If you are looking to swap out screen time with reading, may I suggest some of my favorite reads to date?
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Non-fiction 🌻
Fiction 🌸
Non-fiction 🌻
Non-fiction reads that read like fiction
Did anyone else hyper-fixate on the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos lore as much as I did? A jaw-dropping look into the behind the scenes of the journalist who uncovered it all.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Anyone else a perpetual “what-if” typa person? It's no spoiler to say: bloom where you are planted.
The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
A life-changing read that puts a fire under any 20-somethings ass to get after it and chase their dreams.
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Anyone as obsessed with early 2000's LA culture as I am? This scratches the Lauren Conrad/American Apparel itch.
Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles
The first (of many) child influencer tell-alls…
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
The perfect read for anyone looking to stop white knuckling life and simply ✨let go ✨
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
A social experiment turned anti-love story that is raw and honest.
The Yellow Envelope a book by Kim Dinan - Bookshop.org US
Peeling back the curtain on influencer culture
Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
My hyper-fixation on the Cecil Hotel is unmatched. So much so, that I have reread this book MULTIPLE TIMES.
Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel
If you ever feel like you aren't meeting the world (or even your own) expectations), this book is for you. Life is more than the unattainable quest to outperform.
An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way in a World That Expects Exceptional
She deserves the biggest hug.
The Woman in Me
Fiction 🌸
A good fiction book is better than any doom scroll
Nantucket, East Coast summer vibes will do it for me. every. single. time. Each time I read it, it gets better ahhhh
Swan Song
This book is taking over the 2026 by STORM (even though it came out in 2023). I love Theo s'much 😭
Theo of Golden: A Novel
Sobbed as a 4th grader; sobbed as a 27-year-old. A classic that truly stands the test of time.
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Folks, I fear she lived up to the hype. Finished it in less than 48 hours
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
Not included: therapy and tissues 😭
Night Road: A Novel
If you loved My Dark Vanessa, give this one a read. Finished this book in less than 24 hours!
Half His Age: A Novel
A read and then read again type of novel because it's just THAT good
The Golden Couple: A Novel
The type of book that makes you look forward to bed so you can read
The Four Winds
This is my annual May-read. 3 years and counting.
The Five-Star Weekend
This book will have you crying in da club (or perhaps your bedroom idk where you read). Such a beautiful, heartbreaking love story.
Pack Up the Moon
How is it possible that the book is even better than the tv series? And this is coming from someone who has watched and rewatched the series.
Firefly Lane: A Novel
Elin never dissapoints. Transports you right to Nantucket Island.
Beautiful Day
A little birdie said a movie adaptation is in the works 👀
The Nightingale: A Novel
TJR is an auto-read author. A beautifully encapsulated butterfly-effect hypothetical. Love, love, love!!
Maybe in Another Life: A Novel
How many times have I reread this one? The limit does not exist.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
One of the best romance books I've read to date - and romance is not my genre of choice!!
Love and Other Words
I was devastated when Elin said she was done with her Nantucket novels, but this book proves she's onto bigger and better things!
The Academy
I can still vividly remember the feeling at the end of this book…makes me want to pick it up and read it again.
The Matchmaker
A raw and honest look at what achieving the American Dream really means.
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
I remember staying up until 1 am reading this book on Christmas Eve a few years back.
Such a Fun Age: Reese's Book Club
Read the book and then watch the movie
Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
Trigger warning X 2, but nevertheless a gripping and heartbreaking read
More than one person has said they thought this was Harry Styles fan-fiction but regardless I ate it up! Read it before you watch the movie (and let me know which you prefer!)
The Idea of You: A Novel
In honor of the Devil Wears Prada 2 movie 👠
The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel
Yes, there is a book sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, no, the new movie is not based off of it 👠
Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns
A cowboy romance (ish) that hits for even the non-romance readers
