If you’re standing at the edge of adulthood, these are the books I’d hand you for the kind of heartbreak that changes how you understand love.
One of my favorite books ever. It was recommended to me by my favorite teacher. It teaches us the value of life and how we should live it.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition|Paperback
I love this story so much. It shows that growing up is beautiful and awful and lonely, yet survivable.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Summer, first love, intellectual intimacy, desire so intense it turns into memory while it’s still happening. It also captures limerence—the way someone becomes larger than life.
I suggest people also watch the movie. It’s so beautifully painful + t...
Call Me by Your Name
Love interrupted by one mistake and a lifetime of consequences.
Atonement
It may look like a children’s story, but I swear, the lessons of this book are meant for all. Through simplified language, it teaches us to be more gentle with others, more attentive to the small things, and more honest about love, loneliness, and wh...
