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2026 Reading Glow-Up
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items 2026 is the year we finally break up with the reading slump. No more half-finished books or months of “I’ll start tomorrow.” This is the year of page-turners that keep you up past your bedtime, stories that remind you why you fell in love with readin...
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A bestselling Turkish classic of love and longing in a changing world.
Madonna in a Fur Coat - Sabahattin Ali
Since I’ve already read and loved Kawakami's ‘Breasts and Eggs’ and ‘All the Lovers in the Night’, I’m especially excited to dive into this one. Both novels completely drew me in with their quiet intensity and emotional depth, so my expectations are ...
Heaven - Meiko Kawakami
This year, I’ve set a goal to read more biographies, and I’m starting with some of my favorites. I’ve previously read Patti Smith’s 'Just Kids', which remains one of the most memorable books I’ve ever read. I absolutely love her writing and can’t wai...
M Train - Patti Smith
This year, I’ve set a goal to read more biographies, and I’m starting with some of my favorites. I’ve previously read Patti Smith’s 'Just Kids', which remains one of the most memorable books I’ve ever read. I absolutely love her writing and can’t wai...
Bread of Angels - Patti Smith
A historical and LGBTQ+ fiction novel which explores an affair between an aristocratic teenager and a soldier, as they discover the possibilities and perils of first love.
In the Absence of Men - Philippe Besson
A contemporary literary fiction that focuses on the themes of redemption, friendship and emotional intelligence.
Panenka - Rónán Hession
A collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver
A primary school teacher, is isolated and nervous, comfortable with children but unable to connect to adults. When she meets a professor of philosophy, an opportunity opens: a chance to escape the shipwreck of introspection and embrace the love, incl...
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures - Clarice Lispector
A haunting, poetic exploration of grief, loss and yearning.
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over - Anne De Marcken
This novel explores the messy, non-linear experience of bereavement following a mother's death, focusing on how a father and his two sons, guided by a chaotic, metaphorical Crow, transition from deep despair to a new, altered normal.
Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter