Discover new books on Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

373 ratings (3.85 avg)
166 reviews

Lauren

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/laurenmhayes11

Lauren’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (250)
currently-reading‎ (8)
read‎ (370)
did-not-finish‎ (7)
young-adult‎ (103)
series‎ (89)
audio-book‎ (83)

historical-fiction‎ (81)
memoir‎ (74)
book-club‎ (41)
favorites‎ (39)
fantasy‎ (37)
prime-first-reads‎ (35)
mystery-thriller‎ (32)

non-fiction‎ (23)
wwii‎ (15)
short-story‎ (14)
dystopian‎ (13)
poetry-verse‎ (11)
foster‎ (8)
did-not-finish-2‎ (7)

graphic-novel‎ (7)
tbr-wheel‎ (7)
teaching‎ (4)
net-galley-arc‎ (3)
spanish‎ (2)
irish-gaeilge‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Lauren is Currently Reading

Lauren is currently reading

Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

bookshelves: currently-reading, historical-fiction, series

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

progress:

(page 159 of 858)
— Jul 28, 2026 08:42AM

Jul 15, 2026 02:34PM

Lauren is currently reading

Padma's All American: Tales, Travels, and Recipes from Taste the Nation and Beyond: A Cookbook

by Padma Lakshmi

bookshelves: currently-reading, book-club, non-fiction

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

Jul 13, 2026 12:42PM

Lauren is currently reading

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

bookshelves: currently-reading, book-club, mystery-thriller

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

May 04, 2026 07:57PM

See all 8 books that Lauren is reading…

Lauren’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Book of Unknown Americans

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

4 highlights

English was such a dense, tight language. So many hard letters, like miniature walls. Not open with vowels the way Spanish was. Our throats open, our mouths open, our hearts open. In English, the sounds were closed. They thudded to the ...more

Sara liked this

See Lauren’s 3 books with notes and highlights…

recent posts
Lauren’s Groups

Northern Essex Community College (NECC) Library — 14 members — last activity Jul 01, 2026 07:11AM
Come join the NECC Library in Lawrence and Haverhill, Massachusetts with your academic or leisure reading!

Goodreads Librarians Group — 332972 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Silent Book Club — 2 members — last activity Dec 13, 2023 09:58PM
Sharing our books and progress with the group!

The book you like most — 50761 members — last activity 1 hour, 12 min ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more