2024 books I’ve read each month
Items in this hypelist
January
The Dare
Elle Kennedy · (3.25⭐️)
Queen Charlotte
Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes · (4.75⭐️)
Hopeless
Elsie Silver · (3.75⭐️)
On the Edge
K. Bromberg (4⭐️)
False Start
Piper Rayne (2⭐️)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab · (4⭐️)
Crossed
Emily McIntire (4.25⭐️)
Woke Up Like This
Amy Lea (5⭐️)
<p><b>"Amy Lea's <i>Woke Up Like This</i> reminded me that the exciting and complicated feelings of our teenage years never truly fade away. The book perfectly captures high school nostalgia . . . It's a feel-good story for the young and young at heart." --Mindy Kaling</b></p> <p><b>For two high school seniors, it's seventeen going on thirty--overnight--in a magical romantic comedy about growing up too fast and living in the moment.</b></p> <p>Planning the perfect prom is one last "to do" on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu's high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by her side.</p> <p>Either they've lost their minds or they've been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves. With each other as their only constant, Charlotte and Renner discover all that's changed in the time they've missed. Charlotte also learns there's more to Renner than irritating-jock charm, and that reaching the next milestone isn't as important as what happens in between.</p> <p>Navigating a series of adventures and a confounding new normal, Charlotte and Renner will do whatever it takes to find a way back to seventeen. But when--and if--they do, what then?</p>
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · (2.5⭐️)
Lore Olympus: Volume One
Rachel Smythe
February
Make Me
Tessa Bailey · (2.5⭐️)
Ricochet
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.75⭐️)
Addicted for Now
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Kiss the Sky
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Hothouse Flower
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.5⭐️)
Lore Olympus Volume Two
Rachel Smythe · 2022
Thrive
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4⭐️)
Lore Olympus: Volume Three
Rachel Smythe · 2022
Addicted After All
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Fuel the Fire
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.75⭐️)
March
Lightkeepers
Kennedy Plumb (3⭐️)
Long Way Down
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Brightest Light of Sunshine
Lisina Coney · (4.25⭐️)
Lore Olympus: Volume Four
Rachel Smythe · 2023
Lore Olympus: Volume Five
Rachel Smythe · 2023
Darkest Corner of the Heart
Lisina Coney · (4⭐️)
Catching Feelings
Maren Moore (3.75⭐️)
Priest (Special Edition)
Sierra Simone · (3⭐️)
Christmas in Chestnut Springs
Elsie Silver
Little White Lies
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · (4.75⭐️)
April
Deadly Little Scandals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes · (4.75⭐️)
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson · (5⭐️)
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and <i>Five Survive</i> comes a gripping mystery thriller following one teen’s search for the truth about her mother’s shocking disappearance—and even more shocking reappearance—during the filming of a true crime documentary.<br><br>A <i>COSMOPOLITAN</i> BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><i>Lights. Camera. Lies. <br></i> <br>Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. <br> <br>But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.<br> <br>Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And—could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . . <br> <br>From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.
Some Kind of Perfect
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Swift and Saddled
Lyla Sage · (3.5⭐️)
Whatever It Takes
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.5⭐️)
Wherever You Are
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.25⭐️)
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo · (3.75⭐️)
Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak · (4.5⭐️)
May
Wild Love
Elsie Silver · (4.5⭐️)
<p>She's been driving him wild for years.</p> <p>The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild.</p> <p>But mostly, the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her.</p> <p>Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont.</p> <p>After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay--friction that soon turns to blistering heat.</p> <p>Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things.</p> <p>And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.</p>
King of Sloth
Ana Huang · (4.5⭐️)
101 Strange But True Formula 1 Facts
VC Brothers
Wrecked
Lauren Asher · (3.75⭐️)
The Dixon Rule
Elle Kennedy · (5⭐️)
The Wrath & the Dawn
Renée Ahdieh · (4⭐️)
The Gift of Fear
Gavin De Becker
June
Deadly Sins
Lucy Rue (4.75⭐️)
Deadly Ends
Lucy Rue (4⭐️)
Family of Liars
E. Lockhart · (4⭐️)
Happy Place
Emily Henry · (5⭐️)
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise novel from #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Emily Henry.<br><br>“The beach-read master hooks us again."—<i>People</i></b><br><br>Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.<br><br>They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.<br><br>Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.<br><br>Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?
Lore Olympus: Volume Six
Rachel Smythe · 2024
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid · (5⭐️)
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller · (4.5⭐️)
Love Unwritten
Lauren Asher · (5⭐️)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson · (5⭐️) (reread)
<b>THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES<b>—</b>NOW ON NETFLIX! This is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. </b><br><br>Everyone in Fairview knows the story. <br><br>Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.<br><br>But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?<br><br>Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.<br><br><br><b>And don't miss the sequel, </b><i><b>Good Girl, Bad Blood!</b> </i><br><br><b>"The perfect nail-biting mystery." —Natasha Preston, #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author</b>
July
Don't Let Me Down
Kelsie Rae · (4⭐️)
Let Me Love You
Kelsie Rae (4.25⭐️)
Escaping From Houdini
Kerri Maniscalco · (3.75⭐️)
Capturing the Devil
Kerri Maniscalco · (4.5⭐️)
Secret Baby for the Merciless Don
Ashlie Silas · (4.75⭐️)
Marrying the Merciless Don
Ashlie Silas · (3.5⭐️)
Marrying The Mafia Boss
Ashlie Silas • (4⭐️)
The Don's Doorstep Baby
Ashlie Silas · (4.5⭐️)
The Grumpy Billionaire’s Mafia Princess
Ashlie Silas • (4⭐️)
She's Gone
David Bell · (4.25⭐️)
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden · (4.75⭐️)
The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden · (4⭐️)
August
The Chestnut Man
Soren Sveistrup · (4.5⭐️)
If the Sun Never Sets
Ana Huang · (2.5⭐️)
If We Ever Meet Again
Ana Huang · (2.5⭐️)
The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden · (3.75⭐️)
The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas · (4⭐️)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Matthew Perry · 2022
Daughter of the Siren Queen
Tricia Levenseller · (4.75⭐️)
Shut Up & Drive
Grace Newman • (3⭐️)
September
Out on a Limb
Hannah Bonam-Young · (5⭐️)
<b>A hot one-night stand—and an unexpected pregnancy—lead a young woman to someone she can depend on, from the viral TikTok author of <i>Next of Kin </i>and<i> Next to You</i>.<br><br>“A beautiful love story, full of joy from beginning to end!”—<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Sarah Adams</b><br><br><b>AN <i>ELLE </i>BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>Winnifred “Win” McNulty has always been wildly independent and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she’s done just fine.<br><br>Hooking up at a costume party with the incredibly charming Bo changes everything. Win finds herself pregnant—and decides to keep the baby. While Bo is surprisingly elated to step up to the plate, Win is unsure of whether she can handle this new challenge.<br><br>Together, Win and Bo decide to get to know one another as friends and nothing more while they embark on this parenting journey together. But, as they both should know by now, life rarely goes according to plan.
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose · (5⭐️)
Kiss My Putt
Tara Sivec · (2.5⭐️)
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · (3.75⭐️)
A Little Complicated
Kelsie Rae · (4.5⭐️)
Redeemed
Lauren Asher · (5⭐️)
Daydream
Hannah Grace • (4.5⭐️)
December
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Dugard · 2011
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.<br/><br/>In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.<br/><br/>For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.<br/><br/>On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I don’t think of myself as a victim, I simply survived an intolerable situation. A Stolen Life is my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
Stephanie Garber · (4.5⭐️)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<br/><br/>ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART marks the launch of a new series from Stephanie Garber about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after<br/><br/>For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings . . . until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.<br/><br/>Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.<br/><br/>But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game ― and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy.<br/><br/>Also by Stephanie Garber:<br/><br/>The Caraval Series<br/>- Caraval<br/>- Legendary<br/>- Finale
Pickleballers
Ilana Long · (2.5⭐️)
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · (5⭐️)
This Special Edition of <i>The Hunger Games</i> includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of <i>The Hunger Games</i>; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work.<p></p>In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
The Visitor: A Horror Novella
Sergio Gomez · (1.75⭐️)
Ride With Me
Simone Soltani • (4.25⭐️)
The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber · (5⭐️)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<br/><br/>Stephanie Garber’s THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER is the jaw-dropping sequel to the ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak<br/><br/>Not every love is meant to be.<br/><br/>After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.<br/><br/>But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.<br/><br/>Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can. . . .<br/><br/>Also by Stephanie Garber:<br/><br/>The Caraval Series<br/>- Caraval<br/>- Legendary<br/>- Finale
Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey · (3.25⭐️)
Secret Santa
Andrew Shaffer • (3⭐️)
Instructions for Dancing
Nicola Yoon · (3⭐️)
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly "Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America “It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?
The Christmas Fix
Lucy Score · (4⭐️)
Spectacular
Stephanie Garber • (4.5⭐️)
The Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan · (3⭐️)
See it Through
Julia Wolf • (3⭐️)
Invisible Girl
Lisa Jewell · (4⭐️)
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel
Leigh Bardugo · 2022
November
Sweet Temptation
Cora Reilly · (5⭐️) (reread)
The Boss Who Stole Christmas
Jana Ashton • (4⭐️)
The Housemaid’s Wedding
Freida McFadden • (4⭐️)
The Family Lies
Angela Henry • (4⭐️)
Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver • (2.75⭐️)
The Black Key
Amy Ewing · (4⭐️)
The Seven Year Slip
Ashley Poston · (5⭐️)
Only Santa’s in the Building
Alexis Daria • (4.5⭐️)
Merriment and Mayhem
Alexandria Bellefleur • (2.5⭐️)
All by My Elf
Olivia Dade • (3⭐️)
Merry Ever After
Tessa Bailey • (2⭐️)
Cruel Winter With You
Ali Hazelwood • (4.5⭐️)
Cross the Line
Simone Soltani · (5⭐️)
<b>AN INSTANT <i>USA TODAY </i>BESTSELLER!<br><br>Her brother’s best friend sends her heart racing in this sparkling Formula 1 romance.</b><br> <br> Formula 1 driver Dev Anderson’s career is on the line. After a social media disaster leaves him with an angry team and sponsors threatening to jump ship, he needs someone to help save his image. At a party in Monaco, he bumps into the woman who can fix it all. There’s just one problem: she’s his best friend’s little sister. And, okay, maybe there’s another problem—he kissed her last year and hasn’t been able to stop thinking about it since.<br> <br> Recent college grad Willow Williams needs a job. She may have a talent for seeing the bright side of any bad situation, but it’s hard to stay positive when she’s struggling to get hired. So when Dev offers her a temporary solution, she can’t help but say yes. Even if it means ignoring the crush she’s had on him since childhood.<br> <br> Willow and Dev are determined to keep things strictly professional, regardless of old feelings and the blazing chemistry between them. But in the glittering and high-stakes world of Formula 1, some lines are meant to be crossed…
Ghost
Mystika
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden · (4⭐️)
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard · (4.25⭐️)
The Striker
Ana Huang • (3.5⭐️)
October
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition
Neil Gaiman · (4⭐️)
The White Rose
Amy Ewing • (3⭐️)
Never Lie
Freida McFadden (4.5⭐️)
Wild Eyes
Elsie Silver · (5⭐️)
Lore Olympus: Volume Seven
Rachel Smythe · 2024
Two Can Play
Ali Hazelwood • (3.75⭐️)
The Jewel
Amy Ewing · (4⭐️)
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas · (4.25⭐️)
Missing Clarissa
Ripley Jones · (3⭐️)
The Maddie Diaries
Maddie Ziegler · 2017
A Little Tempting
Kelsie Rae · (4.75⭐️)
The Broken Girls
Simone St. James · (4⭐️)
The Lost Sisters
Holly Black · (3⭐️)
Bride
Ali Hazelwood · (4.5⭐️)
