I Describe Every Read Book on My Bookshelf in One Sentence

Hi, and welcome back. To be honest, I think this is one of the greatest ideas my little mind has ever come up with (I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do this before, at least not pulling books specifically from their shelves, but if someone else has…great minds think alike)!

So today, if you haven’t already guessed, I’m going to be listing every book I have read on my bookshelf and give my thoughts on that particular book to you in one sentence. Keep in mind that these are a fraction of the books I’ve read, so you do not have to suffer while I describe two hundred books to you. I’m tremendously excited for this, so let’s get started.

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Classics

1. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle: One of the first mysteries I’ve read and it did not disappoint.

2. Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Who doesn’t love an allegorical adventure story about tribalism and the evils of the human race?

3. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway: Man on a boat for one hundred pages is not for me.

4. That was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton: Kind of like the Outsiders, but darker.

5. Atonement by Ian McEwan: Contemporary-type romance mixed with the tragedies of war and family problems based on real conflict, plus that ending…yes, just yes.

6. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: Anne is an absolute doll and I think I may have to read the whole series.

7. Animal Farm by George Orwell: Pigs vs. humans and totalitarian propaganda, and yet the ending made me more invested in the story than the other one hundred pages combined.

8. Anthem by Ayn Rand: Light maker boy from underground bunker meets girl in corn field and they rebel.

9. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare: (Insert every Beatrice quote here.)

10. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Love meets the most tragic of ends (and I am indeed glad it ended)!

11. Heidi by Johanna Spyri: A sweet story about a girl and her goats and a sled and some boy and that’s basically all I remember.

Poetry/Short Stories

12. Erratic and Unnecessary by Erelah Emerson: It was indeed erratic, and yet incredibly necessary for my existence to continue.

13. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur: My first experience with Rupi Kaur…and probably my last for a while.

14. Little Birds by Hannah Lee Kidder: Loved some of these stories, the others not so much.

15. What Have You Lost selected by Naomi Shihab Nye: One of the greatest books I’ve ever found at a second-hand book sale.

16. Poetry Speaks Who I Am selected by Elise Paschen: A good collection of classic and modern poetry for teens.

17. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein: Are you sure this poetry is for children because it is WEIRD!

Fantasy

18. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo: Unpopular opinion: not as good as Six of Crows

19. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: The gory boat scene was the first that came to mind when I wrote this sentence; the river scene at the end was the second.

20. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke: The interesting parts of the story don’t start until the last quarter of the book (insert crying emoji).

21. Dark Lord: The Early Years by Thomson Lloyd: Puny humans! Oh if only I had my gauntlets of ineluctable destruction!

22. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas: One of the two times my eyes were graced by Maas’s infamous writing.

23. Cinder by Marissa Meyer: Why doesn’t YA fantasy have more cyborgs?

24. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling: Not the eighth Harry Potter book…not even the negative eighth.

Sci-Fi

25. Golden Son by Pierce Brown: Death begets, death begets, death.

26. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown: So many perspectives to follow, so much revenge to inflict (insert cackling).

27. Morning Star by Pierce Brown: THE EPILOGUE IN THIS BOOK GAVE ME LIFE!

28. Red Rising by Pierce Brown: Goblins hiding in dead horse skins—someone needs to make that into a nursery rhythm.

29. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins: I want to own Mockingjay, but not the better two books of the series. - said no one ever.

30. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: Worst book in the series, but still didn’t hate it.

31. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: Spaceships, evil AIs, and young loves on the rocks…must I go on?

32. Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: Nick and the parachute.

33. Legend by Marie Lu: June and Day…I’ve always found it strange that one of their names is a month and the other is a length of time.

34. The Roswell High Series by Melinda Metz : All I remember about this series is that book three was the best, but I can’t seem to recall why it is the best.

35. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson: Real crazy stuff happens in this book and I hate every character at one point or another.

36. The Toll by Neal Shusterman: Thunderhead was better.

Historical Fiction

37. Harbor for the Nightingale by Kathleen Baldwin: Not going to lie, I don’t really remember much of this book.

38. Refuge for Masterminds by Kathleen Baldwin: Jane is my spirit animal and Alexander is her annoying puppy dog.

39. The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede: Everyone in class loved this book except for me and it feels good to finally get my true opinion off of my chest, so thank you internet.

40. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls: A book given by a random relative that was surprisingly enjoyable.

Contemporary

41. The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout: The cover has paint splatters on it—paint splatters!

42. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: Some may have my head for this but: I DID NOT LIKE!

43. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green: A contemporary classic full of metaphors, passive aggressive dialogue, and prose I never get tired of randomly quoting.

44. Turtles All The Way Down by John Green: The spiral painting is all I remember.

45. Love and The Sea and Everything in Between by Brian Mcbride: Not for me, but the sea is great.

46. Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds: Time-travel meets contemporary romance—didn’t love it, didn’t hate it.

47. The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice: Road trip (and one I don’t particularly remember taking)!

48. A Moment of Gray by B.E. Ruffino: Lots of twists and turns and Ray of course.

Non-Fiction

49. Psychology for Dummies by Adam Cash: The dummy part of me forgot a majority of what I learned from this book.

50. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey: Thank you, Sean, for the wisdom you have imparted to me in teaching me to be highly effective.

51. Travelling Light by Max Lucado: A book I read during quarantine that was very enjoyable and practical indeed.

52. Knowing God by J.I. Packer: A masterpiece of Christian theology and the importance of knowing God.

53. Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings by Ben Shapiro: My feelings have been slayed by your facts.

54. The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel: Didn’t enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

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There we have it—54 books! I'm sure I have at least 54 unread books on my bookshelf as well. Thank you for reading this post. How many