Today I’m starting a new series where every three months I go back and look at my five star reads and share what they were and what my main reactions to them are now – like what stands out the most even now. I thought this would be a good reflection piece and might be useful for you all to see since I haven’t started doing ratings yet.
There are always ratings on my Goodreads reviews if you’re curious though! Follow or friend me to see what I think. For ease of searching, I thought it would be good to separate them in terms of genre!
Fantasy
This year I’ve been reading way more fantasy than I ever thought. If you had ever asked me I would have assumed I read more SF, but this year has been proving me wrong quite spectacularly.
- Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
- Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
- Spectacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
- The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie
- The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso
- The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
Science Fiction
Welcome to my very meager SF list. I don’t know what is responsible for the drop in SF books this year, but whatever it is, I hope to address it in the coming months.
- The Pioneer by Bridget Tyler
- Stolen Time by Danielle Rollins
- Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera
- The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
- Opposite of Always by Justin A Reynolds
- Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
- A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A Cole
- Sky Without Stars by Joanne Rendel and Jessica Brody
- An Anatomy of Beasts by Olivia A Cole
- The Kingdom by Jessica Rothenberg
- Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Contemporary
My contemporary reading is really going strong! I’m glad to use contemporary to break up the fantasy and for the month of March it’s been working out really well!
- Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
- The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
- Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Love, Hate, & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
- All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman
- How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasglow
- Love from A to Z by SK Ali
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
And Among the Red Stars by Gwen C Katz which is historical fiction so didn’t fit in anywhere because I only had this 5 star historical fiction pick!
Five star reads for me so far were I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios, No Place Like Here by Christina June and To Have and to Hold by Arell Rivers
Oh I have No Place Like Here on my TBR! That’s so encouraging!
SO many five stars read already this year, wow, this is amazing! I can’t wait to read Summer Bird Blue and Immoral Code, both sound so good 🙂
YAy! I hope you enjoy! I really loved those both and I’m so happy it’s been so good so far, fingers crossed!
I’ve also been reading more fantasy this year. I am enjoying the awesome world-building and characters more than I thought.
it’s something else to be in an immersive fantasy world!
Wow, that’s quite some list! I’ve starting to intersperse my fave genre (crime/psych thrillers) with something quite different every now and than as well. I don’t want to get to used to an author’s style in case I predict the twists!
That is such a good idea, I try to do that so I don’t end up reading all YA fantasy you know haha