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!
My favorite book recs
33
items Sections
2
Fiction
Nonfiction
Fiction
I fell in love with the movie and then found the book. I fell even more in love with the characters and Alice Hoffman’s storytelling
Practical Magic (25th Anniversary Edition) by Alice Hoffman, Paperback
One of my favorite new series that got me back into reading again
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) by Brynne Weaver
A continuation of the ‘Practical Magic’ series. This book follows Aunt Jet and Franny in their younger years and introduces you to their brother, Vincent. If you always wondered where the Aunts started, before Sally and Gillian’s parents were even bo...
The Rules of Magic: A Novel (Practical Magic)
The movie is what led me to read this book, and this book led me to read Gillian Flynn’s other novels. The movie does the twist well, but the book hammers the message home in a way that’s just a little more eerie
Gone Girl: 9780307588371: Flynn, Gillian: Books
A coming of age book told through the lens of a werewolf. Vivian’s pack is just trying to find their home after being terribly misplaced by a fire that killed her father, their leader. But bodies keep turning up looking like animals attacked them… co...
Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause
Gillian Flynn is an excellent suspense writer. You connect to the characters quickly and she sucks you into their world with twists and turns
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
A very slow read, but the suspense kept me hooked. I had to know what happened to the Woman in Cabin 10, but as it turns out… sometimes it’s better to mind your own business
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1) by Ruth Ware
The continuation of the Ruinous Love trilogy. A serial killer and hit man somehow end up being a perfect match.
Enemies to lovers and a fake marriage? Yeah this book has that
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) by Brynne Weaver
My favorite book of the Ruinous Love trilogy and the final installment. This one follows Dr. Fionn Kane as he falls head over heels for a woman he can’t let go of, and all it took was one look. Rose is a circus performer, and the most relatable of th...
The Ruinous Love Trilogy #3 - Scythe & Sparrow
Book Joe and tv show Joe are completely different people. Actually, all the characters differ a lot from book to show. It was a riveting read and, of the book series, is the closest to the first season of the show
You: A Novel (The You Series) by Kepnes
This is where the book and the tv show stop having similar plot lines. The characters stay fairly similar, as do the big actions, but book Love Forty vastly differ from the versions we see in the show
Hidden Bodies (A You Novel) - Kepnes
A light stalker romance. He is tasked with reading her company’s emails and her emails leave him enraptured. He’s desperate to know what’s on her mind next.
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
An eerie thriller with twists and turns. The type of book you can’t put down until you know how it ended
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
A sweet coming of age book set in college as Cath writes fanfic and navigates a world where her twin sister doesn’t want to room with her. The romance in this book leaves you warm and fuzzy. A great intro if you want to read the author’s series follo...
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
This book was hard to out down. Deals with substance abuse and self harm. It was an intense but worthwhile read about perseverance and pain.
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
I love a grumpy x sunshine slow burn romance… and this series is exactly that. I had the hardest time putting down book 1 and I’m trying not to rush through book 2.
If you love fantasy, thrilling adventure, a brooding villain, with plenty of dark co...
Assistant to the Villain: A Cozy Fantasy Romantic Comedy from a TikTok Sensation
Maybe I’m bias because I already love he Ruinous Love trilogy from Weaver, but I can’t recommend this book enough. I’ve read it 3 times now and I’m so excited for the second book to release.
Dark romantic comedies are becoming my new favorite reads....
Tourist Season
I never expected to be rooting for a brooding knight, but this book made me do exactly that. A tale full of your most unlikely heroes and villains. It hit me right in the heart strings and had me on my toes until the very end
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) - Goodreads
A cozy read that had me yearning for a found family that loves me the way they do in this book. In a society where witches are taught that they must live separately to survive, a small group of witches and humans alike defy that tradition
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
If you’ve read the original trilogy and watched the movies and developed a love for Haymitch Abernathy… this book is for you. It’s going to make you cry, laugh, and fall in love with characters new and old.
Sunrise on the Reaping (Hunger Games)
Such a good suspense thriller book. I was hooked from the first page and would’ve finished it in one sitting if I could have. If you’re looking to read about trad wife influencers or just something to read after Yesteryear, you’ll love this book
Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo Piazza
I cannot express enough how much I loved this book. Such a delicious slow burn romance twisted into an adventure story as our main character is married off to the Guardian, their world’s deadliest man, as part of an ancient marriage pact. Except her ...
Shield of Sparrows #1
Oh the things we’ll do for our sisters… like solve their disappearance years later. Whatever twist you’re expecting in this book, it won’t be quite right. One of the few books I’ve read this year whose ending actually stayed with me
Forget Me Not: A Novel by Stacy Willingham
What secrets do we keep from those closest to us and how explosive will those secrets be when they come out? In this novel, you find out just how deep the secrets can go before they begin to unravel
You Deserve to Know by Aggie Thompson
Pick this up and prepare for it to play on every single one of your heart strings. Following two point of views, you watch as one boy tries desperately to find his girlfriend and prove to the town he didn’t do anything to her, and a girl who’s lost h...
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
I’ve loved Holly Jackson since reading GGGTM, so I should’ve expected to love this book just as much. From the very start, you are on the edge of their seat trying to figure out what happened to Rachel Price. It isn’t helped when she reappears, eithe...
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
A fun, dark romance that’ll make you wish your own sulky villain to yearn for. If you can’t home make your villain, store bought will have to do… so you should buy this book and fall for the villain today
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
After two teenage girls in a small town disappear, Emmy Clifton does everything she can to try to find them. It’s clear they were taken, but by who and where did they take the girls. This book navigates the investigation and as every new detail unfol...
We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls, #1) by Karin Slaughter
The first time I had the thought that my mom was right and your friends are just enemies in the making. Everyone in this book is suspicious from the beginning. You’ll be questioning if anyone is truly innocent as more of this tale unfolds
She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena
This book navigates parasocial relationships and how we can think we’re closer to someone than we are. It was a great insight into the mind of someone obsessive and self absorbed. As Josie and Alix’s stories unfold, you realize just how far unhappine...
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Nonfiction
A well written book detailing something we all thought we were familiar with but actually knew nothing about. Very important read, Jennette did a great job telling her story in a captivating way. The material she talks about isn’t easy by any means, ...
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
As someone who has loved Britney from my childhood, this was such a painfully eye opening read. It touches on multiple topics that have been circulating about Britney for years and even addresses the Zoey 101 allegations.
The Woman in Me: Spears, Britney: 9781668009048
Growing up watching Alyson Stoner and reading about her own perspective through every moment I’ve witnessed her in was an eye opening experience.
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Everything: Memoir