2020 Listening Book Club Titles by Genre'
2020 List
Below are a list of books separated by genre’. If you are looking for help to get you through the 2021 Reading Challenges, on this blog and others, look no further we have your back!
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Rating Legend:
5-stars Loved, loved, loved it, unique topic/story and dynamic narration
4-stars Good story and it had good narrator(s)
3-stars Average topic/story and it had good narrator(s)
I won’t have any lower ratings, when I sense a book is not for me I give up on it, life is to short to grunt your way through a book that isn’t for you. ;)
2020 List by Genre’
Memoirs
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 5-stars
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri 4-stars
The 50th Law by 50 Cent 5-stars
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by 50 Cent 5-stars
Plan a Happy Life™:by Stephanie Fleming 5-stars
Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis 5-stars
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff 5-stars
Let Love Have the Last Word by Common 5-stars
Bluebird Memories: A Journey Through Lyrics & Life by Common 5-stars
Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper by Charles Barber 5-stars
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi 4-stars
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis 4-stars
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth 5-stars
Shaq Uncut: Tall Tales and Untold Stories by Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan 5-stars
Educated by Tara Westover 4-stars
Personal development / Inspirational
The Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey 4-stars
The 50th Law by 50 Cent 5-stars
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by 50 Cent 5-stars
The Greatest You: Face Reality, Release Negativity, and Live Your Purpose by Trent Shelton 5-stars
Heart, Mind, and Intention by Gabrielle Bernstein 5-stars
Breathe into Rejuvenation Meditation by Gabrielle Bernstein 5-stars
You Are Here by Gabrielle Bernstein 5-stars
Plan a Happy Life™:by Stephanie Fleming 5-stars
May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook by Gabrielle Bernstein 4-stars
Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis 5-stars
You Are the Guru by by Gabrielle Bernstein 5-stars
Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back by Gary John Bishop 5-stars
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop 5-stars
The Pursuit of Healthiness with Blake Griffin by Blake Griffin 5-stars
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis 5-stars
Note to Self: Inspiring Figures Write t the Young People They Once Were by Gayle King 5-stars
Roar by Cecelia Ahern 4-stars
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings 5-stars
Thriller / Suspense
Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barbers 5-stars
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy 4-stars
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson 5-stars
The Perfect Son by Lauren North 5-stars
The Au Pair by Emma Rous 4-stars
Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle 5-stars
Temper by Layne Fargo 3-stars
The Lying Game (The Lying Game, #1) by Sara Shepard 4-stars
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 4-stars
Saint X by Alexis Schatkin 5-stars
Someone We Know by Shari Lapena 5-stars
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) by Thomas Harris 3-stars
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter 5-stars
The Girls by Emma Cline 4-stars
The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger 5-stars
Here and Gone by Haylen Beck 5-stars
A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones 5-stars
The Keeper by Jessica Moor 4-stars
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney 5-stars
The Chain by Adrian McKinty 5-stars
The Good Son by You-jeong Jeong 5-stars
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones 5-stars
Confess by Colleen Hoover 5-stars
His Perfect Wife by Natasha Bell 5-stars
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 5-stars
Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough 5-stars
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier 5-stars
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 5-stars
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 4-stars
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani 3-stars
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 5-stars
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 5-stars
Conviction by Denise Mina 3-stars
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 4-stars
Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward 5-stars
Looker by Laura Sims* 4-stars
White Lies by Lucy Dawson 4-stars
Romance
Christmas Kisses Collection (Echo Ridge Romance, #1) by Cami Checketts 5-stars
Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4) by Jasmine Guillory 5-stars
The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2) by Abby Jimenez 5-stars
Snapped (Playbook, #4) by Alexa Martin 5-stars
Emotionless (Galleria Sisters #1) by J.Jahquel 5-stars
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher 5-stars
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez 5-stars
Blitzed (Playbook #3)by Alexa Martin 5-stars
Can't Escape Love (Reluctant Royals, #2.6) by Alyssa Cole 5-stars
Be with Me (Strickland Sisters, #3) by Alexandria House 5-stars
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting 5-stars
Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet by Jennifer L. Armentrout 3-stars
Made to Love by Alexandria House 4-stars
Real Love by Alexandria House 5-stars
Scoring With the Wrong Twin (WAGS, #1) by Naima Simone 4-stars
Stay With Me (Strickland Sisters, #1) by Alexandria House 5-stars
Sugar Free (Sugar Bowl, #3) by Sawyer Bennett 5-stars
Sugar Rush (Sugar Bowl, #2) by Sawyer Bennett 5-stars
Sugar Daddy (Sugar Bowl, #1) by Sawyer Bennett 5-stars
Higher Love (Love After #1) by Alexandria House 4-stars
If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane 4-stars
Believe in Me (Strickland Sisters, #2) by Alexandria House 5-stars
Genevieve by Eric Jerome Dickey 3-stars
The Roommate (Cormac Reilly, #.7) by Dervla McTiernan 5-stars
Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love, #2) by Alisha Rai 5-stars
Grip (Grip, #1) by Kennedy Ryan 5-stars
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) by Talia Hibbert 5-stars
Flow (Grip, #0.5) Flow (Grip, #0.5) by Kennedy Ryan 4-stars
Fumbled by Alexa Martin 5-stars
The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2) by Jasmine Guillory 5-stars
The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1) by Alyssa Adams 4-stars
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia 4-stars
Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert 4-stars
The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson 5-stars
Enemies by Tijan 5-stars
Queen Bee (Lowcountry Tales, #12) by Dorothea Benton Frank 5-stars
A Girl Like Her (Ravenswood, #1) by Talia Hibbert 4-stars
Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie 4-stars
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) by Jasmine Guillory5-stars
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert 5-stars
Love and Lists (Chocoholics #1) by Tara Sivec3-stars
Glam Squad & Grooomsmen Samantha Chase 3-stars
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord* 5-stars
Speed Dating by Noelle Adams 4-stars
Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Cruise 4-stars
Make Mine Magic by Shanna Swendson 4-stars
Teach Me by Alexandria House 4-stars
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 4-stars
Roomating by Noelle Adams 4-stars
Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig 4-stars
Let Me Love You by Alexandria House 4-stars
Charlie All Night by Jennifer Cruise 4-stars
Realistic Fiction
People in Hell Want Ice Water by Edan Lepucki 4-stars
The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens 5-stars
Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum, #26) by Janet Evanovich 4-stars
The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2) by Abby Jimenez 5-stars
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 5-stars
The Au Pair by Emma Rous 4-stars
Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle 5-stars
Temper by Layne Fargo 3-stars
The Birthday Girl by Melissa de la Cruz 5-stars
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson 5-stars
For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt 5-stars
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson 5-stars
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry 5-stars
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown 5-stars
Proof of Love by Chisa Hutchinson 5-stars
Her Personal Assistant (Dominating PA #1) by Lexy Timms 3-stars
Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar 5-stars
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez 5-stars
Size 12 Is Not Fat (Heather Wells, #1) by Meg Cabot 5-stars
Last Breath (Good Daughter, #0.5) by Karin Slaughter 5-stars
The Roxy Letters by Mary Pauline Lowry 5-stars
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 5-stars
Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine by Ben H.Winters 5-stars
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 5-stars
The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland 5-stars
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert 5-stars
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth 5-stars
Queen Bee (Lowcountry Tales, #12) by Dorothea Benton Frank 5-stars
A Girl Like Her (Ravenswood, #1) by Talia Hibbert 4-stars
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell 4-stars
In Her Bones by Kate Moretti 4-stars
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste, Ng 4-stars
Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough 5-stars
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 5-stars
The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle 4-stars
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 4-stars
Mercy by Jodi Picoult 4-stars
Tinaca Jones by Matt Boren 3-stars
Tell Me Lies by JP Pomare 4-stars
Long as We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney 5-stars
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb 5-stars
Sports Themed
Until Friday Night (The Field Party, #1) by Abbi Glines 5-stars
Snapped (Playbook, #4) by Alexa Martin 5-stars
Fumbled by Alexa Martin 5-stars
The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2) by Jasmine Guillory 5-stars
The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1) by Alyssa Adams 4-stars
TB 12 by Tom Brady 4-stars
The Pursuit of Healthiness with Blake Griffin by Blake Griffin 5-stars
African-American Athletes who Made History by Louis Moore 5-stars
Enemies by Tijan 5-stars
Shaq Uncut: Tall Tales and Untold Stories by Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan 5-stars
Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court by Marc Aronson 5-stars
Holiday Theme
Christmas Kisses Collection (Echo Ridge Romance, #1) by Cami Checketts 5-stars
You Can Thank Me Later: A Novella by Kelly Harms
Snapped (Playbook, #4) by Alexa Martin 5-stars
Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4) by Jasmine Guillory 5-stars
Sci-fi / Fantasy
Beasts Made of Night (Beasts Made of Night, #1) by Tochi Onyebuchi 4-stars
Agency by William Gibson 3-stars
Fashionably Dead (Hot Damned, #1) by Robyn Peterman 5-stars
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 5-stars
Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep, #1) by AdrienneYoung 5-stars
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper, #1) by Daniel José Older 5-stars
Lakewood by Megan Giddings 5-stars
Life Ever After by Carla Grauls 5-stars
A Villains Collection by Serena Valentino 4-stars
The Herd by Andrea Bartz 5-stars
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh 4-stars
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) by Daniel H.Wilson 3-stars
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3-stars
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) by Tomi Adeyemi 4-stars
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer 3-stars
Catwoman: Soulstealer (DC Icons #3) by Sarah J. Maas 5-stars
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) by Marlon James 3-stars
Batman Nightwalker DC Series Book 2 by Marie Lu 5-stars
Queen of Nothing by Holly Black 5-stars
The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle 4-stars
Bloody Valentine & Keys To The Repository by Melissa de la Cruz 3-stars
Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons #1) by Leigh Bardugo 5-stars
Young Adult
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) by Sona Charaipotra 5-stars
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson 5-stars
Until Friday Night (The Field Party, #1) by Abbi Glines 5-stars
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi 4-stars
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson 5-stars
The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu 4-stars
Never Have I Ever (The Lying Game, #2) by Sara Shepard 5-stars
The Lying Game (The Lying Game, #1) by Sara Shepard 4-stars
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin 5-stars
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 5-stars
Parachutes by Kelly Yang 5-stars
Slay by Brittney Morris 5-stars
She Lies in Wait (DCI Jonah Sheens, #1) by Gytha Lodge 4-stars
Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1) by Michael Robotham 4-stars
Puddin' (Dumplin' #2) Julie Murphy 5-stars
Dumplin' (Dumplin' #1) by Julie Murphy 5-stars
Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1) by Omar Tyree 4-stars
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite 5-stars
Feed by M.T. Anderson 3-stars
Black Lives Matter
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson 5-stars
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri 4-stars
Native Son by Richard Wright 4-stars
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi 4-stars
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson 5-stars
Snapped (Playbook, #4) by Alexa Martin 5-stars
African-American Athletes who Made History by Louis Moore 5-stars
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis 5-stars
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 5-stars
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride 5-stars
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth 5-stars
Diverse Authors**
Parachutes by Kelly Yang 5-stars
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi 4-stars
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson 5-stars
Snapped (Playbook, #4) by Alexa Martin 5-stars
Slay by Brittney Morris 5-stars
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 5-stars
Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1) by Omar Tyree 4-stars
Stay With Me (Strickland Sisters, #1) by Alexandria House 5-stars
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 5-stars
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) by Marlon James 3-stars
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James Mc Bride 5-stars
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste, Ng 4-stars
**Randomly selected authors representing multiple genres’
Book to Screen
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 5-stars
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) by Sona Charaipotra 5-stars
Puddin' (Dumplin' #2) Julie Murphy 5-star
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter 5-stars
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste, Ng 4-stars
Feed by M.T. Anderson 3-stars
Buzzworthy
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin 5-stars
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 4-stars
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 5-stars
Educated by Tara Westover 4-stars
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste, Ng 4-stars
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 5-stars
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings 5-stars
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 5-stars
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 5-stars
*Debut author