List of Book Reviews

Here is every review and rating posted to the Bookmarks & Armchairs blog, sorted by author last name, then series and publication order. Click on the name of the genre to go directly to that bookshelf. Scroll to the end of the page to see the rating cheat sheet.

FICTION BOOKSHELVES

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mystery · Horror · Fiction · Romance

Alex North

  • The Whisper Man (4.5, Psychological Mystery)

  • The Shadows (4, Psychological Mystery)

Delia Owens

  • Where the Crawdads Sing (4, Courtroom Procedural Mystery)

Cynthia Pelayo

  • Lotería (5, Horror Anthology)

Amanda Peters

  • The Berry Pickers (4.5, Contemporary Fiction)

Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (4.75, Historical Fiction)

  • Daisy Jones and the Six (4.5, Historical Fiction)

Ana Reyes

  • The House in the Pines (4, Psychological Mystery)

Rebecca Roanhorse

  • Black Sun (4.5, Epic Fantasy)

Etaf Rum

  • A Woman is No Man (5, Multigenerational Fiction)

John Scalzi

  • The Kaiju Preservation Society (4.75, Fantasy Sci-Fi)

Lucy Score

  • Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (2.5, Enemies to Lovers Romance)

Lisa See

  • The Island of Sea Women (5, Historical Fiction)

Vivian Shaw

  • Strange Practice (4.5, Urban Fantasy)

Peng Shepherd

  • The Cartographers (4.25, Speculative Fiction)

Thao Thai

  • Banyan Moon (5, Multigenerational Fiction)

Alice Walker

  • The Color Purple (4.5, Challenged Book)

Andy Weir

  • Artemis (2.75, Space Western)

Artwork by Dopameen

NON-FICTION BOOKSHELVES

On Writing & More · Understanding Humans · Our Planet & Beyond

Camilla Pang

  • An Outsider’s Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are (4.5, Behavioral Sciences)

Margot Lee Shetterly

  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (4.75, History)

Edith Sheffer

  • Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna (4.5, History)

Aliya Whitely

  • The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries from a Hidden World (4.5, Biological Sciences)

Rating Cheat Sheet

  • 4.75 - 5.00 stars: As many people as possible should read this book!

  • 4.00 - 4.50 stars: I appreciated many aspects of this book. I recommend it!

  • 3.00 - 3.75 stars: I liked some aspects of this book. I will not revisit it, but someone else might really like it.

  • 2.00 - 2.75 stars: There were some things I appreciated about this book, but I do not recommend it.

  • 0.25 - 1.75 stars: I do not recommend this book! I did not enjoy or appreciate the experience of it!