2025

1.  Abide with Me ~ by Elizabeth Strout, 2006, literary fiction, 320 pages, 6/10

2.  Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers ~ by Adriana Trigiani, 2010, memoir, xiii + 204 pages, 8/10

3.  The Collected Regrets of Clover ~ by Mikki Brammer, 2023, psychological fiction (New York), 317 pages, 10/10

4.  Home ~ by Toni Morrison, 2012, literary fiction, 149 pages, 9/10

5.  A Clowder of Cats: A Joy Forest Mystery ~ by Blythe Ayne, 2022, cozy animal mystery, 208 pages, 10/10

6.  Surprise Twins for the Irish Doctor ~ by Izabella Brooks, 2023, romance, 202 pages, 9/10

7.  Grover Yoga ~ by Debbie DeFord-Minerva, illustrated by Steph Lew, 2024, children's board book, 16 pages, 10/10

8.  Farmer Boy (Little House, 2) ~ by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1933, illustrated by Garth Williams, 1953, children's classics, 375 pages, 8/10

9.  The Great Migration: An American Story ~ by Jacob Lawrence (author and illustrator), 1995, children's social studies (ages 4-8), 48 pages, 9/10

10.  Jacob Lawrence: American Scenes, American Struggles ~ by Nancy Shroyer Howard, 1996, children's literature (grades 2-3), 48 pages, 7/10

11.  Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag ~ by Sigrid Nunez, 2014, memoir, 128 pages, 6/10

12.  Miss Rumphius ~ by Barbara Cooney, 1982, children's, 32 pages, 10/10

13.  The Night Bookmobile ~ by Audrey Niffenegger, 2010, graphic novel, 40 pages, 9/10

14.  Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family ~ by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold, 1987, World War Two history, 272 pages, 9/10

15.  The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music ~ by Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Hayden Goodman, 2023, children's picture book, 40 pages, 9/10

16.  Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ~ by J. D. Vance, 2018, memoir, 264 pages, 8/10

17.  Pictorial Atlas of North American National Parks ~ edited by Marie Cahill and W. J. Yenne, 1991, atlas, 256 pages

18.  I Am a Pilot ~ by Christopher Nicolas, illustrated by Alan Bateson, 2016, children's picture book, 24 pages, 9/10

19.  Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats ~ by Courtney Gustafson, 2025, memoir, 256 pages, 9/10

20.  Smile ~ by Raina Telgemeier, 2010, graphic memoir (for grades 3-7), 224 pages, 10/10

21.  The Coliseum Con ~ by Geronimo Stilton, 2009, children's book, 56 pages, 5/10

22.  The Continental Congress: A Primary Source History of the Formation of America's New Government ~ by Betty Burnett, 2004, history (grades 7-9), 64 pages, 10/10

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My rating system is totally subjective.

10 ~ Loved it!!  Couldn't put it down!!

9 ~ Excellent!

8 ~ Very Good

7 ~ Good

6 ~ Above Average

5 ~ Average

4 ~ Struggled to finish, but not worth it

3 ~ Annoying ~ a waste of time

2 ~ Poor

1 ~ Pitiful!

0 ~ Awful!!  Don't bother

* DNF ~ Did Not Finish ~ one I abandoned

* Nah ~ I don't recommend it