A quick word on my rating system: My ratings are entirely subjective, based solely on my own thoughts and opinions and observations of the books. I do not receive anything for reviewing these books, monetary or otherwise. I rate the books on a scale of 1–10, with 1 being worst and 10 being best. These reviews include both ARCs and completed novels.

A

Acevedo, Elizabeth

• The Poet X
• With the Fire on High

Amato, Mary

• Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery

B

Brooks, Terry

• The Black Elfstone (The Fall of Shannara, book 1)
• The Sorcerer’s Daughter (The Defenders of Shannara, book 3)

Brusatte, Steve

• The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

C

Carr, Caleb

• The Alienist

Cervantes, J. C.

• The Storm Runner (The Storm Runner, book 1)

Chernow, Rob

• Alexander Hamilton

Chokshi, Roshani

• Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, book 1)
• Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava Quartet, book 2)

Christie, Agatha

• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• Murder on the Orient Express

Clarke, Susanna

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

Colfer, Eoin

• The Fowl Twins

D

Dawson, Delilah S. and Kevin Hearne

• Kill the Farm Boy (Tales of Pell, book 1)
• No Country For Old Gnomes (Tales of Pell, book 2)

Dickens, Charles

• A Christmas Carol

Dreyer, Benjamin

• Dreyer’s English

du Maurier, Daphne

• Rebecca

E

El-Mohtar, Amal and Max Gladstone

• This Is How You Lose the Time War

F

Fox, Margalit

• Conan Doyle for the Defense

G

Gailey, Sarah

• Magic for Liars

Gaiman, Neil

• Norse Mythology

Gaiman, Neil and Terry Pratchett

• Good Omens

Grann, David

• Killers of the Flower Moon

Grimly, Gris and Mary Shelley

• Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein

Graudin, Ryan

• Invictus

H

Hassinger, Amy

• After the Dam

Hight, Joe

• Unnecessary Sorrow

Hurt, Brian

• Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France

I

J

James, Lauren

• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

K

Kelly, Lynne

• Song for a Whale

Kuang, R. F.

• The Poppy War (The Poppy War series, book 1)

L

La Sala, Ryan

• Reverie

Lee, Mackenzi

• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, book 1)

Lim, Elizabeth

• Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, book 1)

Livingston, Lesley

• The Defiant (The Valiant, book 2)
• The Valiant (The Valiant, book 1)

Lovelace, Amanda

• The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, book 1)

Lyons, Jenn

• The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, book 1)

M

Miller, Madeline

• Circe
• The Song of Achilles

Morgenstern, Erin

• The Starless Sea

Morris, Brittney

• Slay

Mundy, Liza

• Code Girls

N

O

Orczy, Baroness

• The Scarlet Pimpernel

P

Perry, Sarah

• Melmoth

Q

R

Riordan, Rick

• The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 4)
• Big Red Tequila (Tres Navarre, book 1)
• The Blood of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus, book 5)
• The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, book 3)
• The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, book 2)
• The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 2)
• The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, book 1)
• The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, book 4)
• The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 5)
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 1)
• The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, book 1)
• The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, book 3)
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 2)
• The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 3)
• The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, book 2)
• The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1)
• The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 3)
• The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, book 4)
• 9 From the Nine Worlds (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 3.5)

Ross, Helen Klein (editor)

• The Traveler’s Vade Mecum

S

Sanderson, Brandon

• Calamity (The Reckoners, book 3)
• The Final Empire (Mistborn, book 1)
• Firefight (The Reckoners, book 2)
• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, book 3)
• Steelheart (The Reckoners, book 1)
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, book 2)

Schwab, Victoria (V. E.)

• City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, book 1)
• A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, book 3)
• A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, book 1)
• A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, book 2)
• The Steel Prince (Shades of Magic graphic novels, volume 1)
• Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, book 2)
• Vengeful (Villains, book 2)
• Vicious (Villains, book 1)

Shannon, Samantha

• The Priory of the Orange Tree

Shetterly, Margot Lee

• Hidden Figures

Shusterman, Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

• Dry

Stevenson, Robert Louis

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

stoner, tammy lynne

• Sugar Land

T

Tahir, Sabaa

• An Ember in the Ashes (The Ember Quartet, book 1)

Takei, George

• They Called Us Enemy

Taylor, Laini

• Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, book 2)
• Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, book 1)

Thomas, Angie

• The Hate U Give

Thomas, Sherry

• The Magnolia Sword

Tolkien, J. R. R.

• The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings, book 1)
• The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings, book 3)
• The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings, book 2)

Turton, Stuart

• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

U

V

W

Wang, Jen

• The Prince and the Dressmaker
• Stargazing

Weir, Andy

• Artemis
• The Martian

White, Kiersten

• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Whitehead, Colson

• The Underground Railroad

X

Y

Z

Zoboi, Ibi

• Pride

Zusak, Markus

• The Book Thief
• Bridge of Clay
• I Am the Messenger