Before I started writing full reviews here on The Recap Vault, I read quite a few books that never got their moment in the spotlight. I tend to forget what I read about a week after I read it, which is the primary reason I wanted to start this blog.
So here’s a lightning-round list of titles (in no particular order) I devoured before this blog existed—complete with star ratings from what I remember, but no spoilers.
- Verity – Colleen Hoover – ⭐4.5/5
- Layla – Colleen Hoover – ⭐4.2/5
- Heart Bones – Colleen Hoover – ⭐3/5
- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell – Robert Dugoni – ⭐5/5 – reintroduced me to reading.
- Me Before You – Jojo Moyes – ⭐4.2/5
- After You – Jojo Moyes – ⭐3.6/5 – hate when the second isn’t as good as the first.
- November 9 – Colleen Hoover – ⭐4/5
- The Watcher Chronicles #1-4 (Broken, Kindred, Oblivion, Ascension) – S.J. West – ⭐4.3/5
- Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover – ⭐4/5
- You Are A Badass – Jen Sincero – ⭐5/5
- The Fault in Our Stars – John Green – ⭐4.2/5
- Heaven is for Real – Todd Burpo – ⭐5/5
- Crank #1-3 (Crank, Glass, Fallout) – Ellen Hopkins – ⭐4.7/5
- A Child Called “It” – Dave Pelzer – ⭐I will not rate this book.
- Reminders of Him – Colleen Hoover – ⭐3.9/5
- Things We Never Got Over – Lucy Score – ⭐4.4/5
- Say You Swear – Meagan Brandy – ⭐4.3/5
- To Love Jason Thorn – Ella Maise – ⭐4.4/5
- That Boy – Jillian Dodd – ⭐3/5
- To Hate Adam Connor – Ella Maise – ⭐4.5/5
- Unmissing – Minka Kent – ⭐4.2/5 – I still think about this book
- Maybe Someday – Colleen Hoover – ⭐3.8/5
- The Soulmate Equation – Christina Lauren – ⭐3.8/5
- Never Never – Colleen Hoover – ⭐3/5
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid – ⭐4/5
- None of This Is True – Lisa Jewell – ⭐4.1/5
- The Last Thing He Told Me – Laura Dave – ⭐3.9/5
- I Will Find You – Harlan Coben – ⭐4.2/5
- The Chain – Adrian McKinty – ⭐2.4/5 – made me uncomfy
- The Inmate – Freida McFadden – ⭐4.4/5
- It Ends with Us #1-2 (It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us) – Colleen Hoover – ⭐4/5
- Twenty Years Later – Charlie Donlea – ⭐2/5
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah – ⭐4/5
- The Housemaid – Freida McFadden – ⭐4.5/5
- Never Lie – Freida McFadden – ⭐4.3/5
- The Teacher – Freida McFadden – ⭐2.8/5 – my least fav Freida book, sorry.
- The Housemaid’s Secret – Freida McFadden – ⭐3.7/5
- Ward D – Freida McFadden – ⭐4.2/5
- The Boyfriend – Freida McFadden – ⭐4.1/5
- The Third Gilmore Girl – Kelly Bishop – ⭐5/5- If you know, you know.
- Pages of Promise – Jessica Ashley – ⭐4.4/5
- The Coworker – Freida McFadden – ⭐3.4/5
- The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides – ⭐4/5
- The Business Trip – Jessie Garcia – ⭐3.5/5 – sorry, but no.
- The Perfect Marriage – Jeneva Rose – ⭐4.2/5
- Hidden Pictures – Jason Rekulak – ⭐4.4/5
- The Unhoneymooners – Christina Lauren – ⭐4.6/5 – very cute!
- That’s Not My Name – Megan Lally – ⭐4.5/5
- Listen for the Lie – Amy Tintera – ⭐4.2/5
- Love, Mom – Iliana Xander – ⭐4.5/5 – twistyyyyy
- Death Row – Freida McFadden – ⭐3.5/5
- Before We Were Strangers – Renee Carlino – ⭐4.3/5
- The Locked Door – Freida McFadden – ⭐4/5
✨ It’s fun to look back at these and think about which ones I still think about today—and which ones have faded from memory.
Which one from this list should I give the full Recap Vault treatment to?