(R) = Review available on bookishreads.com

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (in other words, if you haven't read these already, get your hand on them asap!)

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* Beartown - Fredrik Backman  (R)

* Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese

* Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

* Only the Beautiful - Susan Meissner

* The Covenant of Water - Abraham Verghese

* The Woman with the Blue Star - Pam Jenoff

* Truths I Never Told You - Kelly Rimmer

* The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

* The Winners - Fredrik Backman  (R)

* Us Against You - Fredrik Backman  (R)

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 (extremely special reads I would highly recommend!)

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* A Calamity of Souls - David Baldacci (R)

 * All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker (R) 

* Anxious People - Fredrik Backman

* Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate

* Beneath a Scarlet Sky - Mark T. Sullivan

* Bluebird - Sharon Cameron

* Cilka's Journey - Heather Morris

* Concrete Rose - Angie Thomas

* Have You Seen Luis Velez? - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Night Road - Kristin Hannah

* Pay it Forward - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Room - Emma Donoghue

* Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys

* Take My Hand - Dolen Perkins-Valdez

* The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Christy Lefteri

* The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 

* The Boys From Brazil - Ira Levin​

* The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

* The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn

* The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel

* The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab

* The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Dare

* The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah

* The Light in Hidden Places - Sharon Cameron

* The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles

* The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom

* The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman

* The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay

* The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult

* The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow

* The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer

* Three Sisters - Heather Morris

* This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger

* We Are Called to Rise - Laura McBride

* Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

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⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4  (very solid and entertaining reads that I'll gladly stand behind)

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* A Fall of Marigolds - Susan Meissner (R)

* A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

* Allie and Bea - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* April Fool's Day - Bryce Courtney

* Ask Him Why - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* All the Broken Places - John Boyne

* All We Ever Wanted - Emily Giffin

* A Life Without Water - Marci Bolden

* A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende

* All the Little Pieces -  Jilliane Hoffman

* American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins

* Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane

* A Time for Mercy - John Grisham

* A Time to Kill - John Grisham

* Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys

* Billy Straight - Jonathan Kellerman

* Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson

* Brave Girl, Quiet Girl - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Broken Angels - Gemma Liviero

* Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Code Name Helene - Ariel Lawhon

* Dark Places - Gillian Flynn

* Defending Jacob - William Landay

* Dreaming of Flight - Catherine Ryan Hyde  (R)

* Dust Child - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (R)

* Eternal - Lisa Scottoline 

* Every Last One - Anna Quindlen

* Exiles - Jane Harper

* False Witness - Karin Slaughter

* From Boys to Men - Maggie Dent

* From the Corner of his Eye - Dean Koontz

* Go as a River - Shelley Read

* Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

* Ground Zero - Alan Gratz (R)

* Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

* Herring Cove Road series - Michael Kroft

* Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi (R)

* Honeybee - Craig Silvey

* I'm Not Dying With You Tonight - Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

* In the Midnight Room​ - Laura McBride

* Invisible Girl - Lisa Jewell

* Judas Child - Carol O'Connell

* Killing Floor - Lee Child

* Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

* Lion - Saroo Brierley

* Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly

* Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica

* Lord of the Flies - William Golding

* Lost Roses - Martha Hall Kelly

* Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Lying Beside You - Michael Robotham

* Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid

* Maureen - Rachel Joyce (R)

* Mockingbird Summer - Lynda Rutledge 

* On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

* Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger

* Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline

* Primal Fear - William Diehl

* Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

* Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby

* Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby van Pelt

* Say Goodbye For Now - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

* Stay - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Songbirds - Christy Lefteri

* Sycamore Row - John Grisham

* To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

* The Alice Network - Kate Quinn

* The Apocalypse Watch - Robert Ludlum

* The Attic Child - Lola Jaye  (R)

* The Bone Tree - Greg Iles

* The Book of Lost Friends - Lisa Wingate

* The Book of Lost Names - Kristin Harmel

* The Chain - Adrian McKinty  (R)

* The Color Purple - Alice Walker

* The Cutting Room - Jilliane Hoffman

* The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

* The Exiles - Christina Baker Kline

* The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Robert Dugoni

* The Family Ship - Sonja Yoerg

* The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon

* The German Wife - Kelly Rimmer

* The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes

* The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

* The House of Eve - Sadeqa Johnson

* The Huntress - Kate Quinn

* The Kommandant's Girl - Pam Jenoff

* The Language of Hoofbeats - Catherine Ryan Hyde (R)

* The Last Green Valley - Mark T. Sullivan

* The Last Year of the War - Susan Meissner

* The Ledge - Christian White  (R)

* The Librarian of Auschwitz - Antonio Iturbe  (R)

* The Long Walk - Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King)

* The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff 

* The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - Rachel Joyce

* The Match - Harlan Coben 

* The Midwife of Berlin - Anna Stuart

* The Nature of Fragile Things - Susan Meissner

* The Next Person You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Night She Disappeared - Lisa Jewell

* The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

* The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure

* The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles

* The Prince of the Skies - Antonio Iturbe

* The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

* The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger

* The Riviera House - Natasha Lester

* The Room on Rue Amelie - Kristin Harmel

* The Rose Code - Kate Quinn

* The Scent Keeper - Erica Bauermeister

* The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

* The Silence in Between - Josie Ferguson

* The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris

* The Silent Wife - Karin Slaughter  (R)

* The Simple Truth - David Baldacci

* The Storm Child - Michael Robotham

* The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris

* The Trespasser - Tana French

* The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

* The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

* The Warsaw Orphan - Kelly Rimmer

* The Winemaker's Wife - Kristin Harmel

* The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - Fannie Flagg

* The World Played Chess - Robert Dugoni

* Violeta - Isabel Allende

* West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge

* What Could be Saved - Liese O'Halloran Schwarz

* What Happened to Nina - Dervla McTiernan (R)

* When All is Said - Anne Griffin

* When She Was Good - Michael Robotham

* When Things are Alive They Hum - Hannah Bent

* Where We Belong - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* White Star - James Stewart Thayer

* Wild (aka Magic Hour) - Kristin Hannah

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​⭐⭐⭐⭐ (I'm sure you won't be disappointed)

 

​* A Candle in Her Room - Ruth M. Arthur

* A Darker Domain - Val McDermid ​​

* A Darkness More Than Night - Michael Connelly

* A Jewish Girl in Paris - Melanie Levensohn (R)

* Allie and Bea - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* All She Ever Wanted - Patrick Redmond

* A Minute to Midnight - David Baldacci

* A Necessary Evil - Alex Kava 

* Another Life - Kristin Hannah

* A Perfect Evil - Alex Kava

* A Simple Plan - Scott Smith

* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

* Apple of My Eye - Patrick Redmond

* At the Stroke of Madness - Alex Kava 

* Auschwitz Lullaby - Mario Escobar

* Back Spin - Harlan Coben

* Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child

* Before She Disappeared - Lisa Gardner

* Bombproof - Michael Robotham

* Breaking Creed - Alex Kava 

* City of Bones - Michael Connelly

* Criminal - Karin Slaughter

* Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben

* Dark Horse - Tami Hoag

* Date Night - Samantha Hayes

* Dead Aim - Thomas Perry

* Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben

* Die Trying - Lee Child

* Drop Shot - Harlan Coben

* Echo Burning - Lee Child

* Echo Park - Michael Connelly

* Eternal - Lisa Scottoline

* Exposed - Alex Kava 

* Fade Away - Harlan Coben

* Fallen - Karin Slaughter

* False Memory - Dean Koontz

* Find Us - Benjamin Stevenson

* Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah

* Fly Away - Kristin Hannah

* Fractured - Karin Slaughter

* Girl, Forgotten - Karin Slaughter

* Gone For Good - Harlan Coben

* Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child

* Happy Hour - Jacquie Byron

* Home Before Night - J. P. Pomare

* Horse - Geraldine Brooks

* Indelible - Karin Slaughter

* In the Clearing - J. P. Pomare

* I Will Find You - Harlan Coben

* I Will Make You Pay - Teresa Driscoll

* Katie Mulholland - Catherine Cookson

* Kisscut - Karin Slaughter

* Lightning Strike - William Kent Krueger

* Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

* Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

* Live Wire - Harlan Coben

* Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica

* Long Lost - Harlan Coben

* Lost - Michael Robotham

* Lost Light - Michael Connelly

* Love Story - Erich Segal

* Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

* Master of the Delta - Thomas H. Cook

* Music Box - Deborah Chiel

* Never Tell - Lisa Gardner

* Nim's Island - Wendy Orr

* Nine Dragons - Michael Connelly

* None of This is True - Lisa Jewell

* No One to Hear You (aka Unspoken) - Samantha Hayes

* Normal People - Sally Rooney

* Nothing to Lose - Lee Child

* One Step Too Far - Lisa Gardner

* One to Watch - Kate Stayman-London

* One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid

* On Writing - Stephen King

* One False Move - Harlan Coben

* One Shot - Lee Child

* Pineapple Street - Jenny Jackson

* Playing Beatie Row - Ruth Park

* Playing Nice - J. P. Delaney

* Promise Me - Harlan Coben

* Radar Girls - Sara Ackerman

* Reckless Creed - Alex Kava

* Red Dragon - Thomas Harris

* Red Sky Over Hawaii - Sara Ackerman

* Rules of Civility - Amor Towles

* Run Away - Harlan Coben

* Running Blind - Lee Child

* Sara Dane - Gatherine Gaskin

* Second Skin - Christian White

* See Jane Run - Joy Fielding

* Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Show of Evil - William Diehl

* Silver - Chris Hammer

* Simple Genius - David Baldacci

* Simple Simon - Ryne Douglas Pearson

* Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham

* So Long, Chester Wheeler - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Sparring Partners - John Grisham

* Split Second - Alex Kava

* Still House - Christian White

* Storm Child - Michael Robotham

* Summer Island - Kristin Hannah

* Surviving Savannah - Patti Callahan Henry

* Switchblade - Michael Connelly

* Taken - Robert Crais

* Tandia - Bryce Courtenay

* Tell Me Lies - J. P. Pomare

* Tell Me No Secrets - Joy Fielding

* Things my Son Needs to Know About the World - Fredrik Backman

* To be Taught, if Fortunate - Becky Chambers 

* The Berlin Girl - Mandy Robotham

* The Black Ice - Michael Connelly

* The Black Velvet Gown - Catherine Cookson

* The Boy From the Woods - Harlan Coben

* The Burning Room - Michael Connelly

* The Closers - Michael Connelly

* The Color Purple - Alice Walker

* The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly

* The Dark Room - Sam Blake

* The Death Factory - Greg Iles

* The Devil's Punchbowl - Greg Iles

* The Diplomat's Wife - Pam Jenoff

* The Distant Echo - Val McDermid

* The Door - Magda Szabo

* The Enemy - Lee Child

* The Fall - Louise Jensen

* The Family Remains - Lisa Jewell  (R)

* The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell

* The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah

* The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth

* The Good Turn - Dervla McTiernan

* The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

* The Guncle - Steven Rowley 

* The Happy Couple - Samantha Hayes

* The Hard Way - Lee Child

* The Interrogation - Thomas H. Cook

* The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly

* The Light Between Oceans - M. L. Stedman

* The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart - Holly Ringland 

* The Mallen Streak - Catherine Cookson

* The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

* The Moonshiner's Daughter - Donna Everhart

* The Moth - Catherine Cookson

* The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan

* The Narrows - Michael Connelly

* The Overlook - Michael Connelly

* The Potato Factory - Bryce Courtenay

* The Promise - Robert Crais

* The Puppet Show - Patrick Redmond

* The Roommate - Dervla McTiernan

* The Secret Messenger - Mandy Robotham

* The Sentry - Robert Crais

* The Sisters - Cormac Reilly

* The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson

* The Survivors - Jane Harper

* The Unremarkable Heart - Karin Slaughter

* The Wife and the Widow - Christian White

* The Wind Knows My Name - Isabel Allende

* The Wishing Game - Patrick Redmond

* The Other Mrs. - Mary Kubica

* The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock

* The Quiet Game - Greg Iles

* The Rules of Backyard Cricket - Jock Serong

* The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides

* The Soul Catcher - Alex Kava

* The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

* The Stolen Sisters - Louise Jensen

* The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre - Natasha Lester

* The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

* The Widow - K. L. Slater

* The Woods - Harlan Coben

* The Women - Kristin Hannah

* The Wrong Woman - J. P. Pomare

* Things My Son Needs to Know About the World - Fredrik Backman

* Think Twice - Harlan Coben

* This is Why We Lied - Karin Slaughter (R)

* Tripwire - Lee Child

* True Colors - Kristin Hannah

* Trunk Music - Michael Connelly

* Truth or Die - Katerina Diamond

* Turning Angel - Greg Iles

* Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune

* Undone - Karin Slaughter

* Vince and Joy - Lisa Jewell

* Walk the Wire - David Baldacci

* What the Night Knows - Dean Koontz

* When we had Wings - A. Lawhon, K. McMorris and S. Meissner

* When You are Mine - Michael Robotham

* Wired - Douglas E. Richards

* Without Fail - Lee Child

* Worthy - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* You Then, Me Now - Nick Alexander

* Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz

* You Are Not Alone - G. Hendricks and S. Pekkanen

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​⭐⭐⭐1/2 (I don't recommend wasting your precious reading time on these)​

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* Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty

* Daylight - David Baldacci

* Dispossession - Tayari Jones

* Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng

* Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid (R)

* Cleaning the Gold - Karin Slaughter

* The Beantown Girls - Jane Healey

* The Perfect Wife - J. P. Delaney

* The Wrong One - Dervla McTiernan

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