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Susan Gooch

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Susan Gooch is an Arkansas author who runs on iced tea, fried catfish, and an unshakable belief that summer should last all year (save two weeks off for Christmas). A proud Southern woman, she calls Searcy, AR the best little town on earth for raising a family, and loved it so much she built her entire Carrington Series around it.
An avid reader and writer, Susan is a retired educator. She spent years in the classroom sharing her passion for words and creativity before turning that energy fully toward writing novels born from the stories living rent-free in her head.
She still can't stop teaching, though. She reads hundreds of books a year and spotlights the best of them for her Instagram followers through her Y'all Have Got To Read This seri ...more

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Average rating: 4.30 · 246 ratings · 49 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Carrington Affairs 4.27 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nonnegotiable: The Carrington Series Book 2 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dirty Birds' Short Stories: A Companion Book for The Dirty Birds' Book Club (The Carrington Series 3) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dirty Birds' Book Club: Book 3 The Carrington Series 4.79 avg rating — 6 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tarnished: A Blue Star Love Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Interesting book - set in Iceland during WW2
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Interesting book - set in Iceland during WW2
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Susan Gooch rated a book How to Read a Book by Monica Wood	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Outstanding read but gets complicated and a little long
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Susan Gooch rated a book really liked it Country Club Summer by Rachel Cullen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Today on Y'all Have to Read This, I've got a contemporary read that is a little fluff with a large side dish of family drama mixed in. Honestly, "Country Club Summer" by Rachel Cullen was quite close to home. I live on a course and spend a lot of tim ...more
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Good read
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Susan Gooch rated a book really liked it The Right Sort of Man (Sparks & Bainbridge, #1) by Allison Montclair	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hey y'all, Today on Y'all Have to Read This, I've got a great little historical murder mystery with a cozy British feel. "The Right Sort of Man" by Allison Montclair is for all my PBS Masterpiece folks out there. The book centers on Gwendolyn Bainbri ...more
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