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items I love a cozy hobby. And reading is ultimate coziness. Here are some of my favorite books that I’ve been recommending to my friends.
Sections
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Books I couldn’t put down
Nonfiction reads
Series obsessions
Kids books
Classics
Books I couldn’t put down
Stand alone books that have stayed with me and I recommend to my friends along the way.
An absolute tear jerker!
The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah, Hardcover
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have li...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Anything Freida McFadden is a win. Just the right amount of suspense to keep you hooked the whole book.
The Inmate: A gripping psychological thriller - Kindle edition by McFadden ...
If books could talk, what story would they tell?
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
A fun little quick read. What if you could switch your husband out for a new one?
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue|Paperback
What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared?
The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel|Paperback
This book will change everything you’ve ever thought about the afterlife—and the meaning of our lives here on earth.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven|eBook
What do you want to be when you don’t grow up?
I Don't Want To Grow Up: Life, Liberty, and Happiness. Without a Career.|Paperback
Soon to be a TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch
How many lifetimes does it take to learn how to live?
How to Stop Time: A Novel|Paperback
Such a fun story. I highly recommend the audio book as the aliens voice really makes it.
Project Hail Mary|Paperback
Heart-wrenching and all too real, Girl in Pieces is an intimate look into the life of a girl who feels as though the world has abandoned her. The tragic events that unfold in Charlie’s life will have you tearing through this book, desperate to know i...
Girl in Pieces|Paperback
Whose truth is the lie?
Verity|Paperback
Family, first love, and betrayal
Regretting You|Paperback
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a breathlessly addictive mystery that follows one man's race to find a killer, with an astonishing time-turning twist that means nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle|Paperback
I love a strong female character. She is smart. She is witty. She is so so strong.
Lessons in Chemistry (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
This lyrically haunting novel will stay with you long after the last page. Owens tears into the heart of human nature, exposing our longing to connect with each other and the natural world. Follow Kya Clark as she acclimates to a world that would cla...
Where the Crawdads Sing|Paperback
Glamorous enough to enchant any reader, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a glimpse into the life of a Hollywood starlet better known for her romantic endeavors off the screen. At the heart of this scandalous novel is the bond between two lovers f...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo|Paperback
This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried near the Pyramids. Along the way...
The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)|Paperback
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivati...
The Silent Patient|Paperback
What if your life's purpose was to live for someone else? Picoult picks apart the braided threads of responsibility, family, illness, and morality in this page-turner.
My Sister's Keeper|Paperback
Nonfiction reads
I’m a sucker for a self help and memoir
As a nurse, this book shows what it’s like to be on the other side of the hospital bed.
More about living than dying, this compelling and profound memoir chronicles a doctors struggle against the ravages of disease and the peace that follows accepta...
When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
An absolute must read.
The meaning of life has long left humankind struggling with a sense of inferiority, and while there is no one answer, Viktor Frankl is here to help you not feel so lost as you grapple with that undying question. Lose yourself...
Man's Search for Meaning: Frankl, Viktor E., Winslade, William ...
A heartwarmingly true story of a college student and the professor that becomes his mentor. It's unceasingly reassuring that life can and should revolve around love. This charming narrative appeals to a general audience for its honesty and approachab...
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson ...
An introduction to a change of mindset to take the stress off of yourself from other people’s actions. “Let them”
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop ...
A story of this authors adventure in adoption. Cute and heartwarming.
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family|Paperback
More than just a memoir, this book takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery. It seeks to liberate women from the societal expectations that bind them, to honor beauty and rage equally — it speaks to the soul.
Untamed (Reese's Book Club)|Hardcover
Another best listened to as an audiobook. He narrates it and it’s so fun and quirky
Greenlights|Paperback
Matthew Perry narrates this in the audiobook and it had me sobbing. No one’s story is what it seems.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir|Paperback
A masterful and mysterious telling of the disappearance and death of Christopher Johnson McCandless. With a captivating voice and vivid imagery, Krakauer transports readers into the wilderness right alongside Christopher. It's nonfiction that reads l...
Into the Wild|Paperback
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination,...
The Glass Castle|Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Educated: A Memoir|Paperback
In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous...
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia|Paperback
One of the most important recent books. Caught between two worlds, Starr is the sole witness when police murder her unarmed best friend, leaving her stuck debating right and wrong, what to do and what not to do. In a story that speaks directly to the...
The Hate U Give (Printz Honor Winner)|Paperback
A remarkable story of a crashed WWII gunner stranded in the Pacific and his impossible journey to survival. The human spirit is impenetrable, and nowhere is that better seen than here.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption|Paperback
Do you ever feel like you are carrying more than your share of the load? Or that your partner doesn’t understand the mental load that you carry? This book helps explain this and helps divide the loads you carry equally.
Fair Play: Reese's Book Club: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)|Hardcover
Series obsessions
I love a good series bc that takes out the guess work of what I want to read next
This whole series is just wow. I haven’t felt this way about a series since waiting outside for the midnight release for Harry Potter when I was little. The world building is phenomenal. It made me fall in love with fantasy again.
Throne of Glass
Dragons, love, and a strong female lead. What else do you need?
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
The second book in the fourth wing series. Things at Basgiath war college are not what they seem.
Iron Flame (Standard Edition) (The Empyrean, 2): Yarros, Rebecca
The third book in the Fourth Wing series. Enemies to lovers to ?
Onyx Storm (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean, 3): Yarros, Rebecca
Romantasy at its best. In love with every character. Sarah J Mass never disappoints.
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas
If CW wrote a book. Twists and turns everywhere. The magic system is immense. A commitment, but so fun.
Zodiac Academy (12 book series) Kindle Edition
So many twists and turns. Soon to be a movie! With the best cast
The Housemaid: McFadden, Freida: 9781538742570
Book 2 of the housemaid series
The Housemaid's Secret Freida mcfadden
Book 3 of the housemaid series
The Housemaid Is Watching: An absolutely gripping psychological ...
I re read this book often. So quirky and silly.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy full series.
A love story that deals with abuse and what comes after.
It Ends with Us|Paperback
The other side of it ends with us
It Starts with Us: A Novel|Paperback
Another winner is the S J Maas world.
Crescent City Hardcover Box Set|Hardcover
Dark and smutty and oh so good. Plus how cute is this edition??
Butcher & Blackbird (Ruinous Love Trilogy #1)|Special
Book 2 of butcher and blackbird
Leather & Lark (Ruinous Love Trilogy #2)|Paperback
Book 3 of butcher and blackbird
Scythe & Sparrow (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Ruinous Love Trilogy #3)|BN Exclusive
One of my favorite series when I was younger. Now you can get it in this beautiful collectors edition!
Hunger Games 4-Book Paperback Boxed Set Deluxe Edition (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)|Paperback
Kids books
I want nothing more than to pass on my love of reading.
Harry Potter was my favorite series growing up and now there is a fun way to share it with the kids
Harry Potter: The Illustrated Collection (Books 1-3 Boxed Set)|Other Format
Such a magical series to read a chapter a night before bed
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia Series #2)|Paperback
The collection of Winnie the Pooh stories is such a cute gift for new future readers.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Classic Gift Edition)|Hardcover
I used to love these stories as a kid. They’re so fun to reread.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House Series: Classic Stories #3)|Paperback
Another one of my favorites to give as a gift
The Velveteen Rabbit: The Classic Children's Book|Hardcover
Classics
Fahrenheit 451 is an essential read for everyone. Bradbury’s disturbing dystopian novel stresses the dangers of willful ignorance and the censorship of knowledge. Ray Bradbury’s writing is stunning, and the grim future he had predicted is a haunting ...
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel|Paperback
The best book I was ever forced to read
To Kill a Mockingbird (Pulitzer Prize Winner)|Paperback
A heart-wrenching coming-of-age story that will have you crying by the last page. Hinton’s ability to create realistic and compelling characters speaks to her talented writing ability. The bond between Ponyboy and Johnny is an intimate portrayal of m...
The Outsiders|Paperback
Now more than ever people need to read this book. There are actual humans who un thought of atrocities are happening to.
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition|Paperback
This beautiful collectible edition presents three novels from one of the most beloved American authors: Louisa May Alcott. It includes her most famous and cherished classic, Little Women, about the lives of four sisters in Civil War–era America, as w...
Little Women and Other Novels (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)|Hardcover