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I generally listen to all of my books as audiobooks it's just what works for me. My favorite is historical fiction, but I have literally listened to everything from fiction to nonfiction so I list all of my favorites here. I will group books by the s...
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Kristin Hannah

I haven't read all of her books and I tend to read one or two from an author and then need to change up because they write a lot the same. I do feel like I learn a lot from her books some of them take a little bit more time to get going, though.
 
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this one is supposed to be coming out into a movie and I'm excited about that. This is by far my favorite Kristin Hannah book.
The Nightingale
 
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forgiveness is a word that I am constantly thinking about this book shows the power of it. Kristen Hannah is such a wonderful author in this book you will think about it for days afterwards
Night Road
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I loved this story. Made me wish I had a sister, but it was amazing the stories they did not know about their mother. It was a story of love and loss.
Winter Garden
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that’s what I’m going to be honest took me a little bit to get into but once I did, it was so good and I learned so much about the great depression that I did not know anything about. This is one reason why I like historical fiction I will literally ...
The Four Winds
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Micaela Smeltzer

her books are a little bit more steamy, and are right on that edge of potentially inappropriate with some of the topics but I still liked them. I have read other of her books, but these are my favorites.
 
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I really liked this book when I talk about her books are on that edge of inappropriate. This is about a high school counselor and one of his students. I still liked this coming of age book.
Sweet Dandelion
 
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this is the first part of a three part series. I have only read the first two the third one comes out in September, so I'm excited for that. I don't know why, but she likes to write about things that are slightly on the edge of inappropriate. Once ag...
The Confidence of Wildflowers: Wildflower Duet 1
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I miss quoted I guess the third part in this series actually came out last September I just missed it. I’m not going to recommend the third book because I haven’t read it but it is going on my Audible today and I will listen to it next.
The Resurrection of Wildflowers: Wildflower Duet
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colleen hoover

I know she's a popular author, and a lot of people have read her books. I have read quite a few of them and not all of them are honestly my favorite. I recommend reading her end doses like a couple of her books and then go read something else because...
 
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I think this is my favorite Colleen Hoover book. I have read a lot of her books but I’m really only going to recommend like four or five. I don’t know her books just don’t stick with me like others. The ones I recommend are the ones that stuck with m...
Ugly Love: A Novel: Hoover, Colleen: 9781476753188
 
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I think this is one of the books that got everybody reading Colleen Hoover and it’s really different than a lot of her other books. It’s good but the ending is just wow I’m going to give it my second favorite of hers
Verity: Hoover, Colleen: 9781538724736
 
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this is a really good two-part series by Hoover I think this one is being made into a movie so if you like to read stuff that’s going to be a movie sometime this would be a good read
By Colleen Hoover | It Ends & Starts With Us Combo
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lucy score

they're basic love stories with some twists to them but I think I like her books because of her description of the main characters especially the men they're bit steamy, but I like that she has a couple series I like to read books and series. That wa...
 
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This is a three part series about a small town called knockemout. each focuses on a different couple, but he will still see the lives of the original couples in each book the men are so dreamy.
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout)
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i’ve read other Lucy score books, but this series is my favorite
Things We Hide from the Light (Knockemout 2)
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the first two books focus on two brothers. This one focuses on their best friend, but the brothers are still in the story.
Things We Left Behind (Knockemout Series, 3)
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sarah addison allen

I got this author recommendation from another avid reader. It wasn't my usual style but they were very well written.
 
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Not as much romance in those books but very well written and unexpected mystery
The Peach Keeper: A Novel
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this was my friends favorite book of all time. she said she reads it at least once a year I did really like it. I wouldn’t give it my favorite book of all time Mark, but it definitely has a twist in the end that makes you think and then you have to r...
The Sugar Queen: A Novel (Reader's Circle)
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nonfiction

 
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I love, all things about the British royalty and so I had to read this book or listen to it rather, I have listened to other books. This one is probably my favorite. I love that he does the reading himself too.
Spare: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex - Books
 
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totally completely out of my genre but I gave it a whirl and actually ended up really liking it. I’m a huge fan of Yellowstone and Taylor Sherdan and picked up the rates to the book so it is going to be either like a mini series or TV shows so I’m ex...
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker
 
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I don’t know remember where I found this one, but it was like reading a dateline story it was good
The Girls Are Gone: True Story of Two Sisters
 
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I added this to the nonfiction. This is one authors memoir of her life growing up, isolated from society by her parents. This was an excellent read.
Educated: A Memoir
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Christina Lauren

Christina, Lauren is the one you want to read on the beach it's easy reading has a little comedy and always has that happy ending
 
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this is one that actually has a little bit of comedy in it, so it was a variation of what I normally read
The Unhoneymooners: Lauren, Christina
 
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this is my favorite one of hers a little bit of everything love loss, and of course a happy ending
Love and Other Words: Lauren, Christina
 
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this one's probably her funniest of my favorites of hers. She's another author that her books are a lot alike so I recommend reading a couple going to something else and then coming back to others.
The Honeymoon Crashers

Elin Hilderbrand

another perfect beach read I have read a lot of hers and really don't have any that I don't like these are just my top three
 
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all of her books are set on the East Coast and are just a different love stories and coming of age stories. I really liked this one.
28 Summers
 
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set in that summer of 69. I guess you can call it a historical fiction. maybe it helps that they’re on the beach when you’re doing beach reads this is about a family with secrets and becoming of age for a young girl
Summer of '69
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A story of twin sisters in their trials and tribulations
The Identicals
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Lisa Wingate

I have tried to read other books of hers, but not gotten into them but these two honestly, one of them might be one of my favorite books of all time
 
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this book here might very well be my favorite book of all time it’s a historical fiction, but some very true things that happened. I just loved the book and I have re-listened to it a couple of times.
Before We Were Yours: A Novel: Wingate, Lisa
 
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another one of her books, very similar to my favorite one of hers. These are the only two books of hers I could ever get into, but they were both some of my favorites.
The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel: Wingate, Lisa

Jennifer Robson

 
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To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife. i'm gonna give this one my second favorite book ever. I loved the setting in the ending and everything in between.
Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy in WWII
 
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I read our darkest night first, and fell in love with those author, and then moved to this book. I wanted to read some more World War I information because I knew less about that war. I loved this book my favorite was our darkest night , but this one...
Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War
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this is her part two of the great war. I tried to read other ones of her books, but couldn’t really get into them, but these three are really good.
After the War is Over: A Novel
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other authors

these are books that I've only read one from the author, but really enjoyed the book
 
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this is actually what I am currently listening to and feel comfortable enough to recommend it. I cannot stop listening. I was recommended this author by a friend I will definitely try other of her books.
The Alice Network: A Reese's Book Club Pick
 
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this was a really good book and a very well-made movie. If you like to be able to watch a movie right afterwards, this is a good book to go grab.
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
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this is probably the scariest mystery I've read I don't really read those, but it was a good book
Book Review: The Turn of the Key - The Beaded Sheep
 
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I was recommended this book by a friend at first I wasn’t sure about it, and it did take me a minute to get into it, but by the end, I absolutely loved it
Archer's Voice eBook : Sheridan, Mia: Kindle Store