Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Read This. Trust Me.
19
items No genre rules. No themes. Just the books that wrecked me, healed me, kept me up until 2am, and made me ugly cry in the best way possible. If it made my list it earned its spot. Read these. Trust me.
Sections
5
Thrillers & Mysteries
Literary Fiction
Memoirs
Personal Development
Business
Thrillers & Mysteries
The ones I couldn’t stop reading at midnight when I should have been sleeping.
I was hooked from the very first chapter and I didn’t come up for air. This book uses multiple points of view in a way that feels intentional and immersive. Even when it leaves you slightly disoriented, which it will, and that’s completely the point....
The One: Million-Copy Int'l Bestselling Dystopian
Engaging and refreshingly unpredictable, this one kept me interested even through the slower moments thanks to steady buildup and well placed breadcrumbs. My first Amy Tintera book and I appreciated that it didn’t make the ending or the antagonist ob...
Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera
A steady tension building read that gradually revealed more with each chapter. The pacing struck a good balance, fast enough to stay engaging but slow enough to let you piece things together and fully follow the story. The intern and boss dynamic fel...
The Intern by Michele Campbell
A little slow out of the gate but stick with it because from the middle onward it becomes a genuine can’t put it down situation. You need to know what happens next and that feeling doesn’t let up. I enjoyed the POVs and the way the story laid out, an...
Ask for Andrea by Noelle Ihli
This one was a weird one for me, but in a good way! I was totally caught off guard when the plot finally took its last turn. It was definitely one that kept me guessing and I had to keep reading the next chapter to see if the twists were done.
Layla by Colleen Hoover
Fast, binge worthy and absolutely devoured on Audible! Freida McFadden remains one of my favorite authors because she does misdirection better than almost anyone. I am always convinced I know where the story is going until I absolutely don’t. I was f...
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
A four star read for me, and here’s my honest take. The eleven year gap between this and The Perfect Marriage was too long and you feel it going in. But once the story gets moving I was completely thrown when Sydney agreed to represent Adam after his...
The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
A total page turner and I mean that completely. Sydney is a successful attorney young in her career, about to make partner, but she works so much that her husband Adam is struggling to hold on to their marriage while his writing career quietly falls ...
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
Literary Fiction
This book didn’t fully reveal its brilliance to me until the end. While reading I moved through it without stopping to reflect, but once finished the intention behind it became completely clear. This feels like a deliberate dedication to the victims ...
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Memoirs
One of the most eye opening books I’ve read as a millennial who grew up watching iCarly. Jennette McCurdy was not the first and won’t be the last child star used as a financial pawn by a parent, but the way she tells her story is unflinching and gutt...
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I cried multiple times reading this one and I don’t say that lightly. This is a first hand look inside Amish life told by someone who lived it, survived it, and was shunned for having the audacity to take care of herself and leave. The things Misty e...
Tears of the Silenced by Misty Griffin
This book wrecked me and I mean that completely. Matthew Perry struggled and suffered in silence for so long while the whole world was busy loving Chandler. Drug addiction does not discriminate, not even for celebrities, and this book makes that unde...
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Memoir
Viola Davis is one of my favorite actresses of all time and this memoir made me love and appreciate her even more than I already did. Her story is raw, emotional, and unflinching. A real recollection of her childhood, the struggles of growing up in p...
Finding Me: An Inspiring Story of Resilience
Personal Development
Short, powerful and straight to the point. Ten tips for approaching life and business in a way that actually sticks with you. This book is full of practical, positive ways to deal with life and build the kind of support system around you that actuall...
The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
Ed Mylett crosses memoir with business in this incredible self help book and the combination works beautifully. I have followed Ed for a while and this book just reinforced every reason why. His speeches are powerful but this book lets you into the p...
The Power of One More by Ed Mylett
This is one of my top five favorite books of all time and I will stand on that. Michelle Poler brings an energy to this book that is completely infectious. You almost feel like you are on the journey right alongside her, facing every fear in real tim...
Hello, Fears by Michelle Poler
My favorite book of all time and I will never stop recommending it. Jay Shetty spent three years as a monk in India instead of attending college, and what he took away from that experience and then poured into these pages is genuinely enlightening. H...
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind by Jay Shetty
Business
This one is for anyone looking for specific, actionable tips to apply to the content they already create so they can actually get paid for it. Brittany Hennessy is a genuine source of knowledge and she doesn’t waste your time getting to the point. Sh...
Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand by Brittany Hennessy
Simple in structure but deeply impactful and it has stuck with me long term. Let me set expectations right though. If you go into this looking for some profound statement that will make you rich tomorrow, this book is not for you. But if you’re a bus...
Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo