— January

• Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes | ★★★★☆
• Persephone's Curse by Katrina Leno | ★★★☆☆
• Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez | ★★★★★
• Heart the Lover by Lily King | ★★★★★
• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera | ★★★★☆
• The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd Robinson | ★★★★☆
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett | ★★★☆☆
• Bog Queen by Anna North | ★★★★☆
• Diavola by Jennifer Thorne | ★★★★☆
• The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden | ★★☆☆☆
• Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards | ★★★★★
• The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean | ★★★☆☆
• Discontent by Beatriz Serrano | ★★★☆☆

— February

• The Fox Wife by Yangszee Choo | ★★★☆☆
• Intemperence by Sonora Jha | ★★★★★
• One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh | ★★★★☆
• The Compound by Aisling Rawle | ★★★★☆
• Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley | ★★★☆☆
• Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin | ★★★★☆
• Vigil by George Saunders | ★★★☆☆
• A Game of Cones by Abbey Collette | ★★★☆☆
• Kindred by Octavia Butler | ★★★★★
• Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad (bookclub read) | ★★★★☆
• The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery | ★★★★★
• The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward | ★★★★☆
• When the Museum is Closed by Emi Yagi | ★★★☆☆
• Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston | ★★★☆☆
• The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad | ★★★★★
• The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson | ★★★★☆
• Three Days In June by Anne Tyler | ★★★☆☆
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho | ★★★★☆

— March

• The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş | ★★★★★
• Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov | ★★★★★
• Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams | ★★★☆☆
• Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman | ★★★★☆
• Possession by A.S. Byatt | ★★★★★
• Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash | ★★★★★
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant | ★★★★☆
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy | ★★★☆☆
• The Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester | ★★★☆☆
• The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya | ★★★☆☆
• Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess by Heather R. Darsie | ★★★★☆
• Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir | ★☆☆☆☆
• A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang | ★★★★★

— April

• The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann | ★★★★☆
• Clutch by Emily Nemens | ★★★☆☆
• Rouge by Mona Awad | ★★★★☆
• Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg | ★★★☆☆
• I Love You Don't Die by Jade Song | ★★★★☆
• The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk | ★★★★☆
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova | ★★★★★
• Zeal by Morgan Jenkins | ★★★★★
• Brawler by Lauren Groff | ★★★★★
• Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher | ★★★★☆
• Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith | ★★★☆☆
• Westward Women by Alice Martin | ★★★☆☆

— May

• The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke | ★★★☆☆
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden | ★★☆☆☆
• The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow | ★★★☆☆
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan | ★★★★☆
• Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding | ★★☆☆☆
• The Fountain by Casey Scieszka | ★★★★☆
• Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke | ★★★★★
• Bad Cree by Jessica Johns | ★★★★☆
• His and Hers by Alice Feeney | ★★★☆☆
• Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson | ★★☆☆☆
• The Pohaku by Jasmin Iolani Hakes | ★★★★☆

— June

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke | ★★★★★
• Binstead's Safari by Rachel Ingalls | ★★★★★
• The Last of Earth by Deepa Anaparra
• Kin by Tayari Jones | ★★★★★
• Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell | ★★★★★
• Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums by Angela Stienne | ★★★★★
• We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib | ★★★★★
• Break Room by Miye Lee | ★★★☆☆
• Go Gentle by Maria Semple | ★★★★☆
• Out of the Loop by Katie Siegel | ★★★★☆
• I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Se-hee Baek | ★★★★☆
• Strange Girls by Sarvat Hasin | ★★★★★

— July

• Lives of the Saints by Nancy Lemann | ★★★★☆
• Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez | ★★★☆☆
• The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace | ★★★★☆
• What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang | ★★★★☆
• Summer by Edith Wharton | ★★★☆☆
• Weyward by Emilia Hart | ★★★☆☆
• Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood | ★☆☆☆☆
• The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting | ★★★★☆
• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells | ★★★★★

— August

• The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware | ★★★★☆
• Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein | ★★★★★
• Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | ★★★★☆
• Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker | ★★★★★
• Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth | ★★★☆☆
• Henry Tudor Must Die by Jillian Laine | ★★☆☆☆
• The Witch by Marie NDiaye | ★★★☆☆
• Sisterhood Above All by Kathleen Barber | ★★★☆☆
• Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef | ★★★★☆
• Wasp's Nest by Kat Stoddard | ★★☆☆☆
• The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann | ★★★★☆
• Soft Spots by Leila Renee | ★★★★☆
• I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman | ★★★★★

— September

• _When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain _ by Nghi Vo | ★★★★★
• Hard Copy by Fien Veldmen | ★★☆☆☆
• Tender by Lauren Du Plessis | ★★★☆☆
• If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga | ★★★★★
• Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller | ★★★★☆
• Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito | ★★★☆☆
• Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson | ★★☆☆☆
• Girls Will Be Girls by Sophie Stava | ★★★★☆
• The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt by Lloyd Llewellyn Jones | ★★★★☆
• Nerve Damage by Annakeara Stinson | ★★★★☆
• Peanut by Elisabeth Thomas | ★★★★☆
• Honey by Imani Thompson | ★★★★★