gioia's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan

Fruiting Bodies: Stories

Kathryn Harlan

282 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
2.75 gioia's review
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl #2

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Matt Dinniman

386 pages • 2021 • 118 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
4.25 gioia's review
Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven #1

Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen

Mitch Albom

225 pages • 2003 • 91 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 gioia's review
The murder ledger by P. L. Handley

The murder ledger mysteries #1

The murder ledger

P. L. Handley

288 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

user-added

fiction mystery thriller
3.5 gioia's review
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

7h 9m • 2025 • 74 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin

The Castle Knoll Files #2

How to Seal Your Own Fate

Kristen Perrin

316 pages • 2025 • 35 editions

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
3.25 gioia's review
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill

What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love

Carole Radziwill

264 pages • 2005 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
4.0 gioia's review
Among the Thugs by Bill Buford

Among the Thugs

Bill Buford

317 pages • 1990 • 20 editions

nonfiction sports challenging medium-paced
4.25 gioia's review
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

14h 42m • 2022 • 33 editions

fiction literary magical realism thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Das Amulett von Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Bartimaeus #1

Das Amulett von Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud

545 pages • 2003 • 115 editions

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fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny medium-paced