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Favorite Books 📚 and Books on my "to read next" list
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items While I read a lot, there is no particular genre that I prefer. I just read 🤓
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Fiction & co
Non-Fiction
Strong Women
Fiction & co
A breathtaking novel about friendship, love, and the worlds we create through art and play across thirty years. I lovedit!
Contemporary Fiction: "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin
An extraordinary retelling of Dickens' DavidCopperfield set in contemporary Appalachia, following a boy born to a teenage singlemother. Read it twice.
Contemporary Fiction: "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver
A delightful, sharp-witted story of a femalescientist in the 1960s who becomes the unlikely star of a beloved cooking show.
Contemporary Fiction: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
A luminous portrait of Shakespeare's marriage, anchoredaround the death of their only son, written with exquisite emotional intensity.
Historical Fiction: "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell
A captivating journey of four boys across 1950sAmerica, filled with adventure, mishaps, and coming-of-age moments. Not sure about it, butgood reviews.
Historical Fiction: "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles
A sweeping tale connecting the skeleton of a famous racinghorse with the paintings of an antebellum Black horseman and a Smithsonian scientist.
Historical Fiction: "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks
A gripping whodunit about a woman confronting her past whennew evidence emerges about her friend's murder a decade earlier.
Mystery/Thriller: "The It Girl" by Ruth Ware
A mind-bending thriller where a mother witnesses her son commit a murder, then wakes up the day before, with time moving backward.
Mystery/Thriller: "Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian" McAllister
An atmospheric locked-room mystery set in a Paris apartment building where everyone has something to hide.
Mystery/Thriller: "The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley
A lone astronaut with amnesia must save humanity from extinction using only his scientific knowledge and ingenuity.
Science Fiction: "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
A dark academia fantasy about translation, colonialism, and the power of language set in an alternate Oxford University.
Science Fiction/Fantasy: "Babel" by R.F. Kuang
A charming, warm-hearted fantasy about a case worker assigned to evaluate six dangerous magical children and their caretaker.
Science Fiction/Fantasy: "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
A brilliantly constructed novel of wealth, power, and truth told through four contradictory accounts of a legendary financier's life.
Literary Fiction: "Trust" by Hernan Diaz
A mesmerizing Renaissance tale of art, deception, and survival centered on a young duchess who suspects her husband intends to murder her.
Literary Fiction: "The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O'Farrell
An immersive family saga set in 1970s Chicago, exploring faith, morality, and the bonds that both unite and divide us. Not sure about it, but good reviews.
Literary Fiction: "Crossroads" by Jonathan Franzen
Non-Fiction
Walks you through the steps in the life of a business—from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growing pains to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed—and shows how to apply the lessons of fran...
Non-Fiction "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michaele Gerber
A fascinating exploration of 87 emotions that define what it means to be human, complete with thoughtful frameworks for understanding our feelings.
Non-Fiction: "Atlas of the Heart" by Brené Brown
A practical guide to breaking bad habits and building good ones using proven systems for tiny changes that yield remarkable results.
Non-Fiction: "Atomic Habits" by James Clear
A stunning collection exploring grief, belonging, and memory in the wake of the poet's mother's death.
Poetry/Essays: "Time Is a Mother" by Ocean Vuong
A luminous poetry collection navigating history, language, identity, and erasure from the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history.
Poetry/Essays: "Call Us What We Carry" by Amanda Gorman
Reflective, generous essays on home, friendship, marriage, and writing that illuminate everyday wonders.
Poetry/Essays: "These Precious Days" by Ann Patchett
A raw, honest memoir chronicling Davis's journey from poverty to becoming one of America's most celebrated actresses.
Biography/Memoir: "Finding Me" by Viola Davis
A candid, sometimes darkly funny memoir detailing Perry's struggle with addiction while starring on one of television's biggest sitcoms.
Biography/Memoir: "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry
A heartbreaking yet darkly humorous memoir about the former child star's complicated relationship with her abusive mother.
Biography/Memoir: "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
Strong Women
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage “... Drawing from her own experiences, Anne Lamotts hows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt tomove through life’s dark places and toward the light ofhope that still burns ahead for all of us.”
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou “... chronicles the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she has cherished sointensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to bea man.”
The Heart of a Woman
RecommendationBlue Nights: A Memoir by Joan Didion “... an intensely personal and moving account of her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old.”
Blue Nights: A Memoir
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh “Drawing inspiration from the the shells on the shore, Lindbergh's musings on the shape of a woman's life will bring new understanding to readers, male and family, at any stage of life.”
Gift from the Sea: 50th-Anniversary Edition
Moving Beyond Words by Gloria Steinem “... Essays from the New York Times–bestselling author who inspired the film The Glorias, a woman who has told the truth about her life and ours.”
Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Gender
The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved “A box set of Toni Morrison's principal works, featuring The Bluest Eye (her first novel), Beloved (Pulitzer Prizewinner), and Song of Solomon (National Book Critics Award winner).”
Toni Morrison Box Set: 3 Novels
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd “... This is a remarkable novel about divine female power,a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.”
The Secret Life of Bees
When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams “... In fifty-four short chapters, Williams recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own faith, and contemplates the notion of absence and presence art and in our world.”
When Women Were Birds: Variations on Voice
Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher “... In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age.”
Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents
Find a Way by Diana Nyad “... in a riveting memoir, Diana shares a spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fears, engage one’s passions, and never ever give up.”
Find a Way: One Woman's Inspiring Dream
Audio! The Power of the Crone by Clarissa Pinkola Estés “We sometimes step, sometimes stumble, and other times are pulled into the territory of the Crone when the need for a deeper, larger understanding of our most meaningful paths in life can no longer be denied...”
The Power of the Crone: Myths & Stories
The Found and the Lost by Ursula K. Le Guin “Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time - and introduced by the legendary author - in one breathtaking volume.”
The Found and the Lost: Ursula K. Le Guin