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After Bedtime, My Book: Thrillers & Love Stories I'm Actually Finishing
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items After Bedtime, My Book: Thrillers & Love Stories I'm Actually Finishing. The novels I read for fun after the boys are asleep — twisty thrillers, love stories, and the books I can't put down even when I should be sleeping. No self-help here, just ...
Read this one in two nights and then made my sister read it so we could argue about the ending. The twist still lives in my head rent-free.
Verity: Hoover, Colleen - Books
The 'just one more chapter' book that had me up till 1am on a school night. I did NOT see that ending coming, and I read thrillers for a living at this point.
The Housemaid - McFadden, Freida: Books
That ending. THAT ending. I sat in my car in the school pickup line just staring at the last page like it owed me money.
The Silent Patient - Michaelides, Alex: Books
The one that made me cry in the bath and then immediately text my best friend. Read it before the movie, trust me.
It Ends with Us: A Novel: Hoover, Colleen
Evelyn Hugo is the most fascinating woman I've ever read about, fictional or not. I finished it and immediately started it over.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel - Books
Two friends, video games, and thirty years of almosts. I don't even play video games and I couldn't put this down.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
The romantasy that got me — faeries, tension, and a heroine who doesn't wait around to be rescued. Start it on a Friday, you'll finish by Sunday.
A Court of Thorns and Roses: Maas, Sarah J.
Book two and somehow even twistier than the first. Millie is my favorite messy heroine and I need book three yesterday.
The Housemaid's Secret: McFadden, Freida
A wedding, an island, and everybody has a secret. Perfect stormy-night read — I kept guessing wrong till the very last page.
The guest list - Foley, Lucy: Books
A missing husband, a stepdaughter who doesn't trust her, and a mystery that unravels so cleanly. Read it in one sitting on a plane and forgot to eat.
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel
Elizabeth Zott is my hero — a chemist in the 60s who refuses to shrink herself. Funny, furious, and so smart. The dog steals every scene.
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY - Bonnie Garmus: Books
Four retirees solving murders over tea is exactly my speed. Cozy, clever, and Joyce is the funniest character I've met in years.
The Thursday Murder Club: 9781405985840: Richard
An octopus helps solve a mystery and I cried about it. Yes, really. The sweetest, strangest book on this list.
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel - Books
Every neighbor in this building is lying about something and I loved every minute of figuring out who. Great Paris-in-autumn vibes.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Read it like you're bingeing a rock documentary — I could hear the songs. Daisy is a mess and I adore her.
Taylor Jenkins Reid: Books - Daisy Jones & The Six
The fake-dating one that actually made me laugh out loud in bed at midnight. Emily Henry never misses and this one's my favorite of hers.
Funny story - Henry, Emily: Books
Cozy witch, grumpy librarian, found family, and a house with opinions. The warm hug of a book — perfect for October.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Fake dating a grumpy professor and it is so much funnier than it has any right to be. Olive is the best kind of chaotic and I loved every page.
The love hypothesis - Hazelwood, Ali: Books
Molly sees the world differently and she's the best detective in this whole list. Sweet, surprising, and I rooted for her the whole way.
The Maid - Prose, Nita: Books
Two women, one podcast, and a lie that keeps growing. I kept flipping back pages going 'wait, WHAT?' — the twist is genuinely wild.
None of This Is True: A Novel by Lisa Jewell