Moshe New.

Reading

What I've been reading.

Every book I finish gets a gut star rating on Goodreads. The ones I sit with get scored on thirteen questions: seven about the craft, out of ten each, and six about the experience of reading it, out of five each. A hundred points in all.

496 books read, 12 scored, 64 waiting.

Scored

How the scoring works ↓

Masterpiece

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles · Historical Fiction · 2016

93.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft65/70
Experience28.5/30

Excellent

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol · Literary Fiction · 1842

88.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft61.5/70
Experience27/30

Excellent

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez · Literary Fiction · 1967

87.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft64/70
Experience23.5/30

Excellent

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi · Historical Fiction · 2016

85.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft60.5/70
Experience25/30

Excellent

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn · Thriller · 2012

82.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft58/70
Experience24.5/30

Excellent

Creation

Gore Vidal · Historical Fiction · 1981

82.5/100 ★★★★★
Craft58/70
Experience24.5/30

Very good

My Life as a Man

Philip Roth · 1974

77/100 ★★★★★
Craft53/70
Experience24/30

Very good

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · Literary Fiction · 2021

76/100 ★★★★★
Craft53.5/70
Experience22.5/30

Very good

The Door

Magda Szabó · Literary Fiction · 1987

75/100 ★★★★★
Craft55/70
Experience20/30

Good

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid · Romance · 2021

63/100 ★★★★★
Craft41.5/70
Experience21.5/30

Excellent · read 11 July 2026

City of Thieves

David Benioff · Historical Fiction · 2008

80/100 ★★★★★
Craft54/70
Experience26/30

Good · read 11 July 2026

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore · Mystery · 2024

61/100 ★★★★★
Craft40/70
Experience21/30

How I score a book

Craft 70 points, 7 questions out of 10

  • ProseHow beautiful and effective is the language?
  • Plot & narrativeIs the plot well built and complete?
  • Character workHow interesting and compelling are the people?
  • Thematic depthDoes the book go beyond its own story?
  • AtmosphereDoes the world feel real and lived in?
  • OriginalityHow good is the idea, the premise?
  • ResolutionDoes the ending deliver on the premise?

Experience 30 points, 6 questions out of 5

  • Emotional impactDid the emotional stakes land?
  • RereadabilityWould I read it again?
  • Je ne sais quoiAs a writer, does the craft leave me daunted?
  • ImmersionDid it reel me in? Could I put it down?
  • Genre satisfactionDoes it deliver on what its genre promises?
  • Author's voiceHow distinctive is the voice on the page?

Masterpiece 90+ · Excellent 80+ · Very good 70+ · Good 60+ · Average 50+ · Below average 40+.

The shelf

Rated on Goodreads

Five stars 59

  • A Simple StoryS.Y. Agnon
  • City of Thieves 80David Benioff
  • The Boy from Boomerang CrescentEddie Betts
  • All Over But the Shoutin'Rick Bragg
  • Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)Pierce Brown
  • Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)Pierce Brown
  • A Little PrincessFrances Hodgson Burnett
  • The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
  • South of BroadPat Conroy
  • The Great SantiniPat Conroy
  • The Prince of TidesPat Conroy
  • All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr
  • Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
  • The GamblerFyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas
  • Gone Girl 82.5Gillian Flynn
  • Dead Souls 88.5Nikolai Gogol
  • Homegoing 85.5Yaa Gyasi
  • Into the Gauntlet (The 39 Clues, #10)Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Night RoadKristin Hannah
  • An Artist of the Floating WorldKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)N.K. Jemisin
  • Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)Robert Jordan
  • The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)Robert Jordan
  • Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)Robert Jordan
  • Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)Robert Jordan
  • The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka
  • The Old CapitalYasunari Kawabata
  • Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)Sarah J. Maas
  • Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)Sarah J. Maas
  • Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a FamilyThomas Mann
  • A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)George R.R. Martin
  • A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)George R.R. Martin
  • The Snow LeopardPeter Matthiessen
  • The RoadCormac McCarthy
  • The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  • After the BanquetYukio Mishima
  • The Sound of WavesYukio Mishima
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude 87.5Gabriel García Márquez
  • Daisy Jones & The SixTaylor Jenkins Reid
  • Beware the Gingerbread House (Teen Power Inc., #5)Emily Rodda
  • Green for Danger (Teen Power Inc., #6)Emily Rodda
  • The Shifting Sands (Deltora Quest, #4)Emily Rodda
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Raven Hill Mysteries, #2)Emily Rodda
  • The Valley of the Lost (Deltora Quest, #7)Emily Rodda
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)J.K. Rowling
  • The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The Emperor's SoulBrandon Sanderson
  • Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV.E. Schwab
  • Lady Tan's Circle of WomenLisa See
  • The PearlJohn Steinbeck
  • A Gentleman in Moscow 93.5Amor Towles
  • Rules of CivilityAmor Towles
  • Creation 82.5Gore Vidal
  • The Singing TreesBoo Walker
  • The Time MachineH.G. Wells
  • The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde

Four stars 191

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)Douglas Adams
  • How to Fall in LoveCecelia Ahern
  • The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)Ivo Andrić
  • The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)Katherine Arden
  • Fonds (Foundation #1)Isaac Asimov
  • Fonds un impērija (Foundation #2)Isaac Asimov
  • Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
  • A Man Called OveFredrik Backman
  • Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman
  • Ava's ManRick Bragg
  • Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
  • Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)Dan Brown
  • The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)Dan Brown
  • The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)Pearl S. Buck
  • Magic and Other Misdemeanors (The Sisters Grimm, #5)Michael Buckley
  • Once Upon a Crime (The Sisters Grimm, #4)Michael Buckley
  • Tales From the Hood (The Sisters Grimm, #6)Michael Buckley
  • The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm, #9)Michael Buckley
  • The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7)Michael Buckley
  • The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1)Michael Buckley
  • The Inside Story (The Sisters Grimm, #8)Michael Buckley
  • The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, #3)Michael Buckley
  • The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, #2)Michael Buckley
  • The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett
  • Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island ― A Foster Kid MemoirRegina Calcaterra
  • The Black Circle (The 39 Clues, #5)Patrick Carman
  • Breaking The SilenceDiane Chamberlain
  • The Bay At MidnightDiane Chamberlain
  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)Suzanne Collins
  • The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)Suzanne Collins
  • The Lords of DisciplinePat Conroy
  • The Water Is WidePat Conroy
  • The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Keeper of Happy EndingsBarbara Davis
  • The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky
  • Foucault’s PendulumUmberto Eco
  • Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad #4)David Eddings
  • Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3)David Eddings
  • Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad #5)David Eddings
  • Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)David Eddings
  • King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)David Eddings
  • Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4)David Eddings
  • "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P. Feynman
  • The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)Ken Follett
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)Ken Follett
  • David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling GiantsMalcolm Gladwell
  • Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell
  • The NoseNikolai Gogol
  • My Quarrel with Hersh RasseynerChaim Grade
  • Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They ExpectWill Guidara
  • Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)John Gwynne
  • The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)John Gwynne
  • The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)John Gwynne
  • Broken CountryClare Leslie Hall
  • Angel FallsKristin Hannah
  • The NightingaleKristin Hannah
  • The WomenKristin Hannah
  • One Summer in SavannahTerah Shelton Harris
  • Great Big Beautiful LifeEmily Henry
  • People We Meet on VacationEmily Henry
  • Dune (Dune, #1)Frank Herbert
  • FredericaGeorgette Heyer
  • Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman
  • ConfessColleen Hoover
  • It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)Colleen Hoover
  • Reminders of HimColleen Hoover
  • A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
  • And the Mountains EchoedKhaled Hosseini
  • Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
  • The Cider House RulesJohn Irving
  • Klara and the Sun 76Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)James Islington
  • The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)N.K. Jemisin
  • Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)Robert Jordan
  • New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)Robert Jordan
  • The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)Robert Jordan
  • The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)Robert Jordan
  • The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)Robert Jordan
  • The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)Robert Jordan
  • The Great HuntRobert Jordan
  • AmerikaFranz Kafka
  • The Black Book of Buried SecretsMallory Kass
  • Thousand CranesYasunari Kawabata
  • Real AmericansRachel Khong
  • The Dragon's Eye (Erec Rex, #1)Kaza Kingsley
  • The Monsters of Otherness (Erec Rex, #2)Kaza Kingsley
  • The Search for Truth (Erec Rex, #3)Kaza Kingsley
  • The Secret of Ashona (Erec Rex, #5)Kaza Kingsley
  • The Three Furies (Erec Rex, #4)Kaza Kingsley
  • The Emperor's Code (The 39 Clues, #8)Gordon Korman
  • A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)Madeleine L'Engle
  • I Know This Much Is TrueWally Lamb
  • Love and Other WordsChristina Lauren
  • The True Love ExperimentChristina Lauren
  • To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  • A Hero of Our TimeMikhail Lermontov
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)C.S. Lewis
  • I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)Pittacus Lore
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)Scott Lynch
  • Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)Sarah J. Maas
  • The Assassin and the Desert (Throne of Glass, #0.3)Sarah J. Maas
  • The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2)Sarah J. Maas
  • The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)Sarah J. Maas
  • Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)Sarah J. Maas
  • A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)George R.R. Martin
  • A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)George R.R. Martin
  • A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)George R.R. Martin
  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)George R.R. Martin
  • The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides
  • CirceMadeline Miller
  • The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaYukio Mishima
  • A Book Of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry ― An Anthology of 300 Poems From Around the WorldCzesław Miłosz
  • To Begin Where I Am: Selected EssaysCzesław Miłosz
  • The God of the Woods 61Liz Moore
  • Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)Brandon Mull
  • Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami
  • Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)Garth Nix
  • The Concealment of Endless LightYehoshua November
  • 1984George Orwell
  • Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
  • Reflections on Conceptual Judaism: About the Sense of All That IsDr Eliezer Paltiel
  • SnowOrhan Pamuk
  • My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
  • The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)Rick Riordan
  • The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)Rick Riordan
  • The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)Rick Riordan
  • The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)Rick Riordan
  • The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)Rick Riordan
  • The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)Rick Riordan
  • The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)Rick Riordan
  • The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)Rick Riordan
  • The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)Rick Riordan
  • The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)Rick Riordan
  • Dragon's Nest (Dragons of Deltora, #1)Emily Rodda
  • Isle of the Dead (Dragons of Deltora, #3)Emily Rodda
  • Return to Del (Deltora Quest, #8)Emily Rodda
  • Shadowgate (Dragons of Deltora, #2)Emily Rodda
  • Tales of DeltoraEmily Rodda
  • The Disappearing TV Star (Raven Hill Mysteries, #3)Emily Rodda
  • The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, #1)Emily Rodda
  • The Shadowlands (Deltora Shadowlands, #3)Emily Rodda
  • The Sister of the South (Dragons of Deltora, #4)Emily Rodda
  • My Life as a Man 77Philip Roth
  • The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)Patrick Rothfuss
  • The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)Patrick Rothfuss
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)J.K. Rowling
  • The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  • Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)Brandon Sanderson
  • Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)Brandon Sanderson
  • Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)Brandon Sanderson
  • Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)Brandon Sanderson
  • WarbreakerBrandon Sanderson
  • The Tea Girl of Hummingbird LaneLisa See
  • The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)Samantha Shannon
  • One Day in DecemberJosie Silver
  • In My Father's CourtIsaac Bashevis Singer
  • The World's ReligionsHuston Smith
  • Shatterproof (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #4)Roland Smith
  • East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
  • As a Driven LeafMilton Steinberg
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)Trenton Lee Stewart
  • Sophie’s ChoiceWilliam Styron
  • The Door 75Magda Szabó
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
  • The Lincoln HighwayAmor Towles
  • Fathers and SonsIvan Turgenev
  • BurrGore Vidal
  • CandideVoltaire
  • The Glass CastleJeannette Walls
  • The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)Brent Weeks
  • All the Colors of the DarkChris Whitaker
  • Charlotte’s WebE.B. White
  • NightElie Wiesel
  • Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic MastersElie Wiesel
  • StonerJohn Williams
  • The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)Tad Williams
  • Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History of Lenin, Trotsky & StalinBertram D. Wolfe
  • A Room of One’s OwnVirginia Woolf
  • A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara
  • The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak

Three stars 190

  • A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)Joe Abercrombie
  • Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)Joe Abercrombie
  • Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)Joe Abercrombie
  • The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)Joe Abercrombie
  • The HeroesJoe Abercrombie
  • The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)Joe Abercrombie
  • Aesop’s FablesAesop
  • The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - ParadisoDante Alighieri
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)Maya Angelou
  • For Every SinAharon Appelfeld
  • Otrais Fonds (Foundation #3)Isaac Asimov
  • The Dark Between StarsAtticus
  • Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  • My FriendsFredrik Backman
  • Day of Doom (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #6)David Baldacci
  • Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)Leigh Bardugo
  • Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)Leigh Bardugo
  • HerzogSaul Bellow
  • Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë
  • Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)Dan Brown
  • Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)Dan Brown
  • The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)Dan Brown
  • Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)Pierce Brown
  • Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)Jim Butcher
  • Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)Jim Butcher
  • The StrangerAlbert Camus
  • This Dark Road to MercyWiley Cash
  • The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy, #1)Brian Catling
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael Chabon
  • Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1)Diane Chamberlain
  • The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)Liu Cixin
  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)Suzanne Collins
  • Beach MusicPat Conroy
  • My Losing Season: A MemoirPat Conroy
  • The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His SonPat Conroy
  • The Magic of Ordinary DaysAnn Howard Creel
  • SweetlandMichael Crummey
  • The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)James Dashner
  • White NoiseDon DeLillo
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About RacismRobin DiAngelo
  • Travels in Hyper Reality: EssaysUmberto Eco
  • Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)David Eddings
  • Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)David Eddings
  • Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5)David Eddings
  • Of YesteryearLauren Eden
  • Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)Steven Erikson
  • The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Dark PlacesGillian Flynn
  • A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)Ken Follett
  • World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)Ken Follett
  • Every Summer AfterCarley Fortune
  • Meet Me at the LakeCarley Fortune
  • The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank
  • Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl
  • Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  • Outlander (Outlander, #1)Diana Gabaldon
  • American GodsNeil Gaiman
  • The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman
  • The ProphetKahlil Gibran
  • Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingMalcolm Gladwell
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceMalcolm Gladwell
  • Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
  • Paper TownsJohn Green
  • The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green
  • The Last Love NoteEmma Grey
  • A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
  • The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)John Gwynne
  • Home FrontKristin Hannah
  • The Four WindsKristin Hannah
  • The Great AloneKristin Hannah
  • Waiting for the MoonKristin Hannah
  • The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and HealingLara Love Hardin
  • The HeiressRachel Hawkins
  • The Love HypothesisAli Hazelwood
  • A guide for the bedevilledBen Hecht
  • The Garden of EdenErnest Hemingway
  • The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
  • The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway
  • Book LoversEmily Henry
  • War and TurpentineStefan Hertmans
  • Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs JugendHermann Hesse
  • The OdysseyHomer
  • All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)Colleen Hoover
  • Heart BonesColleen Hoover
  • Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)Colleen Hoover
  • It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)Colleen Hoover
  • Slammed (Slammed, #1)Colleen Hoover
  • The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
  • Eyeless in GazaAldous Huxley
  • A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving
  • A Pale View of HillsKazuo Ishiguro
  • The UnconsoledKazuo Ishiguro
  • When We Were OrphansKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)N.K. Jemisin
  • A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)Robert Jordan
  • A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14)Robert Jordan
  • Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)Robert Jordan
  • The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)Robert Jordan
  • Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut Jr.
  • Snow CountryYasunari Kawabata
  • The Nakano Thrift ShopHiromi Kawakami
  • TiganaGuy Gavriel Kay
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)T.J. Klune
  • One False Note (The 39 Clues, #2)Gordon Korman
  • The Medusa Plot (39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #1)Gordon Korman
  • The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)Peter Lerangis
  • The Sword Thief (The 39 Clues, #3)Peter Lerangis
  • The Viper's Nest (The 39 Clues, #7)Peter Lerangis
  • Theo of GoldenAllen Levi
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)Joan Lindsay
  • The Fall of Five (Lorien Legacies, #4)Pittacus Lore
  • The Fate of Ten (Lorien Legacies, #6)Pittacus Lore
  • The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies, #2)Pittacus Lore
  • The Revenge of Seven (Lorien Legacies, #5)Pittacus Lore
  • The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, #3)Pittacus Lore
  • Dear Emmie BlueLia Louis
  • Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)Scott Lynch
  • Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)Sarah J. Maas
  • Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)Sarah J. Maas
  • The Assassin and the Empire (Throne of Glass, #0.5)Sarah J. Maas
  • The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (Throne of Glass, #0.1)Sarah J. Maas
  • Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)Sarah J. Maas
  • The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good LifeMark Manson
  • The Passenger (The Passenger #1)Cormac McCarthy
  • The CrucibleArthur Miller
  • The Issa ValleyCzesław Miłosz
  • Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)Jojo Moyes
  • Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
  • The Things They CarriedTim O'Brien
  • Appointment in SamarraJohn O'Hara
  • Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens
  • Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)Lynn Painter
  • Wonder (Wonder, #1)R.J. Palacio
  • Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, #9)Linda Sue Park
  • Trust No One (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #5)Linda Sue Park
  • The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)Terry Pratchett
  • The Shipping NewsAnnie Proulx
  • Eugene OneginAlexander Pushkin
  • Malibu Rising 63Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • One True LovesTaylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)Rick Riordan
  • The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)Rick Riordan
  • The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)Rick Riordan
  • The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)Rick Riordan
  • The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)Rick Riordan
  • Vespers Rising (The 39 Clues, #11)Rick Riordan
  • City of the Rats (Deltora Quest, #3)Emily Rodda
  • Cry of the Cat (Raven Hill Mysteries, #4)Emily Rodda
  • Dread Mountain (Deltora Quest, #5)Emily Rodda
  • The Battle for Rondo (Rondo, #3)Emily Rodda
  • The Cavern of the Fear (Deltora Shadowlands, #1)Emily Rodda
  • The Ghost of Raven Hill (Raven Hill Mysteries, #1)Emily Rodda
  • The Isle of Illusion (Deltora Shadowlands, #2)Emily Rodda
  • The Key to Rondo (Rondo, #1)Emily Rodda
  • The Lake of Tears (Deltora Quest, #2)Emily Rodda
  • The Maze of the Beast (Deltora Quest, #6)Emily Rodda
  • The Wizard of Rondo (Rondo, #2)Emily Rodda
  • Divergent (Divergent, #1)Veronica Roth
  • AttachmentsRainbow Rowell
  • Eleanor & ParkRainbow Rowell
  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)J.K. Rowling
  • Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere CollectionBrandon Sanderson
  • Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)Brandon Sanderson
  • Elantris (Elantris, #1)Brandon Sanderson
  • Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)Brandon Sanderson
  • Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)Lisa See
  • Snow Flower and the Secret FanLisa See
  • Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology ReviewHershel Shanks
  • One Night on the IslandJosie Silver
  • The Giving TreeShel Silverstein
  • Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck
  • The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
  • The GoldfinchDonna Tartt
  • Second First ImpressionsSally Thorne
  • The Books of JacobOlga Tokarczuk
  • The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainJ.R.R. Tolkien
  • First LoveIvan Turgenev
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtMark Twain
  • The Covenant of WaterAbraham Verghese
  • From the JumpLacie Waldon
  • A King's Ransom (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #2)Jude Watson
  • Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)Jude Watson
  • In Too Deep (The 39 Clues, #6)Jude Watson
  • The War of the WorldsH.G. Wells
  • Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2)Tad Williams
  • The Case for LiteratureGao Xingjian

Two stars 45

  • Best Served ColdJoe Abercrombie
  • Red CountryJoe Abercrombie
  • The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)Elena Armas
  • Beartown (Beartown, #1)Fredrik Backman
  • Schmidt Delivered (Schmidt, #2)Louis Begley
  • Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of RacismDerrick A. Bell
  • The Boy in the Striped PajamasJohn Boyne
  • The Last RomanticsTara Conklin
  • DayMichael Cunningham
  • The NamesDon DeLillo
  • SilenceShūsaku Endō
  • Somebody's DaughterAshley C. Ford
  • The Summer I Met JackMichelle Gable
  • Transcendent KingdomYaa Gyasi
  • Between SistersKristin Hannah
  • Comfort & JoyKristin Hannah
  • Home AgainKristin Hannah
  • Funny StoryEmily Henry
  • Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5)Colleen Hoover
  • Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Buried GiantKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Golden BowlHenry James
  • The House of EveSadeqa Johnson
  • How to End a Love StoryYulin Kuang
  • The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)Christina Lauren
  • Main StreetSinclair Lewis
  • The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass, #0.4)Sarah J. Maas
  • One of the BoysDaniel Magariel
  • The Last DanceFiona McIntosh
  • Adam & Evie's Matchmaking TourNora Nguyen
  • This Place of WonderBarbara O'Neal
  • The King at the Edge of the WorldArthur Phillips
  • Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
  • The FountainheadAyn Rand
  • I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsIain Reid
  • Beautiful World, Where Are YouSally Rooney
  • Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)Brandon Sanderson
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemNewt Scamander
  • The RescueNicholas Sparks
  • One Last GiftEmily Stone
  • On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousOcean Vuong
  • When the Apricots BloomGina Wilkinson
  • To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3)Tad Williams
  • Soul MountainGao Xingjian
  • To ParadiseHanya Yanagihara

One star 7

  • SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson
  • The SilenceDon DeLillo
  • An Untamed StateRoxane Gay
  • The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)Jasmine Guillory
  • SociableRebecca Harrington
  • Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)Brandon Sanderson
  • The Love We FoundJill Santopolo

Unrated 4

  • Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)Dan Brown
  • The Secret of Chabad: Inside the world's most successful Jewish movementDavid Eliezrie
  • Turning Judaism Outwards: A Biography of the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel SchneersonChaim Miller
  • Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History ― A Rabbi's LifeJoseph Telushkin

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  • Look at MeAnita Brookner
  • TrustHernan Diaz
  • The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)Seth Dickinson
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  • The Wedding PeopleAlison Espach
  • A Frolic of His OwnWilliam Gaddis
  • Lessons in ChemistryBonnie Garmus
  • The Signature of All ThingsElizabeth Gilbert
  • Restless Dolly MaunderKate Grenville
  • The Other Side of NowPaige Harbison
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryAlix E. Harrow
  • Kenogaia: A Gnostic TaleDavid Bentley Hart
  • The Go-BetweenL.P. Hartley
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  • The Transit of VenusShirley Hazzard
  • Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1)Barry Hughart
  • Train DreamsDenis Johnson
  • Beauty and SadnessYasunari Kawabata
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  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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  • Independent PeopleHalldór Laxness
  • River East, River WestAube Rey Lescure
  • Motherless BrooklynJonathan Lethem
  • Where Reasons EndYiyun Li
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  • Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)Larry McMurtry
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  • The OverstoryRichard Powers
  • Go as a RiverShelley Read
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  • The Flanders RoadClaude Simon
  • The Makioka SistersJun'ichirō Tanizaki
  • FlightsOlga Tokarczuk
  • Primeval and Other TimesOlga Tokarczuk
  • The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and LossEdmund de Waal
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  • The VivisectorPatrick White
  • VossPatrick White
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