
Read,Rated (but not all) Reviewed
(R) = Review available on bookishreads.com
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (in other words, if you haven't read these already, get your hand on them asap!)
* 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)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 (extremely special reads I would highly recommend!)
* 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
* 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
* 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
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4 (very solid and entertaining reads that I'll gladly stand behind)
* 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
* 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
* 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
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (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)
* 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
⭐⭐⭐1/2 (I don't recommend wasting your precious reading time on these)
* 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
