90+ Books Reviewed (and counting)!

The Book Review Directory is Organized by Author’s Last Name.
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Reviews that have not yet been posted will be listed as (Coming Soon!)
The year at the start of the line indicates the year the book was read/reviewed.
Incomplete Book Reviews (aka books I DNFed) are marked as (DNF).
Not all DNF books will have a star rating (see FAQs).
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Book Review Directory

A

[2024] Anthony, Jessica - The Most - Literary | Historical Fiction - ★★★

[2024] Arden, Katherine - The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Historical/Fantasy (Coming soon!)

[2024] Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid’s Tale - Dystopian/Speculative/Fiction - ★★★★

B

[2023] Barnhill, Kelly - The Crane Husband - Magical Realism/Literary - ★★★★★

[2023] Barnhill, Kelly - When Women Were Dragons - Fantasy/Historical - ★★★

[2023] Bartz, Julia - The Writing Retreat - Thriller/Horror - ★★★

[2024] Bartz, Julia - The Last Session - Thriller/Horror - ★★★ 1/2 (Coming soon!)

[2024] Binge, Nicholas - Ascension - Science Fiction/Speculative - DNF (Coming soon!)

[2023] Braverman, Blair - Small Game - Mystery/Thriller - ★★

C

[2024] Chambers, Becky - A Psalm for the Wild Built - Fantasy/Science Fiction (Coming soon!)

[2024] Chronister, Kay - The Bog Wife - Horror/Fantasy/Gothic - ★★

D

[2024] de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine - The Little Prince - Classic/Fantasy/Fiction - ★★★ 1/2

[2023] DiLouie, Craig - Episode Thirteen - Horror/Thriller - ★★★

[2024] Durst, Sarah Beth - The Spellshop - Fantasy/Romance/Cozy - ★★★

E

[2023] Erlick, Nikki - The Measure - SciFi/Fantasy - ★★ 1/2

[2025] Everett, Percival - James - Historical/Literary (Coming soon!)

F

[2024] Foley, Lucy - The Midnight Feast - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★

G

[2024] Grossman, Lev - The Bright Sword - Retelling/Fantasy/Historical Fiction - ★★★★★

[2024] Guyon, Michel - Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches - Children’s Lit/Fantasy - DNF (Coming soon!)

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[2024] Harris, Joanne - The Moonlight Market - Fantasy/Magical Realism - ★★ (DNF @ 25%)

[2024] Harrow, Alix E. - Starling House - Fantasy/Mystery/Romance - ★★

[2023] Hart Emilia - Weyward - Magical Realism/Fantasy - ★★★★

[2024] Harvey, Samantha - Orbital - Science Fiction/Literary Fiction - ★★★★★(Coming soon!)

[2023] Hays, Katy - The Cloisters - Historical/Mystery - ★★

[2024] Heller, Peter - Burn -Dystopian/Thriller (Coming soon!)

[2023] Hendrix, Grady - How to Sell a Haunted House - Horror/Thriller - ★★★★★

[2024] Hendrix, Grady - My Best Friend’s Exorcism - Horror/Thriller/Mystery - ★★★★

[2024] Hendrix, Grady - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires - Horror/Thriller - ★★★★★

[2023] Holland, Jacqueline - The God of Endings - Historical/Fantasy - ★★1/2

[2023] Hoover, Colleen - Verity - Mystery/Thriller - ★

[2024] Howard, Scott Alexander - The Other Valley - Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction/Fantasy - ★★★★★

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[2025] Jacques, Brian - Redwall - Fantasy/Fiction/Middle Grade (Coming soon!)

[2024] Jones, Diana Wynne - Howl’s Moving Castle - Fantasy/Fiction/Middle Grade - ★★★

[2024] Jones, Stephen Graham - I Was a Teenage Slasher - Horror - DNF (Coming soon!)

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[2023] Kid, Jess - The Night Ship - Historical/Fiction - ★★★★★

[2024] Kim, Angie - Happiness Falls - Contemporary/Mystery/Thriller - ★★ 3/4

[2023] King, Stephen - Fairy Tale - Fantasy/Horror - ★★★★★

[2023] Kingfisher, T. - Thornhedge - Fantasy/Horror/Retelling - ★★★★ 1/2

[2024] Kingfisher, T. - What Feasts at Night - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★

[2024] Kitasei, Yume - Deep Sky - Science Fiction/Mystery - DNF (Coming soon!)

[2024] Kliewer, Marcus - We Used to Live Here - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★ 1/2 (Coming soon!)

[2022] Korelitz, Jean Hanff - The Plot - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★ 3/4

[2023] Kuang, R.F - Babel - Historical/Fantasy - ★★★★★

[2023] Kuang, R.F. - Yellowface - Contemporary/Literary Fiction - ★★★★

L

[2025] Lewis, C.S. - The Magician’s Nephew - Fantasy/Fiction (Coming soon!)

[2024] Link, Kelly - The Book of Love - Magical Realism/Fantasy/Mystery - ★

[2024] Lowry, Louis - The Giver - Dystopian/Fantasy/Classic -★★★★ (Coming soon!)

M

[2024] Mandel, Emily St. John - Sea of Tranquility - Science Fiction/Fantasy - ★★★★★(Coming soon!)

[2023] Marshall, Kate Alice - What Lies in the Woods - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★

[2024] McGowan, Heather - Friends of the Museum - Literary/Contemporary - ★★★★ 1/2 (Coming soon!)

[2024] Mellors, Coco - Blue Sisters - Contemporary/Literary/Fiction - ★★★ 3/4

[2024] Mohamed, Premee - The Butcher of the Forest - Fantasy/Horror/Novella - ★★★

[2024] Moore, Liz - Long Bright River - Literary Fiction - ★★★★

[2024] Moore, Liz - The God of the Woods - Historical/Literary Fiction - ★★★★★

N

[2024] Napolitano, Ann - Hello Beautiful - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★ (Coming soon!)

[2024] Nayler, Ray - The Mountain in the Sea - Science Fiction/Speculative - DNF (Coming soon!)

[2023] Ng, Celeste - Our Missing Hearts - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★

[2024] Noah, Trevor - Into the Uncut Grass - Children’s Lit (Coming soon!)

[2023] Nowlin, Laura - If He Had Been With Me - Young Adult - ★★★★

o

[2024] Orlando, Clarissa - The September House - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★★

[2024] Orwell, George - 1984 - Dystopian/Speculative/Fiction - ★★ ★1/2 (Coming soon!)

[2024] Orwell, George - Animal Farm - Dystopian/Speculative/Novella - ★★★★★ (Coming soon!)

p

[2023] Penner, Sarah - The London Seance Society - Historical Fiction | Mystery - ★★ (DNF)

[2022] Penner, Sarah - The Lost Apothecary - Historical Fiction - ★★★ 1/2

[2023] Pokwatka, Aimee - Self-Portrait with Nothing - SciFi/Fantasy/Magical Realism - ★★

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R

[2024] Reid, Ava - Lady Macbeth - Retelling/Historical Fiction/Fantasy - ★★★★

[2023] Rice, Waubgeshig - Moon of the Crusted Snow - Dystopian/Horror/Fiction - ★★★★

[2024] Rice, Waubgeshig - Moon of Turning Leaves - Dystopian/Horror/Fiction - ★★★★★

[2025] Robbins, Denise S - The Unmapping - Science Fiction (Coming soon!)

[2024] Rundell, Katherine - Impossible Creatures - Fantasy/Children’s Lit - ★★★ 1/2

S

[2024] Sager, Riley - Middle of the Night - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★

[2023] Sager, Riley - The Only One Left - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★ 1/2

[2023] Schaffer, Meg - The Wishing Game - Fantasy/Romance/Contemporary - ★★★ 1/2

[2024] Shaffer, Meg - The Lost Story - Fantasy/Romance/Contemporary - ★★★ 1/2

[2023] Shepherd, Peng - The Cartographers - Magical Realism/Fantasy - ★★★★

[2023] Sims, Laura - How Can I Help You - Thriller/Mystery - ★★★ 1/2

[2023] Song, Jade - Chlorine - Horror/Fantasy/LGBT - ★★★★★

[2024] Sterling, Michelle Min - Camp Zero - Science Fiction/Fiction - DNF (Coming soon!)

[2024] Stienstra, Lauren - The Beauty of the End - Science Fiction/Speculative - ★★★ 1/2 (Coming soon!)

T

[2023] Thompson, Tade - Rosewater - Science Fiction/Horror - ★★★ 1/2 (DNF)

[2024] Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit - Fantasy/Fiction (Coming soon!)

[2024] Towles, Amor - A Gentleman in Moscow - Historical Fiction - DNF (Coming soon!)

[2023] Tran, Trang Thanh - She is a Haunting - Horror/YA/LGBTQ - ★★ 1/2

[2024] Turton, Stuart - The Last Murder at the End of the World - Science Fiction/Mystery - ★★★

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W

[2023] Ward, Catriona - Looking Glass Sound - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★★

[2023] Ward, Catriona - The Last House on Needless Street - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★

[2024] Whalen, Marybeth Mayhew - Every Moment Since - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★ 1/2 (Coming soon!)

[2024] Wendig, Chuck - Black River Orchard - Horror/Thriller/Mystery - ★★★★★

[2024] Winstead, Ashely - This Book Will Bury Me - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★ 1/4 (Coming soon!)

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Y

[2024] Yambao, Samantha Sotto - Water Moon - Fantasy/Magical Realism/Cosy - ★★★★★

[2023] Yarros, Rebecca - Fourth Wing - Fantasy/New Adult - ★ (DNF)

[2024] Young, Adrienne - The Unmaking of June Farrow - Fantasy/Mystery/Romance - ★★

Z

[2023] Zevin, Gabrielle - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★