I thought next year in addition to authors of the month I thought I would showcase books each month. However, not just any books. They will be backlist books. That means they aren’t the newest books an author has written.
For me I am going by the rule that they must be more than 2 years old. I am unsure what sort of books that I will be doing and figured I would turn to y’all. You guys read just as much as I do and now what sort of books you like and don’t like. I am certain there are books from authors that you read and think “More people need to know about this book.” However, since it isn’t a best seller or internet famous it gets looked over.
I’m here to help with that! This post will serve as a way for you to tell me about the books you want to highlight. Just list those books but be sure to check out the giveaway below for your chance to win something awesome. I will do another one of these giveaways next year sometime as well.
To make things a little sweeter I am giving away a 12.9 iPad Pro to 6 very lucky readers. You read that correctly. This is going to be a long giveaway because entering it will be so simple. I also wanted to get a good list of books together so I can get the new year started off right.
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
How about The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer.
I’m Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer is a fun read.
I would love to see the book Montana Sky by Nora Roberts on the backlist.
Blindsided by Amy Daws or Elements of Chemistry by Penny Reid.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St.James. It came out in early 2020 and I feel it was overlooked at the time. A really good spooky read.
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros! Such a heartfelt story with quite a lot of depth. I loved it.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
How about “Becoming” by Michelle Obama?
Flash by Jayne Ann Krentz
My favorite genres are sci-fi, contemporary romance, paranormal romance and romantic suspense and some of my favorite tropes are enemies-to-lovers, snowed-ins and the student/teacher taboo. I love cowboys, rock stars and grumpy heroes. And these are just my favorites, like you, I enjoy a little bit of everything. The Temptation series from Ivy Smoak, anything from Mia Sheridan, Jewel E. Ann, Tracey Jerald, and Apryl Baker. The Ashes and Embers series from Carian Cole, I have read the first four books in that series but still have a few to go…I hope that you can find a story that you love too from any of the suggestions that I have left here. Thanks so much for offering the giveaway
Lead Me Home by AL Jackson.
I like celebrity memoirs so I suggest Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling.
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
I’d like to learn more about Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey.
A Time To Kill: A Jake Brigance Novel by John Grisham.
FOOL by Christopher Moore. He’s one of my favorite authors
Where the Blame Lies by Mia Sheridan, an excellent romantic suspense story although it does contain scenes that may be triggers for sensitive readers
I’d like to see Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton.
Where the Truth Lives by Mia Sheridan, the sequel to the story that I suggested yesterday
I like Tina Fey’s Bossypants.
anne rice’s interview with a vampire
Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan, one of my favorite stories of all time
I’d like to see “Atonement” by Ian McEwan.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Detour: A Creekwood Novel (Creekwood Series Book 1) by A. Marie
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
A Place Without you by Jewel E Ann, another all-time favorite of mine
High on Arrival (2009) by Mackenzie Phillips
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Steady as the Snow Falls by Lindy Zart
Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Storm by Carian Cole
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (1996)
Vandal by Carian Cole
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
I would love to see First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
Everlastin’: Book 1 by Mickee Madden. It is quite a few years ago but the story still remains in my mind!
Don Quixote ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Lukas (Ashes & Embers Book 3) by Carian Cole
The Agenda by Nora Roberts.
Becoming” by Michelle Obama
Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
I would like to see Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughans
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Lead Me Home by AL Jackson
october 23
Fallen Crest high by Tijan
Anointed by Charity B
Talon (Ashes & Embers Book 4) by Carian Cole
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom – Yeonmi Park
The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
I would love to see My Dark Vanessa: A Novel by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
The Shining by Stephen King
A House in the Sky – Amanda Lindhout
Loving Storm (Ashes & Embers Book 5) by Carian Cole
WHISPERED PROMISES by Brenda Jackson
Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale
Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther.
I would like to see Beneath the Texas Sky by Jodi Thomas
Room by Emma Donoghue
Asher (Ashes & Embers Book 6) by Carian Cole
The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Laura Esquivel “Like Water for Chocolate”
Torn (All Torn Up Book 1) by Carian Cole
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
John D. MacDonald! His Travis McGee series is wonderful
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraight (also known as J. K. Rowling)
Dominicana: A Novel by Angie Cruz
Tied (All Torn Up Book 2) by Carian Cole
Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
Return by Air (Glacier Adventure Series Book 1) by Tracey Jerald
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1)
Book 1 of 4: The Lunar Chronicles | by Marissa Meyer
This book will get you hooked and you won’t stop til you read them all.
Thanks for the contest.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Anti-Stepbrother by Tijan
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Touch Me Not (The Manwhore Series Book 1) by Apryl Baker
The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Sinners Touch (The Manwhore Series Book 2) by Apryl Baker
Edge of Collapse by Kyla Stone
A thousand boy kisses by Tillie Cole
The Healing Touch (The Manwhore Series Book 3) by Apryl Baker
Love Song for a Raven by Elizabeth Lowell.
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
“The Warlord Wants Forever,” by Kresley Cole.
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Wilde in Love by Eloisa James.
Curtain by Agatha Christie
Eloisa James – Say Yes to the Duke
The Blue Air Compressor – Stephen King
You Are Not Alone – Greer Hendricks
Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover
Lucky by Jackie Collins
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Stephen King Carrie
Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon
Unleashing Mr. Darcy by Teri Wilson
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Centennial by James Michener
The Darkest Fire Gena Showalter
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré
Kresley Cole Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night
Mary Weber Storm Siren series
Rachelle Dekker The choosing
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
Sherrilyn Kenyon Born of Blood
Poland by James A. Michener.
Elizabeth Lowell Enchanted
Queen Anne’s Lace by Susan Wittig Albert
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
Kerrigan Byrne “The Highwayman”
Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner
A song of ice and fire by George R.R. Martin
Sherrilyn Kenyon Night Pleasures
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I would like to see Regretting You by Colleen Hoover on your Backlist of the Month list.
Linda Howard Mackenzie’s Mountain
Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls
Blindsided by Amy Daws
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Shoes were for Sunday by Molly Weir
Julia Quinn The Viscount Who Loved Me
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
I’d like to see The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews on backlist of the month.
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
After we fall by Melanie Harlow
North and South, by John Jakes
The new book by Michelle Obama called Becoming
I’ll Take Manhattan by Judith Krantz
Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell
A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
We’ll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice.
Eden Burning by Belva Plain
Awaken The Giant Within ~ Tony Robbins
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
Wheels by Arthur Hailey
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley
The Pretenders by Gwen Davis
Enemies by Tijan
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon
The Alibi by Sandra Brown
The Inn at Eagle Point (A Chesapeake Shores Novel Book 1) by Sherryl Woods
Where the truth lives
Celebrity by Thomas Thompson
The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Hate to love you by Tijan
Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Blindsided by Amy Daws
I would like to see Beneath the Texas Sky by Jodi Thomas
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Wait for it by Mariana Zapata
The Girls. Emma Cline would be a great one to add
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Smoky Mountain Tracks by Donna Ball
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. The film adaption was sub par…but book however, is fantastic! It won a Newberry Medal, has been shortlisted five times for the Carnegie Medal…and while I first read it in my teens, I have a copy that I still pick up and read from time to time…that’s how much I loved it and the whole series!
The Lark and The Wren by Mercedes Lackey is another book I keep on hand and read again from time to time. It’s a fantastic and very well written fantasy novel!
Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Midnight by Dean Koontz
I enjoyed I’m Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer
The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon
Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
Family Album by Danielle Steel
I would like to see Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
The Cat Caper: Pet Whisperer P.I. Series by Molly Fitz
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans is a book every woman should be aware of.
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