Best book of 2018: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Overall favorite fiction book of 2018: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2018: Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
Overall favorite romance of 2020: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Quick stats:
- # of books read: 134
- format breakdown: 41% print, 43% e-book, 16% audiobook
- most-read genre: romance (40%)
- average star rating: 3.8
my favorite reads • reading stats
FIVE-STAR READS
- Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
- Killing Time by Cindy Gerard
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- The Bastard’s Bargain by Katee Robert
- Sutphin Boulevard by Santino Hassell
- Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
- Where Am I Now: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
- Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
- Roomies by Christina Lauren
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- The Way Home by Cindy Gerard
- Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
- The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
- Final Girls by Riley Sager
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- Lies She Told by Cate Holahan
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
- Beartown by Fredrick Backman
- Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
- Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
- Home Front by Kristin Hannah
- On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins
- You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
- Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
- One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
FOUR-STAR READS
- My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis
- Undercover Attraction by Katee Robert
- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne
- Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt
- Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
- A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Holiday in the Hamptons by Sarah Morgan
- Loved Hacked by Penny Reid
- Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser
- Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne
- Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
- Make Me Want by Katee Robert
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
- Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix
- The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
- How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
- Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan
- I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
- Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
- Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid
- Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
- Running Blind by Cindy Gerard
- The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
- The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
- Someone Like You by Lauren Layne
- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- Make Me Crave by Katee Robert
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
- Never, Never: Part I by Colleen Hoover
- Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
- You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein
- A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
- Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
- A Million Junes by Emily Henry
- The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own by Veronica Chambers
- Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
- A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
- In Skates Trouble by Kate Meader
- Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman
- Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure by Amy Kaufman
- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
- A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
- No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol
- The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron
- Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
- A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
- Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren
THREE-STAR READS
- Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
- Yes, My Accent is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven’t Told You by Kunal Nayyar
- Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowdi
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Riding Temptation by Jaci Burton
- Night Road by Kristin Hannah
- I Found You by Lisa Jewell
- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
- Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar
- The Wife by Alafair Burke
- We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby
- About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis
- Dance With Me by Alexis Daria
- A Storied Life by Leigh Kramer
- 1984 by George Orwell
- A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole
- Intermediate Thermodynamics by Susannah Nix
- Never, Never: Part II by Colleen Hoover
- Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
- Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard
- I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne
- Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis
- Suddenly Last Summer by Sarah Morgan
- The High Season by Judy Blundell
- Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
- What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
- One Day in December by Josie Silver
TWO-STAR READS
- Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Foolproof Love by Katee Robert
- Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins
- The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoirs of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
- Ninja at First Sight by Penny Reid
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
- Never, Never: Part III by Colleen Hoover
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
- The Fractured Heart by Scarlett Cole
- Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
ONE-STAR READS
- Stealing Home by Jennifer Seasons
- The Final Score by Jaci Burton
- Persuasion by Jane Austen