128 ratings | 14 reviews | avg rating:4.76

Francesca’s Year In Books

Francesca’s 2024 Year in Books

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

Go to Francesca’s 2024 Year in Books

Francesca McDonnell Capossela’s Followers (98)

Francesca’s Bookshelves

to-read (515)
currently-reading (1)
read (399)
dec (11)
favorites (49)
lesbian (40)
mystery (10)
new-zealand (3)
next-up (11)
teaching (4)

Francesca’s Friends (53)

Mallory Pearson

2,870 books | 242 friends

Skye

412 books | 36 friends

Zoë

482 books | 73 friends

Sara

2,754 books | 448 friends

Nicole

235 books | 51 friends

Brit Brown

312 books | 25 friends

Francesca Palamara

202 books | 19 friends

Louisa Zimmer

540 books | 53 friends

More friends…

2025 Reading Challenge

2025

READING

CHALLENGE

Francesca has read 51 books of her goal of 50!

102%

Francesca McDonnell Capossela

Goodreads Author

Website

https://francescamcdonnell.com/

Twitter

cheskafranny

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

Member Since

December 2018

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/francescamcapossela

edit data

Francesca grew up in Brooklyn and holds a Master's from Trinity College Dublin. Her debut novel, Trouble the Living, came out in 2023. In her free time, Francesca hosts literary trivia nights at bookstores across New York City.
...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Francesca McDonnell Capossela questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Francesca McDonnell Capossela’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 889 ratings · 228 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.08 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Trouble the Living 4.18 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2023 — 5 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
	Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era by Elena Rakhimova-Sommers (Editor), Elena Sommers (Contributor), Charles Byrd (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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

Francesca is Currently Reading

Francesca is currently reading

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)

by Benjamin Stevenson (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: dec, 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 17, 2025 12:45PM

Francesca is currently reading

The Isle in the Silver Sea

by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: dec, 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 08, 2025 10:13PM

rss
Francesca’s Recent Updates

Francesca started reading Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) 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 17, 2025 12:45PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Francesca finished reading High School by Tegan Quin	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 17, 2025 12:44PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of High School by Tegan Quin. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — High School by Tegan Quin <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Francesca wants to read No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara (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 16, 2025 02:06PM · 1 like · like
Francesca and 2 other people liked Chelsea’s status update Chelsea Bakken started reading Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2)
Dec 16, 2025 10:00AM
Francesca wants to read A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers (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 15, 2025 04:11PM · like
Francesca wants to read Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca (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 15, 2025 03:48PM · like
Francesca wants to read Hen Fever by Olivia Waite (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 15, 2025 03:45PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Hen Fever by Olivia Waite. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Hen Fever by Olivia Waite <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Francesca wants to read The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older (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 15, 2025 03:25PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Francesca wants to read Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker	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 15, 2025 03:21PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Francesca wants to read The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara	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 15, 2025 03:06PM · like