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1

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett

6,367 members

329 reviews

4.1

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

2

by Megha Majumdar

1,509 members

81 reviews

3.9

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

3

Transcendent Kingdom

3,016 members

134 reviews

4

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

4

Leave the World Behind

3,118 members

161 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

5

by Toni Morrison

15,943 members

271 reviews

3.9

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

6

by Kristin Hannah

6,551 members

241 reviews

4.1

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

7

The Lincoln Highway

4,425 members

204 reviews

4.1

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

8

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin

1,154 members

83 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: melissarochelle

9

by Charmaine Wilkerson

2,260 members

96 reviews

3.9

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

10

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt

7,034 members

327 reviews

4.2

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

11

The Secret History

25,235 members

647 reviews

4.1

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

12

by Maggie Shipstead

1,885 members

84 reviews

4

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

13

563 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

14

by Louise Erdrich

832 members

38 reviews

4

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

15

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

328 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

16

Pride and Prejudice

94,142 members

1,512 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

17

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

by Julie Yip-Williams

314 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

18

by Patrick Ryan

1,063 members

47 reviews

4.1

2 Members: melissarochelle, gypsysmom

19

A Woman Is No Man

2,028 members

74 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

20

Searching for Sylvie Lee

879 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

21

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes

1,794 members

116 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

22

by Nicole Dennis-Benn

482 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

23

The Dearly Beloved

626 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

24

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

2,911 members

164 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

25

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

by Margaret Renkl

507 members

20 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: melissarochelle

26

by Ann Napolitano

2,352 members

111 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

27

The Girl with the Louding Voice

2,169 members

71 reviews

4.2

Member: melissarochelle

28

Writers and Lovers

2,303 members

119 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

29

by Elizabeth Wetmore

1,119 members

62 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

30

All Adults Here

1,380 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

31

Friends and Strangers

by J. Courtney Sullivan

546 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

32

Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays

by R. Eric Thomas

408 members

18 reviews

4.2

Member: melissarochelle

33

362 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

34

756 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

35

by Mateo Askaripour

669 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

36

447 members

19 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: melissarochelle

37

What's Mine and Yours

by Naima Coster

629 members

12 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: melissarochelle

38

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

745 members

22 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: melissarochelle

39

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5,717 members

148 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

40

878 members

51 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

41

by Megan Abbott

581 members

28 reviews

3.2

Member: melissarochelle

42

Beautiful Country: A Memoir

by Qian Julie Wang

828 members

41 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

43

by Naomi Krupitsky

614 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

44

Bright Burning Things

by Lisa Harding

264 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: melissarochelle

45

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan

1,583 members

71 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

46

245 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

47

by Tara M. Stringfellow

684 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

48

These Impossible Things

by Salma El-Wardany

219 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

49

by Nikki Erlick

2,422 members

87 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

50

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

753 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

51

Solito: A Memoir

by Javier Zamora

1,160 members

39 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: melissarochelle

52

The Whalebone Theatre

by Joanna Quinn

847 members

24 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

53

1,778 members

55 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: melissarochelle

54

by Allegra Goodman

241 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

55

by Jessica George

1,144 members

48 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

56

Black Candle Women

by Diane Marie Brown

241 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

57

by Michelle Min Sterling

655 members

22 reviews

3.2

Member: melissarochelle

58

Chain-Gang All-Stars

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

1,784 members

61 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

59

by Steven Rowley

473 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: melissarochelle

60

4,719 members

90 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

61

Amazing Grace Adams

by Fran Littlewood

441 members

19 reviews

3.2

Member: melissarochelle

62

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir

by Safiya Sinclair

552 members

35 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: melissarochelle

63

The Sun Sets in Singapore

by Kehinde Fadipe

121 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

64

We Must Not Think of Ourselves

by Lauren Grodstein

210 members

12 reviews

4.2

Member: melissarochelle

65

The Waters: A Novel

by Bonnie Jo Campbell

229 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

66

by Dolly Alderton

1,120 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

67

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

12,934 members

255 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

68

The Great Divide

by Cristina Henríquez

554 members

15 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

69

by Holly Gramazio

1,307 members

49 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: melissarochelle

70

by Rachel Khong

945 members

37 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

71

by Essie Chambers

245 members

9 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: melissarochelle

72

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

2,589 members

97 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

73

The Wedding People

by Alison Espach

2,977 members

124 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

74

by Coco Mellors

1,225 members

35 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: melissarochelle

75

This Motherless Land

154 members

11 reviews

4.2

Member: melissarochelle

76

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

2,025 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: melissarochelle

77

This Is a Love Story

by Jessica Soffer

166 members

7 reviews

3

Member: melissarochelle

78

The Dream Hotel

by Laila Lalami

627 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: melissarochelle

79

984 members

62 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

80

by Florence Knapp

1,440 members

64 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

81

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch

286 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

82

Happy Wife: A Novel

by Meredith Lavender

158 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: melissarochelle

83

My Other Heart: A Novel

by Emma Nanami Strenner

74 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: melissarochelle

84

The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill

278 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

85

Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

368 members

16 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

86

Homeschooled: A Memoir

by Stefan Merrill Block

111 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: melissarochelle

87

One & Only: A Novel

216 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: melissarochelle

88

Wait for Me: A Novel

by Amy Jo Burns

73 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

89

Upward Bound: A Novel

120 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: melissarochelle

90

by Gillian McAllister

126 members

11 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: melissarochelle

91

by Melissa Albert

274 members

10 reviews

4

Member: melissarochelle

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November 2025
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