182 ratings | 86 reviews | avg rating:3.76

more photos (1)

Gabrielle’s Year In Books

Gabrielle’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Gabrielle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Gabrielle’s 2025 Year in Books

Gabrielle Reid’s Followers (20)

Gabrielle’s Bookshelves

to-read (8)
currently-reading (6)
read (192)
dnf (4)

Gabrielle’s Friends (178)

Jessica Faust

552 books | 3,350 friends

K.E. Lanning

169 books | 819 friends

sofia

875 books | 190 friends

Gabby gcdeditorial

979 books | 242 friends

Teacher Librarian Janet

1,456 books | 239 friends

Michaël Wertenberg

663 books | 205 friends

H.L. Burke

1,025 books | 481 friends

Samantha Lin

1,028 books | 128 friends

More friends…

Gabrielle Reid

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.justkeepreiding.com

Twitter

reidwriting

Genre

Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction

Member Since

June 2017

edit data

Gabrielle Reid is an English-born Australian writer of contemporary fiction, primarily Young Adult. She lives near Lake Macquarie in NSW with her three children and is a current PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Newcastle. Her first YA novel, The Things We Can't Undo, was released in May 2018 and won the 2019 Australian Association of Family Therapist's Award for Children's Literature. Her second book, a short story collection, is set for release in November 2021.

Common themes in Gabrielle's work include navigating difficult relationships (family, friendship, romantic and sexual relationships), grief, school life, and mental health. She considers herself a progressive feminist with a heavy dose of empathy for the diffe ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Gabrielle Reid questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Gabrielle Reid’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 111 ratings · 34 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Things We Can't Undo 4.10 avg rating — 93 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josie Robs a Bank and other stories 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal, Issue Twelve, Summer 2015 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karen Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

31 posts
Gabrielle Reid's Blog

R U OK - a conversation is not enough

Today is the day. It’s my daughter’s birthday, not mine, but if past years are anything to go by, today will probably be the day I get several text messages from old friends. It might be a friend who hasn’t heard from me in ages, but has been reminded by a glaring yellow poster and the letters R U OK? that they do know someone who was open about being suicidal, and maybe they should make sure they Read more of this blog post »

View more on Gabrielle Reid's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on September 09, 2020 15:48

View all 31 posts »

Gabrielle is Currently Reading

Gabrielle Reid is currently reading

Pictures of You: Collected Stories

by Tony Birch

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 25, 2025 07:21PM

Gabrielle Reid is currently reading

The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

by Eric Beecher

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Oct 24, 2025 12:38AM

Gabrielle Reid is currently reading

That Thing I Did

by Allayne L. Webster (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 19, 2025 01:36AM

rss
Gabrielle’s Recent Updates

Gabrielle Reid has read Audition by Katie Kitamura (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I'm holding off on a rating until I figure out if I liked it or not. It's certainly clever and elusive, I'll give it that. ...more
Feb 08, 2026 01:55PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Audition by Katie Kitamura. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Audition by Katie Kitamura <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Gabrielle Reid rated a book really liked it The First Stone by Helen Garner	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was fascinating to read in 2026, having grown up and attended Australian universities long after the events discussed, having felt the fire of the #metoo movement and the hopelessness of some of the things that have happened since. I'm sure ther ...more
Jan 24, 2026 02:57PM · like · see review
Gabrielle Reid is currently reading Pictures of You: Collected Stories by Tony Birch	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 25, 2025 07:21PM · like
Gabrielle Reid rated a book liked it Either Side of Midnight (Jack Quick, #2) by Benjamin Stevenson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 25, 2025 07:18PM · like
Gabrielle Reid rated a book liked it Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 16, 2025 03:39AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Gabrielle Reid is currently reading The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy by Eric Beecher	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 24, 2025 12:38AM · like
Gabrielle Reid rated a book really liked it The Collective by Alison Gaylin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 24, 2025 12:37AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Collective by Alison Gaylin. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Collective by Alison Gaylin <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Gabrielle Reid rated a book it was amazing Highway Thirteen: Stories by Fiona McFarlane	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is my book of the year so far. I can't even really articulate what I loved so much about it - the expertly drawn characters, the layers of meaning and ripples of impact from the crimes, the way the stories stand alone but the whole is so much mo ...more
Sep 25, 2025 01:26AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Gabrielle Reid rated a book really liked it When I Ran Away by Ilona Bannister (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have been in two minds about this book from about page 70 when I realised I knew how it was going to end but desperately hoped I was wrong and kept reading just in case. And as I kept reading, it kept giving me gut punch after gut punch and I cried ...more
Sep 25, 2025 12:20AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of When I Ran Away by Ilona Bannister. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — When I Ran Away by Ilona Bannister <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Gabrielle Reid rated a book really liked it The Deep Well by Laura Creedle	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really appreciated the psychology of this book, the way it kept me constantly uncertain and uneasy about how much was real and how much wasn't, whether April's thoughts could be trusted, and how it was all going to end. I liked how the story reache ...more
Sep 25, 2025 12:18AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Deep Well by Laura Creedle. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Deep Well by Laura Creedle <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">