Every book listed I personally own and have left my own rating and a little comment for each 🫶🏼 Books are truly my escape in life, and sharing them is a love language of mine 🤍
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Living in a Fantasy World 🧟🧞🧚🏼
Thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat 😅
Freida McFadden Only 🔪🩸
Romances that will make you swoon 🥰
Books that will leave you in your feels 🥺
Heartfelt/Coming of Age 🥹👧🏻👩🏻
Living in a Fantasy World 🧟🧞🧚🏼
Vampires, werewolves and ghosts oh my!! Some of my favorite books that transport you to a whole different world 🧝🏻♀️
I’ll be so honest - I haven’t read this one yet, but needed to add it to my collection lol. I love the others so much I just haven’t had the time to dive into this one yet!
Midnight Sun
A different style of book from Colleen that I wasn’t expecting but ended up really enjoying! 4/5 ⭐️
Layla
Thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat 😅
Who did it? Are you sure? These books leave you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out the ending 🕵️
I LOVE this book so much and can’t wait to read the follow up book! 4.5/5 ⭐️
The Perfect Marriage - Jeneva Rose: Books
I really loved this book, so much so that I was a little disappointed in the movie version because the book was so much better! 4.2/5 ⭐️
The Weekend Away: Bestselling Thriller & Netflix Movie
I LOVE THIS BOOK 5/5 ⭐️ enough said.
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
This is such a good thriller - very solid and keeps you guessing throughout 4.5/5 ⭐️
Behind Closed Doors: A Novel: Paris, B.A.
SUCH a good thriller by Colleen - patiently waiting for the movie adaptation so make sure you read before it comes out in 2026! 4.8/5⭐️
Verity: Hoover, Colleen: 9781791392796
If you fell in love with this movie like I did - give the novel it was based on a read! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Gone Girl
Another great adaption from Gillian Flynn - give the show and this novel a chance! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Sharp Objects (Sharp Objects: A Novel)
I’ve heard nothing but great things about this novel- I can’t wait to grab it off my bookshelf!
We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel
I read this book years ago and loved it - along with the surprise ending! I was so happy to see they made a show based on this book and hope they do at least a season 2 based on the follow up! 4.8/5 ⭐️
We Were Liars
Such an amazing follow up to the first book, this one featuring on the family and backstories of the main characters in the first book! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Family of Liars: Prequel to We Were Liars
I love Mary Kubica’s books and this one is no different! 4.8/5 ⭐️
Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense
Another really great book series that I was SO happy to see made into a television adaptation! 4.8/5 ⭐️
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The second book in the “Good Girls Guide” series! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Good Girl, Bad Blood: Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
The finale in the “Good Girls Guide” series! 4.5/5 ⭐️
As Good as Dead: Finale to A Good Girl's Guide
Such a solid thriller that kept me guessing throughout the entire book! 4.8/5 ⭐️
The Silent Patient
I love Holly Jackson and she did not disappoint on this book at all! I felt like I was there with them and my heart was racing throughout! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Five Survive
Thrillers are my favorite because I love being kept on the edge of my seat and this was another book I could NOT put down until I had all the answers! 4.7/5 ⭐️
Ask for Andrea: A Thriller
Thrillers that involve children always make me feel more uneasy and this one definitely delivered! 4/5 ⭐️
The Overnight Guest: A Novel
This is the definition of a great thriller. If you love the genre you HAVE to give this one a try! 5/5 ⭐️
Pretty Girls: Psychological Thriller Novel
This is on my TBR list - can’t wait to report back!
If We Were Villains: A Novel
Such a good thriller! I love the wedding vibes and traditional “whodunit?” With a big group of people! 4.5/5 ⭐️
The Guest List: A Novel
Such a good, solid thriller and I loooovvveee wedding backdrops! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Every Vow You Break: A Novel
I felt like this started a bit slow, but the ending was SO worth it as was the follow up book! 4/5 ⭐️
The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Reese's Book Club Pick
SUCH a good follow up to the first book! I love it and it gives even more of an insight into the first novel! 4.8/5 ⭐️
The Next Mrs. Parrish: A Novel
I really ended up liking this book and thought the TV adaptation was really well done! 4/5 ⭐️
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel
Freida McFadden Only 🔪🩸
The Queen of Murder gets her own section because every. single. book. makes me question EVERYTHING and I’m still always surprised by the endings!!
The book that started my Freida obsession! Probably one of the best thrillers I’ve read and I wish I could go back and read it for the first time all over again! 5/5 ⭐️
The Housemaid
Book 2 of the Housemaid series and SUCH a good follow up! I love seeing returning characters get up to their old tricks 5/5 ⭐️
The Housemaid's Secret
The third and final(?) book in the housemaid series, fantastic as always! 4.8/5 ⭐️
The Housemaid Is Watching
I love that Freida can make ANY occupation seem scary lol 4.6/5 ⭐️
Never Lie
As a mom this one hit even harder and made it even creepier, love this one!! 4.8/5 ⭐️
The Perfect Son
This is the only Freida book that I haven’t liked and I think it’s because I don’t like satire and didn’t know it lol! Give it a try for yourself - super short story!
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: Novella
She does it yet again! Every time I think I know what’s going to happen, I in fact did not lol. 4.8/5 ⭐️
Ward D: A gripping psychological thriller
As a mother and a love of psychological thrillers, this one had me HOOKED! I loved the ending and finding out who was behind it all. 5/5 ⭐️
Want to Know a Secret? Psychological Thriller
I really did think I had this one nailed, and she got me yet again! 4.8/5 ⭐️
The Inmate
Romances that will make you swoon 🥰
All your favorite tropes, some spiciness, and great reads all throughout this list! 🔥
This was my first book by this author and I fell in love with her writing style and stories. I can’t recommend any of her books enough. 5/5 ⭐️
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
This book got my Colleen Hoover obsession going for a bit! Such a good story and I love the book much more than the movie adaptation! 5/5 ⭐️
It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Such an amazing follow up to one of my favorite books by this author! 5/5 ⭐️
It Starts with Us: A Novel (It Ends with Us)
Another super solid book, definitely a bit of a tear-jerker 4/5⭐️
November 9: A Novel
Another super solid book by Colleen 4.5/5⭐️
Reminders of Him: A Novel
Such a solid enemies to lovers story 4.5/5 ⭐️
The Unhoneymooners
Book 2 of the Grand Slam Series featuring characters from the 1st book! 4/5 ⭐️
Raine Out (The Grand Slam Series)
The first book in the Grand Slam Series - a cute series of sports related romance stories! 4.2/5 ⭐️
Truth or Tequila (The Grand Slam Series)
The final book of the Grand Slam series featuring more characters we’ve gotten glimpses of before! 4/5 ⭐️
Leave It On The Field (The Grand Slam Series)
I honestly get a bit bored with Nicholas Sparks books, I prefer the movies, but this one isn’t too bad! 3.8/5 ⭐️
The Rescue - Sparks, Nicholas: Books
Such a cute opposites attract book, and I love anything set on the beach, especially a good romance! 4/5 ⭐️
Beach Read
I’m not a science girl AT ALL, but if you throw in some romance I am totally there for it! 4/5 ⭐️
Love on the Brain
This book is HEFTY and worth every single page. I fell in love with the characters and story and am so excited this is only the first book in the Knockemout series of three! 5/5 ⭐️
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout)
Knockemout series book 2 featuring returning characters from the first! 4.8/5 ⭐️
Things We Hide from the Light (Knockemout 2)
Knockemout series third and final book, tying things together perfectly! 4.5/5 ⭐️
Things We Left Behind (Knockemout Series, 3)
The first of three books in a series. This is the only one I’ve read so far, but it was SO good and the perfect amount of spice added in 🥵 4.5/5 ⭐️
Icebreaker: A Novel (The Maple Hills Series)
First book in the Twisted Series - can’t wait to start reading and see how spicy 🌶️ it is!
Twisted Love (Twisted, 1)
Book 2 in the Twisted series that I can’t wait to read!!
Twisted Games (Twisted, 2)
Book 3/4 of the Twisted series, can’t wait to read!!
Twisted Hate (Twisted, 3)
Fourth and final book of the Twisted series that I can’t wait to dive into!
Twisted Lies (Twisted, 4)
This book is 🔥🔥🔥 and had me a little hot and bothered, LOVE! 5/5 ⭐️
The Nanny
A little enemies to lovers trope set during a vacation to fool her family! 4.2/5 ⭐️
The Spanish Love Deception: A Novel
Another enemies to lovers trope set on vacation, some of my favorite reads! 4.5/5 ⭐️
The Layover
One of the few Colleen books/series that is still TBR!
Losing Hope: A Novel (2) (Hopeless)
Still TBR but can’t wait to finish off all of my Colleen books!
Finding Cinderella: A Novella (3) (Hopeless)
Such a good traditional enemies to lovers trope! 4/5 ⭐️
Maybe Not: A Novella (2) (Maybe Someday)
A solid short little novella 4/5 ⭐️
Finding Perfect: A Novella (5) (Hopeless)
This is probably one of my favorite Colleen books, I love the story and meaning behind the whole thing! 4.8/5 ⭐️
Confess: A Novel
Book 3 of the maybe someday series and still on my TBR!
Maybe Now: A Novel (3) (Maybe Someday)
Books that will leave you in your feels 🥺
In the mood for a good cry? What about a book that feels like it’s tearing your heart out? I’ve got you covered with some great books to get all your feelings out 👇🏼
Another AMAZING Colleen book - may reread this now that I’m writing about it lol. 5/5 ⭐️
Ugly Love: A Novel: Hoover, Colleen: 9781476753188
If you want to be absolutely destroyed by a book, both this one and its counterpart will get the job done. 5/5 ⭐️
If Only I Had Told Her
The first of this dual series that will absolutely tear your heart apart. 5/5 ⭐️
If He Had Been with Me
Heartfelt/Coming of Age 🥹👧🏻👩🏻
These books don’t have a specific genre in my opinion, but really captures the feelings of growing older, dealing with your emotions, maturing and coming to grips with your life 😊
A super cute, heartfelt story about a daughter struggling to cope with her mother’s loss, but finding a way to feel close to her in one of her mothers favorite places. 4/5 ⭐️
One Italian Summer: A Novel
So excited to see this one turned into a movie as well, so check it out before it hits theaters! 4.2/5 ⭐️
Regretting You
Autobiographies : Get to know the star ⭐️
Who else could tell you what Hollywood is really like other than the stars themselves?
Get to know the inner working of the Pop Princess’ mind 🎤
The Woman in Me
In its own genre 🤨
Stories that leave me a little lost on what exact genre to place them in - but still need to be listed because of how good they really are!
This is my FAVE TJR novel - it’s such a good story and I could reread it so many times 5/5 ⭐️
