I have read 58 books this year for FREE from libraries. How did I do it? How did I hold strong? That’s a post for another time. In short, it isn’t that hard to stop buying books once I have a steady stream of ebooks on hold.

To calculate my mid-year “total,” I went to Amazon and looked up each title’s ebook price. I am doing the exact same thing to get the total for all of 2022. Since e-books go on sale throughout the year, these prices might change. Normally I buy ebooks from Amazon and hardcopies from B&N, but over the years I have shifted to mainly reading ebooks which is why I based these stats off of ebooks prices.

Here we go, the full list for 2022.

Ebook Price List for the year

• The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling – $14.99 on Amazon
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward – $14.99 on Amazon
• Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshmen by Kristen R. Lee – $10.99 on Amazon
• Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell – $8.49 on Amazon
• Locke & Key vol. 1 by Joe Hill – $9.99 on Amazon
• The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry – $4.99 on Amazon
• A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer – $7.49 on Amazon
• A Vow so Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer – $6.86 on Amazon
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – $8.99 on Amazon
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter – $9.99 on Amazon
• Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw – $2.99 on Amazon
• The Stealing by S.A. Sutila – $19.99 on Amazon hard copy only
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin – $9.99 on Amazon
• Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim – $10.99 on Amazon
• Witching These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin – $11.99 on Amazon
• This Poison Heart by Kalyan Bayron – $6.86 on Amazon
• Graceling by Kristen Cashore – $5.99 on Amazon
• Ace of Spades by Friday Abike-Lyimide – $12.99 on Amazon
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi – $11.99 on Amazon
• Kingdom of Needles and Bone by Mira Grant – $7.34 on Amazon
• Jordie and Joey Fell from the Sky by Judi Lauren – $9.99 on Amazon
• The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi – $9.99 on Amazon
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin – $11.99 on Amazon
• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – $11.99 on Amazon
• A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos – $9.89 on Amazon
• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart – $9.99 on Amazon
• The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna – $10.99 on Amazon
• Gallant by V.E. Schwab – $12.99 on Amazon
• The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart – $9.99 on Amazon
• The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty – $8.99 on Amazon
• The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty – $10.99 on Amazon
• These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Empire of Gold by S.A. Charaborty – $13.99 on Amazon
• Direwood Catherine Yu – $9.99 on Amazon
• Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica – $12.99 on Amazon
• Fable by Adrienne Young – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida – $13.99 on Amazon
• Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan – $11.99 on Amazon
• A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie – $9.99 on Amazon
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – $10.99 on Amazon
• The Baboon War by Nnedi Okorafor – Free Podcast
• The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik – $12.99 on Amazon
• Black Box by Jennifer Egan – Free Online
• Childfinder by Octavia E. Butler – Free Podcast
• Valedictorian by N.K. Jemisin – Free Podcast
• Cuisine des Memories by N.K. Jemisin – Free Podcast
• The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik – $13.99 on Amazon
• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor –$8.99 on Amazon
• Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim – $8.99 on Amazon
• The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens – $12.95 on Amazon
• Troll Bridge by Terry Pratchett – Free Podcast
• Gleanings by Neal Shusterman – $10.99 on Amazon
• Strangers by David Alexander Robertson – $12.49 on Amazon
• Downbelow Station by C.J, Cherryh – $9.99 on Amazon

Bringing the grand total to $546.94.

I am definitely getting the most out of my library cards! All of this reading was free! I cannot stress the importance of a library card when it comes to reading for free. I do recognize that it is not easy to read for free, without access to three libraries I would not have been able to read as much as I did this year. When I first started this journey it was after I calculated how much I had spent on books in 2021, I was shocked. It dawned on me how expensive reading and books, in general, can be. While reading is an enriching hobby it comes with a hefty price tag. Often, I feel the pressure to buy a book box, special edition, or pre-order the newest hyped books–these costs add up. After a year of not buying books, I am here to say you do not have to spend hundreds of dollars on books to enjoy reading. If you are willing to put in the time to take advantage of your local library you will be able to cash in on some savings.

Check out past post:

• Wrapping Up the Year: $335 in books
• 2022 Reading Challenge: A Year Without Books
• A year without books: January Wrap up
• A Year Without Books: February Wrap Up
• A Year Without Books: March Wrap-Up
• A Year Without Books: April Wrap-Up
• A Year Without Books: May Wrap-Up
• A Year Without Books: June Wrap-Up
• A Year Without Books: July Wrap-Up
• Mid-Year Review: How Much I “Spent” on Books

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