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Books That Held Me Hostage
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items Plot twists, messy characters, emotional chaos, or total escape—these are the books I couldn’t put down (even when I should’ve been sleeping). If you want to be fully in it, start here.
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Colleen Hoover’s Best
Tender & Emotional
Thrillers
Colleen Hoover’s Best
🔥 Intense, gritty, and emotionally chaotic from page one.
Sloan is stuck with a violent drug dealer to protect her brother—until she meets Carter, an undercover cop. A gritty, dark, and intense love triangle with nonstop tension.
Too Late: Definitive Edition by Colleen Hoover
🖤 Dark, twisted, and impossible to put down.
A writer is hired to finish a famous author’s books—but finds a disturbing autobiography instead. Twisted secrets, forbidden romance, and a creeping sense of danger make this an unputdownable psychologic...
Verity: Hoover, Colleen: 9781538724736
Tender & Emotional
💓 Quirky, heartfelt, and quietly powerful.
Eleanor lives a lonely, routine life—until a chance act of kindness begins to break down her walls. This story sneaks up on you and sticks with you long after.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Novel)
✨ Glamorous, scandalous, and deeply emotional.
Legendary Hollywood actress Evelyn Hugo finally agrees to tell her life story—but only to an unknown reporter, and only on her terms.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
💝 A deeply emotional story about friendship, growing up, and growing apart.
Tully and Kate become best friends in the ‘70s and stick together through decades of love, heartbreak, and betrayal. You’ll cry. A lot.
Firefly Lane: A Novel: Hannah, Kristin
🥰 Sweet, funny, and full of heart.
August doesn’t believe in magic—until she meets Jane, the mysterious girl stuck on a New York subway train from the 1970s. A queer, time-bending love story.
One Last Stop: McQuiston, Casey: 9781250244499
💫 A haunting blend of mystery, romance, and coming-of-age set in the wild beauty of North Carolina.
Abandoned and raised in the marsh, Kya is called the “Marsh Girl” by the town—until she’s accused of murder.
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
Thrillers
🤫Twisty and addictive.
Every day, Rachel watches a couple from the train—until one day she sees something shocking. When the woman goes missing, Rachel gets pulled into a tangled web of lies, obsession, and unreliable memories.
The Girl on the Train: Hawkins, Paula
🤐Fast, tense, and full of sharp twists.
A woman crashes her car and wakes up with no memory of why she left home. Her husband is confused, the police are suspicious—and something in their perfect house feels very wrong.
A Stranger in the House: A Novel: Lapena, Shari
🙈A spiral of secrets, lies, and shocking betrayals.
A baby goes missing while the parents are at a dinner party next door. Every chapter ends in a gasp.
The Couple Next Door: A Novel - Shari Lapena
🥀 Gothic, suspenseful, and dripping with tension.
A young bride arrives at her new husband’s estate—only to find the memory of his first wife, Rebecca, haunting every corner. A timeless psychological thriller.
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