This is a list of all the books I’ve discussed on this blog, excluding comics, graphic novels, and mangas, which can be found here. Illustrated books are included in this list, however a list dedicated to them can be found here.
This list below is organized by the author’s last name.
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Chris Abani
Cartography of the Void ★★★☆☆
Julie Abe
Eva Evergreen
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Joe Abercrombie
First Law
The Blade Itself (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Before They Are Hanged (Book 2) ★★★☆☆ ½
Last Argument of Kings (Book 3) ★★★☆☆ ½
Best Served Cold (Book 4) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Katherine Addison
The Goblin Emperor ★★★★★
Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood
The Hazel Wood (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Lloyd Alexander
Chronicles of Prydain
The Book of Three (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Black Cauldron (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
The Castle of Llyr (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
Taran Wanderer (Book 4) ★★★★☆
The High King (Book 5) ★★☆☆☆
Nancy Campbell Allen
Steampunk Proper Romance
Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Book 1) ★★★★☆
— narr. by Saskia Maarleveld
Kiss of the Spindle (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
— narr. by Justine Eyre
The Lady in the Coppergate Tower (Book 3) ★★☆☆☆ ½
— narr. by Elizabeth Knowelden
Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts (Book 4) ★★☆☆☆
Sarah Addison Allen
Waverley Family
Garden Spells (Book 1) ★★★★☆ ½
First Frost (Book 2) ★★★★★
Natalie C. Anderson
City of Saints & Thieves ★★★☆☆ ½
Jesse Andrews
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ★★★★☆
Anonymous
The Yellow Room: Alice Darvell’s Subjection, A Tale of the Birch ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Apollonius of Rhodes
Jason and the Argonauts ★★★★☆
K.C. Archer
School for Psychics
School for Psychics (Book 1) ★☆☆☆☆ ½ DNF
Katherine Arden
Winternight Trilogy
The Bear and the Nightingale ★★☆☆☆ ½
Alexia Arthurs
How to Love a Jamaican ★★★☆☆ ½
Mateo Askaripour
Black Buck ★★★★☆
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice ★★☆☆☆
Emma ★★★☆☆
— illus. by C.E. Brock
B
Dale Bailey
In the Night Wood ★★★★☆ ½
Muriel Barbery
The Life of Elves ★★☆☆☆ ½
Leigh Bardugo
Grisha Trilogy
Shadow and Bone (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
T.A. Barron
Merlin
The Lost Years (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
David Bayles
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking ★★★★★
— with Ted Orland
Milo Cleveland Beach
The Adventures of Rama ★★☆☆☆
— with illus. from a 16th-century Mughal manuscript
Cécile Benoist
Every Tree Has a Story ★★★★★
— transl. from the French by Sylvia Rucker, illus. by Charlotte Gastaut
Jesse Bering
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?…And Other Reflections on Being Human ★★★★★
Coralie Bickford-Smith (illus.)
The Worm and the Bird ★★☆☆☆ ½
The Fox and the Star ★★☆☆☆ ½
Holly Black
The Spiderwick Chronicles ★★★☆☆
Sophie Blackall (illus.)
Hello Lighthouse ★★★★★
Sage Blackwood
Jinx
Jinx (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Enid Blyton
Faraway Tree
The Enchanted Wood (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
— illus. by Jan McCafferty
Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Sister, the Serial Killer ★★★★☆
Dorothea Brande
Becoming a Writer ★★★★☆
Ann Brashares
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Book 2) ★★★★☆ ½
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Book 3) ★★★★☆
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Book 4) ★★★★☆
— narr. by Angela Goethals
Libba Bray
The Diviners
The Diviners (Book 1) ★★★★★
Lair of Dreams (Book 2) ★★★★★
Before the Devil Breaks You (Book 3) ★★★★★
The King of Crows (Book 4) ★★★☆☆ ½
Fanny Britt (illus.)
Jane, the Fox, and Me ★★★☆☆
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre ★★★★☆ ½
Terry Brooks
Shannara
The Sword of Shannara (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Dan Brown
Robert Langdon
Angels & Demons (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Da Vinci Code (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Eli Brown
Cinnamon and Gunpowder ★★★★★
Camilla Bruce
In the Garden of Spite ★★★★★
Nathan Bryon
Rocket Says Look Up! ★★★★☆
— illus. by Dapo Adeola
Lois McMaster Bujold
Chalion/World of the Five Gods
The Curse of Chalion (Book 1) ★★★★★
Paladin of Souls (Book 2) ★★★★★
Jim Butcher
Dresden Files
Storm Front (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of a Bookseller ★★★★☆ ½
C
Susannah Cahalan
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness ★★★★★
Susan Cain
Quiet: The Power of Introverts ★★★★★
Jen Campbell
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops ★★★☆☆
Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel Legacy
Phèdre
Kushiel’s Dart (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Kushiel’s Chosen (Book 2) ★★★★★
Kushiel’s Avatar (Book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
M.R. Carey
The Girl with All the Gifts
The Girl with All the Gifts (Book 1) ★★★★★
Caleb Carr
Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
The Alienist (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
John Carreyrou
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup ★★★★☆ ½
Randy Cecil (illus.)
Lucy ★★★☆☆ ½
Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower ★★★★★
Charles W. Chesnutt
The Wife of His Youth ★★★★☆
Pema Chödrön
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better ★★★★☆
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express ★★★☆☆
Death on the Nile ★★★★☆
Cassandra Clare
Mortal Instruments
City of Bones (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
P. Djèlí Clark
Ring Shout ★★★☆☆ ½
Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood’s End ★★☆☆☆ ½
Dhonielle Clayton
Belles
The Belles (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Billy Coffey
The Curse of Crow Hollow ★★★★☆ ½
Alyssa Cole
Reluctant Royals
A Duke by Default (Book 2) ★★★☆☆ ½
Henry Cole (illus.)
Spot the Cat
Spot, the Cat (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Spot & Dot (Book 2) ★★★★☆
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games
The Hunger Games (Book 1) ★★★★★
New thoughts on the Hunger Games (reread in October 2017) ★★★★★
Catching Fire (Book 2) ★★★★☆
MarcyKate Connolly
Shadow Weaver
Shadow Weaver (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Comet Rising (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness ★★★★★
Paul Cornell
Lychford
Witches of Lychford (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Arthur Cotterell
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— with Rachel Storm, illus. by various artists
Justin Cronin
The Passage
The Passage (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
— narr. by Scott Brick, Abby Craden, and Adenrele Ojo
Angie Cruz
Soledad ★★★☆☆ ½
Dominicana ★★★☆☆ ½
Mason Currey
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work ★★★★☆
Charles Curtis
Weirdo Academy
The Accidental Quarterback (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
D
Juliet Dark
— see Carol Goodman
Indra Das
The Devourers ★★★☆☆
Charlotte Nicole Davis
Good Luck Girls
The Good Luck Girls (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Melissa de la Cruz
Beauchamp Family
Witches of East End (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Matt de la Peña
Milo Imagines the World ★★★★★
— illus. by Christian Robinson
Tania del Rio
Warren the 13th
Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye ★★★☆☆
Guillermo del Toro
The Strain (written with Chuck Hogan)
The Strain (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Fall (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
The Shape of Water ★★★★★
— written with Daniel Kraus and illus. by James Jean
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Patsy ★★★★★
Annie Dillard
The Writing Life ★★☆☆☆
Francesco Dimitri
The Book of Hidden Things ★★★★★
— translated from Italian by the author
Kelly DiPucchio
Oona
— illus. by Raissa Figueroa ★★★☆☆
Michael Dirda
Classics for Pleasure ★★★★★
Tony DiTerlizzi
Spiderwick Chronicles (all books are linked to the same post)
The Field Guide (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Seeing Stone (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Lucinda’s Secret (Book 3) ★★☆☆☆
The Ironwood Tree (Book 4) ★★★☆☆
The Wrath of Mulgarath (Book 5) ★★☆☆☆
Kenny & the Dragon
Kenny & the Dragon (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Rosemary Drisdelle
Parasites: Tales of Humanity’s Most Unwelcome Guests ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Brendan Duffy
The Storm King ★★★☆☆
E
Nicholas Eames
The Band
Kings of the Wyld ★★★★☆
Zetta Elliott
Mother of the Sea ★★★☆☆ ½
Warren Ellis
Normal ★★★★☆ ½
Mariana Enriquez
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories ★★★★★
Nora Ephron
I Feel Bad About My Neck ★★☆☆☆
I Remember Nothing ★★☆☆☆
Dee Ernst
Maggie Finds Her Muse ★★☆☆☆ ½
F
Terry & Eric Fan (illus.)
Ocean Meets Sky ★★★★★
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby ★★★★★
Amélie Fléchais (illus.)
The Little Red Wolf ★★★★☆ ½
— translated from French by Jeremy Melloul
Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl ★★★★★
Thomas C. Foster
How to Read Literature Like a Professor ★★★★★
How to Read Novels Like a Professor ★★★★★
Hester Fox
The Witch of Willow Hall ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Jackie Fraser
The Bookshop of Second Chances ★★★☆☆ ½
Jonathan French
Lot Lands
The Grey Bastards (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Nicci French
Frieda Klein
Blue Monday (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
— narr. by Beth Chalmers
Gregory Funaro
Watch Hollow
Watch Hollow (Book 1) ★★★★★
G
Neil Gaiman
American Gods
American Gods (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Stephanie Garber
Caraval
Caraval (Book 1) ★☆☆☆☆ ½
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Caster Chronicles
Beautiful Creatures (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Old Nurse’s Story ★★★☆☆
— illus. by Seth
Kereen Getten
When Life Gives You Mangos ★★★☆☆
Jennifer Giesbrecht
Monster of Elendhaven ★★☆☆☆ ½
Clive Gifford
The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World ★★★★★
— illus. by Marc-Étienne Peintre
Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love ★★★★★
Big Magic ★★★★★
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wall-Paper ★★★★★
Nicole Glover
Murder and Magic
The Conductors (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Natalie Goldberg
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within ★★★★☆
Alison Goodman
Eon
Eon (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
New thoughts on Eon (reread in April 2016) ★★★☆☆ ½
Carol Goodman
Fairwick Chronicles
— written under the pseudonym, Juliet Dark
The Demon Lover (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Water Witch (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
The Angel Stone (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
Blythewood
Blythewood (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Seth Grahame-Smith
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Mira Grant (a.k.a. Seanan McGuire)
Newsflesh
Feed (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
John Green
The Fault In Our Stars ★★☆☆☆
Philippa Gregory
Plantagenet and Tudor Court
The Other Boleyn Girl (Book 9) ★★★★★
Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Date ★★☆☆☆
Guojing (illus.)
The Only Child ★★★★☆ ½
Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing ★★★★★
H
H. Rider Haggard
She ★★☆☆☆
Edith Hamilton
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes ★★★☆☆
Gareth Hanrahan
Black Iron Legacy
The Gutter Prayer (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Shadow Saint (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Vashti Hardy
Brightstorm
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
— illus. by George Ermos
Charlaine Harris
Southern Vampire Mysteries
Dead Until Dark (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Thomas Harris
Hannibal Lecter
Red Dragon (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Other Black Girl ★★☆☆☆
Seraphina
Seraphina (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Shadow Scale (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Tess of the Road ★★☆☆☆ ½
Ben Hatke (illus.)
Julia’s House Moves On ★★★☆☆
Peter Haugen
World History for Dummies ★★★☆☆
Kevin J. Hayes
A Journey through American Literature ★★★☆☆
Christopher Healy
League of Princes
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Grady Hendrix
Horrorstör ★★★☆☆ ½
— illus. by Michael Rogalski
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires ★★★☆☆
Herodotus
The Madness of Cambyses ★★☆☆☆ ½
— transl. by Tom Holland
Talia Hibbert
Brown Sisters
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Wrapped Up in You ★★☆☆☆
Tracy Hickman
Death Gate Cycle
— see Margaret Weis
S.J. Higbee
Picky Eaters
Picky Eaters (Part 1) ★★★☆☆
Robin Hobb
The Inheritance ★★★☆☆
— with Megan Lindholm
Realm of the Elderlings (made up of the trilogies & quartet below)
The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince (Book 0) ★★★★★
Farseer
Assassin’s Apprentice (Book 1) ★★★★★
Royal Assassin (Book 2) ★★★★★
Assassin’s Quest (Book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
Liveship Traders
Ship of Magic (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Mad Ship (Book 2) ★★★★★
Ship of Destiny (Book 3) ★★★★★
Tawney Man
Fool’s Errand (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Golden Fool (Book 2) ★★★★★
Fool’s Fate (Book 3) ★★★★☆
Rain Wild Chronicles
Dragon Keeper (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Dragon Haven (Book 2) ★★★☆☆ ½
City of Dragons (Book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
Blood of Dragons (Book 4) ★★★★☆
Fitz and the Fool
Fool’s Assassin (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Fool’s Quest (Book 2) ★★★☆☆ ½
Assassin’s Fate (Book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
Soldier Son
Shaman’s Crossing (Book 1) ★★★★★
Forest Mage (Book 2) ★★★★☆ ½
Renegade’s Magic (Book 3) ★★★☆☆ ½
Chuck Hogan
The Strain (written with Guillermo del Toro)
The Strain (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Fall (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Marya Hornbacher
Madness: A Bipolar Life ★★★★★
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner ★★★★★
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God ★★★★★
I
Jordan Ifueko
Raybearer
Raybearer (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Justina Ireland
Dread Nation
Dread Nation (Book 1) ★★★★☆ ½
Washington Irving
The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and Other Macabre Tales ★★★★☆
Eowyn Ivey
The Snow Child ★★★★★
J
Rita D. Jacobs
The Way In: Journal Writing for Self-Discovery ★★★☆☆
Brian Jacques
Redwall
Redwall (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
S. Jae-Jones
Wintersong
Wintersong (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
E.L. James
Fifty Shades
Fifty Shades of Grey (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Marlon James
Dark Star
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Vic James
Dark Gifts
Gilded Cage (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Meg Jay
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them ★★★★☆
Charles Johnson
Middle Passage ★★★★★
Denis Johnson
Jesus’ Son: Stories ★★☆☆☆ ½
Diana Wynne Jones
Chrestomanci
Charmed Life ★★★☆☆ ½
Wheel of Time
New Spring (Book 0) ★★☆☆☆
The Eye of the World (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Great Hunt (Book 2) ★★★★☆
The Dragon Reborn (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
The Shadow Rising (Book 4) ★★★☆☆
The Fires of Heaven (Book 5) ★★☆☆☆
Lord of Chaos (Book 6) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth ★★★☆☆
K
Julie Kagawa
Talon
Talon (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air ★★★★★
Bilge Karasu
A Long Day’s Evening ★★★☆☆
Caroline Kepnes
You
You (You, Book 1) ★★★★★
— You (audio book review) ★★★★★
Providence ★★★★★
Stephen King
Carrie ★★★☆☆
‘Salem’s Lot ★★★★★
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft ★★★★★
The Shining ★★★★★
The Stand ★☆☆☆☆ ½
T. Kingfisher
The Twisted Ones ★★★☆☆
Austin Kleon
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative ★★★☆☆
Elise Kova
Air Awakens
Air Awakens (Book 1) ★☆☆☆☆ DNF
M.P. Kozlowsky
Juniper Berry: A Tale of Terror and Temptation ★★★★☆
Daniel Kraus
The Shape of Water ★★★★★
— written with Guillermo del Toro and illus. by James Jean
Torben Kuhlmann (illus.)
Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon ★★★☆☆ ½
L
Robin LaFevers
His Fair Assassin
Grave Mercy (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life ★★★★☆
Victor LaValle
The Ballad of Black Tom ★★★☆☆
Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things ★★★★☆
Ursula Le Guin
Earthsea Cycle
A Wizard of Earthsea (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Tombs of Atuan (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
The Farthest Shore (Book 3) ★★☆☆☆
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters ★★★☆☆ ½
Jonah Lehrer
Imagine: How Creativity Works ★★★★☆
Lauren Leto
Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere ★★☆☆☆
Jack London
The Call of the Wild ★★★★☆
Sterling Lord
Lord of Publishing ★★★★☆
Lois Lowry
Giver Quartet
The Giver (Book 1) ★★★★☆
M
Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Crown of Midnight (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Charlie Mackesy (illus.)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse ★★☆☆☆
Beth Macy
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America ★★★★★
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Kintu ★★★★★
Gregory Manchess (illus.)
Above the Timberline ★★★☆☆
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven ★★★★☆ ½
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude ★★★★★
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Game of Thrones (Book 1) ★★★★★
A Clash of Kings (Book 2) ★★★★☆
A Storm of Swords (Book 3) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF (attempted reread in September 2021)
A Feast for Crows (Book 4) ★★★★☆
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— with Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson, illus. by various artists
The Ice Dragon ★★★☆☆
— illus. by Luis Royo
Alyssa Mastromonaco
Kwame Mbalia
Tristan Strong
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonflight (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Colum McCann
Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice ★★★★★
Tiffany McDaniel
The Summer That Melted Everything ★★★☆☆ ½
Seanan McGuire
Wayward Children
Every Heart a Doorway (Book 1) ★★★★★
Robin McKinley
Spindle’s End ★★★★★
Damar
The Hero and the Crown (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Blue Sword (Book 2) ★★★★★
Richelle Mead
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
Shannon Messenger
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Marissa Meyer
Lunar Chronicles
Cinder (Book 1) ★★★★★
Scarlet (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Cress (Book 3) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Giles Milton
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History’s Unknown Chapters ★★★★★
Poonam Mistry (illus.)
How the Stars Came to Be ★★★★☆ ½
Akiko Miyakoshi (illus.)
The Tea Party in the Woods ★★★☆☆
The Storm ★★★☆☆
The Way Home in the Night ★★★★☆
Candice Montgomery
Home and Away ★★★★☆
Elizabeth Moon
Deed of Paksenarrion
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (Book 1) ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Liz Moore
Long Bright River ★★★★☆
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican Gothic ★★★★☆
The Beautiful Ones ★★★☆☆
Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus ★★★★★
Jojo Moyes
Me Before You
Me Before You (Book 1) ★★★★☆
John Mullan
How Novels Work ★★☆☆☆
K.T. Munson
1001 Islands ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
N
Patrick Ness
The Rest of Us Just Live Here ★★★☆☆
Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere ★★★★☆ ½
Mila Nicks
Paranormal Hunters
Black Witch Magic (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆
James Nicol
The Apprentice Witch ★★★☆☆
Trevor Noah
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood ★★★★☆ ½
Mary Norris
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen ★★★★☆
B.J. Novak
The Book With No Pictures ★★★★★
Chase Novak
Breed: A Novel ★★★☆☆
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Michelle Obama
Becoming ★★★★☆
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Witch
Akata Witch (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Daniel José Older
Shadowshaper
Shadowshaper (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Ted Orland
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking ★★★★★
— with David Bayles
Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird ★★★☆☆
Ruth Ozeki
A Time Code ★★★★☆ ½
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Christopher Paolini
Inheritance Cycle
Eragon (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Eldest (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Inheritance (Book 4) ★★★☆☆
Sanjay Patel (illus.)
Ramayana: Divine Loophole ★★★★★
Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss
Anna and the French Kiss (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Charles Perrault
Cinderella: or The Little Glass Slipper ★★★★☆
— illus. by Camille Rose Garcia
Deesha Philyaw
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies ★★★★☆
Song of the Lioness
Alanna: The First Adventure (Book 1) ★★★★★
In the Hand of the Goddess (Book 2) ★★★★★
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Book 3) ★★★★★
Lioness Rampant (Book 4) ★★★★★
The Immortals
Wild Magic (Book 1) ★★★★☆ ½
Wolf-Speaker (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Emperor Mage (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
The Realms of the Gods (Book 4) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Protector of the Small
First Test (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart ★★★★☆
Robert Pollock
World Religions ★★★☆☆
Katy Rose Pool
Age of Darkness
There Will Come a Darkness (Book 1) ★★★★★
As the Shadow Rises (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Ashley Poston
Starfield
Geekerella (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Terry Pratchett
Discworld
Rincewind
The Colour of Magic (D = Book 1; R = Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Witches
Equal Rites (D = Book 3; W = Book 1) ★★★★☆
Wyrd Sisters (D = Book 6; W = Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Witches Abroad (D = Book 12; W = Book 3) ★★★★★
Lords and Ladies (D = Book 14; W = Book 4) ★★★☆☆ ½
Maskerade (D = Book 18; W = Book 5) ★★★☆☆
Sarah Prineas
Magic Thief
The Magic Thief (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
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Joe Queenan
One for the Books ★★★☆☆
Julia Quinn
Bridgertons
The Duke and I (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Viscount Who Loved Me ★★★☆☆
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Sara Raasch
Snow Like Ashes
Snow Like Ashes (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Leah Raeder
Unteachable ★★★★★
Lauren Redniss (illus.)
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future ★★★★★
C.J. Redwine
Ravenspire
The Shadow Queen (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Ruth Reichl
Delicious! ★★☆☆☆
Penny Reid
Dear Professor
Kissing Tolstoy (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Kissing Galileo (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Winston Brothers
Truth or Beard (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Grin & Beard It (Book 2) ★★★★☆ ½
Beard Science (Book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
Jason Rekulak
The Impossible Fortress ★★☆☆☆ ½
Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Lightning Thief (Book 1) ★★☆☆☆ ¾
— narr. by Jesse Bernstein
The Sea of Monsters (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
— narr. by Jesse Bernstein
The Titan’s Curse (Book 3) ★★★★☆
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4) ★★★★☆ ½
The Last Olympian (Book 5) ★★★★☆
Heroes of Olympus
The Lost Hero (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Son of Neptune (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆
The Mark of Athena (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
The House of Hades (Book 4) ★★★☆☆
The Blood of Olympus (Book 5) ★★☆☆☆
Kane Chronicles
The Serpent’s Shadow (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
Ken Robinson
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything ★★☆☆☆
Joel Ross
Fog Diver
The Fog Diver (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Veronica Roth
Divergent
Divergent (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Insurgent (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It ★★★☆☆ ½
Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl ★★★☆☆
Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) ★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ★★★☆☆ ½
— illus. by Jim Kay
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ★★★★★
— illus. by MinaLima
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) ★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ★★★★★
— illus. by MinaLima
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) ★★★★☆
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) ★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) ★★★☆☆
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) ★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 ★★★☆☆ ½
— by John Tiffany and Jack Thorne
Pottermore Presents (the following are all linked to the same post)
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide ★★★★★
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists ★★★★☆
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies ★★★★☆
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination ★★★★☆
Gretchen Rubin
Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives ★★★★☆
Christian Rudder
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) ★★★★★
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Kate Samworth (illus.)
Grand Isle ★★★☆☆
Alessandro Sanna (illus.)
The River ★★★★☆
Francesca Sanna (illus.)
The Journey ★★★★★
Derry Sandy
Greyborn Rising ★★☆☆☆ ½
Gavriel Savit
Anna and the Swallow Man ★★★★☆
The Way Back ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Stacy Schiff
The Witches: Salem, 1692 ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— narr. by Eliza Foss
V.E. Schwab
Villains
Vicious (Book 1) ★★★★☆ ½
David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice ★★★★☆
Brian Selznick (illus.)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret ★★★★☆
Nic Sheff
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines ★★★☆☆ ½
Madhuri Shekar
Evil Eye ★★★★☆
— narr. by Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Nick Choksi, Rita Wolf
Dan Simmons
Song of Kali ★★★★★
Jen Sincero
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life ★★★★★
Holly Goldberg Sloan
To Night Owl from Dogfish ★★★★☆
— written with Meg Wolitzer
Kevin Smokler
Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven’t Touched Since High School ★★★★☆
Suleikha Snyder
Tikka Chance on Me ★★☆☆☆ ½
Rivers Solomon
The Deep ★★☆☆☆ ½
— written with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
Sparknotes
Heart of Darkness ★★★★☆
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ★★★★★
Nancy Springer
The Oddling Prince ★★☆☆☆
Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run ★★★★★
Kassia St. Clair
The Secret Lives of Color ★★★★★
Maggie Stiefvater
Raven Cycle
The Raven Boys (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Dream Thieves (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
The Raven King (Book 4) ★★★★★
Catherine Stock (illus.)
Where Are You Going, Manyoni? ★★☆☆☆
Bram Stoker
Dracula ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— illus. by Becky Cloonan
Rachel Storm
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— with Arthur Cotterell, illus. by various artists
Cheryl Strayed
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar ★★★★★
Suetonius
Caligula ★★★☆☆ ½
— transl. by Robert Graves
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
Emily Tesh
Greenhollow
Silver in the Wood (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Drowned Country (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit ★★★★★
The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1) ★★★★☆
The Two Towers (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Jessica Townsend
Nevermoor
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Book 2) ★★★★★
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Book 3) ★★★☆☆ ½
Victoria Turnbull (illus.)
Pandora ★★☆☆☆ ½
Erica Simone Turnipseed
A Love Noire ★★★★☆
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Myron Uhlberg (illus.)
The Sound of All Things ★★★★★
— illus. by Ted Papoulas
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Chris Van Allsburg (illus.)
The Widow’s Broom ★★★★☆
Alexander Vance
Behind the Canvas ★★☆☆☆ ½
J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ★★★☆☆ ½
Jeff VanderMeer
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
— illus. by Jeremy Zerfoss
Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth ★★★★★
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C.M. Waggoner
Unnatural Magic ★★★★☆
The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry ★★★★★
Nayyirah Waheed
salt. ★★★★★
Phoebe Wahl (illus.)
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest ★★★☆☆
Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing ★★★☆☆
Brent Weeks
Night Angel
Perfect Shadow (Book 0) ★★★★☆
The Way of Shadows (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Shadow’s Edge (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
Beyond the Shadows (Book 3) ★★★☆☆
Ellis Weiner
Templeton Twins
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea (Book 1) ★★★★★
Andy Weir
The Martian ★★★★☆ ½
H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man ★★★★☆ ½
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries (Book 1)
All Systems Red ★★★★☆ ½
Margaret Weis
Death Gate Cycle (written with Tracy Hickman)
Dragon Wing (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
Denise Williams
How to Fail at Flirting ★☆☆☆☆ ½
Joseph M. Williams
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace ★★★★★
David Wiesner (illus.)
Flotsam ★★★☆☆
Christa Wojciechowski
Sick
Sick (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Richard Wright
Native Son ★★★★☆
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Rick Yancey
Monstrumologist
The Monstrumologist (Book 1) ★★★★★
The Curse of the Wendigo (Book 2) ★★★☆☆
J.Y. Yang
Tensorate
The Black Tides of Heaven (Book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Red Threads of Fortune (Book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Adrienne Young
Sky in the Deep ★★★☆☆
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Michael Zapata
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF
Germano Zullo
Sky High ★★★★★
— illus. by Albertine
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