Bookshelves
Most of my books come from libraries and apps. But if I had my preference, I'd always read a physical copy (and since we're dreaming) in a library of my own, complete with cozy chairs and a window with a view. When I do love a book- absolutely love it- that's when I buy it to keep like an heirloom even if I never read it again. Those are the books that I just like to keep around, to keep me company and remind me of the way they made me feel and the things I learned within those pages.
But this is my idea bookshelf. Organized by genre, these are the books I recommend. My list could have been quite a bit longer, but I limited myself to my recent favorites. For a complete list of my readings and reviews, check out my Goodreads account.
Find a genre that appeals to you and click through to see book reviews, and, if you're anything like me, to judge the books by their covers :) Let me know if you think something is missing!!!
But this is my idea bookshelf. Organized by genre, these are the books I recommend. My list could have been quite a bit longer, but I limited myself to my recent favorites. For a complete list of my readings and reviews, check out my Goodreads account.
Find a genre that appeals to you and click through to see book reviews, and, if you're anything like me, to judge the books by their covers :) Let me know if you think something is missing!!!
Classics
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
Historical Fiction
American
- As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
- Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owen
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamanté
- Shadow Among the Sheaves by Naomi Stephens
- Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
- Of Lands High and Low by Martha Keyes
- The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor (Irish)
- The Gown by Jennifer Robson
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Australian)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
- An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
- Only Mr. Darcy Will Do by Kara Louise
- The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
- The Year in Between: A Sense and Sensibility Variation
- Unequal Affections by Lara S. Ormiston
- The House of Gold by Natasha Solomons
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock
- Seven Days in May by Kim Izzo
- Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons
- The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
NonFiction
American
- Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
- Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
- The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
- The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Bronte Wrote her Masterpiece by John Pfordresher
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Family and the Fifty Years that Changed England by Catherine Bailey
- Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by the Countess of Carnarvon
- Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: the Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe by Deborah Cadbury
- The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
- Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
- Welcome to the Farm: How-to Wisdom from the Elliott Homestead by Shaye Elliott
- Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds by Cynthia Gabriel
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Tenboom
- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Realistic Fiction
Chick-Lit
- Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
- Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
- How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry
- Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Science Fiction
- The Martian by Andy Weir
Young Adult Literature
Classics
- Harry Potter by JK Rowling
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- The Hero's Guide to Saving your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
- Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
- Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
- The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson
- Wonder by RJ Palacio
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Legend by Marie Lu
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- Stung by Bethany Wiggins