Book Reviews

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Last updated 1 March 2022

A…

• Acevedo, Elizabeth
  • With the Fire on High
• Alfageeh, Sara
  • Squire
• Anders, Charlie Jane
  • The City in the Middle of the Night (Q)
• Andrews, Ilona
  • Sweep of the Blade
  • Blood Heir
• Andrews, VC
  • Flowers in the Attic
• Aoki, Ryka
  • Light From Uncommon Stars (Q)
• Asaro, Catherine
  • Undercity
• Atakora, Afia
  • Conjure Women

B…

• Bardugo, Leigh
  • Ninth House
• Bartlett, Claire Eliza
  • The Winter Duke (Q)
• Bashardoust, Melissa
  • Girl, Serpent, Thorn (Q)
• Bayron, Kalynn
  • This Poison Heart (Q)
• Bear, Elizabeth
  • Ancestral Night (Q)
• Bennett, Robert Jackson
  • Foundryside (Q)
• Bhagwati, Anuradha
  • Unbecoming (Q)
• Blake, Ashely Herring
  • Delilah Green Doesn’t Care (Q)
• Black, Holly
  • The Queen of Nothing
• Bongiovanni, Archie
  • Grease Bats (Q) (GN)
• Boteju, Tanya
  • Bruised (Q)
• Bowman, Akemi Dawn
  • Harley in the Sky
• Bowman, Erin
  • Contagion (Q)
• Briggs, Patricia
  • Smoke Bitten
• Brusatte, Stephen
  • The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
• Bujold, Lois McMaster
  • Cetaganda
  • The Vor Game
  • The Warrior’s Apprentice
• Bryant, Elise
  • Happily Ever Afters

C…

• Cabot, Meg
  • No Judgments
• Callender, Kacen
  • The Queen of the Conquered
• Carson, Rae
  • Any Sign of Life
  • The Empire of Dreams
• Caruso, Melissa
  • The Tethered Mage
• Chambers, Becky
  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Q)
  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Q)
• Chan, Shelley-Parker
  • She Who Became the Sun (Q)
• Chernow, Ron
  • Alexander Hamilton
• Cho, Zen
  • The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water (Q)
• Cipri, Nino
  • Defekt (Q)
  • Finna (Q)
• Clark, CL
  • The Unbroken (Q)
• Clark, P Djèlí
  • A Master of Djinn (Q)
  • Ring Shout (Q)
• Cocks, Heather
  • The Heir Affair
  • The Royal We
• Coe, Alexis
  • You Never Forget Your First
• Cole, Alyssa
  • A Duke by Default
  • How to Catch a Queen
  • How to Find a Princess (Q)
  • A Prince on Paper
  • A Princess in Theory
• Copeland, Cynthia
  • Cub (GN)
• Córdova, Zoraida
  • The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (Q)
• Courtney, Nadine Jolie
  • All-American Muslim Girl
• Craig, Erin
  • House of Salt and Sorrows

D…

• Dade, Olivia
  • Spoiler Alert
• Daria, Alexis
  • A Lot Like Adios (Q)
• Davis, Tanita S
  • Mare’s War
• Dawson, Delilah S
  • Sparrowhawk (GN)
• DeLuca, Jen
  • Well Met
• Dewes, JS
  • The Last Watch
• DiAngelo, Robin
  • White Fragility
• Diop, David
  • At Night All Blood is Black
• Dunbar, Erican Armstrong
  • She Came to Slay

E…

• Eason, K
  • How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
• Ellor, ZR
  • May the Best Man Win (Q)
• El-Mohtar, Amal & Gladstone, Max
  • This is How You Lose the Time War (Q)

F…

• Flanders, KayLynn
  • Shielded
• Fleming, Sarah Lyons
  • World Departed (Q)
• Forna, Namina
  • The Gilded Ones
• Frasier, Crystal
  • Cheer Up: Love and Pom Poms (Q) (GN)

G…

• Gailey, Sarah
  • The Echo Wife
  • Upright Women Wanted (Q)
• Gardner, Whitney
  • Long Distance (GN)
• Garrity, Shaenon K
  • The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor (GN)
• Glover, Nicole
  • The Conductors
• Gomez-Hira, Monica
  • Once Upon A Quinceañera
• Goo, Maurene
  • Somewhere Only We Know
• Grant, Mira
  • Into the Drowning Deep (Q)
• Guilliame, Jenna
  • What I Like About Me
• Guillory, Jasmine
  • Party of Two
  • The Wedding Date

H…

• Hall, Alexis
  • Boyfriend Material (Q)
• Halle, Karina
  • The Royals Next Door
• Harper, Molly
  • Changeling
• Harrow, Alix E
  • The Once and Future Witches (Q)
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January
• Hartl, Sonia
  • Heartbreak for Hire
  • The Lost Girls (Q)
• Hendrix, Grady
  • The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
• Henry, Emily
  • Beach Read
• Henry, Madeleine
  • Breathe In, Cash Out
• Hibbert, Talia
  • Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Q)
  • Get a Life, Chloe Brown
• Hogle, Sarah
  • You Deserve Each Other
• Hoover, Colleen
  • Verity
• Hossain, Saad
  • The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
• Huang, SL
  • Burning Roses (Q)
• Hur, June
  • The Silence of Bones

I…

• Ibanez, Isabel
  • Woven in Moonlight

J…

• Jackson, Kwana
  • Real Men Knit
• Jaigirdar, Abida
  • The Henna Wars (Q)
• Jalaluddin, Uzma
  • Ayeesha at Last
• Jean, Emiko
  • Tokyo Ever After
• Jemisin, NK
  • The Broken Kingdoms
  • The City We Became (Q)
  • How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? (Q)
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
• Jimenez, Abby
  • The Friend Zone
• Johnson, Joshua Phillip (Q)
  • The Forever Sea
• Johnson, Leah
  • You Should See Me in a Crown (Q)
• Johnson, Micaiah
  • The Space Between Worlds (Q)
• Jones, Stephen Graham
  • The Only Good Indians

K…

• Kendall, Mikki
  • Hood Feminism
• Kendi, Ibram X
  • How To Be an Antiracist
• Khaw, Cassandra
  • Nothing but Blackened Teeth (Q)
• Kincaid, SJ
  • The Diabolic
  • The Empress
  • The Nemesis
• Kisner, Adrienne
  • Six Angry Girls (Q)
• Klune, TJ
  • The House on the Cerulean Sea (Q)
  • Under the Whispering Door (Q)
• Kowal, Mary Robinette
  • The Relentless Moon
• Krause, Autumn
  • A Dress for the Wicked
• Krueger, Paul
  • Steel Crow Saga (Q)
• Kuang, RF
  • The Dragon Republic
• Kwan, Kevin
  • Sex and Vanity

L…

• Lackey, Mercedes
  • By the Sword
• Lam, Lara
  • Goldilocks
• Lam, Thien-Kim
  • Happy Endings
• Lancaster, AJ
  • A Court of Mortals (Q)
  • The King of Faerie (Q)
• Lauren, Christina
  • The Honey-Don’t List
  • Twice in a Blue Moon
  • The Unhoneymooners
• Lawson, Jenny
  • Furiously Happy
• Le, Loan
  • A Pho Love Story
• Lee, CB
  • Not Your Sidekick (Q)
• Lee, Emery
  • Meet Cute Diary (Q)
• Lee, Fonda
  • Jade City (Q)
  • Jade Legacy (Q)
• Lee, Lyla
  • I’ll Be the One (Q)
• Lee, Stacey
  • The Downstairs Girl
• Lee, Yoon Ha
  • Phoenix Extravagant (Q)
  • Raven Stratagem (Q)
• Lewis, Jessica
  • Bad Witch Burning (Q)
• Lim, Elizabeth
  • Spin the Dawn
• Lo, Malinda
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Q)
• Lostetter, Marina
  • Activation Degradation (Q)
• Lu, S Qiouyi
  • In the Watchful City (Q)
• Lucier, Makiia
  • Year of the Reaper (Q)
• Lundin, Britta
  • Like Other Girls (Q)

M…

• Marillier, Juliet
  • Beautiful
• Marlantes, Karl
  • Deep River (DNF)
• Martine, Arkady
  • A Desolation Called Peace (Q)
• Maxwell, Everina
  • Winter’s Orbit (Q)
• McBride, Sarah
  • Tomorrow Will Be Different (Q)
• McFarlane, Mhairi
  • If I Never Met You
• McGee, Katherine
  • American Royals
• McGovern, Emily
  • Bloodlust & Bonnets (Q) (GN)
• McGuire, Seanan
  • Across the Green Grass Fields (Q)
• McKinley, Robin
  • Sunshine
• McQuiston, Casey
  • One Last Stop (Q)
  • Red, White and Royal Blue (Q)
• Miles, Shanna
  • For All Time
• Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
  • Mexican Gothic
• Moulite, Maika
  • Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
• Moyes, Jojo
  • The Giver of Stars
• Muir, Tamsyn
  • Gideon the Ninth (Q)
  • Harrow the Ninth (Q)
  • Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower (Q)
• Murphy, Julie
  • If the Shoe Fits
  • Pumpkin (Q)

N…

• Nagamatsu, Sequoia
  • How High We Go in the Dark
• Neill, Chloe
  • The Bright and Breaking Sea
• Neuvel, Sylvian
  • Sleeping Giants
• Newitz, Annalee
  • The Future of Another Timeline (Q)
• Nguyen, Lena
  • We Have Always Been Here
• Nix, Garth
  • Angel Mage (Q)
  • The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Q)
  • Terciel and Elinor
• Novik, Naomi
  • A Deadly Education
  • The Last Graduate

O…

• Oh, Temi
  • Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
• Okungbowa, Suyi Davies
  • Son of the Storm (Q)
• O’Leary, Beth
  • The Flatshare
  • The Switch

P…

• Pacton, Jamie
  • The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly
• Park, Suzanne
  • Loathe at First Sight
• Polk, CL
  • The Midnight Bargain
  • Soulstar (Q)
  • Stormsong (Q)
  • Witchmark (Q)
• Porter, Chana
  • The Seep (Q)
• Poston, Amy
  • Bookish and the Beast (Q)

Q…

• Quinlan, Skye
  • Forward March (Q)
• Quindlen, Kelly
  • She Drives Me Crazy (Q)

R…

• Rai, Alisha
  • Girl Gone Viral
  • The Right Swipe
• Rather, Lina
  • Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Q)
  • Sisters of the Vast Black (Q)
• Rex, Katy
  • Sweet Valley High: Academic All Star? (GN)
• Rivera, Gabby
  • Juliet Takes a Breath (Q)
  • Juliet Takes a Breath (Q) (GN)
• Roanhorse, Rebecca
  • Black Sun (Q)
• Roberts, Nora
  • Year One
• Rockaway, Kristin
  • She’s Faking It
• Rogerson, Margaret
  • Sorcery of Thorns (Q)
  • Vespertine
• Rowell, Rainbow
  • Pumpkinheads (Q) (GN)

S…

• Safi, Aminah Mae
  • Travelers Along the Way
• Salvatore, Steven
  • Can’t Take That Away (Q)
• Scalzi, John
  • The Collapsing Empire (Q)
  • The Consuming Fire (Q)
  • The Kaiju Preservation Society
  • The Last Emperox (Q)
• Schwab, VE/Victoria
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Q)
• Sim, Tara
  • Scavenge the Stars (Q)
• Slaughter, Karen
  • Pretty Girls
• Smith, Eric
  • Don’t Read the Comments
• Solomon, Rachel Lynn
  • The Ex Talk
• Solomon, Rivers
  • The Deep (Q)
• Sosa, Mia
  • The Worst Best Man
• Spieller, Lauren
  • She’s the Worst
• Stamper, Phil
  • The Gravity of Us (Q)
• Starling, Caitlin
  • The Luminous Dead (Q)
• Stayman-London, Kate
  • One to Watch
• Stephens, Olivia
  • Artie and the Wolf Moon (Q) (GN)
• Stewart, Andrea
  • The Bone Shard Daughter (Q)
  • The Bone Shard Emperor (Q)
• Stiefvater, Maggie
  • The Scorpio Races
• Steinkellner, Emma
  • The Okay Witch (GN)
• Suri, Tasha
  • Empire of Sand
  • The Jasmine Throne (Q)
• Szpara, KM
  • Docile (Q)

T…

• Talley, Robin
  • Music From Another World (Q)
• Tamaki, Mariko
  • Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me (Q) (GN)
• Tchiakovsky, Adrian
  • Elder Race
• Thomas, Aiden
  • Cemetery Boys (Q)
• Thompson, Tade
  • Far From the Light of Heaven
• Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
  • Squad (Q) (GN)
• Tucker, KA
  • The Simple Wild
  • Wild at Heart

U…

• Ukazu, Ngozi
  • Check, Please! Vol 1: #Hockey (Q) (GN)
  • Check, Please! Vol 2: Sticks and Scones (Q) (GN)
• Usdin, Carly
  • The Avant-Guards, Vol 1 (Q) (GN)

V…

• Villoso, KS
  • The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
• Vo, Nghi
  • The Chosen and the Beautiful (Q)
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Q)
  • When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Q)

W…

• Waite, Olivia
  • The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Q)
• Walker, Susan
  • Mooncakes (GN) (Q)
• Wallace, Kali
  • Dead Space (Q)
• Waxman, Abbi
  • The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
• Weir, Andy
  • Project Hail Mary
• Wells, Martha
  • Fugitive Telemetry
  • Network Effect
• Wells, Rebecca Kim
  • Shatter the Sky (Q)
• White, Ellen Emerson
  • A Season of Daring Greatly
• Wilkerson, Isabel
  • The Warmth of Other Suns
• Williams, Kate
  • The Babysitters Coven
• Willis, Connie
  • All Clear
  • Blackout
• Wilsner, Meryl
  • Something to Talk About (Q)

X…

Y…

• Yang, Kelly
  • Parachutes
• Young, Samantha
  • Much Ado About You

Z…

• Zhao, Xiran Jay
  • Iron Widow (Q)