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Books everyone should read in their 20s
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items People say your 20s is the best decade - I say sure… but it can also be the toughest where nothing is figured out, nothing is set in stone, everything is to be “figured out.” And that’s exciting but also SCARY. And hey, if these books help even a lit...
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All about love
All about passions
All about trial & error
All about love
love fails, triumphs, and everything in between
My #1 reread when I need a good reminder on how I love and how I should be loved. I underlined something on like every page.
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
I honestly couldn’t figure out whether to put this in love or trial & tribulations. It’s so perfectly both ❤️
Normal People: A Novel - Rooney, Sally: Books
Another amazing sally rooney - but more about friendship love (just as important).
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The cover says it all…but this is such a great, quirky view into what living in your 20s not only looks like but more importantly feels like.
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
All about passions
Love what you do
This book taught me what it means to be truly passionate about something and for something. Let alone the epic show that is well worth the watch.
Daisy Jones & The Six: Reese's Book Club Novel
Another epic Taylor Jenkins read book that might be not set in our time period but sometimes how it feels to be 20 as a woman
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
All about trial & error
brush it off and get back up!!!
This book is the true definition of we all just figuring it out (with some laughs along the way).
The Idiot: Batuman, Elif
This beautiful little book might seem like a fantasy but it reminds us to be present and intentional in every little moment. It’s beautiful.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
this might seem odd here but trust me - learning about the ways of the happiest country in the world teaches you how to live your own life to the fullest (no matter what country)
The Year of Living Danishly: Secrets of Happiness