In Need of a 5 Star Book!

Everything I've been reading lately has been a solid 3 star book. I need to read something that blows me away. Suggestions please! Does not have to be romance.

Nothing!!!???? You all must be having the same problem.

Sd -

Can you list three five star books you've read in the past couple of years, just so we can get a sense of what you like? It's very hard to "fly blind," since everyone has different taste.

I'd say for thrillers: Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
Romance: Ain't She Sweet by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Mystery: The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson for starters.

Have you read The Edge of Never by J. A. Redmerski? Some people love it.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. YA - ultimately a tear-jerker, but mostly a funny, love story.

Darkness Dawns and sequels by Dianne Duvall. One of my most recent favorite series. A cross between The Black Dagger Brotherhood and The Dark-Hunters.

Recent reads I'd recommend include:

Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Book Store by Robin Sloan -- not sure how I'd describe this one except that I really enjoyed it a lot.

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis -- a fairy tale mashup

and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman which is a YA fantasy

Also, if you like children's books at all, The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall is really good.

But as previous posters said, some idea of what you like is going to help find other books you will think are 5 star....

Thanks for the suggestions

Looking back for a few five star books in my library:

Romance - Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre
BDB Dark Lover
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Summer at Willow Lake Susan Wiggs

Other books

To Kill a Mockingbird
Hope was Here - Joan Bauer Young adult
Leaving Paradise Simone Elkeles Young Adult
Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine
Redemption Series by Karen Kingsbury Christian Fiction
Night Road - Kristin Hannah

Maybe I'm too fussy. Maybe sometimes a four star book would be five if I were in a different frame of mind when I'm reading it.

Anyway, thanks again for the suggestions. I will definatly be checking them out.

Here's plenty for you to peruse through:

Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Delicious by Sherry Thomas
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Katherine by Anya Seton
Castaway Dreams by Darlene Marshall
His Very Own Girl by Carrie Lofty
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas
Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James (everything by her is good)
The Proposition by Judith Ivory
To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
The Bride by Julie Garwood
Surrender by Pamela Clare
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Stolen Charms and Winter Garden both by Adele Ashworth

Thanks KT!