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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I ranked 21 Freida McFadden books that I've read and Housemaid isn't top five'
Freida McFadden has written a number of books, but it's The Housemaid series that has really got people talking - and one man has ranked all of her books from 'worst to best' The Freida McFadden phenomenon is happening right now, and legions of readers are completely hooked on her mind-bending novels that keep you captivated from the very first page to the last. The standout amongst her works is undoubtedly The Housemaid series, with endless BookTokers practically screaming about its brilliance across social media. Countless admirers have been absolutely stunned to discover that she's actually a working doctor, who specialises in brain injuries. Freida operates under a pseudonym to keep her medical career distinct from her life as a chart-topping novelist. Yet some literary enthusiasts are eager to highlight that Freida McFadden's catalogue extends far beyond just this particular series, and devoted readers of The Housemaid will find she has plenty more treasures to offer. Among these devoted followers is Richie Reads, who frequently posts his literary views and book collections on his platform. He revealed his intention to order them according to his personal preference, ranking them from "worst to best". Naturally, there are ten titles he hasn't yet tackled, though he chose not to mention these at all in his video. So, here's Richie's ranking: 21. The Gift. 20. The Coworker. 19. The Teacher. 18. The Housemaid's Wedding. 17. One By One. 16. The Perfect Son. 15. The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie. 14. The Housemaid is Watching. 13. Do Not Disturb. 12. Do You Remember? 11. The Wife Upstairs. 10. Ward D. 9. The Crash. 8. The Housemaid. 7. The Ex. 6. The Boyfriend. 5. The Housemaid's Secret. 4. The Locked Door. 3. The Inmate. 2. The Tenant. 1. Never Lie. Many readers will be surprised to find 'The Housemaid' at number eight, yet they'll be keen to delve into the other titles he's endorsed. For those seeking extra inspiration to explore his top five, your search ends here. 5. The Housemaid's Secret Step inside a house full of secrets, where every locked door hides a disturbing truth. In The Housemaid's Secret, Freida McFadden will keep you guessing – right up to the shocking final twist. 4. The Locked Door What if your father was a notorious serial killer – and now, twenty-six years later, someone is copying his crimes? In The Locked Door by Freida McFadden, Dr. Nora Davis thought she'd escaped her dark past, but a chilling new murder threatens to unlock secrets she's desperate to keep hidden. 3. The Inmate A nurse returns to her hometown, only to find herself working at a prison – and face-to-face with the man convicted of killing her high school sweetheart. But is he really guilty, or is the real murderer still out there, watching her every move? 2. The Tenant Step inside a building where every door hides a secret, and the new tenant is about to discover that some mysteries are better left locked away. If you love chilling twists and can't resist a puzzle, The Tenant by Freida McFadden will keep you turning pages late into the night. 1. Never Lie The story takes place in a remote mansion where secrets echo through every room – and every lie could be deadly. In Never Lie by Freida McFadden, nothing – and no one – is what they seem. Are you ready to uncover the truth before it's too late? So would you add any of these titles to your reading list? Or have you binged them already? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Associated Press
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. 'Atmosphere' by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. 'Edge of Honor' by Brad Thor (Atria/Bestler) 3. 'Never Flinch' by Stephen King (Scribner) 4. 'Tusk Love' by Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds) 5. 'Don't Let Him In' by Lisa Jewell (Atria) 6. 'Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil' by V.E. Schwab (Tor) 7. 'Great Big Beautiful Life' by Emily Henry (Berkley) 8. 'A Forbidden Alchemy' by Stacey McEwan (Saga) 9. 'My Friends' by Fredrik Backman (Atria) 10. 'The First Gentleman' by Patterson/Clinton (Little, Brown and Knopf) 11. 'The Knight and the Moth' by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) 12. 'Broken Country' by Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster) 13. 'A Mother's Love' by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 14. 'Onyx Storm' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 15. 'The Wedding People' by Alison Espach (Holt) _____ HARDCOVER NON-FICTION 1. 'The Let Them Theory' by Mel Robbins (Hay House) 2. 'Don't Believe Everything You Think (expanded ed.)' by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity) 3. 'Unruly' by Lauren Wittenberg Weiner (BenBella/Holt) 4. 'Super Agers' by Eric Topol (Simon & Schuster) 5. 'Behind the Badge' by Johnny Joey Jones (Harper Influence) 6. 'The Simple Path to Wealth (revised & expanded ed.)' by JL Collins (Authors Equity) 7. 'Abundance' by Ezra Klein (Avid Reader) 8. 'The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook' by Meredith Hayden (Ten Speed) 9. 'Everything Is Tuberculosis' by John Green (Crash Course) 10. 'Mark Twain' by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press) 11. 'We Can Do Hard Things' by Doyle/Wambach/Doyle (Dial) 12. 'Uncommon Favor' by Dawn Staley (Black Privilege) 13. 'The Book of Alchemy' by Suleika Jaouad (Random House) 14. 'Big Dumb Eyes' by Nate Bargatze (Grand Central) 15. 'The Next Conversation' by Jefferson Fisher (Tarcher) _____ TRADE PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS 1. 'Do Not Disturb' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 2. 'One Golden Summer' by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 3. 'The Tenant' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 4. 'Caught Up' by Navessa Allen (Slowburn) 5. Remarkably Bright Creatures' by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco) 6. 'Lights Out' by Navessa Allen (Slowburn) 7. 'Problematic Summer Romance' by Ali Hazelwood (Berkley) 8. 'Till Summer Do Us Part' by Meghan Quinn (Bloom) 9. 'All the Colors of the Dark' by Chris Whitaker (Crown) 10. 'Fourth Wing' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 11. 'Iron Flame' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 12. 'Sandwich' by Catherine Newman (Harper Perennial) 13. 'The Boyfriend' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 14. 'Here One Moment' by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 15. 'The Crash' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) _____
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Early Prime Day book deals: Save up to 80% on hardcovers, paperbacks, and Kindle editions
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The best early Prime Day book deals at a glance: BEST HARDCOVER DEAL "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid $21 (save $9) Get Deal BEST PAPERBACK DEAL "The Crash" by Freida McFadden $9 (save $8.99) Get Deal BEST KINDLE BOOK DEAL "So Far Gone" by Jess Walter $2.99 (save $12) Get Deal Amazon Prime Day is nearly here (officially running from July 8 through 11), and we're already being blessed with tons of deals. If you're looking to stack your summer reading list with books, it's time to get going. On top of Amazon offering three free months of Kindle Unlimited and Audible to new members, we're also seeing some pretty sweet discounts on books themselves. Whether you want to load up your Kindle with e-books or you prefer physical books in your hands, there are a ton of deals waiting for you at Amazon weeks ahead of the formal Prime Day start. From bestsellers to hidden treasures, we'll be tracking all the best early Prime Day book deals below and updating the list with the latest and greatest price drops as we inch closer to the main event. Opens in a new window Credit: Ballantine Books Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid $21 at Amazon $30 Save $9 Get Deal Atmosphere is the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid. Just released earlier this month, it's already listed as one of Goodreads' most popular books of the year. It follows Joan Goodwin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, who is selected as one of the first women scientists to join NASA's Space Shuttle program in the 1980s. The hardcover copy is already on sale ahead of Prime Day for $21, down 30% from its list price. Cher The Memoir: Part One by Cher — $12.50 $36 (save $23.50) Atomic Habits by James Clear — $13.38 $27 (save $13.62) The God of the Woods by Liz Moore — $16.15 $30 (save $13.85) Summer in the City by Alex Aster — $16.60 $28 (save $11.40) The Sirens by Emilia Hart — $17.10 $29 (save $11.90) Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks — $17.84 $28 (save $10.16) Dune: Deluxe Edition by Frank Herbert — $18.10 $50 (save $31.90) The Wedding People by Alison Espach — $18.37 $28.99 (save $ Retreat by Krysten Ritter — $18.50 $28.99 (save $10.49) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams — $18.50 $32.99 (save $14.49) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins — $19.17 $27.99 (save $8.82) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid — $21 $30 (save $9) Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander Clapp — $22.60 $32 (save $9.40) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah — $6.78 $17.99 (save $11.21) The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs — $8.60 $16.99 (save $8.39) Keep Your Friends Close by Lucinda Berry — $8.77 $16.99 (save $8.22) The Crash by Freida McFadden — $9 $17.99 (save $8.99) Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez — $10.13 $17.99 (save $7.86) Every Precious and Fragile Thing by Barbara Davis — $10.24 $16.99 (save $6.75) Gravewater Lake by A.M. Strong and Sonya Sargent — $10.48 $16.99 (save $6.51) The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore — $11 $18.99 (save $7.99) The Page Turner by Viola Shipman — $12.80 $18.99 (save $6.19) Those Girls by Chevy Stevens — $13.71 $19 (save $5.29) Skeleton Crew: Stories by Stephen King — $13.99 $21.99 (save $8) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley — $15 $18.99 (save $3.99) A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set by Sarah J. Maas — $34.95 $95 (save $60.05) Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose — $1.99 $9.99 (save $8) The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen — $2.49 $4.99 (save $2.50) The Last Party by A.R. Torre — $2.49 $4.99 (save $2.50) Pictures of You by Emma Grey — $2.99 $14.99 (save $12) We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker — $2.99 $18.99 (save $16) So Far Gone by Jess Walter — $2.99 $14.99 (save $12) The Good Girl by Mary Kubica — $2.99 $10.99 (save $8) One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune — $10.99 $19 (save $8.01) Dead Money by Jakob Kerr — $13.99 $30 (save $16.01) Matriarch by Tina Knowles — $14.99 $35 (save $20.01) + get $1.50 in Kindle credit The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley — $14.99 $28 (save $13.01) The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong — $14.99 $30 (save $15.01)
Daily Mirror
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
5 new books you need to read in May 2025 - including Love Island thriller and ‘incredible' romantasy
May is shaping up to be a big month for new releases, whatever genre you prefer reading Between Abby Jimenez and Emily Henry's latest romances and new releases from Suzanne Collins and Lauren Roberts, April was a big month for readers. And May is shaping up to be just as big, with lots more exciting releases on the way, including a thriller that's been described as Love Island meets White Lotus, and a debut that's perfect for fans of Emerald Fennell's viral 2023 hit, Saltburn. Without further ado, here are five books being released in May 2025 you need to read this year, whether you're a fan of romance, literary fiction, thrillers or fantasy. For more book recommendations, reviews and news, you can also click here to subscribe to our free weekly newsletter, The Bookish Drop, on Substack. The Tenant by Freida McFadden The Tenant is bestselling author Freida McFadden's latest thriller - and it looks to be just as twisty as all her others. The Housemaid author's new novel follows Blake, who has just been fired from his job and is left struggling to make the mortgage payments on the new townhouse he shares with his fiancée. The synopsis continues: 'Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?' Sunstruck by William Rayfet Hunter The debut novel from the winner of #Merky Books' 2022 New Writers' Prize, Sunstruck follows a working-class Black man as he attempts to navigate the opulent world of his university friend Lily's wealthy family. He finds himself captivated by Lily's charismatic brother Felix as they holiday in the south of France. But when they return to London, the cracks in the Blake family's careful facade begin to show, with their secrets and choices affecting all those around them. The book explores race, status and the parts of ourselves we risk losing when we fall in love. The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig If you've ever spent even just a couple of minutes scrolling through BookTok, you'll have heard of Rachel Gillig. The bestselling author of the One Dark Window duology is back with a brand new novel, The Knight and the Moth, which will be the first in a new gothic duology called The Stonewater Kingdom. The Knight and the Moth follows Sybil, a diviner forced to leave her life behind and venture out on an impossible quest with Rodrick, the one knight whose future she cannot see. This is one of Goodreads' most anticipated books of the month, with early reviews describing The Knight and the Moth as 'absolutely incredible' and 'even better than One Dark Window'. People Pleaser by Catriona Stewart People Pleaser is Catriona Stewart's debut novel and follows Maggie Lathrop, a struggling actress whose life is transformed overnight when she wins LoveShack, America's most popular reality dating show. But when she is found murdered in a Los Angeles warehouse and the police fail to come up with any answers as to what happened to her, her sister Emma steps in to investigate herself. Described as Love Island meets White Lotus, this pacy thriller is full of memorable characters and unpredictable twists. It's the perfect holiday read for anyone fascinated by the world of reality TV. Ride with Me by Simone Soltani Romance fans, this one is for you. Ride with Me tells the story of Stella, who was left at the altar before having to show up to her cousin's hen party just two weeks later, and Thomas, a Formula 1 driver with a new reputation as the most hated man on the grid. When the two singles wake up married in Las Vegas, they decide staying together may just be the answer to all of their problems. Perfect for the summer, even readers who aren't used to the sports romance genre will find it hard not to immediately fall in love with Stella and Thomas.
Business Mayor
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Mayor
Fill your Kindle with one million books for just 99p – Amazon confirms blockbuster update
It's not often you get something for less than £1 but that's exactly what Amazon is dishing out right now. The online retailer has just confirmed that it's offering a swathe of Kindle deals – thanks to its big Book Sale event – which includes the option to sign up for Kindle Unlimited access for just 99p per month. For those not aware, Kindle Unlimited gives subscribers full access to over one million books which can all be read without paying any extra fees. Think of it a little like Netflix but for bookworms. This service usually costs a pretty hefty £9.49 per month, but as long as you haven't taken advantage of a previous offer, you should find you can sign up now and pay that tiny 99p fee. The cheap deal lasts for the first three months before reverting back to the standard price. YOU CAN CHECK YOUR KINDLE UNLIMITED DEAL HERE Along with that Unlimited offer, the Book Sale event is also offering massive savings of up to 90 percent off best selling titles with some now starting from just 99p. For example, there's currently 90% off The Crash by Freida McFadden and 89% off Keep it in the Family by John Marrs. Here are some of the books on offer from Amazon. Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult WAS £9.99 – NOW 99p Wild Love – Elsie Silver WAS £9.99 – NOW 99p First Wife's Shadow – Adele Parks WAS £9.99 – NOW 99p Swansong – Damien Boyd WAS £8.99 – NOW 99p Read More Game Awards 2024: Astro Bot Wins Game of the Year Hard Road – J.B Turner WAS £8.99 – NOW 99p The Girl on the Cliff – Lucinda Riley WAS £9.99 – NOW 99p YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE KINDLE BOOKS ON OFFER HERE If that wasn't enough to tickle your tastebuds then there's also the chance to grab a brand new Kindle at a much cheaper price. The latest Kindle Colorsoft – which was unveiled late last year – is currently just £219.99 for a limited time. That's a saving of 19 percent off the usual cost. This device is the first Amazon e-reader to feature a 7-inch colour glare-free screen, which helps make books and comics feel a little more immersive. There's also a whopping 8 weeks of battery life, 32GB of internal storage, and it's fully waterproof so it should survive a dip in the bath. Other extras include a front light for reading at night, and the colour screen offers a glare-free appearance. Want to know more? You can read our full Kindle Colorsoft review here. SEE THE KINDLE COLORSOFT DEAL HERE READ SOURCE
