Reviews by Author

Underlined titles, preceded by an asterisk, are on my best of the year lists.

Collections

My True Love Gave to Me - Twelve Holiday Stories Edited by Stephanie Perkins

A

Anderson, Laurie Halse - Speak
Applegate, Katherine - The One and Only Ivan
Asher, Jay & Mackler, Carolyn - The Future of Us
Atkinson, Kate - A God in Ruins
Atkinson, Kate - Life After Life

B

Baggott, Juliana - Pure
Baker, Jo - Longbourn
Bakopoulos, Dean - Please Don't Come Back From the Moon
Bender, Aimee - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Beukes, Lauren - The Shining Girls
Black, Holly - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Brashares, Anne - The Here and Now
Brockmeier, Kevin - A Brief History of the Dead
Brosh, Allie - Hyperbole and A Half
Brown, Brene - Daring Greatly
Brunt, Carol Rifka - Tell the Wolves I'm Home


C

Card, Orson Scott - Enders Game
Cass, Kiera - The Selection
Cass, Kiera - The Elite
Cass, Kiera - The One
Cass, Kiera - The Heir
Cassella, Carol - Gemini
Chbosky, Stephen - The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Cline, Ernest - Armada
Cline, Ernest - Ready Player One
Cocks, Heather & Morgan, Jessica - The Royal We
Condie, Ally - Reached
Condie, Ally - Atlantia
Conklin, Tara - The House Girl
Cotugno, Katie - How to Love

D

Danforth, Emily - The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Dessen, Sarah - Keeping the Moon
Dessen, Sarah - Saint Anything
Dessen, Sarah - This Lullaby
Diffenbaugh, Vanessa - The Language of Flowers
Diffenbaugh, Vanessa - We Never Asked For Wings
Doerr, Anthony - All the Light We Cannot See
Donaldson, Julianne - Edenbrooke
Drukerman, Pamela - Bringing Up Bebe
Durant, Sabine - Remember Me This Way

E

Erdrich, Louise - The Round House
Essbaum, Jill Alexander - Hausfrau

F

Faber, Michael - The Book of Strange New Things
Fey, Tina - Bossypants
Flynn, Gillian - Dark Places
Flynn, Gillian - Gone Girl
French, Tana - In the Woods
French, Tana - The Likeness
Ford, Jamie - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Forman, Gayle - Just One Day
Forman, Gayle - Just One Year
Forman, Gayle - Just One Night
Forman, Gayle - I Was Here
Fowler, Karen Joy - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

G

Gaiman, Neil - Neverwhere
Gaiman, Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Godberson, Anna - Luxe
Godberson, Anna - Rumors
*Green, John - The Fault in Our Stars
Green, John - Looking for Alaska
Green, John - Paper Towns
Grossman, Lev - The Magicians
Grissom, Kathleen - The Kitchen House

H

Hale, Shannon - Austenland
Han, Jenny - To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Han, Jenny - The Summer I Turned Pretty
Han, Jenny - It's Not Summer Without You
Han, Jenny - We'll Always Have Summer
Harkness, Deborah - A Discovery of Witches 
Hawkins, Paula - The Girl On The Train
Headley, Maria Dahvana - Magonia
Heller, Peter - The Dog Stars
Henderson, Eleanor - Ten Thousand Saints
Hilderbrand, Elin - The Matchmaker
Hilderbrand, Elin - Winter Street
Hillenbrand, Lauren - Unbroken
Howey, Hugh - Wool
Howey, Hugh - Shift

I

Inman, Matthew - The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
Ivey, Eowyn - The Snow Child

J

James, E.L. - Fifty Shades of Grey
James, E.L. - Fifty Shades Darker
Jackson, Joshilyn - Gods in Alabama

L

LaFevers, Robin - Grave Mercy
Lindhout, Amanda - A House in the Sky
Lockhart, E. - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
*Lockhart, E. - We Were Liars
Lowry, Lois - The Giver

K

Kent, Hannah - Burial Rites
Kerman, Piper - Orange is the New Black
Kinsella, Sophie - I've Got Your Number
Koch, Herman - The Dinner

M

Mandel, Emily St. John - Station Eleven
McCreight, Kimberly - Reconstructing Amelia
Meissner, Susan - A Fall of Marigolds
*Meyer, Marissa - Cinder
Meyer, Marissa - Scarlett
Meyer, Marissa - Cress
Meyer, Marissa - Fairest
Milay, Katja - The Sea of Tranquility
Moran, Caitlin - How to Build A Girl
Morgan, Jessica & Cocks, Heather - The Royal We 
Morgenstern, Erin - The Night Circus
Moriarty, Liane - The Husband's Secret
Moriarty, Liane - Big Little Lies
Morton, Kate - The Lake House
Moyes, Jojo - After You
*Moyes, Jojo - Me Before You
Moyes, Jojo - One Plus One
Moyes, Jojo - The Girl You Left Behind
Moyes, Jojo - The Last Letter From Your Lover
Murakami, Haruki - IQ84

N

Nelson, Jandy - I'll Give You the Sun
Netzer, Lydia - Shine, Shine, Shine
Ng, Celeste - Everything I Never Told You
Niven, Jennifer - All The Bright Places

O

Obreht, Tea - The Tigers Wife
Oliver, Lauren - Before I Fall
Oliver, Lauren - Delerium
Oyeyemi, Helen - Boy, Snow, Bird
Ozeki, Ruth - A Tale for the Time Being

P

Palacio, R.J. - Wonder
Parker, John L. Jr. - Once A Runner
*Patchett, Ann - State of Wonder
Peterfruend, Diana - For Darkness Shows the Stars
Picoult, Jodi (and her daughter Samantha VanLeer) - Between the Lines
Picoult, Jodi - Leaving Time
Picoult, Jodi - Lone Wolf
Poehler, Amy - Yes Please

R

Racculia, Kate - Bellweather Rhapsody
*Revis, Beth - Across the Universe
Revis, Beth - A Million Suns
Revis, Beth - Shades of Earth
Revis, Beth - As They Slip Away
Roorbach, Bill - Life Among Giants
Rosoff, Meg - Picture Me Gone
Roth, Veronica- Insurgent
Roth, Veronica - Allegiant
Rowell, Rainbow - Attachments
*Rowell, Rainbow - Eleanor and Park
Rowell, Rainbow - Fangirl
Rowell, Rainbow - Landline

S

Saenz, Benjamin Alire - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Sanderson, Brandon - Mistborn
*Semple, Maria - Where'd You Go Bernadette?
Scherm, Rebecca - Unbecoming
Schmidt, Gary - The Wednesday Wars
Shipstead, Maggie - Astonish Me
Simsion, Graeme - The Rosie Project
Sittenfeld, Curtis - Prep
Sittenfeld, Curtis - Sisterland
Sixsmith, Martin - The Lost Child of Philomena Lee
Sloan, Robin - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store
Smith, Jennifer E. - This is What Happy Looks Like
Stedman, M.L. - The Light Between Oceans
Stein, Garth - The Art of Racing in the Rain
Stiefvater, Maggie - Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie - The Raven Boys
Stiefvater, Maggie - The Dream Thieves
Stone, Biz - Things A Little Bird Told Me
Strayed, Cheryl - Tiny Beautiful Things
Strayed, Cheryl - Wild
Straub, Emma - The Vacationers
Sullivan, J. Courtney - The Engagements
Sullivan, Michael - Connecting Boys with Books 2

T

Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Taylor, Laini - Days of Blood and Starlight
Taylor, Laini - Gods and Monsters
Tartt, Donna - The Little Friend
Towles, Amor - Rules of Civility
Tropper, Jonathan - This is Where I Leave You
Tyler, Anne - Ladder of Years

V

Van Draanen, Wendelin - The Running Dream
W

Walker, Karen Thompson - The Age of Miracles
Walter, Jess - Beautiful Ruins
Waters, Sarah - Fingersmith
Waters, Sarah - The Paying Guests
Wein, Elizabeth - Code Name Verity
*Weir, Andy - The Martian
Whaley, John Corey - Where Things Come Back

Y

Yancey, Rick - The Fifth Wave
Yancey, Rick - The Infinite Sea

Z

*Zevin, Gabrielle - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry