49 Books* Ranked From Worst to Best

*I know that some are movie adaptations, but that’s besides the point.

It seems so unbelievable that I’m now approaching my 50th book review. To celebrate this, I will rate each of the 49 books that I have reviewed on this site. These are based on the rates that I gave them on Goodreads.com, but some have changed since their initial postings.

Here is the chart that I used to rate^ them:

* = Bad

** = Meh

*** = Decent

**** = Good

***** = Great

^Note: The books within each rating are in no particular order.

Now, let’s begin!

*

• The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
• Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein

**

• The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness by Matthew Kelly

***

• Richville: A Chance for Redemption in a Town Without Pity by Robert C. Jones
• The Bouncer by David Gordon
• Tangerine by Christine Mangan
  • (I was originally going to put this under two stars, but I placed it here simply because I understood the reasons why it was being adapted by George Clooney’s film company.)
• The Cold War by Norman Friedman
• The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
• Knitting for the First Time by Vanessa-Ann Collection
• Kill the Farm Boy by Deliah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
• The Widow by Fiona Barton
• Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
• The Summons by John Grisham

****

• The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
  • (I originally had this as three stars, but looking back on that review, I realized that four stars is more deserving since the only real problem I had with it mainly occurred in the first third of the novel.)
• Oasis by Bharat Krishnan
• Divan of Shah by Rizvi Shah Asad
• One Day in December by Josie Silver
• You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen
  • (I had this as three stars, yet recently, I realized that I wanted to go back to 2017-2018, where all we had to be concerned about with Trump was the 2016 election interference and the border wall. Also, certain kinds of comedy are meant to make people uncomfortable as well as laugh, and political satire falls into that category.)
• Richville: Another Tale of Travail and Treachery by Robert C. Jones
• The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox by Lenore Sagaskie
• The Vampire of Maple Town by Kane McLoughlin
• The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
• Caterham Sevens: The Official Story of a Unique British Sportscar from Conception to CSR by Chris Rees
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• Glass Houses by Louise Penny
• Where’d You Go Bernadette Movie Version
• Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

*****

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Movie Version
• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle
• How to Punch Kids in Bathrooms by John Marszalkowski
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian’s Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life by Annie Spence
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Buy My Book: Not Because You Should, But Because I’d Like Some Money by John Marszalkowski
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See 
• The Four Sworn: Summer Solstice by Lenore Sagaskie
• Confessions of a Campaign Manager by Bharat Krishnan
• The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
• The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
• The Child by Fiona Barton
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht
• What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
• The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner
• Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by Richard Munson

And there you have it! Let me what you think via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or email!

For my upcoming book review, all I can say is that it’s about one of the most famous mustached comedians of the 20th century! See ya next week!

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