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Here are my top ten books I read and reviewed for Long and Short Reviews last year. They all received five star ratings, and the links below will take you to my reviews of them.
1. The Pits: Life Literally Bit Me in the Ass (a memoir) by Cheryl Edwards
Genre: Memoir
2. Hauntings and Hoarfrost by Rhonda Parrish (editor)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
3. Being Broken – Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse by Geoffrey R. Jonas
Genre: Memoir
4. Black as Hell, Strong as Death, Sweet as Love – A Coffee Travel Guide by Steven P. Unger
Genre: Non-Fiction
5. Bright Green Futures: 2024 by Susan Kaye Quinn, Editor
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
6. When the Squirrel Sings by Shana Hollowell
Genre: Children’s
7. Yes, I Am a Vampire by Stephen Kozeniewski
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
8. Menagerie in the Dark-Stories by Chris Kauzlarich
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
9. Hotel Spacious by J.S. Frankel
Genre: Young Adult
10. The Spiral’s Edge by Michael Boss
Genre: Non-Fiction (Poetry)
I haven’t read these, but I enjoyed your reviews.
Thank you!
I’m on the hunt for good memoirs for 2026, so taking note of The Pits for sure!
It was so good! Hope you like it.
Ooh, some solarpunk I’ve not read!
I think you might really like it. 🙂
You have an awesome mix of genres here and I haven’t heard of any of them! Looks like it was a good reading year for you!
Thank you. Yes, it was!
Looks like you had a great, diverse reading year! Hope 2026 will be just as amazing 🙂
Thank you!
I like the diversity in genres
Thanks. It’s fun to jump around!
These titles all sound interesting! Happy new reading year!🥂📚
Thank you. You, too!
These are all new to me. Need to check out your reviews. Thanks for sharing.
You’re quite welcome!
Bright Green Features seems interesting – I’ll definitely be checking out your review!
Thank you. I hope you like the book as well if you read it.
Hotel Spacious sounds fun!
It sure was. 🙂
These sound good!
Have a great week!
Thank you!
I haven’t read any of these, but they do sound good.
Thank you. 🙂
Ooh nice! These are all new to me ones but by the title I like the sounds of Yes, I am a Vampire!
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
You’re welcome! I love scary vampire stories.
I love the variety of genres you have on here.
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Thank you. I love dabbling in various literary areas. 🙂
Being Broken sounds like a tough read, but a worthwhile one. Thanks for sharing your recommendations.
You’re welcome. It was sobering for sure, but it’s such an important topic to discuss.
I’m not familiar with any of these titles but they sound good. I hope you read even better books in 2026!
Thank you, and you as well!
I haven’t read any of these yet, but they all sound very interesting. I hope your new year has gotten off to a wonderful start!
Thank you. You, too!
Interesting list of books, I haven’t heard of any of them!
Thank you. We review a lot of indie and small press books here at Long and Short Reviews. 🙂
There’s a lot of diversity here and that’s amazing! I hope you have a great 2026!
Thank you, and you as well!
I love vampire stories! Your review made it sound like it would be funny and interesting, I’m intrigued!
I hope you like it if you read it. It was great.
Looks like a nice variety of books made your list! I’m very curious about the coffee book:-)
For sure! The coffee book was a ton of fun.
A varied mix you have here. Great list and thanks for visiting my TTT!
You’re quite welcome!
I havent heard of any of these but it looks like you got to a lovely mix of genres. I love that you’ve included a few short story collections too, its always wonderful when you find a strong one of those.