Hey buds! If you’re looking for reading recommendations, you’ve found my list!
What I’m reading now:
Dungeon Crawler Crawl by Matt Dinniman
What’s up next:
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
2026 Reads & Recommendations:
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (I HATED THIS BOOK, lol)
Many Minds Many Masters by Brian Weiss
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Mass
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza
Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
1984 by George Orwell
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Mass
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Heart The Lover by Lily King
2025 Reads & Recommendations:
All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yurros
The Devil’s Playground by Charly Cox
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Weyward by Emilia Hart (Listened on Audible – LOVED!)
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
The Maidens by Alex Michelides (ngl, didn’t love this book)
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Red Tent by Anita Diamants
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Johnson
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Listened on Audible and LOVED!)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Version Zero by David Yoon
Bad Fruit by Ella King
Why Has No One Told Me This Before? By Julie Smith
Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
In The Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
Welcome to Westville by Ryder Jones
The 10,000 Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Wolfsong by TJ Klune (ngl, kinda hated this book)
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Great read!)
Solito by Javier Zomora (Great read!)
Thursday Night Murder Club by Richard Osman
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
The Winners by Fredrick Bachman
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Family Experiment by John Marrs (Great read!)
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
Pieces of Her by Karen Slaughter
The Girls in The Stilt House by Kelly Mustian
Girl Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Shwab (Great read!)
The Huntress by Kate Quinn (Great read!)
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
We Are All Guilty Here by Karen Slaughter
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace
2024 Reads & Recommendations:
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Great read for young students, parents, & teachers)
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Great read for young students, parents, & teachers)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Number The Stars by Lois Lowry (Great read for students, parents, & teachers)
The Frozen Rivier by Ariel Lawhon (MUST READ!)
Circe by Madeline Miller
Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (MUST READ! The sequel is out now, too. Can’t wait to read it.)
All The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
We The Animals by Justin Torres
The Bee Keepers Assistant by Laurie R. King (LOVED!)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Funny People by Emily Henry
From Scratch by Tembi Locke
Dear Dickhead by Virginia Despentes (I was so excited about this book and hated it so much, I almost hesitated adding it. But maybe someone will read it and like it.)
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (LOVED!)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (Great thriller + it’s part of a series.)
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
The Zoo Keepers Wife by Diane Ackerman
2023 Reads & Recommendations:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (MUST READ!)
Firefly Lane By Kristin Hannah
White Bird by RJ Palacii (Great read for students, parents, & teachers)
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
The Night Watchmen by Louise Erdrich
Stranger on a Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (MUST READ!)
Out of my Heart by Sharon M. Draper (Great read for students, parents, & teachers)
Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
Demon Cooperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (MUST READ!)
On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen
All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Grams (MUST READ!)
The Post Card by Anne Berest (MUST READ!)
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (didn’t finish)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jannette McCurdy
11/22/63 by Steven King
2022 Reads & Recommendations:
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land (Book club pick!)
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (MUST READ!)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Turnaway Study by Diana Greene Foster (Book club pick!)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (MUST READ!)
From The Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Peoples Future of the United States
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (MUST READ!)
Code Name Varity by Elizabeth Wein
Peoples History of the United States
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
True Biz by Sara Novic (MUST READ!)
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (TRIGGER WARNING: do not read this book if you’re not ready to read about abusive relationships)
2021 Reads & Recommendations:
Deep by James Nestor
Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson
Rage By Bob Woodward
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (MUST READ for Sci-Fi lovers!)
Luster by Raven Leilani
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
There There by Tommy Orange
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (MUST READ!)
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (MUST READ!)
Census by Jesse Ball
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Aria by Nazanine Hozar
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (MUST READ!)
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
The City We Became by NK Jemisin
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Shwab
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Disability Visibility by Alice Wong (MUST READ!)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (Great read for students & teachers)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Book Club pick!)
Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan Burton & Cari Lynn (Book Club pick!)
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (MUST READ for history lovers!)
Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune
2020 Reads & Recommendations:
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (MUST READ!)
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (MUST READ!)
Educated by Tara Westover
The Book Of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (MUST READ!)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
