TheBacklistBook

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Dec 12, 2025

Genre Preferences

Young Adult, Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Autobiography, 3 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Backlist Book (blogger)

Last Post: Oct 1, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

279 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

TheBacklistBook

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Dec 12, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Young Adult, Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Autobiography, 3 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The Backlist Book (blogger)

Last Post: Oct 1, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

279 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

326

Books Rated

253

Reviews Written

Sep 15

Last Goodreads Review

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 5% in readers helped

Top 5% in self published books

Trends

Overview

TheBacklistBook has rated / reviewed 326 books and over 113k pages with an average rating of 3.0. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

TheBacklistBook wrote a review for 253 of these books. 24 people have found TheBacklistBook's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

TheBacklistBook is in the top 5% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

TheBacklistBook vs. Goodreads

TheBacklistBook tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, TheBacklistBook can definitely be impressed because TheBacklistBook has given 59 five star ratings to date.

Following chart plots the difference between TheBacklistBook's rating and the book's average rating. Green means TheBacklistBook's rating was higher, red means TheBacklistBook's rating was lower.

According to TheBacklistBook:

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares is highly underrated
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas is highly overrated
The Baptism by Shelia P. Moses is a hidden gem

TheBacklistBook's most popular review is for the book, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.

TheBacklistBook vs. BookSirens

TheBacklistBook's review ratings have a lower average and a larger spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

TheBacklistBook reviews books from top 5 presses, small presses, large presses, and self publishers. In fact, TheBacklistBook is in the top 5% of reviewers who review self published books, based on review volume.

TheBacklistBook tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.2.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

TheBacklistBook tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2000s.

Checkout this heatmap based on the publication year of the books TheBacklistBook has reviewed.

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

TheBacklistBook has reviewed books 32 pages to 4k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact TheBacklistBook's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

The book's popularity does not seem to impact TheBacklistBook's ratings.

This profile was built using TheBacklistBook's Goodreads data with TheBacklistBook's permission.