - Claire Christian
• Lenny's Book of Everything - Karen Foxlee