As you can see, Diary of an Eccentric is mainly devoted to book reviews. Here are links to reviews posted for books read since 2007, sorted by genre. Some reviews will be posted under more than one genre (i.e. historical novels for YA readers would be under both categories). Also included are links to reviews written with and/or by my daughter (a.k.a. The Girl).
Book Club Picks
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Dirty Water by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and Jere Smith
Fool by Christopher Moore
Star Wars and Philosophy edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl
The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (separate review by The Girl)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Children’s Picture Books
Art & Max by David Wiesner
How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Pablo Bernasconi
Kali and the Rat Snake by Zai Whitaker, illustrated by Srividya Natarajan
Leo the Snow Leopard by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff
Let’s Find Pokémon! by Kazunori Aihara (review by The Girl)
Miracle in Sumatra by Jeanne McNaney, illustrated by David Cochard
Mrs. Claus Explains It All by Elsbeth Claus
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery
Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Carson Ellis
The Bubble by Brian D. McClure, illustrated by Buddy Plumlee
The Dragonfly Secret by Clea and John Adams
The Famous Nini by Mary Nethery, illustrated by John Manders
The Listeners by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Mike Benny
The Luckiest Penny by Deborah Weed, illustrated by Ernest Socolov
The Suburban Dragon by Garasmo Maccagnone, illustrated by Al Ochsner (review by The Girl)
The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene, illustrated by Tim Raglin
Too Tall Alice by Barbara Worton, illustrated by Dom Rodi
Classics
Edgar and Emma by Jane Austen
Frederic and Elfrida by Jane Austen
Henry and Eliza by Jane Austen
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Love and Freindship by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sanditon by Jane Austen
The Beautiful Cassandra by Jane Austen
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (final thoughts)
The History of England by Jane Austen
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Watsons by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Dystopian Fiction
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Pariah by Bob Fingerman
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (separate review by The Girl)
The Limit by Kristen Landon (review by The Girl)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam
Graphic Novels and Non-Fiction
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins, illustrated by Anne Timmons and Mo Oh
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
Sense & Sensibility (Marvel #1) by Nancy Butler, illustrated by Sonny Liew
Smile by Raina TelgemeierTelgemeier (review by The Girl)
Historical Fiction, World War II/Holocaust
A Hidden Affair by Pam Jenoff
Almost Home by Pam Jenoff
An Obsolete Honor by Helena P. Schrader
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Bloody Good by Georgia Evans
Camp Nine by Vivienne Schiffer
Catalyst by Paul Byers
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Coventry by Helen Humphreys
Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz
Eva’s Cousin by Sibylle Knauss
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli
Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff
Heart of Deception by M.L. Malcolm
Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm
Heidegger’s Glasses by Thaisa Frank
Hitler and Mars Bars by Dianne Ascroft
Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig
Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino
Keeping Hannah Waiting by Dave Clarke
Lebensborn by Jo Ann Bender
Maps and Shadows by Krysia Jopek
Memory by Philippe Grimbert
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young
My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945 by Marcia Williams
Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop
On Folly Beach by Karen White
Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas
Resistance by Anita Shreve
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Shadows Walking by Douglas R. Skopp
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte
The Apple by Penelope Holt
The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy
The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman (separate review by The Girl)
The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Katyn Order by Douglas W. Jacobson
The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney
The Music in Her Mind by Robert Gilkes
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Therefore Choose by Keith Oatley
The Report by Jessica Francis Kane
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo
The Sentinels: Fortunes of War by Gordon Zuckerman
The Seventh Well by Fred Wander
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff
The Wave by Todd Strasser
The Woman Who Heard Color by Kelly Jones
When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg
Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls by Karl Friedrich
Historical Fiction, Other Wars
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (World War I)
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (World War I)
Amelia’s War by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles (American Civil War)
Fatal Light by Richard Currey (Vietnam)
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston (World War I)
Juliet’s Moon by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop (Vietnam)
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Vietnam)
Lily’s Ghost by Cheryl Drake Harris (Vietnam)
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes (Vietnam)
Mrs. Lieutenant by Phyllis Zimbler Miller (Vietnam)
My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Paco’s Story by Larry Heinemann (Vietnam)
Sarah’s Ground by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell (Vietnam)
Small Wars by Sadie Jones (Cyprus)
Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen (a review by The Girl) (American Civil War)
Strange Meeting by Susan Hill (World War I)
The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon (World War I)
The Ever-After Bird by Ann Rinaldi (American Civil War)
The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian (World War I)
The Listeners by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Mike Benny (American Civil War)
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli (Vietnam)
The Return by Victoria Hislop (Spanish Civil War)
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West (World War I)
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (Vietnam)
The Three Colonels: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men by Jack Caldwell (Napoleonic)
The Winter of the World by Carol Ann Lee (World War I)
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey (World War I, Irish War of Independence)
War & Watermelon by Rich Wallace (Vietnam)
When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg (American Civil War)
Historical Fiction, Other
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden
Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware
Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
The Kulak’s Daughter by Gabriele Goldstone
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
The Painter From Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
The Traitor’s Wife by Susan Higginbotham
The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran
Horror/Thriller
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
It by Stephen King
The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy by Regina Jeffers
Humor
Cake Wrecks by Jen Yates
College in a Nutskull by Anders Henriksson
Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry
Crazy Aunt Purl’s Home Is Where the Wine Is by Laurie Perry
Miss Hildreth Wore Brown: Anecdotes of a Southern Belle by Olivia deBelle Byrd
Wreck the Halls by Jen Yates
Jane Austen and Austen-Inspired Books
A Jane Austen Devotional by Steffany Woolsey
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
A Match for Mary Bennet by Eucharista Ward
Anne Elliot, A New Beginning by Mary Lydon Simonsen
A Weekend With Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
A Wife for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Captain Wentworth Home From the Sea by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange
Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion by Regina Jeffers
Christmas at Pemberley by Regina Jeffers
Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton
Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. Wasylowski
Darcy’s Decision by Maria Grace
Darcy’s Voyage by Kara Louise
Dreaming of Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
Edgar and Emma by Jane Austen
Expectations of Happiness by Rebecca Ann Collins
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud
Frederic and Elfrida by Jane Austen
Henry and Eliza by Jane Austen
Henry Tilney’s Diary by Amanda Grange
Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress
Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Love and Freindship by Jane Austen
Lydia Bennet’s Story by Jane Odiwe
Mansfield Park Revisited by Joan Aiken
Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman by Maria Hamilton
Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Patillo
Mr. Darcy Forever by Victoria Connelly
Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard by Belinda Roberts
Mr. Darcy’s Angel of Mercy by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Mr. Darcy’s Bite by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape by Marsha Altman
Mr. Darcy’s Little Sister by C. Allyn Pierson
Mr. Darcy’s Obsession by Abigail Reynolds
Mr. Darcy’s Secret by Jane Odiwe
Mr. Darcy’s Undoing by Abigail Reynolds
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan
My Jane Austen Summer by Cindy Jones
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Only Mr. Darcy Will Do by Kara Louise
Pemberley by the Sea by Abigail Reynolds
Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell
Persuade Me by Juliet Archer
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith
Pride, Prejudice, and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw
Sanditon by Jane Austen
Searching for Pemberley by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Sense & Sensibility (Marvel #1) by Nancy Butler, illustrated by Sonny Liew
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters
The Beautiful Cassandra by Jane Austen
The Darcys & the Bingleys by Marsha Altman
The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy by Regina Jeffers
The History of England by Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan
The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen
The Plight of the Darcy Brothers by Marsha Altman
The Three Colonels: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men by Jack Caldwell
The Truth About Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani
The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath
The Watsons by Jane Austen
To Conquer Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds
What Would Mr. Darcy Do? by Abigail Reynolds
Wickham’s Diary by Amanda Grange
Literary and General Fiction
A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
All Will Be Revealed by Robert Anthony Siegel
Angelica by Arthur Phillips
An Offer You Can’t Refuse by Jill Mansell
A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
Before by Irini Spanidou
Being Written by William Conescu
Black Flies by Shannon Burke
Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Cold Rock River by J.L. Miles
Come Sunday by Isla Morley
Conscience Point by Erica Abeel
Cooperative Village by Frances Madeson
Dance Lessons by Áine Greaney
Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa
East Garrison by G.M. Weger
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
Eli by Bill Myers
Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center
Falling Home by Karen White
Falling Under by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Floating in My Mother’s Palm by Ursula Hegi
Follow Me by Joanna Scott
Fool by Christopher Moore
Free to a Good Home by Eve Marie Mont
Get Lucky by Katherine Center
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Going Down South by Bonnie J. Glover
Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham
Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Denham
Home Another Way by Christa Parrish
Kingdom Come: The Final Victory by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Let the Shadows Fall Behind You by Kathy-Diane Leveille
Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Losing Kei by Suzanne Kamata
Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton
Millie’s Fling by Jill Mansell
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
Mr. Thundermug by Cornelius Medvei
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Off the Menu by Christine Son
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
On Maggie’s Watch by Ann Wertz Garvin
Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller
Owen Fiddler by Marvin D. Wilson
Penguin Luck by Kay Mupetson
Precious by Sandra Novack
Promises, Promises by Erica James
Purple Jesus by Ron Cooper
Renovating Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck
Rumor Has It by Jill Mansell
Run by Ann Patchett
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
Softspoken by Lucius Shepard
Staying at Daisy’s by Jill Mansell
Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve
Superior Women by Alice Adams
Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell
Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie
Testimony by Anita Shreve
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
The Beach Trees by Karen White
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dorman
The Brethren by Beverly Lewis
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone
The Gathering by Anne Enright
The Gin Closet by Leslie Jamison
The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
The Hierophant of 100th Street by Cullen Dorn
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
The Inheritance of Exile: Stories From South Philly by Susan Muaddi Darraj
The Islands of Divine Music by John Addiego
The Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow
The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The Lost Hours by Karen White
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Parting by Beverly Lewis
The Pink Institution by Selah Saterstrom
The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
The Silent Gift by Michael Landon Jr. and Cindy Kelley
The Sinner’s Guide to Confession by Phyllis Schieber
The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch
The Spare Wife by Alex Witchel
The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block
The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits
The Visibles by Sara Shepard
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie
The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson
Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch
Tomaree by Debbie Robson
Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
To My Senses by Alexandrea Weis
To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell
Trust by Kate Veitch
Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
When the World Was Young by Tony Romano
Where or When by Anita Shreve
Willing Spirits by Phyllis Schieber
With Friends Like These by Sally Koslow
Without a Backward Glance by Kate Veitch
Woman Made of Sand by Joann Kobin
Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Amelia’s War by Ann Rinaldi
Betsy and Joe by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy Was a Junior by Maud Hart Lovelace
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)
Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)
Black Box by Julie Schumacher
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (review by The Girl)
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (review by The Girl)
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey (review by The Girl)
Carney’s House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Dancing With Ana by Nicole Barker
Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
Diary of an Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (a review by The Girl)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renée Russell (review by The Girl)
Dragonart Evolution by J “NeonDragon” Peffer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Fairy Glade & Other Enchanting Tales by Dawn Beaumont-Lane
Frindle by Andrew Clements (review by The Girl)
Ghost Hunt: Chilling Tales of the Unknown by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Cameron Dokey
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Girl, Stolen by April Henry
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (final thoughts)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (a review by The Girl)
Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Hit and Run by R.L. Stine (a review by The Girl)
Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig
Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (review by The Girl)
Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry’s Underpants by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Inkblot by Margaret Peot
Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (review by The Girl)
Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (separate review by The Girl)
Juliet’s Moon by Ann Rinaldi
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story by Linda Thieman
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Loser by Jerry Spinelli (review by The Girl)
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp (review by The Girl)
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young
My Rotten Life (Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie: Book 1) by David Lubar (review by The Girl)
My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945 by Marcia Williams
My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Night in Werewolf Woods by R.L. Stine
Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine (review by The Girl)
Notes From a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins
Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Otis: The Musical Owl by Joseph N. Chappelle
Pride, Prejudice, and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw
Princess Katie and the Silver Pony by Vivian French
Radiance by Alyson Noël
Riddle in the Mountain by Daryl Burkhard
Rodeo Rocky by Jenny Oldfield
Room One by Andrew Clements
Sam’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal by Ben Furman
Sam’s Quest: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman
Sarah’s Ground by Ann Rinaldi
Smile by Raina TelgemeierTelgemeier (review by The Girl)
Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen (a review by The Girl)
Spaceheadz (SPHDZ Book #1) by Jon Scieszka and Francesco Sedita, illustrated by Shane Prigmore (review by The Girl)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Spell of the Screaming Jokers (Ghosts of Fear Street) by R.L. Stine (a review by The Girl; originally featured on Jenn’s Bookshelves)
Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Adventures of Songha: The Amazing Savannah Cat by Linda R. Caterine
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Case of the Glow in the Dark Ghost by James Preller (review by The Girl)
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman (separate review by The Girl)
The Ever-After Bird by Ann Rinaldi
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (separate review by The Girl)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (review by The Girl)
The Limit by Kristen Landon (review by The Girl)
The Loser List by H.N. Kowitt (review by The Girl)
The Loser List: Revenge of the Loser by H.N. Kowitt (review by The Girl)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (review by The Girl)
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (review by The Girl)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The Trouble With Being a Horse by Emily Edwards (review by The Girl)
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Wild Horses by Jenny Oldfield
Winona’s Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace
You Can’t Scare Me! by R.L. Stine (review by The Girl)
Mystery/Crime Fiction
A Deadly Paradise by Grace Brophy
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Bundle of Trouble by Diana Orgain
Dirty Water by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and Jere Smith
Frantic by Katherine Howell
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose
The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The Memorist by M.J. Rose
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose
The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
You’ve Been Warned by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Non-Fiction, Middle Grade/YA
Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates? by Melitta Strandberg, co-authored by George E. Pfautsch
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins, illustrated by Anne Timmons and Mo Oh
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery
Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War by Peggy Caravantes
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
10 Days: Anne Frank by David Colbert
The Fall of Saigon: The End of the Vietnam War by Michael V. Uschan
Ghost Hunt: Chilling Tales of the Unknown by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Cameron Dokey
The Holocaust: The Nazis Seize Power, 1933-1941 by Stuart A. Kallen
Non-Fiction, World War II/Holocaust
A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal
A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Becoming Alice by Alice Rene
Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie with Rita Lurie
Broken Birds by Jeannette Katzir
Children of the Flames by Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel
Defending the Enemy by Elaine B. Fischel
48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust by Mitchell G. Bard, PhD
He Was My Chief by Christa Schroeder
Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates? by Melitta Strandberg, co-authored by George E. Pfautsch
Hiroshima in the Morning by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins, illustrated by Anne Timmons and Mo Oh
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
Nella Last’s Peace edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson
Night by Elie Wiesel
Our Longest Days edited by Sandra Koa Wing
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
10 Days: Anne Frank by David Colbert
The Holocaust: The Nazis Seize Power, 1933-1941 by Stuart A. Kallen
The Sky Rained Heroes by Frederick E. LaCroix
The Year of Goodbyes by Debbie Levy
What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany by Eric A. Johnson and Karl-Heinz Reuband
Non-Fiction, Other Wars
A Hundred Feet Over Hell by Jim Hooper (Vietnam)
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery (Iraq)
Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War by Peggy Caravantes (American Civil War)
Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis (Darfur)
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War by Peter Englund (World War I)
The Fall of Saigon: The End of the Vietnam War by Michael V. Uschan (Vietnam)
The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman (World War I)
Non-Fiction, Other
A Life God Rewards by Bruce Wilkinson
Annie’s Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Bible Illuminated: The Book, New Testament by Illuminated World
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume edited by Jennifer O’Connell
Ghost Hunt: Chilling Tales of the Unknown by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Cameron Dokey
Gold Dust on His Shirt by Irene Howard
Jesus Take the Wheel by Stuart Migdon
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Read, Remember, Recommend by Rachelle Rogers Knight
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Skinny Is Overrated by Danielle Milano, MD
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
That Went Well by Terrell Harris Dougan
The Last Leaf by Stuart Lutz
The Nighttime Novelist by Joseph Bates
The Western Lit Survival Kit by Sandra Newman
What Happy Parents Do by Carol J. Bruess and Anna D.H. Kudak
Paranormal/Fantasy/Science Fiction
Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
Bloody Good by Georgia Evans
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Ghost Hunt: Chilling Tales of the Unknown by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Cameron Dokey
Gray Apocalypse by James Murdoch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (final thoughts)
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story by Linda Thieman
Marsface by R.M. Pala
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Radiance by Alyson Noël
Sam’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal by Ben Furman
Sam’s Quest: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman
The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Poetry, War
Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa (Vietnam)
Playing Basketball With the Viet Cong by Kevin Bowen (Vietnam)
Song of Napalm by Bruce Weigl (Vietnam)
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry edited by Jon Silkin (World War I)
Poetry, Other
Beyond the Scent of Sorrow by Sweta Srivastava Vikram
Catalina by Laurie Soriano
Dear Anaïs: My Life in Poems for You by Diana M. Raab
Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser (originally featured on Savvy Verse & Wit)
Mountain Intervals, Poems from the Frost Place 1977-1986 edited by Donald Sheehan
Open Slowly by Dayle Furlong
Sonics in Warholia by Megan Volpert
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers (review by The Girl)
The Poets Laureate Anthology edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt
The Sighing of the Winter Trees by Laura Grossman
Three Women: A Poetic Triptych and Selected Poems by Emma Eden Ramos
What Looks Like an Elephant by Edward Nudelman
Your Ten Favorite Words by Reb Livingston
Series
Betsy-Tacy:
1. Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
2. Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace
3. Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace
4. Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace
5. Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace
6. Betsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace
7. Betsy Was a Junior by Maud Hart Lovelace
8. Betsy and Joe by Maud Hart Lovelace
Big Nate:
2. Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)
3. Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)
Cake Wrecks:
1. Cake Wrecks by Jen Yates
2. Wreck the Halls by Jen Yates
Cleopatra’s Daughter:
1. Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
2. Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (review by The Girl)
Horrid Henry:
Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry’s Underpants by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
Humpty Dumpty, Jr.:
Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective: The Case of the Fiendish Flapjack Flop by Nate Evans, Paul Hindman, and Vince Evans
Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective: The Mystery of Merlin and the Gruesome Ghost by Nate Evans, Paul Hindman, and Vince Evans
Hunger Games:
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (separate review by The Girl)
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Maisie Dobbs:
8. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Novels of Ireland:
1. Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
2. The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney
3. The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:
1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith
Shopaholic:
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
The Clifton Chronicles:
1. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
2. The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
The Horses of Half-Moon Ranch:
1. Wild Horses by Jenny Oldfield
2. Rodeo Rocky by Jenny Oldfield
The Loser List:
1. The Loser List by H.N. Kowitt
2. The Loser List: Revenge of the Loser by H.N. Kowitt
Twilight Saga:
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Darcys and The Bingleys:
1. The Darcys & the Bingleys by Marsha Altman
2. The Plight of the Darcy Brothers by Marsha Altman
3. Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape by Marsha Altman
The Reincarnationist:
1. The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose
2. The Memorist by M.J. Rose
4. The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose
The Women’s Murder Club:
The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Tradd Street:
1. The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
2. The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
3. The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Yada Yada Prayer Group:
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson
Sequels
Almost Home by Pam Jenoff
A Hidden Affair by Pam Jenoff
Christmas at Pemberley by Regina Jeffers
The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy by Regina Jeffers
Heart of Deception by M.L. Malcolm
Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm
Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham
Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Denham
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Sam’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal by Ben Furman
Sam’s Quest: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman
Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli
The Traitor’s Wife by Susan Higginbotham
Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham
Short Stories
A Hatful of Cherries by Félix Calvino
Arsenic Soup for Lovers by Georgia Z. Post
Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese
Forgetting English by Midge Raymond
ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes (Year 1) by Susan Helene Gottfried
The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady
