Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Jane Hammons's books

567 ratings | 470 reviews | avg rating:4.12

Jane’s Year In Books

Jane’s 2025 Year in Books

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

Go to Jane’s 2025 Year in Books

Jane Hammons’s Followers (26)

Jane’s Bookshelves

to-read (7)
currently-reading (1)
read (567)
did-not-finish (0)
academic (21)
awarded (39)
fiction (253)
fiction-dystopian-futuristic-scif (38)
fiction-fantasy (6)
fiction-flash-short (3)
See all bookshelves »

Jane’s Friends (415)

David Keaton

232 books | 795 friends

Andrew Roe

155 books | 180 friends

Sandra

2,675 books | 43 friends

Maggie Sokolik

924 books | 345 friends

Eaton Hamilton

854 books | 434 friends

Remy

2,648 books | 153 friends

Stephanie Austin

290 books | 124 friends

Matthew Dexter

798 books | 851 friends

More friends…

Jane Hammons

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.janehammons.com/

Twitter

JHammons

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

Member Since

November 2009

edit data

Combine Editions
Jane Hammons’s books

Average rating: 4.08 · 146 ratings · 28 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change by Shari MacDonald Strong (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Foreword), Judith Stadtman Tucker (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT by Thomas Pluck (editor), Patti Abbott (Contributor), Ian Ayris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The EastOver Anthology of Rural Stories: Writers of Color 2023 by Keith Pilapil Lesmeister (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jinwoo Chong (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Risë Kevalshar Collins (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2024 by Erika T. Wurth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ron Austin (Contributor), Venita Blackburn (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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 Information Literacy through Faculty Development (Libraries Unlimited Series for Teaching Information Literacy Today) by Jane Hammons (Goodreads Author), Silvia Lin Hanick (Series Editor), Lori Townsend (Series Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	real Pure Slush Vol. 3 by John Wentworth Chapin, Rebecca Chekouras, Diana J. Wynne it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Information Literacy through Faculty Development (Libraries Unlimited Series for Teaching Information Literacy Today) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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

More books by Jane Hammons…

Jane is Currently Reading

Jane Hammons is currently reading

Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA

by Richard English

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

Aug 09, 2026 05:22PM

Jane’s Recent Updates

Jane Hammons rated a book really liked it The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell (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
Beautifully written. The main character--Esther Why--is an odd, intriguing character.
Oct 16, 2026 03:33PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book liked it The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (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 liked this well enough to finish it--it's very well-written. Interesting concept, but I didn't really get it, especially by the end. It was a good rainy day read! ...more
Sep 23, 2026 04:09PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book it was amazing The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont (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 read this book because I saw this brief quote from it in something else I was reading: "Sisters are a set-up. Shot from the same cannon, you're sent on a blind date for the rest of your lives." Beautifully written and powerful. ...more
Sep 18, 2026 11:44AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book really liked it The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns	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
Slow going for me, but I'm glad I finished it. Yes, fairy-tale like. Gorgeous writing. The kind of tidy ending I tend not to like--a bit too "happily ever after." I now know more about British antiques than I ever wanted to! The writing is really lov ...more
Sep 09, 2026 05:07PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book it was amazing The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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 not a fan of epistolary novels, so I was surprised by how much I liked this book. The writing is gorgeous, and the structure really works to slowly reveal why Sybil is the way she is and also how and why she changes. ...more
Sep 04, 2026 04:59PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Correspondent by Virginia Evans <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book really liked it Heather by Caitlin Mullen (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
It took me a while to get into this novel. There are a ton of characters, and the structure is sometimes confusing (despite all the headings). But it gets better as it goes, and by the end I liked it very much. There is a kind of generosity with flaw ...more
Aug 31, 2026 12:21PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Heather by Caitlin Mullen. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Heather by Caitlin Mullen <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book liked it Only Child by Rhiannon Navin (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
Some parts of this novel are quite compelling. Zach's emotional life is rendered very effectively, but it gets tiresome and a bit repetitive being inside his head the whole time. He is richly drawn, but that somehow makes other characters--the parent ...more
Aug 28, 2026 07:46PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Only Child by Rhiannon Navin. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Only Child by Rhiannon Navin <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons rated a book it was amazing Leaving Tinkertown (Literature and Medicine Series) by Tanya Ward Goodman (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
This is a reread for me. I read Leaving Tinkertown years ago when it was first published and was inspired to reread it after attending a workshop on telling true stories at Tinkertown a couple of weeks ago. After a tour of the residence and a few hou ...more
Aug 26, 2026 09:50AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jane Hammons and 7790 other people liked domsbookden's review of Yesteryear: "WARNING: This is a “brain-on” review with (hidden) spoilers, as I am mentally unable to “turn my brain off” while reading anything. Yesteryear has one of the most compelling premises I’ve come across: a wildly successful tradwife influencer is forced " Read more of this review »
Aug 12, 2026 11:33AM · see review
Jane Hammons wants to read Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor	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
Aug 12, 2026 11:31AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Something We Said by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Something We Said by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">