Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
The books I would recommend
16
items All links here benefit Independent Booksellers, which is especially important right now
Do you like a book full of twists? This is the first one in a long time that I couldn’t predict. Let me know if you caught on and when!
Rock Paper Scissors: A Novel
Did you know that everything from seat belts to generic medication were tested and designed only with men in mind? This was a fascinating read about what that means for women when the systems around us weren’t designed with us in mind.
Invisible Women
Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other—or, worse, fall in love.
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology
Sunrise on the WEEPING. This book was hit after hit and I’d gladly take them again. This was one of the best, if not THE best entry in The Hunger Games saga.
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
A thriller with social media influencers, parties, cult accusations, and murder? This was right up my alley.
The Goldens: A Novel
A difficult but necessary read. If you have kids, but especially sons, this is a must. It shows the dangers and pitfalls that are lurking in the manosphere and other spaces online.
Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All
This follows two timelines and the lives of several women. In the past, a woman who runs an apothecary for women who helps them poison their abusive husbands. In the present day, a woman who has escaped to the UK on vacation after finding out her h...
The Lost Apothecary
Second chance romance. A wedding planner and her florist grump of an ex have to work together and work through their past
Forget Me Not
Do you like dystopia? Want to read about the dangers of state surveillance? This is the books for you!
The Memory Police: A Novel
The book is always better than the movie. In this case, it is also very different. I devoured this book, and had so much fun with it.
Ready Player One: A Novel
I have loved every Riley Sager book I have picked up. This was the first. Great thriller!
Final Girls: A Novel
This book reflect on how far from adhering to biblical principles, modern white evangelicals have remade their faith, with enduring consequences for all Americans. How they are attempting to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with a more rugged and ma...
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Witty, charming, and hilarious. Bridgerton meets Pirates.
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
Enemies to lovers. Light v Dark Magic. A generational war. All the good stuff!
The Hurricane Wars: A Novel
Reading true crime may put a damper on your dating life. You could end up seeing serial killers everywhere.
Love in the Time of Serial Killers
What if being a woman without kids is its own kind of legacy? One of the questions addressed in this book along with so many others about what it means to not have kids in this day and age.
Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood