Book Reviews--By Author

Book Reviews By Author

A

Adams, Jennifer. Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen.
Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone.
Addison, Sarah Allen. Garden Spells.
Alderman, Naomi. The Power.
Alexander, Kwame. The Undefeated.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak.
Angelini, Sara. The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy.
Arden, Katherine. The Bear and the Nightingale.
Arden, Katherine. Dead Voices.
Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why.
Applegate, Katherine. Wishtree.
Auerbach, Dathan. Penpal.
Austen, Jane and Lea, Anna. Emma: An Audible Original Drama.
Austen, Jane. Persuasion.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice.

B

Badger, Darcie Little. Elastoe.
Baldwin, James. Giovanni's Room.
Baldwin, James. Go Tell It on a Mountain.
Bardugo, Leigh. Shadow and Bone.
Bayron, Kalynn. Cinderella Is Dead.
Bennett, Brit. The Mothers.
Billingsley, Franny. Chime.
Biss, Eula. On Immunity: An Inoculation.
Black, Holly. Zombies Vs. Unicorns.
Black, Sue. All That Remains: A Life in Death.
Blackwell, Sarah. How to Live: A Life of Montaigne: In One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Bowling, Dusti. The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus.
Bracken, Alexandra. Brightly Woven.
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Braithwaite, Okinyan. My Sister, the Serial Killer.
Brant, Marilyn. According to Jane.
Bray, Libba. Going Bovine.
Bringhurst, Newell G. & Smith, Darron T. Black and Mormon.
Bronson, Po. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre.
Brooks, Max. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre.
Brooks, Max. World War Z.
Brosh, Allie. Solutions and Other Problems.
Brown, Dan. The Lost Symbol.
Brown, India Hill. The Forgotten Girl.
Brown, Kate. Manual For Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future
Brown, Peter. The Wild Robot
Bruchac, Joseph. Children of the Longhouse.
Bruchac, Joseph. The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet.
Bullen, Alexandra. Wish.
Butler, Octavia. Earthseed: The Parable of the Sower.
Butler, Octavia. Earthseed: The Parable of the Talents.
Butler, Octavia. Dawn. (#1 Xenogenesis series)
Butler, Octavia. Adulthood Rites (#2 Xenogenesis series)
Butler, Octavia. Imago (#3 Xenogenesis series)

C

Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.
Cantero, Edgar. The Supernatural Enhancements.
Cardinal, Ann Davila. The Five Midnights
Carriger, Gail. Blameless.
Carriger, Gail. Changeless.
Carriger, Gail. Soulless.
Carriger, Gail. Timeless.
Carroll, Emily. Through the Woods.
Carroll, Sean. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling.
Castillo, Linda. Sworn to Silence.
Cep, Casey. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee.
Choski, Roshani. Aru Shah and the Song of Death.
Clarke, Cassandra Rose. The Pirate's Wish.
Cleave, Chris. Little Bee.
Coe, Alexis. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games.
Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay.
Condie, Ally. Matched.
Connor, Leslie. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle.
Corey, James S.A. Caliban's War.
Corey, James S.A. Leviathan's Wake.
Craft, Jerry. New Kid.
Cross, Donna Woolfolk. Pope Joan.
Crouch, Blake. Recursion.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy.
Czikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life.

D

Dasgupta, Sayantani. The Serpent's Secret.
Davis, Angela Y. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement.
Davis, Burke. Black Heroes of the American Revolution.
DeJesus, Liz. First Frost.
del Rio, Tania. Warren the 13th and the All-seeing Eye.
del Rio, Tania. Warren the 13th and the Thirteen-year Curse.
Dennis, Yvonne Wakim. A Kid's Guide to Native American History: More than 50 Activities.
Despain, Bree. The Dark Divine.
Dickey, Colin. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places.
Donoghue, Emma. Room.
Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl.
Dorris, Michael. Sees Behind Trees.
Doughty, Caitlin. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death.
du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Vessel.
Dyson, Michael Eric. I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.

E

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose.
Eddleman, Peggy. Skyjumpers.
Elwes, Cary. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride.
Esquivel, Laura. Like Water For Chocolate.
Eulberg, Elizabeth. Prom and Prejudice.
Evans, Richard Paul. The Christmas Box.

F

Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran #1)
Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend.
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks.
Flynn, Gillian. Gone Girl.
Flynn, Gillian. Dark Places.
Foer, Jonathon Safron. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Ford. Michael Thomas. Jane Bites Back.
Forman, Gayle. Where She Went.
Fowler, Karen Jay. The Jane Austen Book Club.
Foxlee, Karen. The Midnight Dress
French, Tana. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
French, Tana. The Witch Elm.
French, Tana. Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3).
French, Tana. Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4).
French, Tana. The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5).
French, Tana. The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad #6).
French, Tana. The Searcher.
Fry, Hannah. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms.

G

Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
Garcia, Kami & Stohl, Margaret. Beautiful Creatures.
Garcia, Kami & Stohl, Margaret. Beautiful Darkness.
Gardner, Whitney. Fake Blood.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South.
Garner, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
George, Jessica Day. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow.
Gilbert, Elizabeth. The Signature of All Things.
Glaude Jr., Eddie S. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.
Goldstein, Rebecca. Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity.
Gottlieb, Anthony. The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance.
Gottlieb, Lori. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed.
Grahame-Smith, Seth. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer.
Grahame-Smith, Seth. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Grange, Amanda. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre.
Gray, Claudia. Evernight.
Gray, Claudia. Hourglass.
Gray, Claudia. Stargazer.
Green, Hank. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.
Green, John. The Fault In Our Stars.
Green, John. Paper Towns.
Green, John. Turtles All the Way Down.
Green, John & Levithan, David. Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
Greensmith, Jane. Intimations of Austen.
Guillory, Jasmine. The Wedding Date.
Guran, Paula. Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales.

H

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. The Found.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Look For Me by Moonlight
Hale, Shannon. The Goose Girl.
Hale, Shannon. Midnight in Austenland.
Hale, Shannon. The Princess Academy
Hand, Cynthia; Meadows, Jodi; Ashton, Brodi. My Plain Jane
Hanley, Victoria. Violet Wings.
Hardy, Ralph. Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog
Harper, Michele. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir.
Harris-Perry, Melissa V. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.
Hawkins, Rachel. The Wife Upstairs.
Heaberlin, Julia. Black-eyed Susans.
Headley, Justina Chen. North of Beautiful.
Hearne, Kevin. Hammered.
Hearne, Kevin. Hexed.
Hearne, Kevin. Hounded.
Hearne, Kevin. Trapped.
Hearne, Kevin. Tricked.
Heilemann, John & Halperin, Mark. Game Change.
Hendrix, Grady. My Best Friend's Exorcism.
Hermon, Daka. Hide and Seeker.
Herodotus. The Histories.
Hill, Joe. NOS4R2
Hines, Jim C. The Stepsister Scheme.
Hockensmith, Steve. Dawn of the Dreadfuls.
Hoffman, Alice. Practical Magic.
Honeyman, Gail. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.
Hornby, Steven. Secrets of a Christmas Box
Horner, Doogie. 100 Ghosts: A Gallery of Harmless Haunts.
Horowitz, Anthony. Magpie Murders
Hudspeth, E.D. The Resurrectionist.
Hunter, Faith. Junkyard Cats.

I

Irby, Samantha. Wow, No Thank You.
Ireland, Justina. Deathless Divide.
Ivey, Eowyn. The Snow Child.

J

Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House.
Jacob, Mira. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations.
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Jacoby, Susan. Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism.
Jacoby, Susan. Great Agnostic, The: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought.
James, Brian. Zombie Blondes.
James, Miranda. No Cats Allowed.
James, Syrie. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte.
Jamieson, Victoria & Omar Mohamed. When Stars Are Scattered.
Jay, Stacey. Of Beast and Beauty.
Jeffers, Regina. The Phantom of Pemberley.
Jensen, Billy. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-crime Writer Started Solving Crimes.
Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through.
Jones, Stephen Graham. The Only Good Indians.
Justor, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth.

K

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Kean, Sam. The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written by Our Genetic Code.
Keefe, Patrick Radden. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.
Kelly, Jaqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Kelly, Lynne. Song for a Whale.
Kendrick, Anna. Scrappy Little Nobody.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Invention of Wings.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
Kingfisher, T. The Twisted Ones.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Flight Behavior.
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible.
Kirino, Natsuo. The Goddess Chronicle.
Klise, Kate. Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks.
Koch, Gini. Touched by an Alien.
Konstantelos, Harold & Jenkins-Brady, Terry. Three Wise Cats.
Koontz, Dean. Relentless.
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian.
Knapp, Andrew. Find Momo: Hide and Seek With an Adventurous Border Collie.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake.
Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction.
Krull, Kathleen. Stay Curious! A Brief History of Stephen Hawking.

L

Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake.
Laskey, Kathryn. A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet.
Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.
LaValle, Victor. The Ballad of Black Tom.
LaValle, Victor. The Changeling.
Leavitt, Martine. Calvin
Lehane, Dennis. Shutter Island.
Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives.
Liu, Marjorie. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening.
Liu, Marjorie. Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood.
Locke, Attica. Black Water Rising.
Locke, Attica. Pleasantville.
Locke, Attica. Bluebird, Bluebird.
Looser, Devoney. The Life and Works of Jane Austen.
Loux, Matthew. The Time Museum.
Lowe, E. Van. Never Slow Dance With a Zombie.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver.

M

Machado, Carmen Maria. In the Dream House.
Malfi, Ronald. Floating Staircase.
Manansala, Mia P. Arsenic and Adobo.
Mann, George. The Affinity Bridge.
Marable, Manning. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.
Marchetta, Melina. Jellicoe Road.
Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.
Marillier, Juliet. The Daughter of the Forest.
Marion, Isaac. Warm Bodies.
Marken, Bill. Container Gardening for Dummies.
Martin, Kat. The Christmas Clock.
Mass, Wendy. A Mango-shaped Space.
Massey, Sujata. The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry #1).
Massey, Sujata. The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #2).
Massey, Sujata. The Bombay Prince (Perveen Mistry #3).
Mbalia, Kwame. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky.
McGee, Chaz. Desolate Angel.
McTiernan, Dervla. The Ruin.
McRaney, David. You Are Not So Smart.
McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez. Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories From History Without the Fairy-tale Endings.
McWhorter, John. Myths, Lies, and Half-truths of Language Usage.
McWhorter, John. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English.
Michaelides, Alex. The Silent Patient.
Milan, Courtney. The Duchess War.
Milman, Derek. Scream All Night.
Montgomery, Sy. How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals.
Moore, Alan & Gibbons, Dave. Watchmen.
Murphy, Jim. Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-ending Search for a Cure.
Murphy, Lynne. The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-hate Relationship Between American and British English.

N

Nadol, Jen. The Mark.
Napoli, Donna. Hush.
Napoli, Donna. Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters.
Nelson, Jandy. The Sky Is Everywhere.
Nelson, Kadir. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.
Ng, Celeste. Little Fires Everywhere.
North, Alex. The Shadows.
Nijkamp, Marieke. The Oracle Code.
Notaro, Tig. I'm Just a Person

O

O'Dell, Scott. Black Star, Bright Dawn.
O'Guilin, Peadar. The Call
Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
Obama, Michelle. Becoming.
Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch.
Ogawa, Yoko. The Housekeeper and the Professor.
Oh, Ellen. Spirit Hunters.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall.
Onyebuchi, Tochi. Riot Baby.
Ortberg, Mallory. Merry Spinster, The: Tales of Everyday Horror.
Ottaviani, Jim. Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier.

P

Palacio, R.J. Wonder.
Parry, Richard Lloyd. Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zones.
Parry, Richard Lloyd. People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman.
Parry, Rosanne. A Wolf Called Wander.
Patchett, Ann. The Dutch House.
Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss.
Pessl, Marisha. Night Film.
Pflugfelder, Bob & Hockensmith, Steve. Nick & Tesla's High Voltage Danger Lab.
Pichetshote, Pornsak. Infidel.
Poehler, Amy. Yes Please.
Power, Rory. Wilder Girls.
Powers, Tim. On Stranger Tides.
Priest, Cherie. The Agony House.
Priest, Cherie. Boneshaker.
Priest, Cherie. Bloodshot.
Priest, Cherie. Dreadnought.
Priest, Cherie. The Family Plot.
Pullman, Philip. The Amber Spyglass.
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass.
Pullman, Philip. The Subtle Knife.
Pyle, Nathan W. Stranger Planet.

Q

Quammen, David. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.

R

Ray, Joan Klingel. Jane Austen For Dummies.
Rees, Celia. Pirates!.
Reeves, Dia. Bleeding Violet.
Reibstein, Mark. Wabi Sabi.
Reichs, KathyBreak No Bones
Remini, Leah. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.
Repino, Robert. Spark and the League of Ursus.
Revis, Beth. Across the Universe.
Reynolds, Jason. Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism, and You.
Riggs, Ransom. A Map of Days.
Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.
Riggs, Ransom. Hollow City.
Riggs, Ransom. Library of Souls.
Riggs, Ransom. The Conference of Birds.
Rigler, Laurie Viera. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.
Rigler, Laurie Viera. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict.
Riordan, Rick. Sword of Summer.
Roach, Mary. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Ronson, Jon. The Psychopath Test.
Rowland, Diana. My Life As a White Trash Zombie.
Ruff, Matt. Lovecraft Country.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

S

Sacks, Oliver. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
Sagan, Carl. Contact.
Sagan, Carl. The Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space.
Sager, Riley. The Last Time I Lied.
St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels.
St. James, Simone. The Sun Down Motel.
Schwab, Victoria. Tunnel of Bones.
Schwab, Victoria. Bridge of Souls.
Schwartz, Alvin. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones.
Shackleton, Kath. Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children.
Shaffer, Mary Anne & Barrows, Annie. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build--And Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon.
Shubin, Neil. Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-million-year-old History of the Body.
Silva, Samantha. Mr. Dickens and His Carol.
Slater, Maya. The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy.
Sly, Alexandra. Spidermania: Friends on the Web.
Smith, Barry. Only Milo.
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Smith, Scott. The Ruins.
Solnit, Rebecca. Men Explain Things to Me
Soren, Sasha. Random Magic.
Souza, Pete. Obama: An Intimate Portrait: The Historic Presidency in Photographs by Souza, Pete
Spinney, Laura. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.
Stabler, David. Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends.
Stall, Sam. Dancing With Jesus.
Stall, Sam. Suburban Legends: True Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Minivans.
Starling, Caitlin. The Luminous Dead.
Stein, Elissa & Kim, Susan. Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation.
Stein, Jacob. Jukebox Joyride.
Stewart, Amy. Girl Waits with Gun.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.
Stixrud, William. The Self-driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives.
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help.
Stoker, Bram. Dracula.
Strayed, Cheryl. Tiny Beautiful Things.
Street, Mary. The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Sweeney, Kate. American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning.

T

Takei, George. They Called Us Enemy.
Tamblyn, Amber. Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution.
Telgemeier, Reina. Guts.
Thacker, Shelly. Forever His.
Thiel, Kristin. Avoiding Clickbait.
Thomas, Kara. Cheerleaders, The.
Thomas, Sherry. A Study in Scarlet Women.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life.
Tremblay, Paul. A Head Full of Ghosts.
Trump, Mary L. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.
Turner, Nancy E. These Is My Words.
Twitty, Michael W. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, Why We're Here, and Where We're Going.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Letters from an Astrophysicist.

U

Union, Gabrielle. We're Going to Need More Wine.

V

Vanasco, Jeannie. Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl.
Vandermeer, Jeff. Annihilation.
Vernor, E.R. Zombie Nation: From Folklore to Modern Frenzy.

W

Walker, Suzanne. Mooncakes.
Walls, Elissa. Stolen Innocence.
Waters, Sarah. The Little Stranger.
Weir, Andy. Project Hail Mary.
Wells, Jeanette. The Glass Castle.
West, Lindy. The Witches Are Coming.
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies.
Westover, Tara. Educated: A Memoir.
White, E.B. Stuart Little.
White, Kiersten. Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scary Tales.
Wilkinson, Lauren. American Spy
Wilson, Kim. Tea With Jane Austen.
Wilson, Mara. Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame
Winter, Jonah. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. Vs. Inequality
Winters, Ben. Countdown City.
Winters, Ben. The Last Policeman.
Wiseman, Richard. Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There.
Woodson, Jaqueline. Before the Ever After.
Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing with Dragons.
Wrede, Patricia. Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot.

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Z

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz. The Shadow of the Wind.
Zoboi, Ibi. Pride.
Zuk, Marlene. Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger.