Fiction Books

Book Reviews of Fiction Books                                         

Are you looking for your next good read? Not sure what to read next? Check out The Running Bibliophile's book reviews listed alphabetically by author below by clicking on the book title to see if it is worth your time or not. Or, click on a year to see our book reviews by year. 

Book Reviews By Year:           

          2019          2018          2017          2016          2015

Book Reviews by Author:

Andrews, V.C.
   ✦ Heaven (Casteel, #1)

Ballis, Stacey
   ✦ Good Enough to Eat

Barton, Fiona
   ✦ The Suspect (Kate Waters, #3)

Caine, Rachel
   ✦ Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
   ✦ Killman Creek (Stillhouse Lake, #2)
   ✦ Wolfhunter River (Stillhouse Lake, #3)
   ✦ Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake, #4)

Christie, Agatha
   ✦ Crooked House
   ✦ Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

Clark, Mary Higgins
   ✦ Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry

Coben, Harlan
   ✦ Tell No One

Dobbs, Leighann
   ✦ Ain't Seen Muffin Yet (Lexy Baker, #15)

Donoghue, Emma
   ✦ Room

Evanovich, Janet
   ✦ One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
   ✦ Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, #2) 
   ✦ Eleven On Top (Stephanie Plum, #11)
   ✦ Plum Lovin' (Stephanie Plum, #12.5)
   ✦ Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13)
   ✦ Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, #14) 

Fifield, Christy
   ✦ Murder Buys A T-Shirt (A Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery # 1)
   ✦ Murder Hooks A Mermaid (A Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery #2)
   ✦ Murder Sends A Postcard (A Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery, #3)

Finder, Joseph
   ✦ Suspicion

Fitzgerald, F. Scott
   ✦ The Great Gatsby, The Authorized Text

Flynn, Gillian
   ✦ Dark Places
   ✦ Gone Girl
   ✦ The Grownup

French, Tana
   ✦ In the Woods

Giffin, Emily
   ✦ Something Borrowed

Halliday, Gemma
   ✦ Spying In High Heels (High Heels, #1)
   ✦ Killer in High Heels (High Heels, #2)
   ✦ A High Heels Haunting (High Heels, #4.5)
   ✦ Suspect In High Heels (High Heels, #10)
   ✦ Peril In High Heels (High Heels, #11)


 Harkness, Deborah
   ✦ A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy # 1)
   ✦ Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy # 2)
   ✦ The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, # 3)
   ✦ Time's Convert (All Souls Universe, #1)

Hawkins, Paula
   ✦ Into the Water
   ✦ The Girl on the Train

Hoover, Colleen
   ✦ It Ends With Us

James, P.D.
   ✦ Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh #8)

Johansen, Iris
   ✦ Mind Game (Eve Duncan, #22)
   ✦ No Easy Target

King, Stephen
   ✦ 11/22/63
   ✦ Desperation
   ✦ It
   ✦ The Institution
   ✦ The Shining (The Shining, #1)

Lapena, Shari
   ✦ A Stranger in the House
   ✦ An Unwanted Guest

Lutz, Lisa
   ✦ The Spellman Files (The Spellmans #1)
   ✦ Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #2)
   ✦ Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #3) 


 
Martin, George R.R.
   ✦ A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
   ✦ A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

Meyer, Stephenie
   ✦ Twilight (Twilight, #1)
   ✦ New Moon (Twilight, #2)
   ✦ Eclipse (Twilight, #3)
   ✦ Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)
   ✦ The Host

Mitchell, David
   ✦ Cloud Atlas

Miranda, Megan
   ✦ All the Missing Girls

Morgenstern, Erin
   ✦ The Night Circus

Morton, Kate
   ✦ The Lake House

Moyes, Jojo
   ✦ Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
   ✦ After You (Me Before You, #2)
   ✦ Still Me (Me Before You, #3)

Nagel, Leslie
   ✦ The Book Club Murders (Oakwood Mystery #1)
   ✦ The Antique House Murders (Oakwood Mystery, #2)
   ✦ The Advice Column Murders (Oakwood Mystery, #3) 

Paris, B.A.
   ✦ Bring Me Back
   ✦ The Breakdown
   ✦ The Dilemma

Quick, Matthew
   ✦ The Silver Linings Playbook

Reichert, Amy E.
   ✦ Luck, Love & Lemon Pie

Ross, Jennifer
   ✦ The Icing on the Cupcake

Stevens, Chevy
   ✦ Never Let You Go
   ✦ That Night
   ✦ Those Girls

Swanson, Cynthia
   ✦ The Bookseller

Tremblay, Paul
   ✦ Disappearance at Devil's Rock

Tyler, Anne
   ✦ Clock Dance

Upson, Nicola
   ✦ Two for Sorrow (Josephine Tey, #3)

Ware, Ruth
   ✦ In A Dark, Dark Wood
   ✦ The Turn of the Key
   ✦ The Woman in Cabin 10

Weisberger, Lauren
   ✦ The Devil Wears Prada
 
Williams, Amanda Kyle
   ✦ The Stranger You Seek

Wilson, Teri
   ✦ The Accidental Beauty Queen

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz
   ✦ The Shadow of the Wind

Various Fiction Books

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