I read a little bit of everything so you'll find a good mix of genres here! Here are some of my all-time favorite reads. I like to feel things and these books deliver. 🤝
Sections
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Mystery / Thrillers
Romance
Literary Fiction
Nonfiction
Contemporary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery / Thrillers
this book lives rent free in my head and I recommend it to anyone who loves a really dark and messed up thriller 🙃
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
this book had me in a chokehold and I finished it in 24 hours (audio is A+)
The Drift by C.J. Tudor
the perfect fall thriller does exit and it's The Chestnut Man
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
I support women’s rights and wrongs
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
this twist got me goooood
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
shocking AND emotional. no one does it like karin slaughter.
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Romance
this book got me into romance 🥲
Beach Read by Emily Henry
honestly, I’d die for these two
Left of Forever (Spunes, OR, #2) by Tarah DeWitt
feels like litfic meets romance and that's my drug of choice
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
takes a really good grand gesture to make me cry and this one got me
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
I like my romance with a side of emotional devastation, thank you
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
no one does romance + magical realism like Ashley Poston
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
this whole series is great but this is my fav!
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) by Talia Hibbert
your honor, I love him (and I love this series!!)
In the Weeds (Lovelight, #2) by B.K. Borison
small town romance gets me every time
Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez
Literary Fiction
I cried so hard I couldn’t see the pages anymore so
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
my most highlighted book of all time but some people say it’s pretentious, YOU DECIDE
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
climate fiction meets…trauma.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
for everyone who is a little messy & depressy
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
I love when Charlotte McConaghy makes me cry
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Nonfiction
the audiobook is AMAZING
The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition): Essays on a Human- ...
painful, powerful, beautiful
Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
never felt so seen or read a book that mirrored my own experience so devastatingly
Being Lolita by Alisson Wood
Laugh out loud funny and heartrending, highly recommend the audio!
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Contemporary Fiction
feels like sitting with someone you love on a balcony at sunset, sipping champagne and laughing till you cry.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
see also: sobbed uncontrollably
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
Historical Fiction
too many people are sleeping on this one, tbh. the prose is stunning.
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
my favorite Kristin Hannah
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
an absolute triumph (amazing on audio)
James by Percival Everett
I'm a sucker for found family
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
deeply emotional and thought-provoking
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
My fav TJR!
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fantasy & Sci-fi
I will accept no criticism, she is hyped for a reason!!! 👏🏼
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
I think about this book at least once a week
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
I stared at the wall for 30 mins after I finished this
Babel by R.F. Kuang
such a unique story
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
this series deserves WAY more love
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
this series got me back into reading and this is a VE Schwab stan account
