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
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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
Historical Fiction
American
- As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- 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)
- What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (Irish)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (India)
- 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
- Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
- 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 Postcard by Anne Berest
- 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
- Spare by Prince Harry
- Bad Therapy: Why the Kids aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
- Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
- Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, PHD
- The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
- Irreversible Damage:The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier
- Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can SAve America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur C Brooks
- 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
- Birth: the Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina Cassidy
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds by Cynthia Gabriel
- The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr
- 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 Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
- 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