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items I've always loved to read and recommending those books I've really enjoyed with other bookworms is especially fun. If a book makes my list, it's because I found it unforgetable and think others should be able to discover it too. I hope you find your ...
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Contemporary Literary Fiction
Non-fiction that reads like fiction
Historical Fiction about Women
Best Books to Take to the Beach 🏝️
Page Turning Mysteries and Thrillers 🕵
Fantastic Fantasy
Contemporary Literary Fiction
This is my ultimate favorite genre, and here I present the can't-miss, must-read titles that I absolutely adore!
In the top five of my favorite reads of 2025. I mean, how can you not love a book narrated by a intelligent, sassy, octopus? I don't want to give anything away, but this touching story stayed with me long after it ended.
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Read with Jenna Pick)
Moving, relatable, and timely. This is novel is one I think everyone should read, but be prepared, it's an emotional and challenging read. Like all Kingsolver's work, she confronts the reader with controversial issues facing our society, and challeng...
Demon Copperhead (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Oprah's Book Club Pick)
This is the only novel I gave 5 stars to in 2025. The riveting story of three of women, the circumstances that tear them apart, how they find healing, forgiveness, and the way back to each other This is an absolutely phenomenal read and I thought abo...
Grown Women: A Novel
A must read! I thought about this book long after I finished it. A unique retelling of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of James. You know a book is amazing when you can’t stop thinking about it once you’ve finished it.
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
This is an emotional story of two women, one in her 80s and the other in her 20s, who become unlikely friends. Both have their secrets and through their relationship discover how to move forward and leave the past behind.
The Japanese Lover
This my first read by Picoult and I've been hooked ever since. This creative novel follows Diana, a young associate with Sotheby's, who has entire life planned out. She's on track for a big promotion, has a dreamy boyfriend Finn, who she thinks is wi...
Wish You Were Here
Three sisters living all over the globe, with vastly different personalities and lives, have grown further and further apart over the years. The sudden death of their fourth and youngest sister, brings them back to NYC and the only left that connects...
Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick
This is such a moving story. If you enjoy stories that move back and forth in time covering multiple generations, about family secrets, betrayal and what women do to protect their families, you'll love this one. When Eleanor dies she leaves her two c...
Black Cake
One of the best books I've read in 2026! I really enjoyed the telling of Sybil's story through her letter writing, and getting her perspective as an elderly woman on her own in the 21st century. This is a heartwarming story that I could read again an...
The Correspondent
Non-fiction that reads like fiction
Amazing list of non-fiction novels that read more like fictional. There's definitely more than just dry facts and dates in these.
Larson's is the absolute best at writing non-fiction that reads like fiction. He brings this true life event to life and puts the reader right in the middle of the story.
The Devil in the White City
An emotional page turning account of the unjust and tragic treatment of Native Americans in the early 20th century. Although, it's a heavy and upsetting read, I highly recommend it.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Hands down my favorite non-fiction book. This story is about so much more than the author's garden. Through her process of building and growing her family garden, she highlights so many issues affecting society today. Including, racism and land owner...
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's... book by Camille T Dungy
Historical Fiction about Women
All of these novels center around women in history, telling their stories which have been lost over time and several are inspired by true events.
Kate Quinn never disappoints! A gripping fast paced story set during WWII about Mila, a young mom and history student, turned sniper. Her journey is heartbreaking, empowering, and heartwarming all at once. This is ideal if you enjoy stories featuring...
The Diamond Eye book by Kate Quinn
Loosely based on the band Fleetwood Mac this one is a page turner! We follow Daisy Jones and the Six as they skyrocket to fame, along with the turbulent relationships between it's members. This novel had me hooked from the first page to the last.
Daisy Jones & The Six book by Taylor Jenkins Reid
If you like historical fiction with a mystery, with a little magical realism sprinkled in, this one's for you. I was so charmed by this story, that I found it hard to put down.
The Lost Bookshop book by Evie Woods
I love when a book is so amazing I want to stay up all night to finish it! Based on true events, this is the captivating story of Suzanne Valadon. Born into abject poverty, this remarkable woman, is a survior. By the age of 15, she'd had more jobs, than most have by 40. Not only that, she became friends with VanGogh, Degas, and Renoir. Sadly, as so many women's stories, hers was largely unknown, until decades later, when another young woman discovers Suzan...
Girl Braiding Her Hair
Best Books to Take to the Beach 🏝️
I'm a seasonal reader, so when summertime comes around I can't wait to start reading anything summer/beach themed. Here are some of my most loved beach reads.
What a page turner! I really identified with the main character in this one. Maybe it's because I'm the same age. Like all Hilderbrand's novels, this one is about far more than just a beach read, presents realistic situations, and comes complete with...
Golden Girl
This is first novel I read by Carly Fortune and I absolutely adored it!
One Golden Summer
This was the first novel by Emily Henry I read, and I was hooked instantly. It made me furious, laugh, get teary, and every emotion in between. I couldn't put it down.
Happy Place
This is Hilderbrand's final novel in the summer series based in Nantucket, and ironically, this was the first novel of hers I read. I was hooked immediately. She tackles quite a few realistic hot button issues in this one, all while keeping the story...
Swan Song
A heartwarming story of a young woman, fresh out of a broken engagement, who moves back home where she decides to open a bookstore in an old sea captain’s home on Cape Cod. I loved this one and it’s the perfect beach or poolside read.
The Sandy Page Bookshop
Elin Hilderbrand is known for consistently spinning a unique tale, and this book certainly doesn't disappoint. One woman's life story told over 28 summers is one of my favorite books by this author. I literally couldn't put it down.
28 Summers
Page Turning Mysteries and Thrillers 🕵
Each and every one of these had me on the edge of my seat, and some I had to stay up all night just to find out what happened next.
My first novel by Ruth Ware and I've been a fan ever since, and now I know why she's been called the Agatha Christie of the the 21st century. Ware expertly tells a pulse racing story while at the same time addressing many real life issues such as, cl...
The It Girl book by Ruth Ware
This novel had been out for awhile when I finally read it, and let me tell you I can see why it was so popular. So many twists and turns, which I love and the ending took me completely by surprise.
The Silent Patient book by Alex Michaelides
A heartwarming coming of age story that follows Native American high school senior Daunis as she goes undercover with the FBI in the hopes of finding her best friends killer. While at the same time confronting racism, misogyny, violence, and trying t...
Firekeeper's Daughter
I literally couldn't put this one down. If you want to escape reality for awhile to a more analog era, and the combination of historical fiction, horror, and a thriller, pick up a copy. Set in 1990s Mexico City, we follow Montserrat, and her best fri...
Silver Nitrate
A corporate ski retreat at luxurious chalet in the French Alps. It's all going so well until people start turning up dead and a historic blizzard traps you and the guests in this remote ski lodge. Ware really builds the suspense in this one, and I wa...
One by One
Fantastic Fantasy
This is one you'll either like or you won't. This is a slow burn, with a complex plot, and many characters. If you enjoy a book that provides an alternate reality, where magic is real, then this one is perfect for you.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
I can never pass up a book set in a library or one about books. So, when I ran across this gem at one of my treasured used bookstores, I snapped it up. This is a novel you'll either like or not, because of the fantastical element, but I absolutely lo...
The Midnight Library
"What if" Speculative Fiction
Books that pose interesting and sometimes controversial questions that cause the reader to think about what they might do in a particular set of circumstances and see these issues from a new perspective.
If there was a place that allowed you to safely sleep through a time of grief, would you choose to do it? This is just one of the questions the author presents in this thought provoking novel. I thought about this one long after I finished it.
The Poppy Fields book by Nikki Erlick
I could not put this book down, and literally finished it in just a few days. I'll let you know this isn't light reading. The reader is presented with this scenario: A mysterious package shows up on your doorstep, and the message attached says the it...
The Measure