the reading log

BOOK REVIEWS

I read around 80 books a year and review my favorites (and my almost-favorites) here — heavy on romantasy and romance book reviews, with the occasional thriller or craft book. Every rating is out of 5 stars, every review is spoiler-free, and I always tell you the truth. Click any cover to read the full review.

Every book review, rated

Deep Work book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Deep Work
★★★★★
Cal Newport
Essentialism book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Essentialism
★★★★★
Greg McKeown
Burnout book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Burnout
★★★★★
Emily and Amelia Nagoski
The Untethered Soul book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Untethered Soul
★★★★★
Michael Singer
The Mountain Is You book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Mountain Is You
★★★★★
Brianna Wiest
Atomic Habits book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Atomic Habits
★★★★★
James Clear
Building a StoryBrand book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Building a StoryBrand
★★★★★
Donald Miller
The Dip book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Dip
★★★★★
Seth Godin
Zero to One book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Zero to One
★★★★★
Peter Thiel
Good to Great book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Good to Great
★★★★★
Jim Collins
The Millionaire Next Door book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Millionaire Next Door
★★★★★
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The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business
★★★★★
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
★★★★★
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The Pathless Path book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Pathless Path
★★★★★
Paul Millerd
$100M Money Models book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
$100M Money Models
★★★★★
Alex Hormozi
$100M Leads book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
$100M Leads
★★★★★
Alex Hormozi
$100M Offers book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
$100M Offers
★★★★★
Alex Hormozi
House of Leaves book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
House of Leaves
★★★★★
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Alchemist book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Alchemist
★★★★★
Paulo Coelho
Little Weirds book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Little Weirds
★★★★★
Jenny Slate
Creativity, Inc. book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Creativity, Inc.
★★★★★
Ed Catmull
Orbiting the Giant Hairball book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Orbiting the Giant Hairball
★★★★★
Gordon MacKenzie
Create Dangerously book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Create Dangerously
★★★★★
Albert Camus
A Poetry Handbook book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Poetry Handbook
★★★★★
Mary Oliver
Old Friend from Far Away book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Old Friend from Far Away
★★★★★
Natalie Goldberg
Big Magic book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Big Magic
★★★★★
Elizabeth Gilbert
The War of Art book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The War of Art
★★★★★
Steven Pressfield
After Dark book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
After Dark
★★★★★
Haruki Murakami
This Is How You Lose the Time War book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
This Is How You Lose the Time War
★★★★★
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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
★★★★★
Lisa Unger
Rain of Shadows and Endings book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Rain of Shadows and Endings
★★★★★
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The Wolf King book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Wolf King
★★★★★
Lauren Palphreyman
One for the Money book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
One for the Money
★★★★★
Janet Evanovich
The Inheritance Games book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Inheritance Games
★★★★★
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Nocticadia book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Nocticadia
★★★★★
Keri Lake
Women Who Run With the Wolves book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Women Who Run With the Wolves
★★★★★
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The Poet Empress book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Poet Empress
★★★★★
Shen Tao
The Body Keeps the Score book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Body Keeps the Score
★★★★★
Bessel van der Kolk
Across the Vanishing Sky book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Across the Vanishing Sky
★★★★★
Catherine Cowles
Catch and Kill book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Catch and Kill
★★★★★
Ronan Farrow
Two Can Play book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Two Can Play
★★★★★
Ali Hazelwood
How to Do Nothing book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
How to Do Nothing
★★★★★
Jenny Odell
The Witch Collector book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Witch Collector
★★★★★
Charissa Weaks
Bad Blood book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Bad Blood
★★★★★
John Carreyrou
Metal Slinger book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Metal Slinger
★★★★★
Rachel Schneider
Real Artists Don’t Starve book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Real Artists Don’t Starve
★★★★★
Jeff Goins
The Ever King book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Ever King
★★★★★
L.J. Andrews
Born a Crime book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Born a Crime
★★★★★
Trevor Noah
A Court This Cruel & Lovely book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court This Cruel & Lovely
★★★★★
Stacia Stark
The Artist’s Way book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Artist’s Way
★★★★★
Julia Cameron
City of Lies and Legends book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Lies and Legends
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards
Gone Girl book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Gone Girl
★★★★★
Gillian Flynn
City of Souls and Sinners book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Souls and Sinners
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards
The Hunger Games book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Hunger Games
★★★★★
Suzanne Collins
City of Gods and Monsters book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Gods and Monsters
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Educated book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Educated
★★★★★
Tara Westover
Heat of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Heat of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole
Enchantra book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Enchantra
★★★★★
Kaylie Smith · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Glow of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Glow of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole
We Who Will Die book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
We Who Will Die
★★★★★
Stacia Stark · 🌶️🌶️
Spark of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Spark of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole · 🌶️🌶️
Daughter of No Worlds book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Daughter of No Worlds
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent · 🌶️🌶️
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent
A Violent Masterpiece book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Violent Masterpiece
★★★★★
Jordan Harper
The Traitor Queen book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Traitor Queen
★★★★★
Danielle L. Jensen
The Bridge Kingdom book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Bridge Kingdom
★★★★★
Danielle L. Jensen · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Born of Blood and Ash book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Born of Blood and Ash
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
House of Earth and Blood book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
House of Earth and Blood
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Fire in the Flesh book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Fire in the Flesh
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Throne of Glass — the Series book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Throne of Glass — the Series
★★★★★
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A Light in the Flame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Light in the Flame
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Onyx Storm book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Onyx Storm
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Shadow in the Ember book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Shadow in the Ember
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Iron Flame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Iron Flame
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
The War of Two Queens book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The War of Two Queens
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Love Hypothesis book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Love Hypothesis
★★★★★
Ali Hazelwood · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
The Crown of Gilded Bones book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Crown of Gilded Bones
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Verity book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Verity
★★★★★
Colleen Hoover · 🌶️🌶️
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Heartless Hunter book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Heartless Hunter
★★★★★
Kristen Ciccarelli · 🌶️
The Serpent and the Wings of Night book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent · 🌶️🌶️
From Blood and Ash book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
From Blood and Ash
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Court of Frost and Starlight book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Frost and Starlight
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Wings and Ruin
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
When the Moon Hatched book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
When the Moon Hatched
★★★★★
Sarah A. Parker
Upgrade book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Upgrade
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Recursion book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Recursion
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Wayward book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Wayward
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Pines book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Pines
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Dark Matter book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Dark Matter
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
It Ends with Us book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
It Ends with Us
★★★★★
Colleen Hoover
Project Hail Mary book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Project Hail Mary
★★★★★
Andy Weir
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
★★★★★
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fourth Wing book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Fourth Wing
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Court of Mist and Fury book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Phantasma book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Phantasma
★★★★★
Kaylie Smith · 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Quicksilver book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Quicksilver
★★★★★
Callie Hart · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Everybody Knows book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Everybody Knows
★★★★★
Jordan Harper
A Court of Thorns and Roses book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Thorns and Roses
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
★★★★★
Rita Chang-Eppig
The Guest book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Guest
★★★★★
Emma Cline

Read-alike lists: what to read next

Reviews tell you what I thought. These lists hand you the follow-up: each is built around a book everyone finishes too fast, mixing my rated reviews with the picks BookTok and Reddit have canonized. I update them as new books earn spots.

My bookshelf (the ones I wrote)

Write for Money and Power by Amy Suto — book cover
Write for Money and Power
Nonfiction · 2026
The Ash Trials by Amy Suto — book cover
The Ash Trials
Romantasy · Kindle Unlimited
Let Me Be Your Ghost by Amy Suto — book cover
Let Me Be Your Ghost
Serialized romance
The Nomad Detective: Vol. I by Amy Suto — book cover
The Nomad Detective: Vol. I
Mystery · 2024
Six-Figure Freelance Writer by Amy Suto — book cover
Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Nonfiction · 2023

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I accept ARCs and review copies for consideration on this blog — my reviews rank on Google for the books I cover — and I interview authors on Make Writing Your Job and Sutoscience. Sweet spots: romantasy and romance, memoir, and nonfiction for writers and creatives. I only review books I can be honest about — my press kit has audience stats and everything else a publicist needs.