99 Books* Ranked From Worst to Best

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

I can’t believe that I’m now approaching my 100th book review. I’ve encountered so many titles that I don’t think that I would’ve read on my own. In addition, these reviews have also allowed me to interact with various authors. Thank you to all who took the time to read the reviews and to share them with others!

To celebrate this, I will rate each of the 99 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 only in alphabetical order.

Now, let’s begin!

*

• Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein
• For Whom the Bell Tolls Movie Version
• The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke

**

• The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness by Matthew Kelly
• Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

***

• The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
• The Bouncer by David Gordon
• The Cold War by Norman Friedman
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
• Kill the Farm Boy by Deliah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
• Knitting for the First Time by Vanessa-Ann Collection
• Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
• My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
  • (I originally had it at 4 stars, but as time passed, I realized that it was simply a little more than okay.)
• Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Richville: A Chance for Redemption in a Town Without Pity by Robert C. Jones
• Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
• The Summons by John Grisham
• Tangerine by Christine Mangan
• The Widow by Fiona Barton

****

• Blowback by Brad Thor
• The Book of Love: 50 Poems to Fall in Love by Shah Asad Rizvi
• Caterham Sevens: The Official Story of a Unique British Sportscar from Conception to CSR by Chris Rees
• The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
• Divan of Shah by Rizvi Shah Asad
• The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
• The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox by Lenore Sagaskie
• Glass Houses by Louise Penny
• The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson
• The Hate U Give Movie Version
• I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
• The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
• Oasis by Bharat Krishnan
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• One Day in December by Josie Silver
• A Polar Bear in Love Manga Series by Koromo
  • (My overall rating for the four volumes is 4.25 stars.)
• Richville: Another Tale of Travail and Treachery by Robert C. Jones
• Richville: A Silver Lining in Richville – Hope Springs Eternal – Good vs. Evil, the Struggle Continues by Robert C. Jones
• Rose Madder by Stephen King
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• The Vampire of Maple Town by Kane McLoughlin
• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• What Was Your Name Downriver: Tales of the Shattered Frontier by Anthony Lowe
• Where’d You Go Bernadette Movie Version
• Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity by Norma Lewis
• 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

*****

• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle
• The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
• Around the World in 80 Days With Michael Palin by Sir Michael Palin
• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• Buy My Book: Not Because You Should, But Because I’d Like Some Money by John Marszalkowski
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• The Child by Fiona Barton
• Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
• Confessions of a Campaign Manager by Bharat Krishnan
• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
• Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan by Liz Michalski
• 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
• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
• Educated by Tara Westover
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht
• The Four Sworn: Summer Solstice by Lenore Sagaskie
• The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• How to Punch Kids in Bathrooms by John Marszalkowski
• Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
• The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• Love, Pride, Virtue, and Fate by Bharat Krishnan
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• The Many Adventures of Peter and Fi Volume 1 by Kelvyn Fernandes
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
• Nighthawk by Clive Cussler
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
• The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• Privilege by Bharat Krishnan
• Rolls-Royce Motor Car: Making a Legend by Simon Van Booy and Harvey Briggs
• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley
• The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
• Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by Richard Munson
• That’s Me Groucho!: The Solo Career of Groucho Marx by Matthew Conniam
• Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Movie Version
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Uncredible Thoughts: Essays, Spiels, and Poppycock by John Marszalkowski
  • (I originally had it at 4 stars, but the more I think about it, the more that I realize that I enjoyed it as much as John Marszalkowski’s other books.)
• Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha

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