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Books Reviewed in 2025:

Books reviewed by the year published.


2025

  1. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
  2. The Cat Operator's Manual by Queen Olivia III
  3. Dear Manny by Nic Stone
  4. Filling Your Worlds With Words by C. D. Covington and Clarissa C. S. Ryan (Illustrator)
  5. Fishflies by Jeff Lemire and Shawn Kuruneru (Illustrator)
  6. The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton
  7. Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
  8. Hangry Hearts by Jennifer Chen
  9. Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos
  10. Huda F Wants to Know? by Huda Fahmy
  11. The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki Delany and Kim Hicks (Narrator)
  12. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
  13. It's Watching by Lindsay Currie
  14. The Last Dragon of Oz by Whitney L. Spradling
  15. The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest
  16. Murder, She Wrote by Bridget Kies
  17. No Roast for the Weary by Cleo Coyle and Rebecca Gibel (Narrator)
  18. Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert
  19. Scone Cold Dead by Maddie Day and Laural Merlington (Narrator)
  20. She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke
  21. Snow by Meera Trehan
  22. Space for Everyone by Seina Wedlick and Camilla Sucre (Illustrator)
  23. Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator)
  24. The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
  25. Wash Day with Mama by Monica Mikai
  26. Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
  27. When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi and Wil Wheaton (Narrator)
  28. When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
  29. Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis

2024

  1. Ako and Bambi, Volume 2 by Hero and Jan Cash (Translator)
  2. Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson and Hallie Bee Bard (Narrator)
  3. Booked on Murder by Allison Brook and Mia Gaskin (Narrator)
  4. "Dead in a Ditch" by Ray Newman
  5. Death by Caramel Macchiato by Alex Erickson and Melissa Moran (Narrator)
  6. Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists by Carla Sonheim
  7. Fondue or Die by Korina Moss
  8. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
  9. How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children's Classic by Philip Nel
  10. I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle
  11. Murder at the Rusty Anchor by Maddie Day and Rachel Dulude (Narrator)
  12. A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke, Stefanie Kay and Petrea Burchard (Narrators)
  13. Night for Day by Roselle Lim
  14. Star Trek: Lower Decks―Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio (Illustrator)
  15. Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
  16. What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery
  17. With or Without You by Eric Smith

2023

  1. The He-Man Effect by Brian Box Brown
  2. Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy
  3. Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor
  4. Murder at a Cape Bookstore by Maddie Day and Rachel Dulude (Narrator)
  5. Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay and Susan Boyce (Narrator)
  6. The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman
  7. The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
  8. With or Without You by Eric Smith

2022

  1. The Blue Lady of Coffin Hall by Carolyn Keene
  2. The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass and Erin Bennett (Narrator)
  3. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
  4. Steeped in Secrets by Lauren Elliott and Stephanie Richardson (Narrator)
  5. Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman and Eleanor McCormick (Narrator)
  6. Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly and Cassandra Campbell (2022)

2021

  1. Delicates by Brenna Thummler
  2. Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 10 by Ryoko Kui
  3. Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 11 by Ryoko Kui
  4. Kowloon Generic Romance Volume 5 by Jun Mayuzuki
  5. Partners in Lime by Bree Baker and Thérèse Plummer (Narrator)
  6. Peril at Pinecone Rock by M.A. Wilson

2020

  1. A-Frame by Chad Randl
  2. Beautiful Shades of Brown: Laura Wheeler Waring, Artist by Nancy Churnin and Felicia Marshall (Illustrator)
  3. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris and Nancy Wu (Narrator)
  4. A Murderous Misconception by Lorraine Bartlett, Gayle Leeson and Jorjeana Marie (Narrator)
  5. My Teacher's a Chicken! by Alyssa Wilburn

2010-2019

  1. Sealed Off by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (Narrator) (2019)
  2. Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay and Allyson Ryan (Narrator) (2019)
  3. At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay and Karyn O'Bryant (Narrator) (2018)
  4. Boxes in the Basement by Kathi Daley and Angel Clark (Narrator) (2018)
  5. The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder and Callie Beaulieu (Narrator) (2018)
  6. Komi Can't Communicate, Volume 7 by Tomohito Oda (2017)
  7. Killer Party by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2017)
  8. A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon and C.S.E. Cooney (Narrator) (2016)
  9. Shadow of a Spout by Amanda Cooper (2015)
  10. Crime Rib by Leslie Budewitz and Rebecca Mitchell (Narrator) (2014)
  11. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander and Dina Pearlman (Narrator) (2014)
  12. Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon (2011)
  13. An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman and Amanda Ronconi (Narrator) (2011)

2000-2009

  1. What It Is by Lynda Barry (2008)
  2. Spice and Wolf, Volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura, Jyuu Ayakura (Illustrator) and Paul Starr (Translator) (2006)
  3. Little Bird's ABC by Piet Grobler (2005)
  4. My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (2002)

1990-1999

  1. Chicken Chicken by R.L. Stine
  2. The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves and Lindsay Ellison (Narrator) (1997)

1980-1989


1970-1979

  1. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (1978)
  2. Carrie by Stephen King (1974)
  3. The Biggest Fish in the Sea by Dahlov Ipcar (1972)
  4. Casa tomada y otros cuentos by Julio Cortázar (1971)

1960-1969

  1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey (1962)
  2. The Silencers by Donald Hamilton (1962)
  3. Good Night, Little Bear by Patricia M. Scarry and Richard Scarry (Illustrator) (1961)

1950-1959

  1. I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue by Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) (1956)
  2. "Clancy in the Tower of Babel" by John Cheever (1951)
  3. Hattie Hen's Red Umbrella by The Ryans (1950)
  4. "The Pot of Gold" by John Cheever (1950)

1940-1949

  1. "The Hartleys" by John Cheever (1949)
  2. The Trouble with Harry by Jack Trevor Story (1949)
  3. "The Summer Farmer" by John Cheever (1948)
  4. "Torch Song" by John Cheever (1947)
  5. "The Sutton Place Story" by John Cheever (1946)
  6. Pretzel by Margret Rey with H.A. Rey (Illustrator) (1944)

1930-1939

  1. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

1920-1929

  1. Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill

1910-1919


1900-1909




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