1384 ratings | 47 reviews | avg rating:4.42

Steph’s Year In Books

Steph’s 2024 Year in Books

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

Go to Steph’s 2024 Year in Books

Steph Cha’s Followers (647)

Steph’s Bookshelves

to-read (1694)
currently-reading (2)
read (1388)
borrowed (2)
favorites (67)
gathering-dust (70)
hyphenated-asian (134)
leo (21)
loot (301)
los-angeles (141)
See all bookshelves »

Steph’s Friends (491)

Sheldon Compton

2,879 books | 720 friends

5,173 books | 703 friends

frumpburger

2,336 books | 93 friends

Hali Carls-Miller

1,563 books | 25 friends

Christopher Meades

885 books | 156 friends

Howard Turner

3,414 books | 11 friends

Jessica

5,367 books | 589 friends

Joan

5,652 books | 8 friends

More friends…

Steph Cha

Goodreads Author

Born

January 14, 1986

Member Since

December 2010

edit data

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Steph Cha questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Steph Cha’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 14,207 ratings · 2,301 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Your House Will Pay 4.08 avg rating — 10,300 ratings — published 2019 — 7 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
	Follow Her Home (Juniper Song, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 1,315 ratings — published 2013 — 14 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 Best American Mystery And Suspense 2021: A Collection by Alafair Burke (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Introduction), Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Foreword), Jenny Bhatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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
	Beware Beware (Juniper Song, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2014 — 13 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
	Dead Soon Enough (Juniper Song, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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
	Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers by Joyce Carol Oates (Editor), Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Valerie Martin (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.53 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2019 — 16 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 Best American Mystery And Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter (Editor), Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Raquel V. Reyes (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 288 ratings — 7 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 Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 liked it 3.00 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
	Juniper Song Mysteries 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
	The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 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 Steph Cha…

As you probably know if you’re already here, I wrote another book! Dead Soon Enough is the third installment in my Juniper Song series, and it deals with pregnancy surrogacy and the Armenian genocide. It got a starred, boxed review in Publishers Weekly––my first starred review, which I expect will result in runaway success and enormous wealth.

The book drops less than a week from now, on August 11,

Series by Steph Cha

Juniper Song (3 books)
by

Steph Cha (Goodreads Author)

3.61 avg rating — 2,194 ratings

As story engines go, the classic revenge tale is a sturdy piece of narrative equipment. Shakespeare was fond of the theme (Othello)....

Steph is Currently Reading

Steph is currently reading

Colored Television

by Danzy Senna

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

Sep 14, 2025 03:45PM

Steph is currently reading

Skeleton Crew

by Stephen King (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 28, 2025 11:55PM

rss
Steph’s Recent Updates

Steph rated a book it was amazing Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson (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 09, 2025 09:33PM · 3 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph rated a book it was amazing These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma (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
Sep 26, 2025 09:44AM · 2 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph rated a book it was amazing A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories by Jonathan Lethem	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
Sep 26, 2025 09:43AM · 3 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph wants to read Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1) by Lawrence Durrell	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
Sep 19, 2025 01:04PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Justine by Lawrence Durrell. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Justine by Lawrence Durrell <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph wants to read Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin	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
Sep 19, 2025 01:04PM · like
Steph started reading A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories by Jonathan Lethem	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
Sep 16, 2025 10:16PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph rated a book it was amazing Gray Dawn (Easy Rawlins, #17) by Walter Mosley	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
Sep 14, 2025 03:45PM · 2 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph is currently reading Colored Television by Danzy Senna Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	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
Sep 14, 2025 03:45PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Colored Television by Danzy Senna. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Colored Television by Danzy Senna <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph has read Gray Dawn (Easy Rawlins, #17) by Walter Mosley	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
Sep 14, 2025 03:45PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steph rated a book it was amazing The Note by Alafair Burke (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
Sep 14, 2025 03:44PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Note by Alafair Burke. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Note by Alafair Burke <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Steph's books…

Quotes by Steph Cha (?)

“Every day there had been rotten cops in the news and still she had been bamboozled.

‘I mean, they’re supposed to protect people, right? How can they be so bad at their jobs?’

‘They protect people from other people. Question is, who are people, and who are other people?”
― Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay

tags: black-lives-matter, police, police-brutality

3 likes

“Smoke rose in a pillar like something from the Bible, dark and alive and climbing, becoming one with the gray sky.”
― Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay

3 likes

“There wasn’t much around: a warehouse, a wire fence, scrubby bushes on hard yellow ground, power lines draped across an empty, burning sky.”
― Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay

3 likes

See all Steph Cha's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Mystery, Crim...: Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2013 and on	4087	1951	Jan 01, 2015 01:47PM
Cozy Mysteries : Title and Author game, Round 3	13653	557	Apr 03, 2017 09:53AM
Mystery/Thriller ...: april 2017 - sandi	4	19	May 04, 2017 04:14AM
Ultimate Popsugar...: Week 51: 12/13 - 12/20	112	188	Dec 31, 2018 05:29AM
Cozy Mysteries : Mystery ABC's, Round 4	14302	802	Jan 05, 2019 05:39AM
Read Women: Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors	5	61	May 31, 2019 08:06PM
Busy as a Bee Books: 10/15/19: Book News	3	15	Oct 17, 2019 09:16AM

More…

Steph’s Quotes

“You meet a new person, you go with him and suddenly you get a whole new city...you go down new streets, you see houses you never saw before, pass places you didn't even know were there. Everything changes.”
― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren

tags: change, discovery, perspective, travel

138 likes

Steph’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Aaron

Jul 01, 2013 04:43PM

Just posted a review of Follow Her Home - on goodreads , and on my recently revived blog (where I pair the review with a relevant song)

reply | flag

Steph’s Year In Books

Steph Cha’s Followers (647)

Steph’s Bookshelves

Steph’s Friends (491)

Steph Cha

Goodreads Author

Learn more
Ask the Author

Popular Answered Questions

Combine Editions
Steph Cha’s books

8 posts
Steph Cha's Blog

Dead Soon Enough

Series by Steph Cha

Related News

Steph is Currently Reading

rss
Steph’s Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview — Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

See a Problem?

Preview — These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma

See a Problem?

Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem

See a Problem?

Preview — Justine by Lawrence Durrell

See a Problem?

Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem

See a Problem?

Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley

See a Problem?

Preview — Colored Television by Danzy Senna

See a Problem?

Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley

See a Problem?

Preview — The Note by Alafair Burke

Topics Mentioning This Author

Steph’s Quotes

recent posts
Steph’s Groups

Steph’s Friend Comments

Steph Cha’s Followers (647)

Steph Cha

Goodreads Author

Popular Answered Questions

Related News

rssSteph’s Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview — Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

See a Problem?

Preview — These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma

See a Problem?

Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem

See a Problem?

Preview — Justine by Lawrence Durrell

See a Problem?

Preview — A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem

See a Problem?

Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley

See a Problem?

Preview — Colored Television by Danzy Senna

See a Problem?

Preview — Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley

See a Problem?

Preview — The Note by Alafair Burke

Topics Mentioning This Author

rss
Steph’s Recent Updates