I started trying to organize this list by genre, but I don’t
read many books that fit neatly into a single genre, so instead, I used these abbreviations
to indicate the genres and/or types of themes in each book. They are organized
alphabetically by title within general types, with a * to indicate my favorites and links to my reviews, where available.
C = Classic
COA = Coming-of-Age
D = Disabilities and Mental Illness
F = Family
Fa = Fantasy
Fr = Friendship
H = Historical
He = Health
Hu = Humor
I = International
L = Love/romantic
M = Mystery
Me = Memoir/autobiography
N - Nature
NF = Nonfiction
PA = Post-apocalyptic
S = Science
S/T = Suspense/Thriller
SF = Science Fiction
SH/I = Self-help/Inspirational
SS = Short stories
Su = Supernatural
T = Travel
TC = True Crime
Fiction
* And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (F, H, I)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (M)
* Animal Dreams by Barbara
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Astray by Emma Donoghue (F, H, SS)
* Beartown by Fredrik
Backman (F, Fr, I)
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson (M, S/T)
* Blackout
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* The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh (M, S/T, SF)
The
Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood (F, L)
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
(novella, SS)
The Dogs of Littlefield by Suzanne Berne (F, Fr)
*
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Fa, M, S/T)
End of Watch by Stephen
King (M, SF, S/T)
Force of Nature by Jane
Harper (M, S/T)
Forest Dark by Nicole
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Fram by Steve Himmer (Fa, I)
F
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (F, SF)
* A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor
Towles (Fr, I)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by
Talia Hibbert (L)
Heart Spring Mountain by Robin
MacArthur (F)
* The Heart's Invisible Furies by John
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The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde
(play) (Fr, Hu)
Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt (F, Fr, M)
Isra Isle
by Nava Semel (H, L, M)
* LaRose
by Louise Erdrich (COA, F, Fr, H)
Last Day by Domenica Ruta (F, Fr, SF)
The Lost Time Accidents by John
Wray (H, SF)
The
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare (C)
* Marriage
on the Street Corners of Tehran by Nadia Shahram (COA, F, Fr, I, L)
My Name Is Memory by Ann
Brashares (Fa, L)
The
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* The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (F)
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (F, Fr, M, S/T)
* The News At the End of the World
by Emily Jeanne Miller (COA, F)
* The Night Watchman by Louise
Erdrich (F, H)
* Not the End of the World by Kate
Atkinson
(Fa, SF, SS)
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (COA, F, H)
The Outsider by Stephen King (M, Fa, S/T)
*
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (F, H, I)
Rabbit, Run by John
Updike (C, F)
Ready Player Two by Ernest
Cline (SF)
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (C, L, M, S/T)
* The River by Peter
Heller (N, S/T)
* The River of Kings
by Taylor Brown (COA, F, H)
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
by Julia
Grames (F, H, I)
They Are Trying to Break Your Heart
by David Savill (COA, F, Fr, H, I, M)
The
Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman (F)
* The Vanishing Half by Brit
Bennett (F, H)
When All Is Said by Anne
Griffin (F, I)
Whisky for Breakfast by Christopher P.
Mooney
(SS)
*
Wool by Hugh Howey (F, Fr, L, SF)
Work
Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (F, H)
The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher (F, Fr, M)
Nonfiction (see also
Graphic Novels/Memoirs)
Black Is the Body: Stories from My
Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine by Emily
Bernard (Me)
* How
to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
by
Toni Bernhard (SH/I)
How To Wake Up by Toni Bernhard (SH/I)
How
to Write Nonfiction by
Joanna
Penn
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
by Jake Knapp and John
Zeratsky (NF)
* Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt (Me)
The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy
Dickinson (Me)
* Nature's Best Hope by Douglas
Tallamy (N, NF, S)
* The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth
Kolbert (NF, S)
Graphic Novels/Memoirs
*
Fun Home by Allison Bechtel (Hu, Me, NF)
Here by Richard McGuire (F, H)
*
Relish by Lucy Knisley (Me, NF)
*
Old Souls by Brian MacDonald and Les McClaine (F, Fa)
Teen/YA
* The
Cage by Megan Shepherd (Fr, L, SF, S/T)
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall (L, S/T)
Feed by M.T.
Anderson (SF)
* Flamer by Mike
Curato (COA, Fr, Me)
Furious Thing by Jenny
Downham (D, F)
Honestly Ben by Bill
Konigsberg (Fr, L)
The
Hunt by Megan Shepherd (Fr, L, SF, S/T)
Illegal
by Francisco X.
Stork (F, Fr, I)
A Map to the Sun by Sloane
Leong (COA, Fr)
One Way or Another by Kara
McDowell (Fr, L, SF)
* Solitaire
by Alice Oseman (COA, D, Fa, Fr, L)
What Waits in the Woods by Kieran Scott (S/T)
Middle-Grade
7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up by Jimmy
Gownley (Fr, Hu)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
(COA, Fr, S/T)
All Together Now by Hope
Larson (Fr, L)
* Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by
Jordan
Sonnenblick (COA, F, He)
*
Echo by Pamela Munoz Ryan (F, Fr, H)
A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie
Connor (F)
*
Nest by Esther Ehrlich (D, Fa, Fr)
* Pax
by Sara Pennypacker (F, Fr)
* The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
by Dan
Gemeinhart (COA, F, Fr)
* Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Fr, M, SF)
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (F, graphic novel, Hu)
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (F, Fr,
graphic novel, Hu)
Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon
Wright (F, Fr)
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Hi would would love it if you could review my book The Adventures of Kid Humpty Dumpty. please let me know how I would go about doing that Thank You Benjamin Boyd
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