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a list of fiction books that will change your life ✨
This book beautifully captures how amazing things can happen simultaneously with the awful, and it shows all of the confusing, difficult emotions that come with that.
Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman
There is so much pain and emotion and desire and heartbreak in every aspect of this novel, no matter how you look at it.
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
I found the writing to be beautiful and the story itself haunting and intriguing. I absolutely loved the title, which is what interested me in the first place, and I think the title truly encapsulated the essence of the novel.
The Longings of Wayward Girls by Karen Brown
Incredibly creative, well-written, and thought-provoking, addressing a lot of abstract philosophy and concepts about life that can lead to a lot of thought and reflection.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
This book completely broke me, and two year’s later, I’m still not the same.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The story was a beautiful mess of love, loss, betrayal, happiness, heartbreak, and so much more.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book beautifully encapsulates the complexity of human nature and explores how every little thing that happens in one’s life acts as a building block in creating who they are as a person.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book was poetic and incredibly beautiful from start to finish. It tells an amazing and heartbreaking story about love, sacrifice, hope, and grief in the time of war.
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
The author did a really good job setting the scene and creating beautiful, surreal-seeming imagery.
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
This novel offers a great look into the idea of ‘the self’ and how outside perspectives often skew how we see ourselves.
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
This book was incredibly well-written and quite poetic at times. I enjoyed that there were real, substantial, and life-changing issues within the relationship that made the novel feel more real to me in a way.
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
To the green-eyed love bird…
Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
“In any case you mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I love my friends as well as ever; but I think they must be weary of the gloom and dulness which pervades my present correspondence.”
The Power of Sympathy & The Coquette (Penguin Classics)
I thought it was really interesting how the storyline focused on how the main goal at the beginning of humanity was to be able to find food, and in the end, it comes full circle to make a statement that it is still a main focus at the basis of humani...
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
I loved that it touched on the mental and social aspects of neurodivergence, among other more general mental health conversations and societal commentary.
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.”
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone.”
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
There were a lot of interesting sociologic aspects and introspective questioning that were thought-provoking, and the novel was oddly emotional at points.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Zevin
“…a kind of scream somehow echoing through my story.”
David's Story by Zoë Wicomb
“Before that she hadn’t realized how fragile happiness was, how if you were careless, you could knock it over and shatter it.”
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
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As a whole, this novel is a well-constructed and uniquely concocted story that completely captivated me. It was a lyrical mystery of sorts that definitely took me by surprise in the best ways possible.
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
From the beautiful imagery in the opening pages to the constant conflict in need of a resolution, there were so many enjoyable aspects to this novel.
Just when I thought this book could not get any more twisted, it proved me wrong.
The People Next Door by Keri Beevis
There were so many possibilities and outcomes I kept pondering while reading, so I was excited to see which, if any, would be the right one.
The Next Girl (Detective Gina Harte #1)
I found this novel to be very thought-provoking in how it explores the sides of crime, guilt, grief, and public perception that is not always focused on.
