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My favorite book recs
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items I’m an avid reader and read mostly non-fiction! Last year I went through 94 books, this year my 2026 goal is 100. Here are some of my favorites!
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Non-Fiction
My fav non-fiction reads
It was like a meaningful pep talk from a good friend. It definitely has motivated me to work on my relationship with food. It’s not a “here’s how to lose weight” book. More of a “let me show you how a good relationship with food can benefit you” book...
The Food Therapist: Break Bad Habits, Eat with Intention, and Indulge Without ...
This one really made me cry. I’m a dog lover through and through and this book highlights the fact that shelters and rescues across the south (and country) are ill equipped to handle how many dogs that need to be placed. Definitely eye opening.
One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, Ten Thousand Miles, and A Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues|Paperback
I love a good book about food. This one takes you back in time to some of the most ancient foods of civilization. A very interesting read
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Tastes of the Past|Paperback
I’ve never been financially literate and this book really helped. It breaks everything down into easy to understand steps and chapters. It also doesn’t make you feel bad or guilty about not being great with money. It sets you up for success. Definite...
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together|Paperback
I loved this one. It was a raw, emotional book about the mother - daughter relationship and more.
Crying in H Mart|Paperback
I’m so happy I bought this book! It explores how every day objects and experiences affect our mood. It emphasizes what we can do to discover more joy in our life.
Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness|Paperback
This book is all about cheese. The science behind how it is made and the industry behind cheese. It definitely made me want to try more and more cheese!
Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese|Hardcover
This book moved me, made me cry, and gave me hope. It makes you think about some of the terrible things happening in the world, but that there are people still doing good no matter what.
Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story of the Refugee Crisis|Paperback
A remarkable journey through 5 patients therapy sessions. I think this book is a great example of the benefits and importance of what therapy can do for some people.
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery|Hardcover
I loved reading about these unique stories from zoo vets!
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients|Paperback
Any book by Jenny Lawson is my favorite book.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things|Paperback
A raw, emotional account of the 96’ Mt. Everest disaster.
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest|Paperback
Inspiring last lecture from the author about really living. This book made me cry and feel all the emotions.
The Last Lecture|Hardcover
My favorite Mary Roach book. If you’ve ever wondered about what goes on after you eat, this book is for you.
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal|Paperback
I love a good book about niche subjects like butter. This is the book will make you want to go make some yourself!
Butter: A Rich History|Paperback
Please go read this book RIGHT now!
Greenlights|Paperback
An eye open in book about new information being discovered on taking hormonal birth control. I enjoyed learning things that were never discussed with me by my doctor. Now I am more informed and can ask these questions!
This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything|Paperback
A guide on how to be kinder to the planet
Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet.
A new goal of mine is to mudlark in the river Thames. This was such an interesting book about something I’ve never heard of.
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames|Paperback
Fiction
My fav fiction reads
I don’t normally read thrillers, but this one was too good to put down! The twists were so good and the ending!! I wouldn’t have guessed the ending at all.
Just Another Missing Person: A Novel|Paperback
I loved the style of writing of this book. I didn’t expect the ending either!
We Could Be Rats: A Novel|Hardcover
I was expecting something totally different from this book, but I still enjoyed it a lot. It’s about a food obsessed serial killer and the journalist who tries to crack the case.
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder|Hardcover
Oh this tugged at my heartstrings. It’s such a wonderful story of the power of love and family.
The Berry Pickers: A Novel|Paperback
This is definitely one book I love to reread. One of the best historical fiction books.
The Book Thief|Paperback
This entire book was one big plot twist and I loved every page of it.
The Woman in the Window|Paperback
I don’t read many novels, but this one was wonderfully written.
The Sweet Taste of Muscadines: A Novel
This was such a cute book! I loved each point of view story telling.
Remarkably Bright Creatures|Paperback