2018 Listening Book Club Recap By Genre
2018 was the year I discovered audio books. Discovering audio books has been a game changer for me. I wasn’t a avid reader but now I can’t get enough. With OverDrive, LibbyByOverdrive and Audible I have heard 95 books this year. I have a long commute to work so adding audio books to my music and Podcast routine worked out great. Not only are the audio books entertaining but I have learned so much from the memoirs and self-help books I have heard. Check out the list below it is separated by genres.
Inthethickofitblog.com rating legend:
5-stars Loved, loved, loved it, unique topic/story and dynamic narration
4-stars Liked it 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. ;)
Audiobook to On-Screen
Eat, Pray, Love 5-stars
Sweetbitter 3-stars
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 5-stars
The Girl on the Train 5-stars
YOU 5-stars
The Dinner 5-stars
The Hate U Give 5-stars
The Sun is Also A Star 5-stars
A Simple Favor 5-stars
The Devil Wears Prada 5-stars
The Silver Lining Playbook 5-stars
The Shack 5-stars
Biographies/Memoirs
Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea 3-stars
The Last Black Unicorn 3-stars
Recovery 4-stars
We're Going to Need More Wine 5-stars
Dry 4-stars
Year of Yes 5-stars
A New Model 4-stars
An Invisible Thread 5-stars
UNSLUT - A Diary and Memoir 4-stars
This Is Me 4-stars
It Was Me All Along 5-stars
Around the Way Girl 5-stars
Eat, Pray, Love 5-stars
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl 3-stars
Inspirational/Enrichment
The Five Love Languages - Singles Edition 4-stars
12 Rules of Life 4-stars
Womenomics 4-stars
Adventures for Your Soul 4-stars
Girl Wash Your Face 5-stars
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls 4-stars
Big Magic 5-stars
Fantasy
Cruel Prince 4-stars
Happily Ever After-Novella 3-stars
The Crown : The Selection Book 5 5-stars
The Heir : The Selection Book 4 5-stars
The One : The Selection Book 35-stars
The Elite : The Selection Book 2 4-stars
The Towering Sky 5-stars
The Dazzling Heights 5-stars
The Thousandth Floor 5-stars
Running
A Beautiful Work In Progress 3-stars
Running Like A Girl 4-stars
Erotic Literature
Misadventures of a City Girl3-stars
Sweetbitter 3-stars
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 4-stars
Romance/Suspense
Tricky Twenty-Two 3-stars
Top Secret Twenty-One 3-stars
Takedown Twenty 4-stars
Notorious Nineteen 4-stars
Explosive Eighteen 4-stars
Smokin' Seventeen 4-stars
Sizzling Sixteen 4-stars
Finger Lickin' Fifteen 4-stars
Fearless Fourteen 4-stars
Lean Mean Thirteen 4-stars
Twelve Sharp 4-stars
Eleven On Top 4-stars
Ten Big Ones 4-stars
Curious Minds 3-stars
Wicked Appetite 3-stars
To the Nines 4-stars
Hard Eight 4-stars
Seven Up 4-stars
Hot Six 4-stars
Young Adult
Smart Girl 4-stars
Sweet Girl 4-stars
Party Girl 4-stars
Roomies 5-stars
Little Monsters 4-stars
Happily Ever After-Novella 3-stars
The Crown : The Selection Book 5 5-stars
The Heir : The Selection Book 4 5-stars
The One : The Selection Book 35-stars
The Elite : The Selection Book 2 4-stars
The Towering Sky 5-stars
The Dazzling Heights 5-stars
The Thousandth Floor 5-stars
A Map for Wrecked Girls 4-stars
Suspense
Truly Madly Guilty 5-stars
Triptych 5-stars
Stranger In the House 5-stars
The Couple Next Door 5-stars
The Husband’s Secret 5-stars
The President Is Missing 5-stars
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest 4-stars
The Girl Who Played With Fire 4-stars
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 5-stars
The Girl on the Train 5-stars
Thrillers
YOU 5-stars
The Dinner 5-stars
Black Literature
The Sun Does Shine4-stars
The Hate U Give 5-stars
The Sun is Also A Star 5-stars
New England White 4-stars
The Harlem Charade 4-stars
Chick Lit
Twenties Girl 5-stars
Worst Date Ever 4-stars
Heartburn 4-stars
A Simple Favor 5-stars
See Me 4-stars
Amanda Wakes Up 4-stars
Nine Woman, One Dress 5-stars
The Devil Wears Prada 5-stars
Contemporary Fiction
Lone Wolf 4-stars
Leaving Time5-stars
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 5-stars
Eat Only When You’re Hungry 4-stars
Left Drowning 5-stars
The Silver Lining Playbook 5-stars
The Waning Light 4-stars
The Shack 5-stars
Dirty Chick 4-stars
Have you read or heard any of titles on this list? If so tell us what you thought.
And do you have any reading goals this year or participating in any reading challenges?