What I’m Reading

I am so excited to share some book recommendations! Reading is one of my greatest sources of happiness. I read all kinds of books but my favorite genres are classics and historical fiction. I tend to enjoy books with descriptive prose and well-developed characters and I am usually alternating between two books at the same time – one physical book and one audiobook.

Currently reading:

Books: East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Get Untamed (The Journal) by Glennon Doyle

Audiobook: Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

*See below for a monthly breakdown of the books I’ve read this year.

Recommended books (in no particular order):

Non-Fiction Books to Learn From and Inspire Positive Change:

  • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
  • Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
  • Presence by Amy Cuddy
  • Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff, Ph. D.
  • The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
  • Mindset by Carol Dweck, Ph. D.
  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  • Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  • The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
  • You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
  • The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
  • Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
  • Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner
  • Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
  • Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
  • They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
  • All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
  • The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
  • The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
  • Educated by Tara Westover
  • A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
  • Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
  • Between the World and Me by Trevor Noah
  • Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
  • The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
  • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
  • Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • Night by Elie Wiesel

Fiction

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Josseini
  • Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
  • The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
  • Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Deacon King Kong by James McBride
  • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
  • The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Circe by Madeline Miller
  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  • The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
  • Peony in Love by Lisa See
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
  • Pride and Predjudice by Jane Austen
  • The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
  • Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
  • Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
  • We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
  • What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
  • The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
  • The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
  • Americanah by Chimimanda Ngozi Adiche
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  • A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  • Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Odyssey by Homer (I love Greek mythology!)

I’m sure there are plenty I’m forgetting!

I love spending time in bookstores and libraries. I encourage you to buy your books locally or check them out from your library whenever possible!

2022 Books Read:

JANUARY

Physical Books:

  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang

Audiobooks:

  • Will by Will Smith
  • The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Henna Artist, #2) by Alka Joshi