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Books I’ve Loved

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A list of books that I haven’t stopped thinking about since I’ve finished!
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Historical Fiction (Not as Boring as It Sounds - PROMISE!)

 
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Could not put this down! A young nurses story about being a nurse in the Vietnam War. Heartbreaking and addicting. I think about this book everyday
The Women: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
 
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A story about two sisters during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. This book is heartbreaking, but so good at the same time!
The Nightingale: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
 
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Wow, I had no idea of any of these things prior to reading this book. It broke my heart, the challenges these women faced bringing babies into the world during the war, are things people should never have to go through
The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart
 
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The hard work of people during the nazi occupation of France and protecting the children, forging documents to help the Jewish children be able to live a life outside of whatever the future was going to hold. I was sobbing at the end
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
 
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Auschwitz through the eyes of the person who helped tattoo each person who came through those horrible gates, off of cattle cars, scared for their lives
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel
 
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Two sisters journey through the resistance, helping everyone around them during such a scary time!
Angels of the Resistance: WWII Sisterhood Novel
 
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Alaska in the early days, a story about a girl and her family with her abusive father and the bond between mother and daughter and finding a way on their own. This book is heartbreaking, but so full of love
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
 
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Did they get off the train and go to the line on the left or the right? Because one of those lines immediately went to their deaths.
They Went Left by Monica Hesse (9780316490573)
 
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The dust bowl during the Great Depression, this book goes through the horrible times of not being able to find work to support families. Death and disgrace was a daily occurrence, but hard work and determination was found because there was no other o...
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Thriller Time

 
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The book that got me into thrillers. Karin Slaughter is the thriller QUEEN. Read trigger warnings because this book is gruesome but addicting. Two sisters who have been through tragedy work together to unearth the secrets that destroyed their family ...
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
 
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Eerie and atmospheric. A story about a dad and daughter who live in the rural woods alone. This is all the daughter knows, but one day she sees someone and wants to know what else is out there. Addicting, tugs the heart strings
Near the Bone by Christina Henry
 
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VR meets real life mixed with all things AI. John Marrs really knows how to write in the most futuristic way. This is fast pace and addicting. 10 Families get to create a virtual child who they have access to from the metaverse and VR headset. Only ...
The Family Experiment by John Marrs
 
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Lock every door is a gripping thriller, a girl with nothing finds herself living in a fancy old apartment building, with very strange rules… no visitors, not aloud to spend a night away from the apartment, no disturbing the other residents who are al...
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
 
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People start going missing without a trace.. but 11 years later one of them shows back up out of the blue. This is a gripping, addicting thriller you won’t want to put down once you pick it up
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
 
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The girl in apartment 3E only has 3 rules 1. Don’t leave the apartment 2. Never let anyone in the apartment 3. Don’t kill anyone She followed these rules very well until one day she didn’t… which does she break? And who is affected?
The Girl in 6E (Deanna Madden, #1) by A.R. Torre
 
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How far would you go to find your DNA match?? A simple DNA test matches you to your exact perfect match, the one you are genetically made for. But what does this mean? Does their age or gender matter? There’s one for every person and only one. Did yo...
The One by John Marrs