Book Reviews by Title: A to Z

A

Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron | Forever
The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz | Ballantine
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert | Avon
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor | Riverhead
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
American Dirt by Jeannie Cummins | Flatiron
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Angel Maker by Alex North | Celadon
Anna K Away by Jenny Lee | Flatiron
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | St. Martin’s Press
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | Atria
Anything You Can Do by R.S Grey
The Arrangement by Robyn Harding | Gallery
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

B

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage | St. Martin’s Press
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood | Double Day
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff | Random House
Barely Functioning Adult by Meichi Ng | Harper Perennial
Be a Triangle by Lilly Singh | Ballantine
The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot De Villeneuve
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan | Forever
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf | Park Row Books
Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center | St. Martin’s Press
Book Lovers by Emily Henry | Berkley
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James | Berkley
The Book of Joe by Jeff Wilser | Three Rivers Press
The Boy Toy by Nicola Marsh | Berkley
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon | Forever
Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace | Andrew McMeel Publishing
Break Up Anniversary by Dawn Lanuza
Breathe In, Cash Out by Madeleine Henry | Atria
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons | William Morrow
The Bucket List by Georgia Clark | Atria

C

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Ballantine Books
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson | Random House
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor | Crown
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun | Atria
Chemistry by Weike Wang
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup | Harper Collins
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams | Berkley

D

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Ballantine
Dark Experiments by Lana Campbell | Lana Campbell
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel | Berkley
The Date by Louise Jensen | Bookouture
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma | Avon
Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn | Entangled Teen
The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Berkley
Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker | St. Martin’s Press
Do You Take This Man by Denise Williams | Berkley
The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukkherjee | Blackstone Publishing
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory | Berkley Romance

E

Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis | Atria
The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung | Harper Collins
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
The Ever After by Sarah Pekkanen | Atria
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Exes & O’s by Amy Lea | Berkley

F

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell | Atria
The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll |Simon & Schuster
First Comes Like by Alisha Rai | Avon
First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel | Forever
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey | Avon
Flannel Worlds Apart by Aden Rossinni | Aden Rossinni
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary | Flatiron
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah | St. Martin’s Press
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez | Forever
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

G

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert | Avon
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao | Flatiron
Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai | Avon
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian | Random House
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | St. Martin’s Press
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight | Harper
The Good Samaritan by John Marrs
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth | St. Martin’s Press
The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney | Park Row
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey | Random House

H

Hangman by Jack Heath | Hanover Square Press
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang | Berkley
Helium by Rudy Francisco | Button Poetry
The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor | Crown
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager | Dutton
The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren | Gallery
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey | Avon
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager | Dutton
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper | G.P. Putnam’s Sons
How Stella Learned to Talk by Christina Hunger | William Morrow
How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway | Graydon House
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix | Berkley

I

The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi by Neel Patel | Flatiron
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston | St. Martin’s Press
I’ll Be Watching You by Courtney Evan Tate | Harlequin
I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown | Random House
Imaginary Friendby Stephen Chbosky | Grand Central Pub
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren | Gallery
In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer | Forever
In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs | Harper
Instinct by Allison Blackwood | Allison Blackwood
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough | William Morrow
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell | Atria
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella | Dial Press
Irresistible? by Stephanie Bond
Isn’t It Bromantic? By Lyssa Kay Adams | Berkley

J

Just One Bite by Jack Heath | Hanover Square Press

K

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel | Redhook
Kamela Knows Best by Farah Heron | Forever
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochran | Atria
Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting | Forever
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

L

The Last Flight by Julie Clark
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Last Post by Renee Carlino | Atria
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland | Berkley
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager | Dutton
The Last Time I Saw You by Live Constantine | Harper Collins
Layla by Colleen Hoover | Montlake
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Letting Go Is An Acquired Taste by Christina Hart
Lies by T.M. Logan | St. Martin’s Press
Lies She Told by Cate Holahan
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama | Crown Publishing
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian | Double Day Books
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager | Dutton
Look For Me by Lisa Gardner | Dutton
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland | St. Martin’s Press
Love and Other Omissions by Neva Rae Bell | Neva Rae Bell
Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words by Annika Sharma | Sourcebooks Casablanca
Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella | Random House

M

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid |Random House 
The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem | William Morrow
Match Made in Manhattan by Amanda Stauffer
Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth | St. Martin’s Press
Mother Ocean Father Nationby Nishant Batsha | Ecco
Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel | Inkshares
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell | William Morrow
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren | Gallery

N

Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman | William Morrow
The Night Before by Wendy Walker | St. Martin’s Press
No Judgements by Meg Cabot | William Morrow
Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

O

The One by John Marrs
One Month Only by Kate J. Blake | Kate J. Blake
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver | Ballantine
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London | Random House
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore | Flatiron
The Other People by C.J. Tudor | Ballantine
Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman | Berkley
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng | Random House

P

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley | William Morrow
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez | Forever
Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai | Avon
Perfect Match by Zoe May | HQ Digital
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales | Wednesday Books
The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace
A Promised Land by Barack Obama | Crown

Q

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

R

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev | William Morrow
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins | St. Martin’s Press
Recursion by Blake Crouch | Crown
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | St. Martin’s Press
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | Montlake
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover | Montlake
The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane | William Morrow
The Return by Nicholas Sparks | Grand Central Pub
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai | Avon
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cakeby Alexis Hall | Forever
The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka | Berkley

S

Scandalized by Ivy Owens | Pocket Books
The Second First Chance by Mona Shroff | Harlequin
Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne | William Morrow
Shanghi Girls by Lisa See
The Shape of Family by Shilpi Somaya Gowda | William Morrow
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward |
Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou | Crooked Lane Books
The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Some of It Was Real by Nan Fisher | Berkley
The Spite Game by Anna Snoekstra | Harlequin
Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke | Crown
The STEMinist Novellas by Ali Hazelwood (Under One Roof, Stuck with You, Below Zero) | Berkley
The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine | Harper
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren | Gallery
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon | Penguin Teen
Survive the Night by Riley Sager | Dutton
The Switch by Beth O’Leary | Flatiron

T

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert | Avon
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel | Berkley
The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel | Forever
The Truth About Melody Brown by Lisa Jewell | Atria
The Truth Hurts by Rebecca Reid | Harper Perennial
Things You Save in a Fire by Katerine Center | St. Martin’s Press
Thirty-Life Crisis by Lisa Schwartz |Grand Central Publishing
The Ticket by Heather Grace Stewart
This Could Change Everything by Jill Mansell | Sourcebooks
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
This Is How It Starts by Dawn Lanuza
Twenty-One Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks | St. Martin’s Press
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren | Gallery
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna | Double Day
Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese | Berkley Romance

U

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams | Berkley
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren | Gallery
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal | Harper Collins
The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy by Megan Bannen | Orbit

V

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna | Berkley
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas | Avid Reader Press

W

Watching You by Lisa Jewell | Atria
Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay | Berkley
The Way We Weren’t by Phoebe Fox | Berkley
Well Played by Jen DeLuca | Berkley
Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca | Berkley
What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
What You Wish For by Katherine Center | St. Martin’s Press
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger | Simon & Schuster
When Polly Met Olly by Zoe May | HQ Digital
When the Serpent Bites by Nesley Clerge | Shayla Raquel
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain | Ballantine
When You Disappeared by John Marrs
When You Read This by Mary Adkins | Harper Collins
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory | Berkley
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
The Wife Stalker by Live Constantine | Harper Collins
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins | St. Martin’s Press
The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell | St. Martin’s Press
Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker | K.A. Tucker
Will by Will Smith
The Windfall by Diksha Basu
The Winners by Fredrik Backman | Atria
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West | Hachette
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns | Park Row Books
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

X

Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon | Rebekah Weatherspoon

Y

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendrix & Sarah Pekkanen | St. Martin’s Press
You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn | Gallery
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria | Avon
You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes | Random House
You Should Sit Down For This by Tamera Mowry-Housley | Legacy Lit
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth | St. Martin’s Press

#s

11/22/63 by Stephen King
29 Seconds by T.M. Logan | St. Martin’s Press
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne | William Morrow

*Note: Thank you to the publishers above for the free copies in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Updated as of 2/5/2023