Books I Recommend

Happy International Day of Friendship everyone! In this post I am going to recommend books that feature friendship between two or more of the characters. Most of these you want to aspire to, but there is one that I don’t recommend (and I will point it out in due course). Also, some of these books have been recommended to me and I have yet to read them, but I still wanted to include them here because friendship is very prominent to the plot. Note: These books are in no particular order. So, let’s begin: 1. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry…

Nonfiction has been my most read genre this year, so this list is a bit longer than that of my previous post. Thus far, I have read 12 books in this genre and in this post, I will be ranking those books from my least favorite to my new favorite nonfiction read of the year. Here goes: 12. Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green This book was not what I had expected or what I wanted to read about tuberculosis. Nonetheless, I commend the author (a popular YA novel author) for using…

I read a lot of historical fiction, so I am a bit surprised that I’ve only read 5 so far this year. Here is my ranking though, from least favorite to my new favorite in the genre. 5. Homeseeking by Karissa Chen I know this book is very popular and very much loved by many readers, but I didn’t fall in love with it enough to root for this couple. Yes, the (love) story between Haiwen and Suchi is sad and heart-wrenching at times but I think the book is a bit overhyped. It just didn’t live up to my…

Hello everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I’ll be rating the 10 short novels and stories that I’ve read so far in 2026. To qualify, a book needs to be less than 200 pages long. The book I liked the least is mentioned first all the way down to the one I loved the most and that made it to my New Favorite list. Here goes: 10. A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr (Page count: 104 pages) Read my review for this book here. 9. Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela (Dear Diego) by Elena Poniatowska (Page count:…