This list contains links to book reviews after December 20, 2025 as well as those from the original Relevant Obscurity, 2015-2023-See information here. Each review is dated accordingly.

Classic Novels
Austen, Jane-Emma
Austen, Jane-Mansfield Park
Austen, Jane-Northanger Abbey
Austen, Jane-Persuasion
Badnold, Enid-The Loved and Envied
Bellamy, Edward-Looking Backward
Brink, Carol Ryrie-Madamoiselle Misfortune
Bronte, Anne-Agnes Grey
Bronte, Anne-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Bronte, Charlotte-Villette
Burnett, Frances Hodgson-A Little Princess
Cather, Willa-My Antonia
Cather, Willa-O Pioneers!
Christie, Agatha-Murder on the Orient Express
Conan Doyle, Arthur-The Maracot Deep
Day, Jr., Clarence-Life with Father
Defoe, Daniel-Roxana
Dickens, Charles-A Christmas Carol
Downs, Mrs. George Sheldon-Gertrude Elliot’s Crucible
Dreiser, Theodore-Sister Carrie
Fern, Fanny-Ruth Hall
Forster, EM-Where Angels Fear to Tread
EM, Forster-Maurice
Eliot, George-Daniel Deronda
Fitzgerald, F. Scott-The Great Gatsby
Gaskell, Elizabeth-Cranford
Gaskell, Elizabeth-Ruth
Gates, Eleanor-The Poor Little Rich Girl
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins-Herland
Hamilton, Patrick-The Slaves of Solitude
Hardy, Thomas-Desperate Remedies
Hardy, Thomas-Jude the Obscure
Hardy, Thomas-Under the Greenwood Tree
Hawthorne, Nathaniel-The Blithedale Romance
Hawthorne, Nathaniel-The House of the Seven Gables
Hawthorne, Nathaniel-The Scarlet Letter
James, Henry-The Bostonians
James, Henry-What Maisie Knew
Jewett, Sarah Orne-The Country of the Pointed Firs
Jewett, Sarah Orne, A White Heron
Knowles, John-Peace Breaks Out
Knowles, John-A Separate Peace
Lewis, CS-The Horse and his Boy
Lovecraft, HP-At the Mountains of Madness
Lovecraft, HP-The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Maugham, W. Somerset-The Razor’s Edge
du Maurier, Daphne-Rebecca
Montgomery, LM-The Blue Castle
Montgomery, LM-Rilla of Ingleside
Sharp, Margery-The Foolish Gentlewoman
Shelley, Mary-Frankenstein
Smith, Betty-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Stevenson, Robert Louis-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stern, GB-The Matriarch
Stoker, Bram-Dracula
Struther, Jan-Mrs. Miniver
Tolstoy, Leo-Anna Karenina
Verne, Jules-Around the World in 80 Days
Wells, HG-The Island of Dr. Moreau
Wells, HG-The Time Machine
Wells, HG-The War of the Worlds
Wharton, Edith-The Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith-The Bunner Sisters
Wharton, Edith-The Custom of the Country
Wharton, Edith-Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith-The Fruit of the Tree
Wharton, Edith-The Glimpses of the Moon
Wharton, Edith-The House of Mirth
Wharton, Edith-The Marne
Wharton, Edith-Summer
Woolf, Virginia-Night and Day
Zola, Emile-Therese Raquin

Classic Novellas
James, Henry-Daisy Miller
James, Henry-Washington Square
The Touchstone, Edith Wharton
Wharton, Edith-Madame de Treymes

Classic Short Stories
Hawthorne, Nathaniel-The Christmas Banquet

Children’s Classics
Cooper, Susan-The Grey King
Jones, Diana Wynne-Dogsbody
Keene, Carolyn-The Moonstone Castle Mystery
Lewis, CS-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lewis, CS-The Magician’s Nephew
Lively, Penelope-A Stitch in Time
Speare, Elizabeth George-The Bronze Bow

Classic Nonfiction
Muir, John-Muir Among the Animals

Historical Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse-Fever 1793
Chevalier, Tracy-A Single Thread
Donoghue, Emma-The Wonder
Franklin, Ariana-Mistress of the Art of Death
McKay, Ami-The Witches of New York
Stratford, Sarah-Jane-Radio Girls

Religion/Spirituality
Gaiman, Neil-Norse Mythology
Graham, Abbie-Ceremonials of Common Days

Modern Fiction
Lovett, Charlie-The Bookman’s Tale
Schine, Cathleen-The Three Weissmanns of Westport

Memoirs
Didion, Joan-The Year of Magical Thinking
MacLaine, Shirley-Out on a Leash
Oliver, Mary-Upstream
Smith, Lori-A Walk with Jane Austen

Poetry

Plays

What Struck Me
Amy’s Pickled Limes from Little Women