2025 Book Reviews


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TitleAuthorRatingGenreAge Group
Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations #2)B. B. Alston3 StarsFantasy, AdventureMiddle Grade
The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping AfghanistanEnjeela Ahmadi-Miller with John DeSimone3 StarsMemoir, ImmigrationAdult
Cannery Row (Cannery Row #1)John Steinbeck4 StarsClassicAdult
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark Haddon4 StarsContemporary FictionAdult, Young Adult
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National ParksTerry Tempest Williams3.5 StarsMemoir, Essays, History, Politics, ScienceAdult
I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political ConversationsSarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers3 StarsPolitics, Self Help, SpiritualityAdult
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives #1)Hisashi Kashiwai3 StarsContemporary Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Mystery, TranslationAdult
March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis and Andrew Aydin4.5 StarsMemoir, History, Social Justice, Politics, Southern Literature, Graphic NovelYoung Adult
NoirChristopher Moore4 StarsHumor, Historical Mystery, Mystery, Science FictionAdult
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered ShellSy Montgomery3 StarsMemoir, ScienceAdult
Run: Book OneJohn Lewis and Andrew Aydin4 StarsMemoir, History, Social Justice, Politics, Southern Literature, Graphic NovelYoung Adult
Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody #9)Elizabeth Peters4 StarsHistorical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery, HumorAdult
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young AdultsSusan Kuklin4 StarsImmigration, Social Justice, Politics, BiographyYoung Adult
What You Are Looking For Is in the LibraryMichiko Aoyama4.5 StarsContemporary Fiction, Bibliophiles, Translation, Feel GoodAdult
Wild Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Natural WorldMike Higgins4 StarsScienceAdult

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