Here we have an index of book reviews, first by genre and then by the age the books were written for. My favorites are accompanied by a star.
Animal Fiction
- Agretsuko: Metal to the Max – Barnes, Kirkland, Williams, and Hickey *
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery – Deborah & James Howe *
Adventure
- Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman *
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee *
- The Fool’s Girl – Celia Rees
- Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 – Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop *
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Banned or Challenged
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
- Crank – Ellen Hopkins
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky *
Christmas Story
- Skipping Christmas – John Grisham
- The Story of Holly and Ivy – Rumer Godden *
- The Twelve Dogs of Christmas – David Rosenfelt
Coming-of-Age
Contemporary Realistic Fiction
- Crank – Ellen Hopkins
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier
- Skipping Christmas – John Grisham
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky *
Diary Fiction
Dystopia
Epistolary Fiction
Fantasy
- Fairest – Gail Carson Levine *
- Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman *
- Just Ella – Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman *
- Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee *
- The Fool’s Girl – Celia Rees
- Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 – Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop *
Graphic Novel/Comics
- Agretsuko: Metal to the Max – Barnes, Kirkland, Williams, and Hickey *
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Jeff Kinney
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 – Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop *
Historical
Horror
- Beach House – R. L. Stine
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery – Deborah & James Howe *
- Selected Poems & Tales – Edgar Allan Poe
- The Collection – Bentley Little
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neil, Lance Rubin *
- The Shining – Stephen King *
Humor
- Agretsuko: Metal to the Max – Barnes, Kirkland, Williams, and Hickey *
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery – Deborah & James Howe *
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Jeff Kinney
- Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman *
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier
- Look Who’s Back – Timur Vermes
- Skipping Christmas – John Grisham
- Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, & Tomfoolery – Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neil *
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neil, Lance Rubin *
Legal Thriller
LGBT (plot and/or character rep)
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee *
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky *
- Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 – Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop *
Memoir/Biography
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier
- Julie & Julia: My year of Cooking Dangerously – Julie Powell
- Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, & Tomfoolery – Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neil *
- The Road from Home – David Kherdian
Mystery
- I am the Messenger – Markus Zusak
- Selected Poems & Tales – Edgar Allan Poe
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neil, Lance Rubin *
- The Twelve Dogs of Christmas – David Rosenfelt
Picture Book
Poetry
Political Fiction
Religion
Retelling
- Fairest – Gail Carson Levine *
- Just Ella – Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley
- The Fool’s Girl – Celia Rees
Romance
- Crank – Ellen Hopkins
- Fairest – Gail Carson Levine *
- The Fool’s Girl – Celia Rees
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch * (well, romance-ish)
Satire
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
- Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman *
- It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis
Science Fiction
Short Story Collection or Anthology
- Agretsuko: Metal to the Max – Barnes, Kirkland, Williams, and Hickey * (short comics in this case)
- Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman *
- Selected Poems & Tales – Edgar Allan Poe
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle *
- The Collection – Bentley Little
Travel Fiction
Children’s Lit – Picture Book
Children’s Lit – Middle Grade
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery – Deborah & James Howe *
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Jeff Kinney
- Fairest – Gail Carson Levine *
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier
Young Adult
- Beach House – R. L. Stine
- Crank – Ellen Hopkins
- I am the Messenger – Markus Zusak
- Just Ella – Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley
- The Fool’s Girl – Celia Rees
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee *
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neil, Lance Rubin *
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky *
- The Road from Home – David Kherdian
Adult
- Agretsuko: Metal to the Max – Barnes, Kirkland, Williams, and Hickey *
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
- Dune – Frank Herbert
- Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman *
- It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis
- Julie & Julia: My year of Cooking Dangerously – Julie Powell
- Look Who’s Back – Timur Vermes
- Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman *
- Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, & Tomfoolery – Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neil *
- Selected Poems & Tales – Edgar Allan Poe
- Skipping Christmas – John Grisham
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle *
- The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerlins – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal – by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, & Carey Pietsch *
- The Collection – Bentley Little
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neil, Lance Rubin *
- The Shining – Stephen King *
- The Twelve Dogs of Christmas – David Rosenfelt
- Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 – Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop *