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Books I’ve Read and You Should Read Too!!! 📚
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items For readers looking for their next page turner, come explore a former English teacher's list of books that I believe more people should read!
Sections
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Let’s Be Friends!!!!
Memoirs
Fiction
Thrillers!
Romance
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Memoirs
The heartbreaking memoir of a Nickelodean child star – soon to be a TV show!
I'm Glad My Mom Died|Hardcover
The father of existential psychology's origin story: Irving Yalom
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir|Paperback
For the sober curious - a memoir from Sarah Levy where she describes her tumultuous journey to sobriety, and how American culture kept her from realizing her issues sooner
Drinking Games: A Memoir|Paperback
I’ve been telling everyone I know to read this. It’s such a beautiful and honest look into mortality from the complex perspective of a sick neurosurgeon. He recounts his final years and what makes life worth living, including completing his medical t...
When Breath Becomes Air
Fiction
A simple lapse in judgment lands one mother in a goverment sanctioned boarding school that teaches mother to be good.
The School for Good Mothers|Paperback
Written in prose poetry, Identical tells the story of two polar opposite twins as they navigate their less than perfect lives. BIG twist at the end!!!
Identical|Paperback
One of my former high school students call this “A Christmas Carol, but in the hood” and then stole a copy from my classroom because he loved it. I reread it at least once a year.
Long Way Down|Paperback
My favorite book in the series so far. I love Haymitch and his origin story is shattering, but we all knew this
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)|Hardcover
A high school student faces racial profiling and writes letters to Martin Luther King Jr to cope
Dear Martin|Hardcover
Fabiola successfully evades US Customs on the way to Detroit, but her mother is sent back to Haiti. American Street tells the story of her “new” and “better” life in America, and all she's sacrified to be there, and what she'll have to sacrifice to s...
American Street|Paperback
Rashad is not in school today. He was attacked by the police, and he is in the hospital. His friends all reflect on their lives and what it means to be Rashad's friend in America.
All American Boys|Paperback
Did I use PTO to finish this book? YUP!!! A beautiful alternate history into Britain’s involvement in the Chinese opioid crisis and the power of words and intention.
Babel by R.F. Kuang
A beautiful exploration of life, love, death, and everything in between. I loved the use of grief in this book, very natural and raw. Just a touch of fantasy (ghosts and the afterlife) but a phenomenal story about life and thereafter.
Under the Whispering Door
Thrillers!
After her son is taken, Marin hires a PI to find him. But when she uncovers that her husband is having an affair, Marin resolves to do anything to have her life return to normal.
Little Secrets: A Novel|Paperback
A podcaster, a mother, and a wild and absolutely true story. Or not?
None of This Is True: A Novel|Paperback
Claudia's friend, Monday, is missing and no one seems to care. Claudia sets out to find Monday on her own, and no one could expect what she discovers.
Monday's Not Coming|Paperback
This is a dark and twisty thriller that had me on the edge of my seat. I felt overwhelmed by the details at first, but everything came together perfectly and I was blown away by the end!
Pretty Girls|Paperback
Romance
SPICY!!!! Small town girl falls in love with a priest…. in confessional… is there a way to pay for his sins?
Priest|Paperback
The story of friendship and love that spans over thirty years, several video games, and hundreds of moments where the timing is always wrong, but somehow always right.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow|Paperback
One single night and one single decision that could change her life forever. This book is a tandem read within itself detailing two of the infinite universes happening all at once. Spoiler: love always wins.
Maybe in Another Life|Paperback
After overcoming a traumatic event, she falls in love with a deaf man, and his voice is the sweetest sound.
Archer's Voice|Paperback
Dannie spends exactly one hour five years into the future, and her life looks nothing like she's ever planned. The rest of the story unravels the web of how her picture perfect plan crumbles and creates something entirely new.
In Five Years: A Novel|Paperback
Don't we all wish we could fake date a super mega millionaire and have the best sex ever? SPICY one!!!
A Not So Meet Cute|Paperback