Red-Haired Ash Reads

The year is almost halfway over and so I thought it was a good time to share my five star reads. While I have already read over 150 books, I was surprised by how few I rated 5 stars. Hopefully the second half of the year will have more five stars for me.

I have split this into three categories: romance, graphics, and nonfiction.

Romance

I am very surprised I didn’t have more five star romance books this year. But, I have given the majority of my books 4 stars so still a pretty good reading year.

• Vacationing with the Vampire in Hallow’s Cove by Lyonne Riley
• Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
• Untethering Dark by Desirée M. Niccoli
• Passing Through Purgatory by Nik Knight
• Married to the Alien Mountain Man by Ursa Dax

Graphics

I have not read as many graphics this years as I did last year, but the ones I have read have all been pretty good. These are the few I gave five stars to.

• Blades of Furry, Vol. 1 by Emily Erdos
• Tokyo Fears Rhapsody, Vol. 1 by Akira Sugito
• Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 14 by Naoya Matsumoto
• Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 15 by Naoya Matsumoto

Nonfiction

I have only read 12 nonfiction books this year and most of those ended up being 3 and 4 star reads. These three are the only five star reads and I am still frequently think about two of them.

• The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats: Demystifying these Often Misunderstood Creatures by Alyson Brokaw
• Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin DuMez Kobes
• Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress, and Dr. Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold

How many five star books have you had this year? If you read any of these books, did you enjoy them?