Book Review Archive
I read it, I filed it, you're welcome.
Dear reader,
Welcome to the Binge-Read Book Review Archive — a lovingly chaotic catalogue of all the books I’ve read, reviewed, or am plotting to review (because time is fake and my to-be-reviewed pile is taller than I am).
Here, you’ll find titles neatly alphabetised by author’s surname — while my reading choices are impulsive, my filing system is not. I’ve also sprinkled in some handy little emojis to clue you into the genre or general vibe of each book.
If I’ve already reviewed a book, the title will be linked — just one click away from all the tea, praise, or mild existential rambling.
Beware, though: this archive is a work-in-progress, much like myself, so check back often for fresh additions, questionable opinions, and the occasional literary hot take.
You’ve been warned.
Happy browsing (and even happier binge-reading).
EMOJI GUIDE
Genre
🧐 Classics
😂 Comedy
🌅 Contemporary
🏛️ Dark Academia
☣️ Dystopia
✨ Fantasy
🕯️ Gothic
💬 Graphic Novels/Comics
📜 Historical
👹 Horror
📖 LitFic
📚 Non-Fiction
✒️ Poetry
🌈 Queer
💖 Romcom/Romance
🤖 Sci-Fi
🕵🏼♂️ Thriller/Mystery
Audience
🔞 Adult
🎠 Middle Grade
🌱 Young Adult
Vibes
💀 People die
✊🏽 People fight back
⏳ People time travel
😭 I cried a lot
🌶️ It has smut (explicit sexual content)
A
Ahmed, Samira1 – Hollow Fires 🌅🕵🏼♂️🌱💀😭
Ahmed, Samira – Internment ☣️🌱✊🏽
Ahmed, Samira – Love, Hate & Other Filters 🌅💖🌱
Ahmed, Samira – Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know 📜🌅🌱
Ahmed, Samira – This Book Won’t Burn 🌅💖🌱✊🏽
Awad, Monna – Bunny 👹🏛️📖💀
B
Black, Holly – The Charlatan duology ✨💖🔞
Black, Holly – The Coldest Girl in Coldtown ✨💖🌱
Black, Holly – The Darkest Part of the Forest ✨💖🌱
Black, Holly – The Folk of the Air series ✨💖🌱
Black, Holly – The Good Neighbors trilogy ✨🌱
Black, Holly – The Modern Faerie Tales trilogy ✨💖🌱
Black, Holly – The Stolen Heir duology ✨💖🌱
Boulley, Angeline – Firekeeper’s Daughter 🌅🌱💀
Brontë, Emily – Wuthering Heights2 🧐📜🕯️
C
Carty-Williams, Candice – Queenie 🌅📖🔞🌶️
Clarke, J. C. – Spellboda ✨🎠
Collins, Suzanne – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ☣️🌱💀✊🏽😭
Collins, Suzanne – Sunrise on the Reaping ☣️🌱💀✊🏽😭
Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games ☣️🌱💀✊🏽😭
Collins, Suzanne – Catching Fire ☣️🌱💀✊🏽😭
Collins, Suzanne – Mockingjay ☣️🌱💀✊🏽😭
D
Dean, Sunyi – The Book Eaters ✨🕯️🌈
Douyé, Silvia – Sorceline, Vol. 1 💬✨🎠
E
Edwards, Megan – A Coin for the Ferryman 📜🤖
F
Faulkner, Katherine – The Other Mothers 🌅🕵🏼♂️💀
G
Garcia, Gabriela – Of Women and Salt 📜🌅📖
Garmus, Bonnie – Lessons in Chemistry 📜📖💀😭
Grace, Adalyne3 – Belladonna 🕯️✨🕵🏼♂️💀
Gracia, Anna – Boys I Know 🌅🌱
H
Hazelwood, Ali4 – Bride 💖✨🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Check & Mate 🌅💖🌱
Hazelwood, Ali – Deep End 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Loathe to Love You 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Love on the Brain 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Love, Theoretically 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Mate 💖✨🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – Not in Love 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hazelwood, Ali – The Love Hypothesis 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – Act Your Age, Eve Brown 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – Take a Hint, Dani Brown 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – Get a Life, Chloe Brown 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – The Roommate Risk 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – The Princess Trap 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Hibbert, Talia – The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Honey, Minda5 – The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir 📚🔞
I
J
Jackson, Shirley – The Haunting of Hill House 🧐🕯️
K
Kuang, R. F.6 – Babel 📜✨🏛️💀✊🏽😭
Kuang, R. F. – The Poppy War trilogy 📜✨💀
Kuang, R. F. – Katabasis ✨🏛️💀
Kuang, R. F. – Yellowface 🌅😂📖💀
L
Lacruz, Gabriela Romero – The Sun and the Void ✨
LaDelle, Ebony7 – Love Radio 🌅💖🌱
LaMarr, Rodney – Andre’s Story 🌅🌱💀😭
LaMarr, Rodney – Miracle’s Song 🌅🌱💀😭
Lauren, Christina – The Soulmate Equation 🌅💖🌶️
Lauren, Christina – The True Love Experiment 🌅💖🌶️
M
Maldonado, Crystal8 – The Fall of Whit Rivera 🌅💖🌱
Marchetti, Donna – Hate Mail 🌅💖🌱
Marques, Susana Moreira – Now and at the Hour of Our Death 📚🌅💀😭
Matthews, Patrick – Bradley’s Dragons ✨🎠
Menard, Rachel – The Labors of Gen duology ✨🌱
Miller, Sara Phoebe, and Morgan Beem – You Belong Here 🌅🌱💬
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – Silver Nitrate 👹🕵🏼♂️
N
O
P
Parker-Chan, Shelley – She Who Became the Sun 📜✨🌈🔞
Parker-Chan, Shelley – He Who Drowned the World 📜✨🌈🔞
Pillainayagam, Christine – Ellie Pillai Is Brown 🌅💖🌱
Q
R
Rabess, Cecilia – Everything’s Fine 🌅📖
Reid, Ava – A Study in Drowning 💖✨
Reid, Ava – A Theory in Dreaming 💖✨
Reid, Ava – Fable for the End of the World ☣️💖🌈🌱
Reid, Ava – Juniper & Thorn 👹✨🕯️
Reid, Ava – Lady Macbeth 📜✨🕯️📖
Reid, Ava – The Wolf and The Woodsman 📜💖✨
Reyes, Sonora9 – The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School 🌅💖🌈🌱
Rice, Morgan – The Survival trilogy ☣️🌱💀✊🏽
S
Solomon, Rachel Lynn – What Happens in Amsterdam 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Solomon, Rachel Lynn10 – Business or Pleasure 🌅💖🔞🌶️
Solomon, Rachel Lynn – The Ex Talk 🌅💖🌶️
Solomon, Rachel Lynn – Weather Girl 🌅💖🌶️
T
Tamaki, Mariko – This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki 🌅🌱💬
Travis, Alex – The Only Black Girl in the Room 🌅💖
U
V
Vaughan, Brian K.11, and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 1 🤖✨💬🌶️
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 2 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 3 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 4 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 5 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 6 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 7 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 8 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 9 🤖✨💬
Vaughan, Brian K., and Fiona Staples – Saga, Vol. 10 🤖✨💬
W
Walls, Jasmine – Brooms ✨💬
White, Kiersten – Lucy Undying 💖✨💀
Wiley, Rachel – Revenge Body ✒️
X
Y
Z
Zauner, Michelle – Crying in H Mart 📚🌅💀😭
Zeller, Mathilda – The Bee King 👹💀✊🏽
Zevin, Gabrielle – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 🌅📖💀😭
Zhao, Xiran Jay – Iron Widow 🤖🔞💀
Zrull, Lindsay S. – Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe 🌅🎠
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