The Bookishreads Rating System
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– an absolutely incredible book that you don’t want to miss!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ½ – a truly wonderful book! VERY Highly recommend
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ¼ – a fantastic book! Highly recommend
⭐⭐⭐⭐– a great book, well worth reading
⭐⭐⭐ ½ – only okay; save your precious reading time for other books
Anything above 4 ½ stars I wish (oh, how I wish) I could start all over again… not knowing just what a fabulous ride I’m in for!
All the Colors of the Dark – Chris Whitaker
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And So I Roar – Abi Dare
Artifice – Sharon Cameron
Attic Child, The – Lola Jaye
Beartown – Fredrik Backman
Book of Fire, The – Christy Lefteri
Briar Club, The – Kate Quinn
Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, The – Annie Lyons
Calamity Club, The – Kathryn Stockett
Calamity of Souls, A – David Baldacci
Carrie Soto is Back – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Chain, The – Adrian McKinty
Crow Mary – Kathleen Grissom
Dreaming of Flight – Catherine Ryan Hyde
Dust Child – Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Fairy Tale – Stephen King
Fall of Marigolds, A – Susan Meissner
Family Remains, The – Lisa Jewell
Fountains of Silence, The – Ruta Sepetys
Girl with the Louding Voice, The – Abi Dare
Glory Over Everything – Kathleen Grissom
God of Small Things, The – Arundhati Roy
Ground Zero – Alan Gratz
Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
I Must Betray You – Ruta Sepetys
James – Percival Everett
Jewish Girl in Paris, A – Melanie Levensohn
Kitchen House, The – Kathleen Grissom
Language of Hoofbeats, The – Catherine Ryan Hyde
Librarian of Auschwitz, The – Antonio Iturbe
Little Liar, The – Mitch Albom
Lola in the Mirror – Trent Dalton
Long Shadows – David Baldacci
Maureen – Rachel Joyce
Midwife of Auschwitz, The – Anna Stuart
My Friends – Fredrik Backman
Paris Agent, The – Kelly Rimmer
Prayer for Owen Meany, A – John Irving
Shark Heart – Emily Habeck
Silent Wife, The – Karin Slaughter
Small Mercies – Dennis Lehane
Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent
Teacher, The – Freida McFadden
Terrible Kindness, A – Jo Browning Wroe
This is Why We Lied – Karin Slaughter
Under the Whispering Door – TJ Klune
Us Against You – Fredrik Backman
Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen
We Are All Guilty Here – Karin Slaughter
We Were the Lucky Ones – Georgia Hunter
Weyward – Emilia Hart
What Happened to Nina? – Dervla McTiernan
Winners, The – Fredrik Backman
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