Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! It’s been a hot minute since I last posted in September, but I can’t go a year without posting my reading list. Usually I read somewhere between 50-75 books a year, but with a pandemic and the huge growth Bad Bitch Book Club has seen (over 700%), I had to step up my game a little bit.
6 STAR BOOKS: JUST THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST + IT’S NOT AN OPINION-BASED THING. THESE BOOKS ARE PERFECTION:
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
& A FEW PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
- Night Road by Kristin Hannah
- More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
- One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
OTHER BOOKS I GAVE 5 STARS TO:
- The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
- Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare
- Red At The Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Roommate by Rosie Danan
BOOKS THAT WERE A LITTLE TOO SMART FOR ME
- The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Luster by Raven Leilani
- The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
- Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
I still feel guilty for not loving Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
THE BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
- The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali
- The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
OTHER HISTORICAL FICTION I LIKED, BUT DIDN’T LOVE!
- Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
- American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
- Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
TRANSLATED TEXTS I REALLY LIKED:
- Stay With Me Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
- Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
BOOKS THAT TAUGHT ME IMPORTANT SHIT:
- ACE by Angela Chen
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- Thick by Tressie Cottom
OTHER NON-FICTION BOOKS I LIKED:
- Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
- Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee
- Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss
CELEB MEMOIRS THAT I FULLY STAN:
- Inside Out by Demi Moore
- We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Over The Top by JVN
CELEBRITY MEMOIRS THAT WERE REALLY GOOD:
- The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
- Dear Girls by Ali Wong
- Open Book by Jessica Simpson
- Everything is Trash but It’s Ok by Phoebe Robinson
CELEB MEMOIRS THAT I WAS SURPRISED I LIKED
- Incomparable by Nikki + Brie Bella
- Life Will Be The Death of Me by Chelsea Handler
NON-CELEB MEMOIRS I FUCKING LOVED:
- Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls by Nina Renata Aron
- The Book of Rosy by Rosarya Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo
- Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox
OTHER GOOD MEMOIRS:
- The Unwinding of a Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams
- All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
- We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
- Long Live The Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
- The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
MEMOIRS THAT I LEARNED SH*T FROM BUT WASN’T OBSESSED WITH:
- A Mind Spread Out on The Ground by Alicia Elliot
- Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson
- The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
MEMOIRS THAT WERE KINDA MEH TBH!!
- Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
- The Beauty in Breaking by Michelle Harper
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
THE BEST IN YOUNG ADULT
- Parachutes by Kelly Yang
- Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
- Grown by Tiffany Jackson
- Majesty by Katharine McGee
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (technically this is Middle Grade)
OTHER REALLY GOOD YA
- Running by Natalia Sylvester
- Anna K by Jenny Lee
- I’ll Be The One by Lyla Lee
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
JUST ALIGHT YA IF I’M BEING HONEST!
- Love Boat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
- Jackpot by Nic Stone
BOOKS I READ BEFORE THE AUTHORS WERE CANCELLED
- 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
- Harry Potter by JK Rowling
MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ROMANCES:
- The Roommate by Rosie Danan
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown
- Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan
- Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
- Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
VERY SEXY ROMANCES THAT WEREN’T QUITE 5 STARS:
- Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
OTHER ROMANCES I REALLY LOVED:
- You, Me, Everything by Catherine Isaac
- The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
- How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
- Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
- Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai
- Roomies by Christina Lauren
- Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
- Brazen and The Beast by Sarah MacLean (Barenuckled Bastards 2)
- Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
- Well Met by Jen DeLuca
ROMANCES I THOUGHT WERE PRETTY GOOD:
- Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
- In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
- You Had me at Hola by Alexis Daria
- Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren
- Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera
- Wicked & the Wallflower (Barenucked Bastards 1)
- The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
- The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
- Bringing Down The Duke by Evie Dunmore
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
- Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
ROMANCES THAT DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH SEX:
- Faking Under The Mistletoe by Ashley Shepard
- Meet You in the Middle by Devon Daniels
ROMANCES THAT LET ME DOWN:
- Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
- Daring & The Duke by Sarah MacLean (Barenuckled Bastards 3)
- November 9 by Colleen Hoover
- Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
- How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
- The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
- Dating You, Hating You by Christina Lauren
- A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore
I don’t know where to put Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid in here but it’s a Novella and I really liked it.‘
A+ CONCEPTS, C+ EXECUTION:
- All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
- The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
THRILLERS I ACTUALLY ENJOYED:
- Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
- Grown by Tiffany Jackson
THRILLERS THAT WERE WHATEVER:
- The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- Blue Bird, Blue Bird by Attica Locke
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell upset the fuck out of me, but it was well written I guess?
BOOKS THAT WERE CHAOTIC MESSES:
- Vanessa Yu’s Magical Tea Shop by Roselle Lim
- The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo (DNF) (possibly a translation issue)
- Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
- Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (DNF)
IF YOU LIKE WEIRD SHIT YOU’LL LIKE
- The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (big culty vibes)
- Layla by Colleen Hoover (ghosty sex vibes)
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