Book Review Directory
100+ 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 (not when the review posted).
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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[2024] Anthony, Jessica - The Most - Literary | Historical Fiction - ★★★
[2024] Arden, Katherine - The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Historical/Fantasy ★★★
[2024] Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid’s Tale - Dystopian/Speculative/Fiction - ★★★★
[2025] Atwood, Margaret - Testaments - Dystopian/Science Fiction - ★★★
[2025] Awad, Mona - We Love You, Bunny - Horror/Fantasy (Coming soon!)
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[2025] Baker, Kylie Lee - Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng - Horror/Mystery/Thriller (Coming soon!)
[2025] Baldacci, David - A Calamity of Souls - Historical/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★
[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
[2024] Binge, Nicholas - Ascension - Science Fiction/Speculative - DNF
[2025] Bohman, Therese - Andromeda - Contemporary/Literary - ★ 1/2
[2023] Braverman, Blair - Small Game - Mystery/Thriller - ★★
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[2024] Chambers, Becky - A Psalm for the Wild Built - Fantasy/Science Fiction - ★★★★ 1/4
[2024] Chronister, Kay - The Bog Wife - Horror/Fantasy/Gothic - ★★
[2025] Coile, Mason - Exiles - Science Fiction/Mystery/Thriller - (Coming soon!)
[2025] Craig, Erin A - The Thirteenth Child - Fantasy/YA/Fiction - ★★★
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[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 - ★★★
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[2025] El-Mohtar, Amal - The River has Roots - Fantasy/Folklore (Coming soon!)
[2023] Erlick, Nikki - The Measure - SciFi/Fantasy - ★★ 1/2
[2025] Everett, Percival - James - Historical/Literary (Coming soon!)
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[2024] Foley, Lucy - The Midnight Feast - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★
[2025] Francis, Dani - Silver Elite - Romantasy/Fantasy/Dystopian - ★★★ 3/4
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[2025] Greer, Sierra - Annie Bot - Science Fiction/Fantasy - ★★
[2024] Grossman, Lev - The Bright Sword - Retelling/Fantasy/Historical Fiction - ★★★★★
[2024] Guyon, Michel - Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches - Children’s Lit/Fantasy - DNF
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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 - ★★★★★
[2023] Hays, Katy - The Cloisters - Historical/Mystery - ★★
[2025] Hazell, Lottie - Piglet - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★
[2024] Heller, Peter - Burn -Dystopian/Thriller - ★ 1/2
[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 - ★★★★★
[2025] Hendrix, Grady - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Horror/Historical Fiction/Thriller - ★★★ 3/4
[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 - ★★★★★
[2025] Huang, Ling Ling - Immaculate Conception - Science Fiction/Literary/Horror - (Coming soon!)
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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
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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
[2024] Kliewer, Marcus - We Used to Live Here - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★ 1/2
[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 - ★★★★
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[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 -★★★★★
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[2024] Mandel, Emily St. John - Sea of Tranquility - Science Fiction/Fantasy - ★★★★★
[2023] Marshall, Kate Alice - What Lies in the Woods - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★
[2025] McConaghy, Charlotte - Wild Dark Shore - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★★
[2025] McConaghy, Charlotte - Migrations - Eco/Mystery/Thriller (Coming Soon!)
[2024] McGowan, Heather - Friends of the Museum - Literary/Contemporary - ★★★★ 1/2
[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 - ★★★★★
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[2024] Napolitano, Ann - Hello Beautiful - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★
[2024] Nayler, Ray - The Mountain in the Sea - Science Fiction/Speculative - DNF
[2025] Newman, Nick - The Garden - Fantasy | Dystopian | Horror - ★★★★ 1/2
[2023] Ng, Celeste - Our Missing Hearts - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★
[2024] Noah, Trevor - Into the Uncut Grass - Children’s Lit - ★★★
[2023] Nowlin, Laura - If He Had Been With Me - Young Adult - ★★★★
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[2024] Orlando, Clarissa - The September House - Horror/Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★★
[2024] Orwell, George - 1984 - Dystopian/Speculative/Fiction - ★★ ★1/2
[2024] Orwell, George - Animal Farm - Dystopian/Speculative/Novella - ★★★★★
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[2022] Penner, Sarah - The Lost Apothecary - Historical Fiction - ★★★ 1/2
[2023] Penner, Sarah - The London Seance Society - Historical Fiction | Mystery - ★★ (DNF)
[2025] Perry, Devney - Shield of Sparrows - Romantasy/Fantasy (Coming soon!)
[2023] Pokwatka, Aimee - Self-Portrait with Nothing - SciFi/Fantasy/Magical Realism - ★★
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[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 - ★★ 1/4
[2024] Rundell, Katherine - Impossible Creatures - Fantasy/Children’s Lit - ★★★ 1/2
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[2023] Sager, Riley - The Only One Left - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★ 1/2
[2024] Sager, Riley - Middle of the Night - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★
[2025] Sager, Riley - With a Vengeance - Mystery/Thriller (Coming soon!)
[2023] Shaffer, 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
[2024] Stienstra, Lauren - The Beauty of the End - Science Fiction/Speculative - ★★★ 1/2
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[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
[2025] Townsend, Jessica - Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow - Fantasy/Middle Grade (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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[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
[2024] Wendig, Chuck - Black River Orchard - Horror/Thriller/Mystery - ★★★★★
[2025] Wendig, Chuck - The Staircase in the Woods - Horror/Thriller/Mystery (Coming soon!)
[2024] Winstead, Ashely - This Book Will Bury Me - Mystery/Thriller - ★★★★ 1/4
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[2024] Yambao, Samantha Sotto - Water Moon - Fantasy/Magical Realism/Cosy - ★★★★★
[2023] Yarros, Rebecca - Fourth Wing - Fantasy/New Adult - ★ (DNF)
[2025] Yeong-Gwang, You - The Rainfall Market - Fantasy/Magical Realism/Cozy - (Coming soon!)
[2024] Young, Adrienne - The Unmaking of June Farrow - Fantasy/Mystery/Romance - ★★
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[2023] Zevin, Gabrielle - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Contemporary/Literary - ★★★★