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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Rereads from 2016: Fantasy

These are the books I reread more than twice.

The Raven King

  • Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley narrated by Moira Quirk (Checquy Files #2) Average Rating: 9.3 | Rereads: 7
  • The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater narrated by Will Patton (Raven Boys #4) Average Rating: 9.3 | Rereads: 3
  • Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage C.S. Poe, | Average Rating: 9.0 | Rereads: 4
  • Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Paul Cornell narrated by Damian Lynch (Shadow Police #3) Avg Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 6
  • Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older narrated by the author (Bone Street Rumba) Avg Rating: 8.5 | Rereads: 3
  • The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin (SPI Files #3) Average Rating: 8.3 | Rereads: 3
  • Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes (Fred the Vampire Accountant #3) Average Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 5
  • Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (Jane Yellowrock #10) Avg Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 3
  • Soulwood by Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam: Blood of the Earth Avg Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3; Curse on the Land #2 Avg Rating: 8.3 | Rereads: 3
  • Open for Business by Angel Martinez (Brandywine Investigations) Avg Rating: 8.1 | Rereads: 5
  • Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #9) Average Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3
  • Occult Crimes Unit by Angel Martinez: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters Avg Rating: 7.8 | Rereads: 3; The Pill Bugs of Time Avg Rating: 7.3 | Rereads: 3

There are several of these that I have listened to more times than I’ve read the stories, namely:

Blood of the Earth

The Checquy Files and Shadow Police especially are books I listen to when I need to be firmly distracted. In fact, I listened to both series while I was emptying out my parent’s house.

There are four books I’ve read three or more times that did NOT make my end-of-the year favorites.

  • Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage C.S. Poe (short story)
  • Open for Business by Angel Martinez (Brandywine Investigations)
  • Occult Crimes Unit by Angel Martinez: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters & The Pill Bugs of Time

Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage is a short story, and it fills me with glee every time I read it, because it is extremely silly.

The Angel Martinez books are also silly–especially the Occult Crimes Unit series, which, honestly, was reread multiple times mostly for books four and five–the ones about Alex Wolf, a wolf who was cursed and turned into a human.

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