First Reads

The first-reads shelf is designed for books that have been won through the GoodReads FirstReads Giveaway Program. ...more

The Almond Tree
Something Borrowed (Darcy & Rachel, #1)
Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles, #1)
The Biology of Luck
Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor, #2)
The Cannastar Factor (The Trouble with Miracles #1)
Stay Another Night
The Joshua Effect
The Insider
Never Knowing
The Next Time You See Me
Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine, #1)
Glow (Sky Chasers, #1)
A Lifetime to Die
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Ultimate Human Secrets by Ramzi NajjarMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklUnlock Your Deliverance by Kathryn KrickThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Life Transformation Books
3,650 books — 2,285 voters
Chasing Stardust by Erica Lucke DeanThe Night Guests by Marina ScottWhat She Saw by Mary BurtonThe Fix by Mia SheridanThe Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan
Amazon First Reads October 2025
11 books — 4 voters


Humphrey Carpenter
I am a very ‘unvoracious’ reader, and since I can seldom bring myself to read a work twice I think of the many things that I read – too soon! Nothing, not even a (possible) deeper appreciation, for me replaces the bloom on a book, the freshness of the unread. Still what we read and when goes, like the people we meet, by ‘fate.’ Letter 189 From a letter to Mrs M. Wilson
Humphrey Carpenter, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

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