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Book Recommendation Masterlist
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items I have been an avid reader my entire life and love collecting books, reading books, recommending books... so I thought I would compile a list of all my recommendations and why I love them. From children's literature to romance to non-fiction to whate...
Sections
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Romance
Young Adult
Fiction
Non-fiction
Children's literature
Mystery
Romance
Ali Hazelwood is probably my favorite romance author and this is her newest!! (spoiler alert, all of her books will probably be on this list) the setting is a wedding in Italy and a secret relationship/kind of a large age gap (but all adults, all con...
Problematic Summer Romance
read this one before Problematic Summer Romance! one of my faves
Not in Love
i'll be honest, this isn't the first Emily Henry book I read, but it was the only one I actually liked. Love an enemies to lover plot.
Beach Read
THE OG its so good. I know it is based off Reylo fanfic, and if that puts you off just know that i DID NOT CARE about reylo or even star wars really before this book, but after I have gone fully off the deep end. This book has opened up so many inter...
The Love Hypothesis
this is the best romance book I have ever read. hands down. and the romance plot is such a small part of the plot. another WOMAN IN STEM plotline, struggling with single motherhood, loss, this book is everything. im obsessed, i want everyone to read ...
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel
ok I was a swimmer growing up, so a romance book about a swimmer/diver im already obsessed. this book captivated me from the start, and i read it in a day. ali hazelwood doesn't miss
Deep End
Young Adult
Ali Hazelwood's only YA novel, still a romance, about chess drama. love it.
Check & Mate
this is the best young adult vampire romance series, and i will not be taking any criticisms on that. the characters, the world building, the action, the romance. unmatched. i will reread these books until i die.
Vampire Academy
gotta link the box set too cause you're going to want all of them (get them cheaper at a half-priced books, borrow them from the library, i really dont care i just need more people who have read these books)
Vampire Academy Box Set 1-6
suprise the Vampire Academy has a spinoff series that are just as good, please read them
Bloodlines
Fiction
wowowow this book is just incredible. could be under the romance genre, but i think its more than that. just beautifully written, heart breaking, and has stuck with me years after reading
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
i've tried to read Grady Hendrix's other books, but this is the only one that has really hooked me. to be fair, it combines a lot of my weird cultural interests (women, childbirth, witchcraft) so that makes sense
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
this book is so beautiful, circe's journey of survival and love and loss and motherhood and ONE OF THE BEST LOVE STORIES EVER WRITTEN added in there like hello???? whoever says this book is overrated has no idea what it has done to me. this book will...
Circe
Non-fiction
for the most part i loved this book, i think in the middle it goes on too long about the history of oil mining before getting to the murder, but really interesting story about the osage people and the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
i love botony so i was really excited about this book, the mixing of cultural practices with science is something you don't see very often
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
everything IS tuberculosis. i talk about this book daily. i do have a bit of an obession with disease, so this book was a must read for me. i love john green's style of memoir/essay while also being informative
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
a book i think everyone should read, especially if you have experienced trauma. as someone who grew up with a lot of dysfunctionality, this book really helped me understand my thought processes and how to connect what happened to me to what i feel no...
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
should be mandatory american history reading.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
the poor stay poor, the rich get rich. but why? what is our social responsibility in a society that is set up to oppress the underprivileged? whether you are the underprivileged or not.
Poverty, by America
also a must-read, should be taught in schools. i read this in high school in a class talking about scientific morality, and i can't believe it isn't more widely taught. it is insane what this women, and all black women and all black men and indigenou...
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
forever obsessed with john green's writing and his way of seeing things
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
if you have a passing interest in roman history and want to learn more, mike duncan's writing is very beginner-friendly without dumbing down anything. his podcast is great too!
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Children's literature
A great mystery for young readers, still one of my favorite books!
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
I think of this book any time I go to a museum, i read this in the 4th grade and think about it constantly
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
a classic! i loved reading this to my little brother (hes 10 years younger than me)]
The Gruffalo
can never get kids interested in science too early!
An Immense World (Young Readers Edition): How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets
the art of this book is precious im obsessed
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
Mystery
i am obsessed with these books, small town murder mystery but forest animals? come on. written by milwaukee locals who worked at a bookstore together, these are so cute and honestly thrilling
Shady Hollow