Recent Reads

I love to read, so this page is just to let you know what I’m reading. I only list the books that I feel are worth the read rather than giving a review. If you have questions about any of the books in particular, please reach out 🙂Please also note that this list is only from 2018 when I started this blog; I did not go back further than that and list books I’ve loved over the last 40 years lol.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Invitation by Oriah

The Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Kuntz

Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel on

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall

Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
Effortless by Greg McKeown
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson
The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink
Brave Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
U Thrive by Dan Lerner and Alan Schlechter
The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Great Leaders Grow by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
The Plague by Albert Camus
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Illusions: the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
The Disease to Please by Harriet Braiker
Quit like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
Internment by Samira Ahmed
The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich
Bringing Home the Darma: Awakening Right Where You Are by Jack Kornfield
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg
Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Anthem by Ayn Rand
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Khendi
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Stamped: racism, antiracism, and you by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi
1984 by George Orwell
Night by Elie Wiesel
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

The Queen’s Code by Alison Armstrong

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

The Bhagavad Gita– Eknath Easwaran translation

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Change Me Prayers by Tosha Silver

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

The Devil You Know by Mike Carey

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

Outrageous Openness by Tosha Silver

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero

The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Abarat  (1-3) by Clive Barker

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore

Fool by Christopher Moore

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway