Welcome to my Best of the Best page!! From best books of the month, to favorite book lists, and more!! Enjoy!!
Best Book of August 2025: Better Than the Movies
Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Romance
“Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago.”
9.2/10
Best Book of July 2025: The Silent Patient
Psychological Thriller
“Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. Until one night, when her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from work, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word.”
9.6/10
Best Book of June 2025: The Case for Jamie
Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
What’s a Watson without his Holmes?
9.3/10
Best Book of May 2025: Powerless
Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Hunted. Hunter. Destined for each other.
9.1/10
Best Book of March 2025: The Nightingale
Historical Fiction
“In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.”
10/10
Best Book of February 2025: One of Us is Lying
Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
“Pay close attention and you might solve this.
The Brain, The Beauty, The Criminal, The Athlete, The Outcast.”
9.3/10
Best Book of January 2025: Games Untold
Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Romance
“Love is dangerous.
Love is salvation.
Love is power.
Family is forever.”
9.0/10
Best Book of November 2024: Finale
Young Adult, Fantasy
“A love worth fighting for.
A dream worth dying for.
An ending worth waiting for.”
9.8/10
Best Book of October 2024: Artifice
Young Adult, Historical Fiction
“Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents' small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city's palette.”
9.9/10
Best Book of September 2024: The Mystery Writer
September 2024
Realistic Fiction, Murder Mystery, Thriller
“There's nothing easier to dismiss than a conspiracy theory—until it turns out to be true”
9.5/10