Meet Jen Spaziano
During what she now describes as phase one of her professional career, Jen practiced law for more than two decades with an international law firm in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. where she was named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation.
Jen recently left her legal practice to focus on writing fiction — a lifelong passion — and spend time with her teenage nieces. Currently, Jen is working on a young adult (YA) novel based in Rhode Island, among other things.
In addition to telling stories, Jen remains active in mentoring young and aspiring lawyers, she volunteers with the Humane Rescue Alliance and Animal Rescue Rhode Island, and she enjoys running by the ocean, watching the New England Patriots, and savoring time with family, friends, and her three cats.
Scroll down to see what Jen loves to read.
What Jen Reads
Some were book club selections, many were recommended by friends or family, several were written by her favorite authors, some caught her eye at her local bookstore, some were available at the library when she needed something to read, some entertained her, some educated her, some frightened her, and some made her cry.
2023
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
On Writing by Stephen King
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Baby Teeth by Zoe Stage
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
On Writing by Stephen King
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Baby Teeth by Zoe Stage
The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
How to Write A Successful Series by Helen B. Scheuerer
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Good Life Method by Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Murder Game by Carrie Doyle
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Indigo & Ida by Heather Murphy Capps
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
Hearts Touched With Fire by David Gergen
The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
111 Places in Verona and Lake Garda That You Must Not Miss by Petra Sophia Zimmerman
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The Maid by Nita Prose
Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
After Death by Dean Koontz
An Immense World by Ed Yong
We Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant
Holly by Stephen King
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littleton
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari La Pena
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick
Curves for Days by Laura Moher
happier now by Nataly Kogan
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Wager by David Grann
2024
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Table for Two by Amor Towles
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
But Cats Don't Talk by Lynne Heinzmann
And Then Ben by L.M. Coppa
The Woman with a Purple Heart by Diane Hanks
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
We, The Jury by Robert Rotstein
One Wrong Word by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate
The New Couple in Apartment 5B by Lisa Unger
After the Ink Dries by Cassie Gustafson
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso
The Son of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Faithful by Alice Hoffman
I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
The Story Collector by Evie Woods
2022
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
The Latinist by Mark Prins
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
Legend by Marie Lu
Prodigy by Marie Lu
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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
The Latinist by Mark Prins
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
Legend by Marie Lu
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Champion by Marie Lu
Shelter by Harlan Coben
Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
Found by Harlan Coben
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Quicksilver by Dean Koontz
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Match by Harlan Coben
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
White Ivy by Susie Yang
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Memory Man by David Baldacci
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
Meant To Be by Emily Giffin
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Winter by Marissa Meyer
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
The First, The Few, The Only by Deepa Purushothaman
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
The Magician by Colm Toibin
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
Empire of Pain by Patrick Madden Keefe
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Shadow Fires by Dean Koontz
The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strauser
Leading Inclusion by Gena Cox
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Handsmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
2025
The Door-to-Door Bookstore
by Carsten Henn
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
The Women by Kristin Hannah
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The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
The Women by Kristin Hannah
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The Crash by Freida McFadden
The Love of My After Life by Kirsty Greenwood
The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
What Jen Loves
Mango, Brady, and KitKat, pictured below, have their own Instagram channel - @mangobradykitkat - a platform they use to help Humane Rescue Alliance cats find permanent homes in the Washington, DC metro area.
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BRADY
KITKAT