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

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* Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese

* Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

* Only the Beautiful - Susan Meissner

* The Covenant of Water - Abraham Verghese

* Truths I Never Told You - Kelly Rimmer

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

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* A Calamity of Souls - David Baldacci (R)

* Bluebird - Sharon Cameron

* Room - Emma Donoghue

* Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys

* The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel

* The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Dare

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

* The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer

* Three Sisters - Heather Morris

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

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* All the Broken Places - John Boyne

* A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende

* Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane

* Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys

* Billy Straight - Jonathan Kellerman

* Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Code Name Helene - Ariel Lawhon

* Dark Places - Gillian Flynn

* Dust Child - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (R)

* Exiles - Jane Harper

* From the Corner of his Eye - Dean Koontz

* Go as a River - Shelley Read

* Ground Zero - Alan Gratz (R)

* Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

* Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

* Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Lying Beside You - Michael Robotham

* Maureen - Rachel Joyce (R)

* Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline

* Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

* Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby

* Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby van Pelt

* Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

* The Bone Tree - Greg Iles

* The Book of Lost Names - Kristin Harmel

* The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

* The Exiles - Christina Baker Kline

* The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon

* The German Wife - Kelly Rimmer

* The House of Eve - Sadeqa Johnson

* The Last Green Valley - Mark T. Sullivan

* The Last Year of the War - Susan Meissner

* The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - Rachel Joyce

* The Midwife of Berlin - Anna Stuart

* The Nature of Fragile Things - Susan Meissner

* The Next Person You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure

* The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles

* The Prince of the Skies - Antonio Iturbe

* The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger

* The Room on Rue Amelie - Kristin Harmel

* The Storm Child - Michael Robotham

* The Warsaw Orphan - Kelly Rimmer

* The Winemaker's Wife - Kristin Harmel

* The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - Fannie Flagg

* Violeta - Isabel Allende

* West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge

* What Happened to Nina - Dervla McTiernan (R)

* When Things are Alive They Hum - Hannah Bent

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

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* A Darker Domain - Val McDermid 

* All She Ever Wanted - Patrick Redmond

* A Necessary Evil - Alex Kava 

* Another Life - Kristin Hannah

* A Perfect Evil - Alex Kava

* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

* Apple of My Eye - Patrick Redmond

* At the Stroke of Madness - Alex Kava 

* Back Spin - Harlan Coben

* Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child

* Bombproof - Michael Robotham

* Breaking Creed - Alex Kava 

* Criminal - Karin Slaughter

* Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben

* Dead Aim - Thomas Perry

* Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben

* Die Trying - Lee Child

* Drop Shot - Harlan Coben

* Echo Burning - Lee Child

* Eternal - Lisa Scottoline

* Exposed - Alex Kava 

* Fade Away - Harlan Coben

* Fallen - Karin Slaughter

* False Memory - Dean Koontz

* Fractured - Karin Slaughter

* Girl, Forgotten - Karin Slaughter

* Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child

* Happy Hour - Jacquie Byron

* Home Before Night - J. P. Pomare

* Horse - Geraldine Brooks

* Indelible - Karin Slaughter

* I Will Find You - Harlan Coben

* Kisscut - Karin Slaughter

* Live Wire - Harlan Coben

* Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica

* Long Lost - Harlan Coben

* Lost - Michael Robotham

* Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

* Nim's Island - Wendy Orr

* None of This is True - Lisa Jewell

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

* Nothing to Lose - Lee Child

* One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid

* On Writing - Stephen King

* One False Move - Harlan Coben

* One Shot - Lee Child

* Pineapple Street - Jenny Jackson

* Primal Fear - William Diehl

* Promise Me - Harlan Coben

* Radar Girls - Sara Ackerman

* Reckless Creed - Alex Kava

* Red Sky Over Hawaii - Sara Ackerman

* Running Blind - Lee Child

* See Jane Run - Joy Fielding

* Show of Evil - William Diehl

* 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

* Storm Child - Michael Robotham

* Surviving Savannah - Patti Callahan Henry

* Tell Me No Secrets - Joy Fielding

* To be Taught, if Fortunate - Becky Chambers 

* The Berlin Girl - Mandy Robotham

* The Color Purple - Alice Walker

* The Distant Echo - Val McDermid

* The Enemy - Lee Child

* The Fall - Louise Jensen

* The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth

* The Good Turn - Dervla McTiernan

* The Guncle - Steven Rowley 

* The Hard Way - Lee Child

* The Moonshiner's Daughter - Donna Everhart

* The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan

* The Puppet Show - Patrick Redmond

* The Secret Messenger - Mandy Robotham

* 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 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 Woods - Harlan Coben

* The Women - Kristin Hannah

* The Wrong Woman - J. P. Pomare

* Think Twice - Harlan Coben

* Tripwire - Lee Child

* Undone - Karin Slaughter

* What the Night Knows - Dean Koontz

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

* When You are Mine - Michael Robotham

* Without Fail - Lee Child

* Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz

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* Cleaning the Gold - Karin Slaughter

* The Wrong One - Dervla McTiernan

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