September 2025
| title | author | genre | # pages | source | ⭐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Chan is Dead | Liann Zhang | thriller | 320 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
August 2025
Pages, Plots & Personal Rules: My August Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # pages | source | ⭐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson | historical | 346 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The House in the Pines | Ana Reyes | mystery | 336 | library | ⭐⭐ |
| Hunting Ava | Kiki Swinson | contemp | 240 | ARC | ⭐ |
| The Dating Prohibition | Taj McCoy | romance | 315 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Rich Guy’s Wife | Bonnie Traymore | thriller | 292 | ARC | ⭐⭐ |
| Survive the Night | Riley Sager | thriller | 337 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Sinfluencers | K.D. Wong | thriller | 295 | ARC | ⭐ |
| Blade | Wendy Walker | thriller | 301 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| We Were Never Friends | Kaira Rouda | thriller | 288 | ARC | ⭐ |
| The Storm | Rachel Hawkins | thriller | 304 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| A Family Matter | Claire Lynch | contemp | 240 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Caller Unknown | Gillian McAllister | thriller | 336 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Love Lyric | Kristina Forest | romance | 400 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Heartwood | Amity Gaige | mystery | 316 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Junie | Erin Crosby Eckstine | historical | 368 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Fever | Bernice L. McFadden | romance | 352 | ARC | ⭐⭐ |
| Never Flinch | Stephen King | horror | 448 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
July 2025
72 Books and Counting: My Surprisingly Stacked July.
| title | author | genre | # pages | source | ⭐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erasure | Percival Everett | Contem | 280 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Home Before Dark | Riley Sager | Horror | 397 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Last Time I Lied | Riley Sager | Thriller | 402 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Bitter Honey | Lola Akinmade Åkerström | Contem | 448 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Where the Wildflowers Grow | Terah Shelton Harris | Contem | 480 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| King of Ashes | S.A. Cosby | Thriller | 339 | library | ⭐⭐ |
| Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth | Thriller | 359 | library | ⭐⭐ |
| Sounds Like a Plan | Pamela Samuels Young | Romance | 315 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Devil’s Advocate | Steve Cavanagh | Thriller | 432 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| With Love from Harlem | ReShonda Tate | Historical | 416 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Tender is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica | Horror | 224 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Best Man | Malcolm D. Lee & Jayne Allen | Romance | 489 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Contem | 299 | library | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Something in the Water | Phyllis Dixon | Contem | 304 | ARC | ⭐ |
| Split the Sky | Marie Arnold | YA | 304 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Glory Daze | Danielle Arceneaux | Mystery | 313 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| We Are All Guilty Here | Karin Slaughter | Thriller | 448 | ARC | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Society of Lies | Lauren Ling Brown | Thriller | 386 | library | ⭐⭐⭐ |
June 2025
June Was for Reading. Everything Else Could Wait: My June Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kill for Me, Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh | Thriller | 351 | e-book |
| Jenny Cooper Has a Secret | Joy Fielding | Mystery | 352 | e-book |
| The Three Lives of Cate Kay | Kate Fagan | Contemporary | 294 | e-book |
| The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster | Shauna Robinson | Contemporary | 352 | e-book |
| Tell Me Lies | Carola Lovering | Romance | 384 | paperback |
| No Ordinary Love | Myah Ariel | Romance | 318 | e-book |
| Perfect Little Lives | Amber & Daniell Brown | Thriller | 320 | e-book |
| Everyone in The Group Chat Dies | L.M. Chilton | Mystery | 320 | e-book |
| The Perfect Divorce | Jeneva Rose | Thriller | 288 | e-book |
| Glory Be | Danielle Arceneaux | Mystery | 271 | e-book |
| James | Percival Everett | Historical | 303 | e-book |
| The Phoenix Pencil Company | Allison King | Historical | 366 | e-book |
| With a Vengeance | Riley Sager | Thriller | 400 | e-book |
| Curvy Girl Summer | Danielle Allen | Romance | audio | |
| Plus Size Player | Danielle Allen | Romance | 364 | e-book |
| The Couple Next Door | Shari Lapena | Thriller | 238 | e-book |
| The Note | Alafair Burke | Mystery | 431 | e-book |
May 2025
Plot Twists & Libby Lists: My May Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Every Mirror She’s Black | Lola Akinmade Åkerström | Contemporary | 412 | e-book |
| Matriarch: A Memoir | Tina Knowles | Memoir | 432 | hardcover |
| One Summer in Savannah | Terah Shelton Harris | Romance | 416 | e-book |
| Anywhere You Run | Wanda M. Morris | Historical | 384 | e-book |
| Final Girls | Riley Sager | Thriller | 373 | e-book |
| Everything is Not Enough | Lola Akinmade Åkerström | Contemporary | 401 | e-book |
| Audre & Bash Are Just Friends | Tia Williams | Young Adult | 379 | e-book |
| Grown Women | Sarai Johnson | Historical | 392 | e-book |
| The Missing Half | Ashley Flowers | Mystery | 272 | e-book |
| Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney | Thriller | 306 | e-book |
April 2025
Let the Good Times Roll: My April Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Partner Plot | Kristina Forest | Romance | 416 | e-book |
| Long After We Are Gone | Terah Shelton Harris | Historical | 419 | e-book |
| Brooklyn | Tracy Brown | Contemporary | 320 | e-book |
| What You Leave Behind | Wanda M. Morris | Mystery | 384 | e-book |
| The Good Ones Are Taken | Taj McCoy | Romance | 304 | e-book |
| Mother-Daughter Murder Night | Nina Simon | Mystery | 352 | e-book |
| Home is Where the Bodies Are | Jeneva Rose | Thriller | 295 | e-book |
| When I Think of You | Myah Ariel | Romance | 368 | e-book |
| Parents Weekend | Alex Finlay | Thriller | 320 | e-book |
| So Happy Together | Olivia Worley | Thriller | 304 | e-book |
| Everything’s Fine | Cecilia Rabess | Contemporary | 335 | e-book |
| Black Buck | Mateo Askaripour | Contemporary | 388 | e-book |
| Blood in the Water | Tiffany D. Jackson | Young Adult | 272 | e-book |
| Everyone Here is Lying | Shari Lapena | Thriller | 368 | e-book |
| Pardon My Frenchie | Farrah Rochon | Romance | 384 | e-book |
| An Old Soul | M. Kevin Hayden | Sci-Fi | 233 | e-book |
March 2025
The Goal Save Coins : My March Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is Why We Lied | Karin Slaughter | Thriller | 464 | e-book |
| Missing White Woman | Kellye Garrett | Mystery | 336 | e-book |
| First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston | Thriller | 340 | audio |
| The Next Mrs. Parrish | Liv Constantine | Thriller | 336 | e-book |
| The Bachelorette Party | Camilla Sten | Thriller | 304 | e-book |
| Can’t Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan | Romance | 448 | e-book |
| The Resort | Sara Ochs | Thriller | 384 | e-book |
| The Right Swipe | Alisha Rai | Romance | 387 | e-book |
| Middle of the Night | Riley Sager | Thriller | 367 | e-book |
| One Big Happy Family | Jamie Day | Thriller | 360 | e-book |
| Through Our Teeth | Pamela N. Harris | Young Adult | 368 | e-book |
March 2024
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Inmate | Freida McFadden | Thriller | 388 | e-book |
February 2024
We Are Black History: My February Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Girl | Morgan Rogers | Romance | 283 | e-book |
| Watch Where They Hide | Tamron Hall | Mystery | 384 | e-book |
| Zora Books Her Happy Ever After | Taj McCoy | Romance | 336 | e-book |
| Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? | Crystal Smith Paul | Historical | 416 | e-book |
| While We Were Dating | Jasmine Guillory | Romance | 336 | e-book |
| Bad Men and Wicked Women | Eric Jerome Dickey | Romance | 381 | e-book |
January 2024
Another Year: My January Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Could Be Us | Kennedy Ryan | Romance | 416 | e-book |
| She’s Not Sorry | Mary Kubica | Thriller | 336 | e-book |
| Watch it Burn | Kristen Bird | Mystery | 338 | e-book |
| The Block Party | Jamie Day | Mystery | 384 | e-book |
| Waiting to Exhale (abridged) | Terry McMillan | Romance | audio | |
| The Only One Left | Riley Sager | Thriller | 385 | e-book |
| If Something Happens to Me | Alex Finlay | Thriller | 336 | e-book |
| All The Sinners Bleed | S.A. Cosby | Mystery | 341 | e-book |
| As The Wicked Watch | Tamron Hall | Mystery | 400 | e-book |
| One of Us is Lying | Karen M. McManus | Young Adult | 368 | e-book |
| The It Girl | Ruth Ware | Mystery | 423 | e-book |
September 2023
Making It Through: My September Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Smoke | Tiffany D. Jackson | Horror | 384 | e-book |
| We Deserve Monuments | Jas Hammonds | Young Adult | 384 | e-book |
| The Neighbor Favor | Kristina Forest | Romance | 403 | paperback |
| The Art of Scandal | Regina Black | Romance | 304 | hardback |
| The Spare Room | Andrea Bartz | Thriller | 336 | hardback |
| A Love Song for Ricki Wilde | Tia Williams | Romance | 352 | e-book |
| The Boyfriend Project #1 | Farrah Rochon | Romance | 345 | paperback |
| The Dating Playbook #2 | Farrah Rochon | Romance | 368 | paperback |
| The Hookup Plan #3 | Farrah Rochon | Romance | 368 | paperback |
August 2023
Where Did the Time Go: My August Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Their Vicious Games | Joelle Wellington | Young Adult | 416 | hardback |
| Just Another Missing Person | Gillian McAllister | Mystery | 384 | paperback |
| You Can Trust Me | Wendy Heard | Thriller | 304 | paperback |
| Monday’s Not Coming | Tiffany D. Jackson | Young Adult | 464 | paperback |
| Allegedly | Tiffany D. Jackson | Young Adult | 390 | paperback |
| Lock Every Door | Riley Sager | Thriller | 381 | paperback |
| The Last Mrs. Parrish | Liv Constantine | Thriller | 416 | paperback |
| The Heiress | Rachel Hawkins | Thriller | 320 | e-book |
| The Secret to a Southern Wedding | Synithia Willams | Romance | 384 | e-book |
| Bye, Baby | Carola Lovering | Thriller | 352 | e-book |
| The Stranger Upstairs | Lisa M. Matlin | Horror | 288 | e-book |
July 2023
No New Books: My July Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People to Follow | Olivia Worley | Young Adult | 352 | e-book |
| The Only Survivors | Megan Miranda | Mystery | 339 | hardcover |
| The Referral Program | Shamara Ray | Romance | 288 | e-book |
| A Blade So Black | L.L. McKinney | Fantasy | 384 | paperback |
| Someone Had to Do It | Amber Brown & Danielle Brown | Thriller | 352 | hardcover |
| The Family Upstairs (#1) | Lisa Jewell | Thriller | 340 | audio |
| The House Across the Lake | Riley Sager | Thriller | 369 | paperback |
| The Family Remains (#2) | Lisa Jewell | Thriller | 452 | e-book |
| Black Candle Women | Diane Marie Brown | Fantasy | 336 | hardcover |
| The Preacher’s Son | Carl Weber | Romance | 324 | hardcover |
| The After Party | A.C. Arthur | Mystery | 351 | audio |
June 2023
60 Books This Year: My June Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love it When You Lie | Kristen Bird | Thriller | 352 | paperback |
| You Should Have Told Me | Leah Konen | Thriller | 352 | hardcover |
| We Were Never Here | Andrea Bartz | Thriller | 304 | hardcover |
| Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister | Mystery | 416 | paperback |
| The House of Eve | Sadeqa Johnson | Romance | 384 | hardcover |
| The Housemaid’s Secret | Freida McFadden | Thriller | 318 | audio |
| She Started It | Sian Gilbert | Thriller | 352 | hardcover |
| The Rebel King | Kennedy Ryan | Romance | 388 | paperback |
| The Wedding Party | Jasmine Guillory | Romance | 351 | paperback |
| The Whispers | Ashley Audrain | Thriller | 336 | paperback |
| Promise Boys | Nick Brooks | Young Adult | 304 | hardcover |
May 2023
Beaming With Pride: My May Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Shouldn’t Have Come Here | Jeneva Rose | Thriller | 350 | audio |
| The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Thriller | 329 | paperback |
| Bad Summer People | Emma Rosenblum | Thriller | 272 | audio |
| The Weight of Blood | Tiffany D. Jackson | Young Adult | 416 | hardcover |
| A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy | 419 | paperback |
| Beauty Beheld | Zariah L. Banks | Romance | 358 | e-book |
| The Rosewood Hunt | Mackenzie Reed | Young Adult | 368 | e-book |
| Pride and Protest | Nikki Payne | Romance | 401 | paperback |
| Not So Perfect Strangers | L.S. Stratton | Thriller | 320 | paperback |
| Grown | Tiffany D. Jackson | Young Adult | 384 | paperback |
| The Senator’s Wife | Liv Constantine | Thriller | 320 | e-book |
| A Killer in the Family | Gytha Lodge | Thriller | 416 | e-book |
April 2023
Coming Out of a Slump: My April Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reckless Girls | Rachel Hawkins | Thriller | 320 | hardcover |
| The Perfect Marriage | Jeneva Rose | Mystery | 342 | e-book |
| I’ll Stop the World | Lauren Thoman | Young Adult | 446 | e-book |
| The Night Shift | Alex Finlay | Thriller | 312 | audio |
| Black Girls Must Have it All | Jayne Allen | Contemporary | 288 | paperback |
| The Kingmaker | Kennedy Ryan | Contemporary | 352 | e-book |
| Drunk on Love | Jasmine Guillory | Romance | 400 | paperback |
| Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan | Romance | 400 | paperback |
| Intermission | Phyllis R. Dixon | Contemporary | 320 | e-book |
| Like a Sister | Kellye Grrett | Thriller | 336 | paperback |
| My Word Against His | Lauren North | Thriller | 327 | e-book |
March 2023
End of a Quarter: My March Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hell of A Book | Jason Mott | Contemporary | 323 | e-book |
| Then She Was Gone | Lisa Jewell | Mystery | 359 | paperback |
| One of Us is Dead | Jeneva Rose | Mystery | 272 | audio |
| It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Romance | 323 | audio |
February 2023
Slow & Steady: My February Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktop Wasteland | S.A. Cosby | Mystery | 285 | audio |
| The Housekeeper | Natalie Barelli | Thriller | 324 | e-book |
| The Sun Down Motel | Simone St. James | Mystery | 327 | e-book |
| The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory | Romance | 317 | e-book |
January 2023
Happy New Year!: My January Reading Recap
| title | author | genre | #of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Couple | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | Thriller | 329 | audio |
| The Family Game | Catherine Steadman | Thriller | 336 | audio |
| By The Book | Jasmine Guillory | Romance | 320 | e-book |
| What Lies in the Woods | Kate Alice Marshall | Thriller | 322 | hardcover |
2022
| title | author | genre | # of pages | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Girls Must Die Exhausted | Jayne Allen | Contemporary | 350 | e-book |
| The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris | Mystery | 357 | audio |
| Seven Days in June | Tia Williams | Romance | 336 | audio |
| Black Girls Must be Magic | Jayne Allen | Contemporary | 272 | audio |
| It Ends with Us | Collen Hoover | Romance | 386 | audio |
| The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen | Thriller | 346 | audio |
| All Good People Here | Ashley Flowers | Mystery | 312 | audio |
| Verity | Collen Hoover | Thriller | 336 | audio |
| You’re Going to be Okay | Holley Gerth | Self-Help | 240 | e-book |
| Moth to a Flame | Ashley Antoinette | Contemporary | 286 | audio |
| When No One is Watching | Alyssa Cole | Thriller | 352 | e-book |
| The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Contemporary | 386 | audio |
| The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | Thriller | 336 | audio |
| The Perfect Find | Tia Williams | Romance | 363 | audio |
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