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2024 Book List

1. Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King by Joyce William (this was a mommy-daughter read)
2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
3. Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlie
4. Legitimate Kid: A Memoir by Aida Rodriguez
5. The Ultimate Guide to Dorothy Dunnett’s Game of Kings by Laura Caine Ramsey
6. Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea
7. Circe by Madeline Miller
8. Bring on the blessings by Beverly Jenkins
9. E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth’s Core by Joyce William (this was a mommy-daughter read)
10. Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies by William Joyce (this was a mommy-daughter read)
11. Shogun by James Clavell
12. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
13. The Art of Forgiving by Camille Pagan
14. The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abe
15. The Sandman and the War of Dreams by William Joyce (this was a mommy-daughter read)
16. The Game of Kins by Dorothy Dunnett
17. We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley
18. The Memory Library by Kate Storey
19. Bits and Pieces – My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg
20. Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
21. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
22. The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn
23. Jack Frost The End Becomes the Beginning by William Joyce
24. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
25. The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
26. An Imperfect Plan by Addison McKnight
27. Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
28. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
29. The Second Chance Supper Club by Nicole Meier
30. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. Martin
31. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
32. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
33. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
34. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
35. Gild by Raven Kennedy
36. A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
37. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
38. the Trouble with Goodbye by Sarra Cannon
39. Loving You Always by Kennedy Ryan
40. When You are Mine by Kennedy Ryan
41. Hurt Mountain by Angela Crook
42. Weyward by Emilia Hart
43. Out of Nowhere by LaShawn Vasser
44. The Silent Watcher by Victor Methos
45. The Guy Next Door by DL White
46. Home for the Holidays by DL White
47. Leslie’s Curl & Dye by DL White
48. Second Time Around by DL WHite
49. Deck the Shelves by Toni Shilowh
50. The Never List by DL White

2023 Book List

• Ninth House by Leigh Burdugo
• Verity by Colleen Hoover
• Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean
• Recursion by Blake Crouch
• Have We Met by Camille Baker
• The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
• One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Words between us by Erin Bartels
• All Those Things We Never Said by Marc Levy
• Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness
• Brutally Honest by Melanie Brown
• The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
• Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith
• The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
• Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
• Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington
• The End of Normal by Stephanie Madoff Mack
• Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
• Shift by Hugh Howey
• Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
• Welcome to Serenity by Sherryl Woods
• Wool by Hugh Howey
• The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
• Contact by Carl Sagan
• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan
• Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan
• The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
• Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
• Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
• Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
• The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
• New Spring by Robert Jordan
• A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan 
• Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
• The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
• The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
• The Familly Across the Street by Nicole Trope
• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
• Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
• I Love You and I’m Leaving You Anyway by Tracy McMillan
• The Gunslinger by Stephen King
• The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
• Spare by Prince Harry
• The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
• In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
• Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

2022 Book List

• The Eves by Grace Sammon
• Everything Must Go by Camille Pagan
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• Finding Kristmas by Bella Jay
• Origins of the Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan by Michael Livingston
• The Wife Before by Shanora Williams
• Half Sisters by Virginia Franken
• From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
• The Most Dangerous Duke in London by Madeline Hunter
• The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
• Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
• A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan
• Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan
• The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
• Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
• Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
• The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry
• Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
• Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy
• The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
• A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
• The Godfather by Mario Puzo
• Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
• The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
• The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab
• The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
• Impossible to Forget by Imogen Clark
• Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who’ve Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn’t Enough by Candice Marie Benbow
• The Intangible by CJ Washington
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

2021 Book List

• The Duke and I – Julia Quinn
• The Viscount Who Loved Me – Julia Quinn
• An Offer From a Gentleman – Julia Quinn
• Romancing Mister Bridgerton – Julia Quinn
• When He Was Wicked – Julia Quinn
• To Sir Phillip, With Love – Julia Quinn
• It’s In Hiss Kiss – Julia Quinn
• On the Way to the Wedding – Julia Quinn
• The Wedding Date – Jasmine Guillory
• Indigo – Beverly Jenkins
• Vivid – Beverly Jenkins
• The Untelling – Tayari Jones
• Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny – Holly Madison
• The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
• Destiny’s Embrace – Beverly Jenkins
• The Couple Next Door – Shari Lapena
• Just as I Am: A Memoir – Cicely Tyson
• The Kindest Lie -Nancy Johnson
• Me Before You – Jojo Moyes

2020 Book List

• The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai
• Stillhouse Lake – Rachel Caine
• Killman Creek – Rachel Caine
• An Untamed State – Roxane Gay
• The Family Upstairs – Lisa Jewell
• Haunted – Christina C. Jones
• The Beautiful Ones – Prince
• Queenie – Candice Carty-Williams
• The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin
• Educated – Tara Westover
• The Other Wife – Claire McGowan
• Regretting You – Colleen Hoover
• Jay-Z – Michael Eric Dyson
• The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell
• Everything My Mother Taught Me – Alice Hoffman
• Children of God – Mary Doria Russell
• We Love, Charlie Freeman – Kaitlyn Greenridge
• The Secrets of Lost Stones – Melissa Payne
• Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine – Gail Honeyman
• These Ghosts Are Family – Maisy Card
• The City We Became – N.K. Jemisin
• Paris, He Said – Christine Sneed
• The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
• Lovecraft Country – Matt Ruff
• My Sister, The Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Then She Was Gone – Lisa Jewell
• The Secret Lives of Church Ladies – Deesha Philyaw
• Zikora – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• You Should Have Known – Jean Hanff Korelitz
• Mansfield Park – Jane Austin

2019 Book List

• A Kind of Freedom – Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
• How Long ’til Black Future Month – N.K. Jemisin
• Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family – David & Tamela Mann
• Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Gloy Edim
• The Supremes Sing the Heartache Blues – Edward Kelsey Moore
• The Color Purple – Alice Walker
• Tituba of Salem Village – Ann Petry
• These Are the Moments – Jenny Bravo
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Marsh King’s Daughter – Karen Dionne
• Disgrace – J.M. Coetzee
• Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
• The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
• Black Water Rising – Attica Locke
• The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
• False Step – Victoria Helen Stone
• In a Dark, Dark Wood – Ruth Ware
• Jane Doe – Victoria Helen Stone
• My Soul to Keep – Tananarive Due
• What You Did – Claire McGowan
• Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata
• Rainwater – Sandra Brown
• Whispering Pines – Kimberly Diede
• Party Girl – Rachel Hollis
• Sweet Girl – Rachel Hollis
• Smart Girl – Rachel Hollis
• Paper Wife – Laila Ibrahim
• The Overdue Life of Amy Byler – Kelly Harms
• Opposite of Always – Justin A Reynolds
• The Mothers – Brit Bennet
• The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
• Waking Kate – Sarah Addison Allen
• I Will Remember You – Jaye L. Morgan
• Winter Cottage – Mary Ellen Taylor
• The Writer’s Guide to Agony and Defeat: The 43 Worst Moments in the Writing Life and How to Get Over Them – Jennie Nash
• The Covenants – Jaye L. Morgan
• Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
• The Rise of Magicks – Nora Roberts
• Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
• Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner
• The Girl with the Hazel Eyes – Callie Browning
• Where the Forest Meets the Stars – Glendy Vanderah
• The Deep – Rivers Solomon
• Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse – Jayme Lynn Blaschke
• Trail of Broken Wings – Sejal Badani
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2018 Book List

• The Island – Victoria Hislop
• Women Within – Anne Leigh Parrish
• Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
• The Obelisk Gate – NK Jemisin
• The Stone Sky – NK Jemisin
• The Book of Harlan – Bernice L. McFadden
• Snowdrifts – Kathi Nidd
• All the Birds in the Sky – Charlie Jane Anders
• A Secret History of Witches – Louisa Morgan
• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat – Edward Kelsey Moore
• The Shimmering Road – Hester Young
• Everything Here Is Beautiful – Mira T. Lee
• An American Marriage – Tayari Jones
• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things – Bryn Greenwood
• Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau – Jewell Parker Rhodes
• The Girl Before – Rena Olsen
• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted – Jayne Allen
• Year One – Nora Roberts
• Of Blood and Bone – Nora Roberts

2017 Book List

(from May 2017). 

• Eve – The Awakening – Jenna Moreci
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian – Sherman Alexie
• Secondborn – Amy Bartol
• Lazaretto – Diane McKinney-Whetstone
• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• Halsey Street – Naima Coster
• I’ll Give you the Sun – Jandy Nelson
• The Wide Circumference of Love – Marita Golden
• Silent Child – Sarah A. Denzil
• Everything We Keep – Kerry Lonsdale
• Black Privilege -Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It – Charlamagne Tha God
• Gwendy’s Button Box – Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
• Version Control – Dexter Palmer
• Charcoal Joe – Walter Mosley
• Alice Walker, A Life – Evelyn C. White
• Blanche on the Lam – Barbara Neely
• Allegedly – Tiffany D. Jackson
• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng
• The Wiregrass – Pam Webber
• The Awakening – Kate Chopin
• Silent Child – Sarah A Denzil
• American Gods – Neil Gaiman
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
• Provenance, a Novel – Donna Drew Sawyer
• Stand Your Ground – Victoria Christopher Murray
• The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
• Broken Angels – Gemma Liviero
•  I’m Judging You – Luvvie Ajayi