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Books I Couldn’t Put Down (You’ll Be Hooked Too 👀)
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items Looking for your next obsession-worthy read? 👀✨ This curated list of my top book recommendations includes the best of thrillers, romance, urban romance, fantasy, and young adult books that will keep you hooked from start to finish.
Whether you’re i...
Sections
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Thrillers/Mystery
Romance/Urban Romance
Fantasy
Young Adult (YA)
Thrillers/Mystery
If you love suspense, plot twists, and edge-of-your-seat reads, this thriller collection is for you 👀 These books are packed with mystery, psychological drama, and shocking endings you won’t see coming. Perfect for readers who love a good page-turne...
Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.
The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along w...
Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby
A Black sheriff. A serial killer.
A small town ready to combust.
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, ...
All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
It’s watching.
Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend ...
Jackal - Erin E. Adams
Samira Wilder has never had it easy, and when her latest lousy job goes south, things only promise to get harder. Until she unexpectedly meets a man who will change her life forever. Renowned pro golfer Roland Graham is wealthy, handsome, and caring,...
The Wife Before - Shanora Williams
Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share.
Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her fa...
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager
Gabby and Fred have just begun to adapt to their new life as empty nesters when Gabby makes a stunning realization: she can’t stand her husband.
One night at a bar, Gabby meets an enigmatic younger woman named Ellis, and in a haze of drunkenness, sh...
The Younger Woman - Cate Ray
He said, she said. Who do you believe?
Jessica, Stephanie and Priyanka are complete strangers, but they have one thing in common: they’ve each received a letter accusing their husbands of committing a sexual assault more than two decades prior. Is t...
Good Husbands - Cate Ray
Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything—schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them.
Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents’ funds, s...
My Sweet Girl - Amanda Jayatissa
Eden Shelton was once told that you can’t spell embarrassment without MEN. She never believed it because according to her there was nothing better than being a wife to a loving and appreciative man. Marrying her college sweetheart seemed to make ever...
Cutthroat - Octavia Grant
Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mans...
Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's hiding a terrible secret. It's time for the truth to come out...
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they've committed to h...
Tell Me What You Did - Carter Wilson
Romance/Urban Romance
Fall in love with these romance and urban romance must-reads featuring passion, drama, and unforgettable love stories 🔥 From soft love to toxic twists, these books will have you fully invested and emotionally hooked.
The daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, Ricki Wilde is the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her. When she moves into a Harlem brownstone, she leaves behind ...
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde - Tia Williams
Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter. After losing her first love, Morgan is terrified to love again. She's settled for a comfortable li...
Butterfly - Ashley Antoinette
I came busting into the world during one of New York’s worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter.
Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows...
The Coldest Winter Ever - Sister Souljah
Fantasy
Escape into magical worlds filled with fantasy, adventure, romance, and powerful characters ✨ These reads are perfect for anyone who loves world-building, supernatural elements, and epic storylines you can get lost in.
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But ev...
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi
One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill.
No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could nev...
Shatter Me Series - Tahereh Mafi
Young Adult (YA)
Dive into these young adult must-reads featuring coming-of-age stories, relatable characters, and emotional journeys 💫 Perfect for light but impactful reads with themes of love, identity, friendship, and growth.
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.
When she doesn’t show for the seco...
Monday's Not Coming - Tiffany D. Jackson
narrated by Scout Finch, a six-year-old tomboy who lives with her lawyer father Atticus and her ten-year-old brother Jem. During the novel Scout, Jem and their friend Dill try to make their reclusive neighbour Boo Radley leave his house. Boo has not ...
To Kill a Mockingbird Collector's Edition - Harper Lee
fast
adj.
1. A girl or guy who is quick to engage in sexual activities.
--Oftentimes used to shame. Oftentimes used to blame victims for their own abuse.
After the untimely death of her mother, Caprice Latimore has to move in with her grandmother. A...
Fast - Millie Belizaire
Cindy Gibson thought Bobby Wallace was everything she had hoped for--friendly, seemingly mature, and handsome. But then, Bobby starts behaving strangely and Cindy soon finds herself in the worst trouble of her life.
Someone to Love Me - Anne Schraff