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This is where I’ll be posting my book reviews! If you’re interested in requesting a review, please check out my review policy first. And if you want to cut straight to my favorites, you can find my annual top reads below!

2023 Top Reads
2022 Top Reads
2021 Top Reads


Fantasy
The Library at Mount Char – Scott Hawkins
The Maiden Ship – Micheline Ryckman
A Daughter of the Trolls – McKenzie Catron
Thornhedge – T. KingFisher
Assistant to the Villain – Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Iron Flame – Rebecca Yarros
Divine Rivals – Rebecca Ross
Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
Any Way the Wind Blows – Rainbow Rowell
Wayward Son – Rainbow Rowell
The Marvellers – Dhonielle Clayton
Kiss Me Deadly – Jessie Thomas
Steggie Belle & The Dream Warriors – Elias Pell
The Last Apprentice – Joseph Delaney
The Heart of the Sea – Chesney Infalt
A Forest of Grimm Desires – E.P. Stavs
Stars Begin to Burn – Shelby Elizabeth
Revenge of Queen Rose – Valinora Troy
Dyrwolf – Kat Kinney
Defend the Dawn – Brigid Kemmerer
A Curse of Hope and Shadows – Katherine MacDonald
Followed by Fire – McKenzie Austin
What the Knocker-Upper Woke Up – Sarah J Maxwell
The Kingdom of the Wicked – Kerri Maniscalco
Once Upon a Broken Heart – Stephanie Garber
Mirrorfall – Stormy Sto Helit
Embers of Fate – Michele Quirke
When the Divine are Dead – E.K. Barnes
Defy the Night – Brigid Kemmerer
House of Salt and Sorrows – Erin A. Craig
R.I.P. Viola Winkle – E.P. Stavs
SmaHoll Favors – Erin A. Craig
A Deadly Education – Naomi Novik
The Starless Crown – James Rollins
Bared Magic – Sara R. Cleveland
Essence of Stone – Haley Rylander
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood an Ash #2) – Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash #3) – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Fable – Adrienne Young
The Serpent That Swallowed Its Tail – McKenzie Austin
The Canary That Sang to the World – McKenzie Austin
Thief of Spring – Katherine MacDonald
Queen of Night – Katherine MacDonald
A Storm of Silver and Ash – Marion Blackwood
Darling, There are Wolves in the Woods – L.V. Russell
The Girl in the Clockwork Tower – Lou Wilham
The Teeth in the Tide – Rebecca F Kenney
From Blood and Ash – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Picture/Kid Books
This Town – Mark Restaino
Tag and the Magic Squeaker – Sam Hundley
Brian the Dancing Lion – Tom Tinn-Oisbury
Melville – Paul Schmid
My Pet Cloud – Amanda Rawson Hill

A Crocodile in the Family – Kitty Black
Read All About Dinosaurs – Claire Throp
Olive and Ginger – Xenia Mesot 
Night Creatures: Animals that Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while you Sleep – Rebecca E. Hirsch
Meow is Not a Cat – Tara Kelly
Super Animals: The Largest – Olliver Reina and Claes Karel 
What’s Her Name – Tomac Scott
Smile and Say Hi! – Mary Jo Hazard
A Difficult Thing – Silvia Vecchini-Sualzo
Millie the Monster – Una O’Sullivan
Out, Mouse! – Valerie L. Edgar

Romance
Only When It’s Us – Chloe Liese
The Seven Year Slip – Ashley Poston
The True Love Experiment – Christina Lauren
Yours Truly – Abby Jimenez
The Happy Ever After Playlist – Abby Jimenez
What You Wish For – Katherine Center
The Lost Husband – Katherine Center
Part of Your World – Abby Jimenez
You Deserve Each Other – Sarah Hogle
The Heart Principle – Helen Hoang
The Bodyguard – Katherine Center
Love on the Brain – Ali Hazelwood
In a Holidaze – Christina Lauren
Weather Girl – Rachel Lynn Solomon
It Happened One Summer – Tessa Bailey
Life’s Too Short – Abby Jimenez
The Soulmate Equation – Christina Lauren
Something Wilder – Christina Lauren
Book Lovers – Emily Henry
The Dead Romantics – Ashley Poston
Dibs – Allison Martine
Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover
Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon
The Future Bride – J.G. MacLeod
Today, Tonight, Tomorrow – Rachel Lynn Solomon
Three Halves of a Whole – M.E. Aster
The Fastest Way to Fall – Denise Williams
A Heart Worth Healing – Cara Devlin
Beach Read – Emily Henry
People We Meet on Vacation – Emily Henry
First Love: The Art of Making Doughnuts – Anthology
If I Never Met You – Mhairi McFarlane
The Book of Lost Names – Kristin Harmel
The Switch – Beth O’Leary
Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating – Christina Lauren
Under a Siena Sun – T.A. Williams
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill – Abbi Waxman
The Dating Dare – Jayci Lee
Float Plan – Trish Doller
Deliver Me – Reda Amirah
Mr. Rook – Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Five Feet Apart – Rachael Lippincott
The Bride Test – Helen Hoang

Mystery/Thriller
None of This is True – Lisa Jewell
The Enemy at Home – Kevin O’Brien
Night Will Find You – Julia Heaberlin
The Last Word – Taylor Adams
Gone Tonight – Sarah Pekkanen
Stalking Jack the Ripper – Kerri Maniscalco
Small Mercies – Dennis Lehane
Nothing More to Tell – Katherine M. McManus
None Shall Sleep – Ellie Marney
The Box in the Woods – Maureen Johnson
Marigolds for Malice – Bailey Cattrell
Nightshade for Warning – Bailey Cattrell
Daisies for Innocence – Bailey Cattrell
What Lies in the Woods – Kate Alice Marshall
All the Dangerous Things – Stacy Willingham
The Maid – Nita Prose
A Hard Day for a Hangover – Darynda Jones
The Night She Disappeared – Lisa Jewell
Beneath her Skin – C.S. Porter
The Good Daughter – Karin Slaughter
A Flicker in the Dark – Stacy Willingham
Behind Closed Doors – B.A. Paris
A Bad Day for Sunshine – Darynda Jones
A Good Day for Chardonnay – Darynda Jones
Don’t Look for Me – Wendy Walker
Rock, Paper, Scissors – Alice Feeney
As Good as Dead (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #3) – Holly Jackson
Split Therapy – E.P. Stavs
Fatal Obsession – Casi McLean
Two Can Keep a Secret – Karen M. McManus
The Whisper Man – Alex North
Suffer Little Children – Freda Hansburg
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, #2) – Holly Jackson
One of Us is Next – Karen M. McManus

Action/Adventure
A Peculiar Combination – Ashley Weaver (Historical)
World Departed – Sarah Lyons Fleming (Dystopian)
Broken (After the Plague #1) – Imogen Keeper (Dystopian)
We Could be Villains – Megan McCullough (Superhero)
The Scam (Fox and O’Hare #4) – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
The Pursuit (Fox and O’Hare #5) – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
People of the Sun – Ben Gartner
The Heist – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (Action/Adventure)
The Chase (Fox and O’Hare, #2) – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (Action/Adventure)
The Job (Fox and O’Hare, #3) – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (Action/Adventure)

Sci-fi
Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
In the Lives of Puppets – TJ Klune
The One – John Marrs
Angel from the Rust – Jason Link
The Captain’s Daughters – Doreen D. Berger
The Controlled – P.J. Willett
The Drift – Casie Aufenthie
Hail Mary – Andy Weir
LIFEL1K3 – Jay Kristoff
Snake Eyes – Planet Scumm #11
Skyward – Brandon Sanderson
Obsidio – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
The Interstellar Slayer – Scott Baron (Sci-fi)

Paranormal
If I Could Turn Back Time – Mary Frame
First Grave on the Right – Darynda Jones
Second Grave on the Left – Darynda Jones
The Institute – Stephen King
Everlong – R. Raeta
Betwixt – Darynda Jones


Everything Else
The Tipping Piont – Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction)
Talking to Strangers – Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction)
The Bomber Mafia – Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction)
Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
Two Wars and a Wedding – Lauren Willig (Historical)
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett – Annie Lyons (Fiction)
The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Hiro Arikawa (Fiction)
Into the Drowning Deep – Mira Grant (…Horror?)
Face the Music – M.L. East (K-Pop Drama)
They Went Left – Monica Hesse (Historical)
The Rose Code – Kate Quinn (Historical)
Blink – Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction)
This Last Adventure – Ryan Dalton (Middle Grade)
Zoo of the Dead & Other Horrific Tales – Iseult Murphy (Horror)
Piranesi – Susanna Clarke (Fiction)
Malibu Rising – Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
Cloud Cuckoo Land – Anthony Doerr (Fiction)
The Lincoln Highway – Amor Towles (Fiction)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
Neha’s Mother – Isaac Hans (Horror)
Anxious People – Fredrik Backman (Fiction)
Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (Fiction)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Grady Hendrix (Horror)
The Guilt Trip – Sandie Jones (Fiction)
Forget Me Not – Ellie Terry (Middle Grade)
Lunch with the Alien and Other Short, Short Stories – Greg Roensch (Short Story Collection)




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