In addition to being the author of What Was Missing, Nothing I Can Say, An Emotional Appeal, and Here You Come Again, I am an avid reader. I've read A LOT of books in my lifetime but a few of years ago I started an updated reading list. Here is a look at the books on my reading list (so far). The books I've already read from this list are in bold:  

FYI- I provide book reviews and recommendations on Instagram. Follow my hashtag #traciemomiereads for updates!

• Before We Met- Lucie Whitehouse
• The Woman Destroyed- Simone De Beauvoir
• Black Boy- Richard Wright (purchased)
• Eleanor & Park- Rainbow Rowell
• The Power of Now- Eckart Tolle
• Orange is the New Black- Piper Kerman
• The Gifts of Imperfection- Brene Brown
• First Phone Call from Heaven- Mitch Albom
• Where'd You Go Bernadette-Maria Semple 
• What Alice Forgot- Liane Moriarity ​
• Silver Sparrow -Tayari Jones
• How to be Good- Nick Hornby (purchased)
• Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins 
• Crazy Rich Asians- Kevin Kwan
• Friendswood- Rene Steinke
• My American Unhappiness- Dean Bakopolous
• Maximize the Moment- T.D. Jakes 
• Long Drive Home-Will Allison​
• Me Before You- JoJo Moyes
• The Hard Thing about Hard Things- Ben Horowitz
• Me, Inc.- Gene Simmons
• Be Happy- Patrick Lindsay
• My Name is Ferdinand- Simon Fellowes 
• Winning- Jack Welch​
• Never, Never- Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher
• Don't Even Think About it- Sarah Mylnkwoski
• Loving Donovan- Bernice McFadden
• Life Is Short but Wide- J. California Cooper (purchased)
• Tuesdays With Morrie- Mitch Albom​
• The Power of 100- Shaun King
• In Search of our Mothers Gardens- Alice Walker
• Life Changing Magic- Marie Kondo 
• Where She Went- Gayle Forman
• The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty- Amanda Filipacchi ​

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Seuss

• ​​Pleasantville- Attica Locke
• The Last Letter from Your Lover- Jojo Moyes
• One Plus One- Jojo Moyes
• Queen Sugar- Natalie Baszile
• In Every Way- Nic Brown (purchased)​
• Straight Man- Richard Russo 
• Then We Came to the End- Joshua Ferris (purchased)
• The Status of All Things- Liz Fenton 
• ​Paris for One- Jojo Moyes
• Adultery- Paulo Coelho
• A Little Something Different- Sandy Hall
• Stuart Scott Autobiography
• Make it Happen- Lara Casey
• Jill Scott poetry book (purchased)
• Us- David Nicholls
• 48 Laws of Power- Robert Green
• Alice I Think- Susan Juby
• We Were Liars- E. Lockhart 
• That Part was True- Deborah McKinlay (purchased)
• Shake down the Stars- Renee Swindle
• How to be Interesting- Jessica Hagy (purchased)
• The Perfect Find- Tia Williams 
• A Brief History of Seven Killings- Marlon James (DNF 😩)
• Everything I Never Told You- Celeste Ng​
• Brave Enough- Cheryl Strayed
• Love Handles- Gretchen Galway (on Kindle)
• Finding Amos- McFadden, Mason & Billingsley
• Adventures for Your Soul- Shannon Kaiser
• I Almost Forgot About You- Terry McMillan (purchased)
• Last Night- James Salter
• Beauty- Zadie Smith (purchased)
• The Mothers- Brit Bennett
• Mr. Loverman- Bernadine Evaristo
• Fledgling- Octavia Butler
• I'm Judging You- Luvvie​

• The Warrior of the Light- Paulo Coelho
• The Blackbirds- Eric Jerome Dickey
• The Book of Joy- Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• Rework- Jason Fried & David Hansson 
• The Year of Yes- Shonda Rhimes
• One Plus One- Jojo Moyes
• O's Little Guide to Starting Over- Oprah Winfrey
• Jump- Steve Harvey (purchased)
• Milk & Honey- Rupi Kaur
• Today Will Different- Maria Semple (purchased)
• Nectar- Upile Chasala
• Born A Crime- Trevor Noah
• It's Always the Husband- Michele Campbell
• Little Fires Everywhere- Celeste Ng
• No One is Coming to Save Us- Stephanie Powell Watts
• We Are only Taking What We Need- Stephanie Powell Watts (purchased)
• Black Privilege- Charlamagne tha God
• We're Going to Need More Wine- Gabrielle Union
• The Mother of Black Hollywood- Jenifer Lewis
• I Can't Make this Up- Kevin Hart
• Travels- Michael Crichton
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck- Mark Manson ​
• Bad Feminist- Roxane Gay  
• An American Marriage- Tayari Jones
• Stitches- Anne Lamott
• The Dinner List- Rebecca Serle 
• Behold the Dreamers- Imbolo Mbue
• Dark Matter- Blake Crouch
• The Neighbors- Hannah McKinnon
• Whiskey & Ribbons- Leesa Cross-Smith​
• Barracoon- Zora Neale Hurston 
• The Woman in the Window- A. J. Finn
• Love in a Carry On Bag- Sadeqa Johnson (purchased)
• We Were Mothers- Katie Sise
• BECOMING- Michelle Obama