An alphabetical list of books reviewed or mentioned on this blog:
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A Better Man by Louise Penny
A Better Tomorrow for the East End Library Girls by Patricia McBride
A Brighter Flame by Christine Nolfi
A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by Rebecca Connolly
A Bookseller in Madrid by Mario Escobar
A Carol for Mrs. Dickens by Rebecca Connolly
A Change of Heart For the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett
A Christmas Baby at Goodwill House by Fenella J. Miller
A Christmas Gift For the East End Library Girls by Patricia McBride
A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
A Heart For the Homeless by Annie M. Ballard
A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Gohlke
A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins
A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner
A Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts
A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas
A New Recruit for the Resistance Girls by Alice G. May
A Noble Scheme by Roseanna M. White
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (see also 10 Reasons to Love A Place For Us)
A Place Like Home: Short Story Collection by Rosamunde Pilcher
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
A Sky Full of Stars by Kay Keenan
A Summer Wedding For the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett
A Vicarage Christmas by Kate Hewitt (series overview here)
A Wager with the Matchmaker by Jody Hedlund
A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety by Michelle Balge
A Wedding at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland
A Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen
A Year at Marshywood by Marina McLune
Ace, Marvel, Spy by Jenni L. Walsh
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman
Alice Network, The by Kate Quinn
All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Next Door by Chelsea Bobulski
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
America, A Redemption Story by Tim Scott
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Amish Newcomer, The by Patrice Lewis
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain
An Autumn Kiss (3 novellas) by Laura Rollins, Annette Lyon, and Lisa H. Catmull
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham
And They Called it Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thorton
An Enemy Like Me by Teri M. Brown
An Icelandic Adventure by Sue Bavey
Answer is No, The by Fredrick Backman
Answer Is…Reflections On My Life, The by Alex Trebek
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Arborview by Karen Guzman
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Art of Gathering, The by Priya Parker
As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
At Morning’s Light by Lauraine Snelling
Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Back After This by Linda Holmes
Ballynoon Friendship Circle, The by Pauline Morgan
Beantown Girls, The by Jane Healey
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Beautiful Strangers, The by Camille Di Miao
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
Beekeeper of Aleppo, The by Christy Lefteri
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Belle of Belgrave Square, The by Mimi Matthews
Berlin Apartment, The by Bryn Turnbull
Berlin Letters, The by Katherine Reay
Best Life Book Club, The by Sheila Roberts
Beth & Amy by Virginia Kantra
Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat
Beyond the Clouds by Elizabeth Camden
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Bletchley Park Stories (Molly Green, Kate Quinn)
Bletchley Riddle, The by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Blue Machine, The by Helen Czerski
Boat People, The by Sharon Bala
Bodyguard, The by Katherine Center
Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott
Book Binder, The by Pip Williams
Book Club Hotel, The by Sarah Morgan
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Book Lover’s Library, The by Madeline Martin
Book of CarolSue, The by Lynne Hugo
Book of Kindness, The (A.K.A. The Second Chance Book Club) by Stephanie Butland
Book of Lost Friends, The by Lisa Wingate
Book of Lost Names, The by Kristin Harmel
Bookseller’s Promise, The by Beth Wiseman
Bookseller’s Secret, The (excerpt) by Michelle Gabel
Bookshop at the Cornish Cove, The by Kim Nash
Bookshop Ladies, The by Faith Hogan
Book Swap, The by Tessa Bickers
Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak (scroll down page)
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, The by Kim Michele Richardson
Bookworm and the Cat’s Meow, The by Jeanine Lauren
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Borrowed Life of Fredrick Fife, The by Anna Johnston
Boys in the Boat, The by Daniel James Brown; Boys in the Boat, The Film Adaptation
Boys of Riverside, The by Thomas Fuller and The Boys of Riverside: Free Book Club Kit
Brave the Wild River by Melissa L. Sevigny
Briar Club, The by Kate Quinn
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, The by Annie Lyons
British Booksellers, The by Kristy Cambron
Brood by Jackie Polzin
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Busybody Book Club, The by Freya Sampson
By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley
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Cactus, The by Sarah Haywood
Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, The by Anissa Gray
Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge
Chanel Sisters, The by Judithe Little
Chasing Dreams at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland
Cheerfully Yours by A.J. Pearce
Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, The by Jennifer Ryan
Choice, The by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames
Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop by Kiley Dunbar
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin
Christmas Castle in Scotland, The by Julie Caplin
Christmas in Briarwood by MK McClintock
Christmas Inn, The by Pamela E. Kelley
Christmas With the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
Clockmaker’s Daughter, The by Kate Morton
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Cobbler’s Apprentice, The by Lynette Rees
Codebreaker’s Secret, The by Sara Ackerman
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff
Code Word Romance by Carlie Walker
Colors of All the Cattle, The by Alexander McCall Smith
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Correspondent, The by Virginia Evans and The Correspondent FREE Book Club Kit
Could it be Magic by Fay Keenan
Covenant of Water, The by Abraham Verghese
Cloverton Charade, The by Sarah E. Ladd
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (scroll down page)
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Cuban Heiress, The by Chanel Cleeton
Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae, The by Stephanie Butland
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Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris
Dangerous Days for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble
Dark Maestro, The by Brendan Slocumb
Daughter of a Promise by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
Daughters of Green Mountain Gap by Teri M. Brown
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
Daughters of Tuscany by Siobhan Daiko
Daughters of War by Dinah Jefferies
Day the World Came to Town, The by Jim Defede
Deal of a Lifetime, The by Fredrik Backman
Dearly Beloved, The by Cara Wall
Dear Miss Lake by A J Pearce
Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Devine Doughnut Shop, The by Carolyn Brown
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Downstairs Girl, The by Stacey Lee
Dream Daughter, The by Diane Chamberlain
Dreamers, The by Karen Thompson Walker
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
Dry, The by Jane Harper
Dutch House, The by Ann Patchett
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Eden by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
Educated by Tara Westover
Effie Olsen’s Summer Special by Rochelle Bilow
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (and rereading books)
Enchanted April, The by Elizabeth von Arnim
Ensemble, The by Aja Gabel
Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames
Ever Rest by Roz Morris
Every Night Has a Dawn by Rachel Valencourt
Exiles by Jane Harper
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Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale, The by Virgrinia Kantra
Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey
Family in Six Tones by Lan Cao
Family Secrets at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renée Rosen
Finding Chika by Mitch Albom
Finding Jane Fairfax by Robbin J. Peterson
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Finding Wonders by Jeannine Atkins (scroll down page)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
First Ladies, The by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Forest of Vanishing Stars, The by Kristin Harmel
Forgotten Cottage, The by Courtney Ellis
Forgotten Names, The by Mario Escobar
Foster by Claire Keegan
Fountains of Silence, The by Ruta Sepetys
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
Funny Thing About Norman Foreman, The by Julietta Henderson
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Generations by Jean M. Twenge
German Wife, The by Kelly Rimmer
Ghost by Jason Reynolds (and my fav MG recs)
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Gilded Years, The by Karin Tanabe
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Girl from Guernica, The by Karen Robards
Girl from the Channel Islands, The by Jenny Lecoat
Girl from Normandy, The by Rachel Sweasey
Girl in White Gloves, The by Kerri Maher
Girl With Seven Names, The by Hyeonseo Lee
Girl With the Louding Voice, The by Abi Daré
Glass Castle, The by Jeannette Walls (review of book and film)
Glass Houses (& Inspector Gamache Series) by Louise Penny
Glory Over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (brief synopsis, scroll down page)
Glory Road by Lauren K. Denton
Go as a River by Shelley Read (FREE Book Club Kit here)
Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
Golden Doves, The by Martha Hall Kelly
Golden Girls’ Getaway, The by Judy Leigh
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Good For You by Camille Pagán
Goodnight From Paris by Jane Healey
Good Sister, The by Sally Hepworth
Gown, The by Jennifer Robson
Great Alone, The by Kristen Hannah
Great Escape From Woodlands Nursing Home, The by Joanna Nell
Great Western Railway Girls, The by Jane Lark
Great Western Railway Girls do Their bit, The by Jane Lark
Guest in Room 120, The by Sara Ackerman
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Half Moon, The by Mary Beth Keane
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
Hard Cider by Barbara Stark-Nemon
Harvey Girls, The by Juliette Fay
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas
Haven Point by Virginia Hume
Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Heroes by Alan Gratz
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Hidden Yellow Stars by Rebecca Connolly
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Holiday Cottage, The by Sarah Morgan
Homefront Nurses, The by Rachel Brimble
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Homemade God, The by Rachel Joyce
Honeybee Emeralds, The by Amy Tector
Hopeful Hearts at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas
Hopefully Ever After by Beth Wiseman
House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg
House of Unexpected Sisters, The (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #18) by Alexander McCall Smith
House on Biscayne Bay, The by Chanel Cleeton
House Swap, The by Jo Lovett
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
Huntress, The by Kate Quinn
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I Guess Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss (scroll down page)
If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (and a few favorite YA titles)
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Indigo Heiress, The by Laura Frantz
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
In Pieces by Sally Field
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (scroll down page)
In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore
Invention of Wings, The by Sue Monk Kidd
Invisible Husband of Frick Island, The, by Colleen Oakley
Invisible Woman, The by Erika Robuck
Irish Family Secret, The by Daisy O’Shea
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day by Kelly J. Baptist
Island of Sea Women, The by Lisa See
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman
It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
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James by Percival Everett and FREE Book Club Kit
Jane & Edward by Melodie Edwards
Jane Austen Society, The by Natalie Jenner
Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee
Juilia Song is Undateable by Susan Lee
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Just the Beginning by Sarah Bennett
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Kate & Frida by Kim Fay
Keeper of Hidden Books, The by Madeline Martin
Keeper of the Irish Secret, The by Susanne O’Leary
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
Kitchen Front, The by Jennifer Ryan
Kitchen House, The Kathleen Grissom (scroll down page)
Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry
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Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson
Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke
Ladies Rewrite the Rules, The by Suzanne Allain
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
Lady Glass, The by Anneka R. Walker
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Lakeside Chalet, The by Anna Camilla Kupka
Last Bookshop in London, The by Madeline Martin
Last Chance Library, The by Freya Sampson
Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Last Dress From Paris, The by Jade Beer
Last Grand Duchess, The by Bryn Turnbull
Last Lifeboat, The by Hazel Gaynor
Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, The by Andrea Bobotis
Last Stop on the Winter Wonderland Express by Rebecca Raisin
Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe
Last Train to Key West, The by Chanel Cleeton
Last Train to London, The by Meg Waite Clayton
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
Last Year of the War, The by Susan Meissner
Late Bloomers’ Club, The by Louise Miller (scroll down the page)
Late Mrs. Willoughby, The by Claudia Gray
Lawyer and the Laundress, The by Christine Hill Suntz
Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Leah’s Faith by Joanne Lehman
Learning to See by Elise Hooper
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Legacy of Longdale Manor, The by Carrie Turansky
Lemons by Melissa Savage
Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen
Liberty Scarf, The by Aimie K. Runyan, J’nell Ciesielski, Rachel McMillan
Librarian of Auschwitz, The by Antonio Iturbe
Librarian Spy, The by Madeline Martin
Library Girls of the East End, The and Hard Times For the East End Library Girls by Patricia McBride
Library of Lost and Found, The by Phaedra Patrick
Lieutenant’s Nurse, The by Sara Ackerman
Life’s Short, Talk Fast by Ann Hood (editor)
Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter, The by Hazel Gaynor
Lights of Shantinagar, The by Nidhi Arora
Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Little Liar, The by Mitch Albom
Little Wing by Freya North
Liz’s Road Trip by Bernadette Marie
London Bookshop Affair, The by Louise Fein
Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison
Lost and Found Bookshop, The by Susan Wiggs
Lost Baker of Vienna, The by Sharon Kurtzman
Lost For Words Bookshop, The by Stephanie Butland
Lost, Found, & Forever by Victoria Schade
Lost Girls of Paris, The by Pam Jenoff
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Lost Story of Eva Fuentes, The by Chanel Cleeton
Lost Ticket, The by Freya Sampson
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DeCamillo (scroll down page)
Love and Conductivity by Erin S. Nieto
Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack
Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, The by Claudia Cohen Loigman
Love Haters, The by Katherine Center
Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson
Love Lyric, The by Kristina Forest
Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, The by Rachel Joyce
Lovely War by Julie Berry
Love You a Latke by Amanda Elliot
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
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Madness of Crowds, The by Louise Penney
Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, The by Mitch Albom
Maid of Ballymacool, The by Jennifer Deibel
Manatee Summer by Evan Griffith
Many Sparrows by Lori Benton (guest reviewer)
Map of Salt and Stars, The by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry
Matchmaker’s Gift, The by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Maureen by Rachel Joyce
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Medallion, The by Cathy Gohlke
Meeting Her Match by Jen Turano
Meet Me in the Orchard by Carolyn Brown
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra
Memory Dress, The by Jade Beer
Memory of Lavender and Sage, The by Aimie K. Runyan
Mermaid Beach (Moonlight Harbor Series) by Sheila Roberts
Messy Lives of Book People, The by Phaedra Patrick
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Miss Cecily’s Recipes For Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman
Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles
Mistletoe and Magic for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett
Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, The by Chanel Cleeton
(Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, The by Dan Gutman
Most Wonderful Time of the Year, The by Beth Moran
Mountains Sing, The by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Mrs. England by Stacey Halls
Mrs. Porter Calling by A.J. Pearce
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
Maui Effect, The by Sara Ackerman
Muse of Maiden Lane, The by Mimi Matthews
Music Shop, The by Rachel Joyce
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
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Neighbor Favor, The by Kristina Forest
Nature of Fragile Things, The by Susan Meissner
Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel
Never Closer by Margot Shepherd
New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland
New Arrivals at West India Dock Road by Renita D’Silva
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Next Ship Home, The by Heather Webb
Night of Many Endings, The by Melissa Payne
No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Norah’s Ark by Victoria Williamson
No Stone Unturned by Jenelle Hovde
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
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Of Literature and Lattees by Katherine Reay
One-in-a-Million Boy, The by Monica Wood
Once Upon a December by Amy E. Reichert
Only Plane in the Sky, The by Garrett M. Graff
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Open by Andre Agassi
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melanie Edwards
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Operation: Happy by Jenni L. Walsh
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones
Orphan’s Tale, The by Pam Jenoff
Other Alcott, The by Elise Hooper
Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga
Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst
Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (scroll down page)
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
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Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott
Paradise Petition, The by Carolyn Brown
Paris Agent, The by Kelly Rimmer
Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted, The by Rebecca Raisin
Paris Library, The by Janet Skeslien Charles
Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The by Nadia Hashimi
People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, The by Claudia Gray
Personal Librarian, The by Marie Benedict and Victoria Murray
Portraitist, The by Susanne Dunlap
Postmistress of Paris, The by Meg Waite Clayton
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
Pride & Preston Lin by Christina Hwang Dudley
Printed Letter Bookshop, The by Katherine Reay
Project Hail Mary (audio) by Andy Weir
Promises to Keep by Nan Rossiter
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
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Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club, The by Julia Bryan Thomas
Rash: A Memoir by Lisa Kusel
Reading List, The by Sara Nisha Adams (and other books about books)
Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sarah Ackerman
Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Remember by Lisa Genova
Repositioning by Jeanine Lauren
Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by James Goodhand
Resistance Girls, The by Alice G. May
Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
Ribbons of Scarlet by Kate Quinn et al.
Ride of a Lifetime, The by Robert Iger
River, The by Peter Heller
Riverside Maid, The by Annemarie Brear
Rom-Commers, The by Katherine Center
Room on Rue Amelie, The by Kristin Harmel (scroll down page)
Rose Code, The by Kate Quinn
Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year by Rochelle Bilow
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
Rushworth Family Plot, The by Claudia Gray
Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit by Eliese Colette Goldbach
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Salt Path, The by Raynor Winn
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Saved by the Matchmaker by Jody Hedlund
Scent Keeper, The by Erica Bauermeister
Seamstress of Acadie, The by Laura Frantz
Searching For Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
Seaside Homecoming, The by Julie Klassen
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Second Tide’s the Charm by Chandra Blumberg
Secret Book of Flora Lea, The by Patti Callahan Henry
Secret Book Society, The by Madeline Martin
Secret Daughter, The by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Secret of Clouds, The by Alyson Richman
Secret Keeper, The by Renita D’Silva
Secrets Beneath, The by Kimberley Woodhouse
She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh
Signal Moon by Kate Quinn
Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
Sisters of Night and Fog by Erika Robuck
Sisters of Sea View, The by Julie Klassen
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Snowflakes Over the Starfish Cafe by Jessica Redland
Social Graces, The by Renée Rosen
Sold on a Monday by Kristina Mcmorris
Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop by Kiley Dunbar
Something of Note by Jeanine Lauren
South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webb
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
Spring Tides at the Starfish Cafe by Jessica Redland
Stationery Shop, The by Marjan Kamali
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (scroll down page)
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The by Gabrielle Zevin
Stormy Waters at Harbour House by Fenella J. Miller
Story of Arthur Truluv, The by Elizabeth Berg
Story She Left Behind, The by Patti Callahan Henry
Storytellers, The by Sue Heath
Stranger in the Lifeboat, The by Mitch Albom
Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs
Summer House, The by Lauren K Denton
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
Summer Swap, The by Sarah Morgan
Sunflower Sisters, The by Martha Hall Kelly
Sunset On Moonlight Beach by Sheila Roberts
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan
Survivors, The by Jane Harper
Sweetheart List, The by Jill Shalvis
Switch, The by Beth O’Leary
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
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Talk Bookish To Me by Kate Bromley
Tattooist of Auschwitz, The by Heather Morris
Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, The by Lisa See
That Summer in Berlin by Lecia Cornwall
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi and FREE Book Club Kit
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman
Things We Cannot Say, The by Kelly Rimmer
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
This Won’t End Well by Camille Pagán
Thread Collectors, The by Shaunna Edwards and Alyson Richman
Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin
Three Words For Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Thursday Murder Club, The by Richard Osman
Tilt by Emma Pattee
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Trouble with Heroes, The by Kate Messner
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (scroll down page)
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
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Underground Library, The by Jennifer Ryan
Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe
Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, The by Sara Ackerman
Unclaimed Baggage by Katie O’Rourke
Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, The by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The by Rachel Joyce
Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady, The by Sharon J. Mondragón
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
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Vanished Bride, The by Bella Ellis
Vanishing Half, The by Brit Bennett
Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey
Victory for the Foyles Bookshop Girls by Elaine Roberts
Violin Conspiracy, The by Brendan Slocumb
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
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Wait For It by Jenn McKinlay
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Warmth of Other Suns, The by Isabel Wilkerson (scroll down page)
Warsaw Orphan, The by Kelly Rimmer
Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House by Fenella J. Miller
Wartime Book Club, The by Kate Thompson
Wartime Comes to West India Dock Road by Renita D’Silva
Wartime Sisters, The by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Water Dancer, The by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Way of Beauty, The by Camille Di Maio
Wedding Bells at Goodwill House by Fenella J. Miller
Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames
Wedding Bells for the East End Library Girls by Patricia McBride
Wedding Dress Sewing Circle, The by Jennifer Ryan
Wedding Veil, The by Kristy Woodson
We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels
Weight of Snow and Regret, The by Elizabeth Gauffreau
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (FREE West With Giraffes Book Club Kit here)
We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
What Would Jane Austen Do? by Linda Corbett
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord
When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, Susan Meissner
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Whirlwind by Karen Brees
White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton
White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey (scroll down page)
Widow’s Irish Secret, The by Susanne O;Leary
Widows of Malabar Hill, The by Sujata Massey
Windsor Knot, The by S.J. Bennett
Winemaker’s Wife, The by Kristin Harmel
Winners, The by Fredrik Backman
Winter Nights at the Bay Bookshop by Jessica Redland
Winter Orphans, The by Kristin Beck
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Woman 99 by Greer Mcallister
Woman They Could Not Silence, The by Kate Moore
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