Books Read

For an alphabetized list of all books reviewed, see the Directory of Reviews.

Read in 2026

1. All-Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now by Ruby Tandoh
2. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
3. The Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan
4. City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi
5. Destination Funeral by Paige Harbison
6. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
7. Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer
8. Mother Tongue by Sara Nović
9. Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
10. Funny Story by Emily Henry
11. The Running Man by Stephen King
12. Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
13. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
14. The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean
15. Walk by Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell
16. Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
17. All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun
18. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
19. Go Gentle by Maria Semple
20. The Giver by Lois Lowry
21. How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson
22. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
23. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
24. Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
25. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
26. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
27. With You Forever by Chloe Liese
28. The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson
29. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
30. Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl
31. Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict
32. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
33. The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day
34. The Good Liar by Denise Mina
35. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
36. Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Oppenheimer
37. Hula by Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes
38. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
39. Kin by Tayari Jones
40. Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
41. Mismatched by Anne Camlin and Isadora Zeferino
42. Heartwood by Amity Gaige
43. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn
44. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
45. Playground by Richard Powers
46. Our Numbered Bones by Katya Balen
47. Solito by Javier Zamora
48. James by Percival Everett
49. Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer
50. The Shark House by Sara Ackerman
51. Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me by Sopan Deb
52. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
53. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
54. Heart the Lover by Lily King
55. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

Read in 2025

1. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury (print)
2. Good Material by Dolly Alderton (ebook)
3. Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari (audio)
4. The Best American Food and Travel Writing, edited by Padma Lakshmi (print)
5. Lit by Tim Sandlin (ebook/ARC)
6. Good Girl by Aria Aber (audio)
7. To the End of the Land by David Grossman (audio)
8. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (print)
9. The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews (ebook/ARC)
10. To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before by Luke O’Neill (audio)
11. Not All Boys are Blue by George M. Johnson (audio)
12. When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (print)
13. The Ivory City by Emily Bain Murphy (ebook/ARC)
14. Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes (audio)
15. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (print)
16. Resonant Blue and Other Stories (ebook/ARC)
17. First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (audio)
18. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (audio)
19. Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson (print)
20. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot (ebook)
21. The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken (audio)
22. Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (audio)
23. The Librarians by Sherry Thomas (ebook/ARC)
24. That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton (ebook)
25. Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven (audio)
26. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (print)
27. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
28. By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle (ebook)
29. Gabriela and His Grace by Liana de la Rosa (ebook/ARC)
30. The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe (ebook/ARC)
31. The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie (audio)
32. As a Jew by Sarah Hurwitz (ebook/ARC)
33. Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro (audio/print)
34. Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (ebook/ARC)
35. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (print)
36. A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (audio)
37. Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (ebook/ARC)
38. On Writing by Stephen King (print)
39. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett (audio)
40. Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa (ebook)
41. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (audio)
42. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (ebook)
43. California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Changing Coastline by Rosanna Xia (audio)
44. Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings (ebook/ARC)
45. Unmasking Autism by Devon Price (print)
46. The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce (ebook/ARC)
47. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (audio)
48. Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume (print)
49. Colored Television by Danzy Senna (audio)
50. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (ebook)
51. A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston (audio)
52. This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer (ebook)
53. All Fours by Miranda July (audio)
54. The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich (ebook/audio)
55. A Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry (ebook/ARC)
56. Nesting by Roisin O’Donnnell (audio)
57. I’ll Tell You When I’m Home by Hala Alyan (ebook/ARC)
58. The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison (audio/ARC)
59. Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (ebook)
60. Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (audio)
61. Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza (print)
62. Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthews (ebook/ARC)
63. Eat Up: Food, Appetite, and Eating What You Want by Ruby Tandoh (audio)
64. Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (audio)
65. What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella (ebook)
66. The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman (ebook)
67. The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguin (print)
68. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (audio)
69. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman (ebook)
70. Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum (audio)
71. Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau (ebook/ARC)
72. Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin (ebook/ARC)
73. The Vengeance by Emma Newman (ebook/ARC)
74. Spell Freedom by Elaine Weiss (ebook/ARC/audio)
75. Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (ebook/ARC)
76. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (audio)
77. Barely Visible by Kathleen Somers (print)
78. Well Matched by Jen DeLuca (ebook)
79. The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (audio)
80. Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner (audio)
81. The Chosen by Chaim Potok (audio)
82. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (ebook)
83. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (audio)
84. Swordheart by T. Kingfisher (ebook/ARC)
85. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (audio)
86. Happy Place by Emily Henry (ebook)
87. Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein (ebook/ARC)
88. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (audio)
89. Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (ebook)
90. The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt (print)
91. The Rural Diaries by Hillarie Burton Morgan (audio)
92. Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri (audio)
93. Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey (ebook/ARC)
94. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (print)
95. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (ebook)
96. The Wedding People by Allison Espach (audio)
97. Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum (print)
98. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (ebook)
99. The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz (ebook)
100. You, with a View by Jessica Joyce (print)
101. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton (audio)

Read in 2024

1. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
2. The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum
3. The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (audio)
4. That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
5. Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
6. The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons
7. Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibanez
8. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
9. The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum
10. Three Card Murder by J.L. Blackhurst (audio)
11. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
12. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
13. Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
14. A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli (audio)
15. Cultish by Amanda Montell (audio)
16. Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
17. The Secret Place by Tana French (audio)
18. Skin & Bones by Renee Watson
19. The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum
20. Coming Home by Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford (audio)
21. The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
22. Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski
23. Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (audio)
24. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
25. The Blue Trunk by Ann E. Lowry
26. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune (audio)
27. Love You a Latke by Amanda Elliott
28. Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum
29. Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
30. The Road from Belhaven by Margot Livesey (audio)
31. You are Here by David Nicholls
32. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (audio)
33. poyums by Len Pennie
34. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (audio)
35. Heartstopper #4 by Alice Oseman
36. The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum
37. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (book/audio)
38. Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas (book/audio)
39. There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
40. Memory Piece by Lisa Ko (audio)
41. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (audio)
42. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark
43. Sisters of Belfast by Melanie Maure (audio)
44. Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage (audio)
45. Passing by Nella Larsen
46. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum
47. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (audio)
48. Sandwich by Catherine Newman (audio)
49. Gravity Lost by L.M. Sagas
50. Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan (audio)
51. In This Ravishing World by Nina Schuyler
52. The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (audio)
53. Repacking for Greece: A Mediterranean Odyssey by Sally Jane Smith
54. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum
55. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (audio)
56. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (audio)
57. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
58. Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyan Woo
59. Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake (audio)
60. All I Know by Holly LaBarbera
61. Making it So by Patrick Stewart (audio)
62. The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
63. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (audio)
64. An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (audio)
65. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
66. Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
67. Horse by Geraldine Brooks (audio)
68. Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris
69. Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni
70. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberley Lemming (audio)
71. Real Americans by Rachel Khong
72. The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum
73. Hard By a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvilli
74. Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
75. Isn’t it Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams (audio)
76. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monoghan (audio)
77. Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
78. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (audio)
79. Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
80. Brave the Wild River by Melissa L. Sevigny (audio)
81. Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas
82. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum
83. Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller (audio)
84. Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
85. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul (audio)
86. Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
87. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
88. I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella (audio)
89. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
90. Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
91. The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (audio)
92. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
93. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (audio)
94. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
95. A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung (audio)
96. The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
97. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
98. A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Caña (audio)
99. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (audio)
100. Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
101. Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (audio)
102. Kiss Her Once for Me by Allison Cochrun
103. The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
104. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
105. The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews
106. Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden