Lauren’s 2023 Book List

• What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

  • Categories: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense

• Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

  • Categories: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Fiction

• The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

  • Categories: Thriller, Suspense, Fiction, Psychological, LGBTQ+

• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

  • Categories: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Psychological

• Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters

  • Categories: Romance, Fiction, LGBTQ+

• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

  • Categories: Romance, Fiction, LGBTQ+

• It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

  • Categories: Romance, Fiction - contains mentions of abuse

• Final Girls by Riley Sager

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological

• Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological

• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

  • Categories: Fiction, Humor, Romance, LGBTQ+

• The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological

• Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

  • Categories: Romance, Humor, Fiction, Holiday, LGBTQ+

• Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  • Categories: Romance, Humor, Enemies to Lovers, Fiction, LGBTQ+

• The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Psychological, Suspense

• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • Categories: Historical Fiction, Romance, Music

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

  • Categories: Romance, Humor, Fiction, LGBTQ+

• They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

  • Categories: YA Fiction, Mystery

• Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

  • Categories: Romance, Fiction

• Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

  • Categories: Romance, Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ+

• The Last Word by Taylor Adams

  • Categories: Fiction, Thriller, Psychological, Suspense

• Verity by Colleen Hoover

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Psychological

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • Categories: Historical Fiction, Romance, LGBTQ+

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  • Categories: Historical Fiction, War Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ+

• The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological

• Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

  • Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, LGBTQ+

• She Started It by Sian Gilbert

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Suspense

• The Only One Left by Riley Sager

  • Categories: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Gothic, Psychological

• Zero Days by Ruth Ware

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological

• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

  • Categories: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological, Fiction, Supernatural

• The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

  • Categories: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological, Fiction, Mystery

• You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Romance

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

  • Categories: Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Dystopian

• Too Late by Colleen Hoover

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Romance - contains mentions of abuse

• Never Lie by Freida McFadden

  • Categories: Thriller, Psychological, Fiction

• The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense - contains mentions of abuse

• The Whisper Man by Alex North

  • Categories: Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Fiction, Psychological

• Sharp Objects by Gillian Schieber Flynn

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological - contains mentions of abuse

• In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

  • Categories: Fiction, Romance

• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

  • Categories: YA Fiction, Romance

• It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

  • Categories: YA Fiction, Romance

• We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

  • Categories: YA Fiction, Romance

• The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Psychological - contains mentions of abuse

• Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

  • Categories: Science Fiction, Psychological, Horror, Dystopian

• None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Psychological, Mystery, Suspense

• London Seance Society by Sarah Penner

  • Categories: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Supernatural, LGBTQ+

• The Coworker by Freida McFadden

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Psychological, Suspense

• The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

  • Categories: Thriller, Psychological, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

  • Categories: Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Adventure, YA Fiction

• One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

  • Categories: Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery