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This post has been a LONG time in the making and I’m so happy that I finally got it together and published it.

For years I have been publishing my ratings on every single book I’ve read to Goodreads HERE. But I needed a more comprehensive, easy to navigate list…so here you are.

A couple of notes:

This was really tricky for me to decide what to include. Most (if not all) of my four star reads are recommends for me too. All of the time. A 4 star rating is WONDERFUL in my book – see what I did there? However, I never would have published this blog post if I included all of the 4 star reviews. I would have been typing for months and months. Perhaps I’ll do a 4 star post at a later date.

Regarding my audio recommendations…this was a tough one. Many of the books below are spectacular on audio but I haven’t read them that way yet. I recommended all of the books I loved on audio and I do believe a few of them (Trevor Noah, Viola Davis, Devolution, any Kristin Hannah book- I LOVE YOU JULIA WHELAN) must be listened to to be truly appreciated.

Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy and find this list helpful to refer to. I did not have the bandwidth to copy and paste all of my reviews, but you can find those on Goodreads (see above).

Love y’all and happy reading!

 

A

All the Colors of the Dark– Chris Whitaker (audio)

All the Light We Cannot See– Anthony Doerr

All the Lonely People – Mike Gayle

All Together Now– Matthew Norman

An American Marriage– Tayari Jones  

Anxious People– Fredrik Backman  

The Art of Scandal– Regina Black

As Bright as Heaven– Susan Meissner

Ask Again,Yes– Mary Beth Keane

The Astonishing Life of August March– Aaron Jackson

Aurora– David Koepp

The Authenticity Project– Clare Pooley    

 

 

B

Be Frank with Me– Julia Claiborne Johnson

Beach Read– Emily Henry (audio)

Beartown– Fredrik Backman

Before I Let Go– Kennedy Ryan

Before I Let You Go– Kelly Rimmer

Before We Were Yours– Lisa Wingate

Bergman Brothers Series– Chloe Liese

Better Than the Movies Series– Lynn Painter

Beyond the Point– Claire Gibson

Black Cake– Charmaine Wilkerson

Bluebird Day– Megan Tady

The Bodyguard– Katherine Center

Book Lovers– Emily Henry (audio)

The Book of Lost Names– Kristin Harmel

The Book Thief– Marcus Zusak

Born a Crime– Trevor Noah (audio)

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife– Anna Johnston

Boyfriend Material– Alexis Hall

Breathless– Jennifer Niven

Bright Lights, Big Christmas– Mary Kay Andrews

The Bright Side Running Club– Josie Lloyd

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett– Annie Lyons

The Broken Girls– Simone St. James

Bromance Book Club Series– Lyssa Kay Adams

The Burnout– Sophie Kinsella

The Butcher– Jennifer Hillier (audio)

 

C

Calling Me Home– Julie Kibler

Calypso– David Sedaris

Castle of Water– Dane Huckelbridge

The Chamber– Will Dean

The Child Finder– Rene Denfeld

Christmas Bliss– Mary Kay Andrews

The Christmas Orphans Club– Becca Freeman

The Christmas Wish– Lindsey Kelk

The Collected Regrets of Clover– Mikki Brammer (audio)

The Collective– Alison Gaylin

The Comeback– Ella Berman

Crossing Oceans– Gina Holmes

 

D

Daisy Darker– Alice Feeney (audio)

Daisy Jones & the Six– Tayler Jenkins Reid (audio)

Dark Matter– Blake Crouch

Darling Girls– Sally Hepworth

Dead Woman Walking– Sharon J Bolton

Dear Child– Romy Hausmann

Dear Edward– Ann Napolitano

Dear Emmie Blue– Lia Louis

Devolution– Max Brooks (audio)

Difficult Women– Roxane Gay

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks–  E. Lockhart

Don’t Forget to Write– Sara Goodman Confino

The Dream Daughter– Diane Chamberlain

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim– David Sedaris

The Dutch House– Ann Patchett (audio)

 

E

The Echo Wife– Sarah Gailey (audio)

Eight Perfect Hours– Lia Louis

Eleanor & Park– Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine– Gail Honeymann (audio)

Every Last Fear– Alex Finlay

Every Moment Since– Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Every Summer After– Carley Fortune

Everyone but Myself– Julie Chavez

Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone– Benjamin Stevenson (audio)

Evvie Drake Starts Over– Linda Holmes

The Ex Talk– Rachel Lynn Solomon

Expiration Dates– Rebecca Serle

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell– Robert Dugoni

 

F

Family Family– Laurie Frankel

Famous Last Words– Gillian McAllister

Fangirl– Rainbow Rowell

Far and Away– Amy Poeppel

Far from the Tree– Robin Benway

The Favorites– Layne Fargo (audio)

The Feathered Bone– Julie Cantrell

Finding Me– Viola Davis (audio)

First Time Caller–BK Borison

The Five Year Lie– Sarina Bowen

The Fixer Upper– Mary Kay Andrews

Float Plan– Trish Doller

Forever is the Worst Long Time– Camille Pagan

Fourth Wing– Rebecca Yarros

The Frozen River– Ariel Lawhon

Funny Feelings– Tarah Dewitt

Funny Story– Emily Henry (audio)

 

G

Get a Life, Chloe Brown–Talia Hibbert

Ghosted– Rosie Walsh

The Girl He Used to Know– Tracey Garvis-Graves

The Girl with the Louding Voice– Abi Dare (audio)

The Girls at 17 Swann Street– Yara Zgheib

Go as a River– Shelley Read

God Spare the Girls– Kelsey McKinney

The Good Luck of Right Now– Matthew Quick

The Good Sister– Sally Hepworth

Goodbye, Vitamin–  Rachel Khong

Goodnight Beautiful– Aimee Molloy

Gray After Dark– Noelle W. Ihli

The Great Alone– Kristin Hannah (audio)

The Great Believers– Rebecca Makkai

The Great Unexpected– Dan Mooney

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society– Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guilty One– Kiersen Modglin (audio)

The Guncle– Steven Rowley (audio)

Guy’s Girl– Emma Noyes

 

H

Happy Place– Emily Henry (audio)

Harry’s Trees– Jon Cohen

The Hate U Give– Angie Thomas (audio)

Heart Bones– Colleen Hoover

The Heart Principle– Helen Hoang

The Heart’s Invisible Furies– John Boyne

Heartless– Elsie Silver

Hello Beautiful– Ann Napolitano

Here One Moment– Liane Moriarty

Hidden Pictures– Jason Rekulak

Holding Up the Universe– Jennifer Niven

Home Fire– Kamila Shamsie

Home Safe– Elizabeth Berg

Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi

Hook Shot– Kennedy Ryan

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet– Jamie Ford

The House in the Cerulean Sea– TJ Klune (audio)

How Not to Die Alone– Richard Roper

How to Age Disgracefully– Clare Pooley

How to Read a Book– Monica Wood

How to Sell a Haunted House– Grady Hendrix

How to Walk Away– Katherine Center

The Hundred Loves of Juliet– Evelyn Skye

The Hunger Games– Suzanne Collins

 

I

I Let You Go– Clare Mackintosh

I Liked My Life– Abby Fabiaschi

I’ll Give You the Sun– Jandy Nelson

I’m Glad My Mom Died– Jennette McCurdy (audio)

The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club– Laurie Notaro

In an Instant– Suzanne Redfearn

In Five Years– Rebecca Serle

Inside the O’Briens– Lisa Genova

Instructions for Dancing– Nicola Yoon

Invisible Girl– Lisa Jewell

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue– Victoria Schwab (audio)

Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting– Clare Pooley

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?– Mindy Kaling (audio)

Is She Really Going Out with Him?– Sophie Cousens

It Happened One Summer– Tessa Bailey

 

J

Joyland– Stephen King

 

K

Kill for Me, Kill For You– Steve Cavanagh

L

The Language of Flowers– Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Last Call at the Local– Sarah Grunder Ruiz

The Last Flight– Julie Clark

The Last Love Note– Emma Grey

The Last One– Will Dean

The Last Thing He Told Me– Laura Dave

Lessons in Chemistry– Bonnie Garmus

The Lido (also called Mornings with Rosemary) – Libby Page

The Light Between Oceans– ML Steadman

The Light Through the Leaves- Glendy Vanderah

Like a River from Its Course– Kelli Stuart

The Line Between– Tosca Lee

The Line That Held Us– David Joy

Listen for the Lie– Amy Tintera (audio)

A Little Hope– Ethan Joella

A Little Life– Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Magic– Lindsey Lanza

The Lonely Hearts Book Club– Lucy Gilmore

Long Bright River– Liz Moore

Long Shot– Kennedy Ryan

The Lost for Words Bookshop– Stephanie Butland

The Lost Love Song– Minnie Darke

Love and Other Consolation Prizes– Jamie Ford

Love and Other Words– Christina Lauren

The Love Hypothesis– Ali Hazelwood

Love Me Do– Lindsey Kelk

The Love of My Afterlife– Kristy Greenwood

The Love of My Life– Rosie Walsh

Love Poems for Married People– John Kenney

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde– Tia Williams

The Love Story of Missy Carmichael– Beth Morrey

Love You Hard: A Memoir– Abby Maslin

Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships– Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Lovelight Series– BK Borison

 

M

The Maidens– Alex Michaelides

Malibu Rising– Taylor Jenkins Reid (audio)

A Man Called Ove– Fredrik Backman

Margo’s Got Money Troubles– Rufi Thorpe (audio)

Maybe One Day– Debbie Johnson

Mayluna– Kelley McNeil

The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets– Molly Fader

Me Before You– Jojo Moyes

The Measure– Nikki Erlick (audio)

Meet Me in Paradise– Libby Hubscher

Meet the Benedettos– Katie Cotugno

Meredith,Alone– Claire Alexander

Midnight is the Darkest Hour– Ashley Winstead

The Midnight Library– Matt Haig (audio)

A Million Junes– Emily Henry

A Million Things– Emily Spurr

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children– Ransom Riggs

The Mistletoe Motive– Chloe Liese

The Most Fun We Ever Had– Claire Lombardo

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year– Ally Carter

The Mother in Law– Sally Hepworth

The Mountain Between Us– Charles Martin

Mrs. Nash’s Ashes– Sarah Adler

Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame– Olivia Ford

The Museum of Ordinary People– Mike Gayle

The Music Shop– Rachel Joyce

My Lovely Wife– Samantha Downing (audio)

My Sister, the Serial Killer– Oyinkan Braithwaite

 

N

The Names They Gave Us– Emery Lord

The Nickel Boys– Colson Whitehead

Night of Miracles– Elizabeth Berg

The Night We Lost Him– Laura Dave

The Nightingale– Kristin Hannah (audio)

Nightwatching– Tracy Sierra

No One Will Miss Her– Kat Rosenfield

No Two Persons– Erica Bauermeister

The No Show– Beth O’Leary

Nora Goes off Script– Annabel Monaghan

Notes from a Public Typewriter– Michael Gustafson

Notes on an Execution– Danya Kukafka

Nothing to See Here– Kevin Wilson

Now Is Not the Time to Panic– Kevin Wilson

 

O

Once in a Blue Moon (now called Woman in Blue)– Eileen Goudge

One Day in December– Josie Silver

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot– Marianne Cronin

One Summer in Savannah– Terah Shelton Harris

One to Watch– Kate Stayman- London

One True Loves– Taylor Jenkins Reid

The One in a Million Boy– Monica Wood

Oona Out of Order– Margarita Montimore

The Other Side of Now– Paige Harbison

Our Short History- Lauren Grodstein

Out of the Easy– Ruta Sepetys

The Overnight Guest– Heather Gudenkauf

 

P

PS I Love You– Cecelia Ahern

Pack Up the Moon– Kristan Higgins

The Paper Palace– Miranda Cowley Heller

The Passenger– Lisa Lutz

The Patron Saint of Second Chances– Christine Simon

The People We Keep– Allison Larkin

People We Meet on Vacation– Emily Henry (audio)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower– Stephen Chbosky

Pictures of You– Emma Grey

Powerless– Elsie Silver

The Push– Ashley Audrain

 

Q

A Quiet Life– Ethan Joella

 

R

Ready or Not- Cara Bastone

Recursion– Blake Crouch

Red, White, and Royal Blue- Casey McQuiston

Regretting You- Colleen Hoover

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise– Dan Gemeinhart

Remarkably Bright Creatures– Shelby Van Pelt (audio)

Reminders of Him– Colleen Hoover

Revival– Stephen King

Right as Rain– Lindsey Stoddard

The Rom-Commers– Katherine Center

Rooftoppers– Katherine Rundell

Room- Emma Donaghue

The Royals Next Door– Karina Halle

 

S

Sadie– Courtney Summers

Sadie on a Plate– Amanda Elliot

Salt to the Sea– Ruta Sepetys

Same as It Ever Was- Claire Lombardo

The Same Bright Stars– Ethan Joella

Sandwich– Catherine Newman

Save the Date- Mary Kay Andrews

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt– Beth Hoffman

Savor It– Tarah Dewitt

Seven Days in June– Tia Williams

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo– Taylore Jenkins Reid (audio)

The Seven Year Slip- Ashley Poston

Sharp Objects– Gillian Flynn

A Short Walk Through a Wide World– Douglas Westerbeke

Shotgun Lovesongs– Nickolas Butler

Sign Here– Claudia Lux

The Silver Linings Playbook– Matthew Quick

A Single Light– Tosca Lee

Sipsworth– Simon Van Booy

The Siren– Katherine St. John

Some Kind of Courage– Dan Gemeinhart

Someday, Maybe– Onyi Nwabineli

Something Like Happy– Eva Woods

The Sound of Gravel– Ruth Wariner

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires– Grady Hendrix

Speak– Laurie Halse Anderson

Starry-Eyed Love– Helena Hunting

Station Eleven– Emily St. John Mandel

Still Me– Jojo Moyes

Still Missing– Chevy Stevens

Stillhouse Lake- Rachel Caine

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry– Gabrielle Zevin

The Story of Arthur Truluv- Elizabeth Berg

Such a Pretty Fat– Jen Lancaster

Summer Romance– Annabel Monaghan

Summers at the Saint– Mary Kay Andrews

The Sun is Also a Star– Nicola Yoon

The Sweet Spot– Amy Poeppel

Sylvia’s Second Act– Hillary Yablon

 

T

Take a Hint, Dani Brown – Talia Hibbert

Take My Hand– Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Thing’s I’m Learning To Say– Kelly Corrigan

Tell the Wolves I’m Home– Carol Rifka Brunt

Th1rt3en– Steve Cavanagh

Thank You For Listening- Julia Whelan (audio)

These Silent Woods– Kimi Cunningham Grant

The Things We Cannot Say– Kelly Rimmer

This Is How It Always Is– Laurie Frankel

This Tender Land– William Kent Krueger

The Three Lives of Cate Kay– Kate Fagan (audio)

The Three Mrs. Wrights– Linda Keir

The Time Traveler’s Wife– Audrey Niffenegger

Tom Lake– Ann Patchett (audio)

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow–  Gabrielle Levin

Turtles All the Way Down– John Green

Twice in a Blue Moon– Christina Lauren

Two Good Men– SE Redfearn

 

U

The Unhoneymooners: Christina Lauren

The Unsinkable Greta James– Jennifer E. Smith

UNSUB– Meg Gardiner

 

V

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street- Karina Yan Glaser

Verity– Colleen Hoover

 

W

We Are Called To Rise– Laura McBride

We Begin at the End– Chris Whitaker

We Used to Live Here– Marcus Kliewer

Weather Girl– Rachel Lynn Solomon (audio)

The Wedding People– Alison Espach (audio)

The Wedding Ringer– Kerry Rea

Weezie and Bebe Series– Mary Kay Andrews

What Alice Forgot– Liane Moriarty

What Does It Feel Like?– Sophie Kinsella

What If You & Me– Roni Loren

What You Wish For– Katherine Center

What’s Worth Keeping– Kaya McLaren

When We Believed in Mermaids– Barbara O’Neal

When We Were Vikings– David Andrew MacDonald

When You Are Engulfed in Flames– David Sedaris

Where the Forest Meets the Stars– Glendy Vanderah

The Whispers– Ashley Audrain

Winter Garden– Kristen Hannah

The Wishing Game– Meg Shaffer

With Love from London– Sarah Jio

The Woman in Me– Britney Spears (audio)

The Women– Kristin Hannah (audio)

Wonder– RJ Palacio

Wrong Place Wrong Time– Gillian McAllister

 

Y

Yes Please– Amy Poehler (audio)

You Are Here– David Nicholls

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty– Akwaeke Emezi (audio)

You’d Be Home Now– Kathleen Glasgow

You, with a View– Jessica Joyce

Young Jane Young– Gabrielle Zevin