100 Books You Should Read in This Lifetime

If you're new here you may not know about my reading addiction.

Or maybe you knew and that's why you're here.

Either way, I'm glad you came by. I've decided to look back over my years of blogging and book reviewing and share some of my favorite reads with you.

As always, links will be affiliate links - meaning if you use them to shop I'll make a few pennies towards my next book purchases!

Let's consider it a list of must-reads for the ages. Or, you know, some ideas you might find worth considering, depending on your reading style. Keep reading...

100 Books You Should Read in This Lifetime

Historical Fiction 

Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay

The Orphan's Tale, Pam Jenoff

Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline

The Memory of Us, Camille Di Maio

The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory

Secrets of Nanreath Hall, Alix Rickloff

Secrets of a Charmed Life, Susan Meissner

When The Moon Is Low, Nadia Hashimi

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Schaffer

The Red Tent, Anita Diamant

Young Adult 

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon

Tell Me Three Things, Julie Buxbaum

Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell

Dear Martin, Nic Stone

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

Love and Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli

The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo

Wonder, R. J. Palacio

Psychological Thrillers 

Behind Closed Doors, B.A. Paris

The Kind Worth Killing, Peter Swanson

Everything You Want Me To Be, Mindy Mejia

The Other Woman, Sandie Jones

Never Have I Ever, Joshilyn Jackson

Most Wanted, Lisa Scottiline

The Husband's Secret, Liane Moriarty

Searching For Sylvie Lee, Jean Kwok

Saving Max, Antoinette van Heugten

The Good Girl, Mary Kubica

Nonfiction

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling

Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes

Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott

Brown Girl Dreaming, Jaqueline Woodson

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic, Martha Beck

So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo

Good Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting, René Syler

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life: Essays, Samantha Irby

The Good Body, Eve Ensler

You Do You: How To Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got To Get What You Want (A No F*cks Given Guide), Sarah Knight

Mental Health

Notes on a Nervous Planet, Matt Haig

I Really Didn't Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life, Beth Evans

The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit, Therese Borchard

Love Your Mess, Allison Nazarian

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, Lori Gottleib

My Favorite Reads 

Come Away With Me, Karma Brown

Looking for Alaska, John Green

This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel

Me Before You, Jojo Moyes

Heavy Weather, Normandie Fischer

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, Amy E. Reichert

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin

George, Alex Gino

The Perfect Son, Barbara Claypole White

The Comfort of Lies, Randy Susan Meyers

Jodi Picoult

Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult

A Spark of Light, Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult

My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult

Memoirs

Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson

Over The Top: A Raw Journey To Self-Love, Jonathan Van Ness

Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle

Becoming, Michelle Obama

Yes Please, Amy Poehler

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Roxane Gay

Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love, Anna Whiston-Donaldson

The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected, Kelle Hampton

Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs

Magical Reads

The Girl Who Chased The Moon, Sarah Addison Allen

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Aimee Bender

Fallen, Laury Falter

The Astonishing Color of Ever After, Emily X. R. Pan

The Mermaid of Brooklyn, Amy Shearn

Beach Reads

Dear Carolina, Kristy Woodson Harvey

A Peach of a Pair, Kim Boykin

Firefly Lane, Kristin Hannah

On Folly Beach, Karen White

The Royal We, Heather Cocks

Graphic Novels/Manga 

*from my tween*

The Complete Chi's Sweet Home 1, Konami Kanata

Minecraft Volume 1, R. Sfé Monster, Sarah Graley

Amulet Series (Box set), Kazu Kibuishi

My Hero Academia Series (Vols 1-15), Kohei Horikoshi

TBH Books 1-3 (Box Set): This Is So Awkward, This May Be TMI, and Too Much Drama, Lisa Greenwald

Cookbooks

The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom, Melissa Hartwig Urban and Dallas Hartwig

Slow Cooked Paleo: 75 Real Food Recipes for Effortless, Wholesome Meals in Your Slow Cooker, Bailey Fischer

Homemade With Love: Simple Scratch Cooking from In Jennie's Kitchen, Jennifer Perillo

Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want To Eat, Chrissy Teigen

Whole New You: How Real Food Transforms Your Life, Tia Mowry

Books I Haven't Read Yet

* I know. It makes no sense why I'd include 10 books on a list of recommendations that I haven't read yet. Let's just say these are highly recommended in many circles. And they've been sitting on my shelves, or my Kindle, waiting to be jumped into, for a long while. Now - hop to it!

Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens

The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly

Ask Again, Yes, Mary Beth Keane

An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

Harry Potter (yes, I know, all of them), J.K. Rowling

Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward

Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng


I hope you've enjoyed this list and that you'll let me know if you decide to pick up any of these titles, introduce yourself to any of these authors, and let me know who is new to you.

HAPPY READING!!!

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