cmaude's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Tame the Heart by Ava Hunter

Runaway Ranch #1

Tame the Heart

Ava Hunter

476 pages • 2023 • 15 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
2.5 cmaude's review
In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques

In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

Dominique Roques

304 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction history nature travel medium-paced
3.0 cmaude's review
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • 2024 • 74 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 cmaude's review
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

272 pages • 1985 • 445 editions

fiction classics historical horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 cmaude's review
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Vintage Contemporaries

Geek Love

Katherine Dunn

368 pages • 1989 • 41 editions

fiction literary challenging dark medium-paced
3.75 cmaude's review
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • 2020 • 47 editions

fiction mystery thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
3.75 cmaude's review
Firebird by Sunmi

Firebird

Sunmi

320 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
4.0 cmaude's review
Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead by Phil Lesh

Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead

Phil Lesh

333 pages • 2005 • 6 editions

nonfiction biography memoir music informative reflective medium-paced
4.5 cmaude's review
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

Lizzy Goodman

640 pages • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
4.25 cmaude's review
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

277 pages • 2012 • 123 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
4.5 cmaude's review