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Books I haven't read yet — what's in progress, what I've committed to, and what's on the shelf. No reviews, no ratings, no promises on timing.
Reading now
In progress
Kin
Tayari Jones
Two childhood friends in the Jim Crow South take very different paths, only for their worlds to fold back together years later. Full review coming soon.
Under Story
Chloe Benjamin
Chloe Benjamin's Under Story: the Immortalists author returns with a speculative epic as a woman tries to get her ex-husband to relive their story. Review soon.
Up next
Committed — in publication order
The Amateur
Chris Bohjalian
A practice shot rips through a safety net and kills a teenager — and a golf prodigy's life unravels as community secrets surface. Full review coming soon.
Catch the Devil
Pamela Colloff
A career con man posed as a pilot, lawyer, and oilman for decades—then turned jailhouse informant, fabricating confessions that helped convict innocent men.
The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon
Ariel Lawhon's The Pirate Queen: the Frozen River author reimagines Grace O'Malley, the real Irish heroine who led a fleet against Queen Elizabeth. Review soon.
On the shelf
Likely, not yet committed
Life, and Death, and Giants
Ron Rindo
When an orphaned Amish giant is spotted by a football coach, what happens next transforms the lives of everyone in a small Wisconsin town. Full review soon.
The Keeper
Tana French
Tana French's The Keeper: the final Cal Hooper novel returns to Ardnakelty when a local girl is found dead in the river — a slow-burn Irish mystery. Review soon.
The Left and the Lucky
Willy Vlautin
A housepainter in his forties and a lonely eight-year-old find in each other the family neither one has. A tender story of healing — full review coming soon.
Seek Immediate Shelter
Vincent Yu
A false ballistic-missile alert hits one town, and in the minutes before the all-clear, everyone's truest self surfaces—who runs, who stays. Full review soon.
Whistler
Ann Patchett
At fifty-three, a woman reconnects with the stepfather she knew for a single childhood year—and the bond one fateful event forged still holds. Full review soon.
The Secrets We Hide
Karin Slaughter
A woman is found murdered and her teenage daughter left for dead in the second book of Karin Slaughter’s North Falls series, The Secrets We Hide.
Before You Were Anne
Emiko Jean
A woman is found dead and her sixteen-year-old daughter is missing — detective Chelsey Calhoun must crack the case before it's too late. Full review coming soon.
The French Illusion
John Grisham
John Grisham's The French Illusion: a Paris honeymoon turns to a cross-border kidnapping as the FBI, CIA, and French intelligence hunt for answers. Review soon.
The American Way of Killing
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell aims his signature storytelling and research at America's gun violence epidemic, probing why the U.S. sees far more homicides than its peers.
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The experience of loving a book is not complete until you have turned around to someone and said, “You have got to read this.”Ann Patchett
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Read, reviewed, ranked
Now reviewed · #30 of 2026
The Calamities
Chuck Wendig
★★★★★
Now reviewed · #51 of 2026
The Adventures of Juan Planchard
Jonathan Jakubowicz
★★★★★
Now reviewed · #29 of 2026
Happy Ending
Chloe Liese
★★★★★
Now reviewed · #47 of 2026
Under the Falls
Richard Russo
★★★★★
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