Colleen Hoover Recommends 4 Reads Your Book Club Might Have Missed

The type of book I wish I'd written. In the age of social media, this chilling novel will have you questioning how much access other people have to your life. With a little bit of cunning, what can a person get away with? A page turner with one of the most distinctive narrative voices I've ever encountered in a book, the story of Joe and Beck will give you whiplash. It's up to you to decide if YOU is a story about love or obsession . . . or maybe both. Read it before the new TV adaptation hits Netflix in September.

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In a sudden act of brutality, a mother kills her six-year-old daughter with a hatchet. With the mother's lack of history of violence or mental illness, the reader is left to wonder why. The setting is rural and the time frame of the book spans more than a decade. It's easy not only to get lost in this tragic tale, but in the exquisite prose that will leave you asking: How can something this ugly sound so beautiful?

Astrid is the daughter of a beautiful single mother who wields her power by manipulating men. When her mother's obsession turns dangerous, she kills her lover and is sentenced to life in prison. Alone in the world, Astrid must navigate the perils of foster care. Poetically beautiful, WHITE OLEANDER is a novel about art, sexuality, and the painful process of forgiveness.

We know from the classics that the South provides the most poignant settings for a story. Larry Ott is a nice guy, a sort of gentle weirdo. Twenty-five years earlier his only friend, a girl, went missing. When another little girl goes missing in the present day, Larry is immediately suspected. The painfully accurate truth that the past is never dead comes out to haunt Larry.