Sonderbooks Book Reviews

What's New?

October 21, 2026

Blood of Tyrants, by Naomi Novik, read by Simon Vance, is the eighth book in the series about Temeraire and Captain Lawrence, fighting for England in the Napoleonic Wars - with dragons.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund

Nonfiction

Jesus
A Pilgrimage

by James Martin, S.J.

Secure

by Amir Levine

Children's Nonfiction

Words to My Life's Song

by Ashley Bryan
with photographs by Bill Meguinness

The Music Inside Us

written by James Howe
illustrated by Jack Wong

Fiction

Blood of Tyrants

by Naomi Novik
read by Simon Vance

The Witch's Heart

by Genevieve Gornichec
read by Jayne Entwistle

Children's Fiction

Birdy

by N. West Moss

One Mad Cat and the Missing Book

by Vicky Fang

Old Favorites

Rose Daughter

by Robin McKinley
read by Bianca Amato

Teen Fiction

Ellen Poe
The Forgotten Lore

by Diana Peterfreund
read by Marli Watson

You and Me on Repeat

by Mary Shyne

Teen Nonfiction

Angry Girls Will Get Us Through

by Rebecca Traister
read by Cynthia Farrell

How to Survive the End of the World

by Katy Doughty

Picture Books

Yulu's Linen

by Cao Wenxuan
translated by Helen Wang
illustrated by Suzy Lee

The Duck Can't Sleep

by E. B. White
foreword by Martha White
art by Melissa Sweet