The Best Books for Book Clubs

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How We Read and Listen to Books

While we love to hold books in our hands and turn the pages, in this current stage of life, we often turn to audiobooks!

We take advantage of our local libraries for ebooks and audiobooks through the Libby app.

Everand

We use Everand a lot. It's a subscription for ebooks and audiobooks, with thousands of titles included. Their selection is great! There is no limit on how many books you can read or listen to, and you pay just one monthly fee.

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Libby App for Libraries (FREE)

Libby is the best way to read ebooks and audiobooks from your public library. You can load multiple library cards into the app too, so you can browse and borrow from multiple libraries all in one app.

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We both have subscriptions to Audible which we LOVE - there are so many great performances to be heard and exclusive books you can't hear anywhere else.

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Spotify Premium Audiobooks

Spotify has audiobooks now, and their selection is good! I find a lot of new releases that have longer waits at the library. If you have Spotify Premium, it now includes 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month. You can also buy 'top-ups' if you want to add more listening time on top of that.

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We both have different ways of tracking what books we've read. Jessica has a book log that she keeps in her library, Sarah uses Goodreads.

Disclaimer about Good Book Club Books:

While we do love it when a book we read is PG, many of the books that we love and think are worth reading, are not squeaky clean. Since everyone's standards for content are different, you'll need to do your own research as to whether a book is going to be clean enough for you.

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is such a cool genre. In my book group we have decided to seek out historical fiction about cultures, countries, and conflicts that we know little about. Below are some of the most eye-opening and beautifully written stories about people we didn't learn about in school. (Never stop learning!)

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

Inseparable teenaged twins from a small, Southern Black community run away and end up on very different paths. Many years later, one sister lives in the same Southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for White, and her White husband knows nothing of her past. Brit Bennett wrote a story that is an emotional family drama and an exploration of the American history of passing.

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The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See

Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this novel tells a story about two women living in a culture where women are the breadwinners engaging in dangerous physical work as sea divers. Their friendship is tested through a period of Japanese colonialism, followed by World War II, the Korean War, and its aftermath.

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The Chosen

Chaim Potok

Unlikely friends Reuven and Danny exist in different worlds even though they've lived just blocks from each other for their entire lives. As the two get to know each other they find that they aren't as different as they seem.

The Chosen is a beautiful and powerful coming-of-age story.

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A Woman is No Man

Etaf Rum

Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue, courage, and betrayal that will resonate with women from all backgrounds.

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The Chosen

Chaim Potok

Unlikely friends Reuven and Danny exist in different worlds even though they've lived just blocks from each other for their entire lives. As the two get to know each other they find that they aren't as different as they seem.

The Chosen is a beautiful and powerful coming-of-age story.

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The Giver of Stars

JoJo Moyes

If you are an avid reader you will love this book, because it demonstrates the power books have to save lives and bring people together. It is moving, gripping, fun, interesting, romantic, and inspiring all in turns.

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The Downstairs Girl

Stacy Lee

During the day, Jo is a ladies' maid to a wealthy man in Atlanta, and at night she writes for the newspaper as "Dear Miss Sweetie" answering an advice column. She is funny and endearing, so it's no wonder when the column takes off, only nobody knows who's writing it. She decides to use the popular column to question a few of the powers that be and it takes her down a dangerous and unforgettable journey.

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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories

Nancy E. Turner

These words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman who forges a full and remarkable life in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. She records her life as she goes from childhood to determined young adult to loving mother - sharing the turbulent events, both happy and tragic, that molded her. This book, inspired by the author's family memoirs, is painful and beautiful.

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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara - a shunned ethnic minority. 

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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman

Twelve-year-old CeeCee is in trouble. For years she's been the caretaker for her mother, Camille- the crown-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. Though it's 1967 and they live in Ohio, Camille believes it's 1951 and she's just been crowned the Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia.

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Historical | World War II

World War II has its very own section here. There is so much written about this war and a lot of it is worth exploring. The Holocaust is an event that should never be forgotten, and reading accounts from victims of the war is a way to learn, for those of us who had no direct experience with it.

All The Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

A French girl who is blind, and a German boy's paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

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Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

A story of Lina, a 15-year old Lithuanian refugee under Stalin's reign during World War II. She uses her talent as an artist to try to bring her family back together and maintain the will to survive.

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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale tells the story of two sisters in Nazi-occupied France.

The book is written from the points-of-view of two sisters whose circumstances, personalities, and reactions to the war are very different from each other.

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We Were the Lucky Ones

Georgia Hunter

This book was inspired by the true story of a Jewish family from Poland. The family becomes separated at the beginning of World War II, and are all pushed to different parts of the world in their struggle to survive, and hopefully, be reunited again.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows

This story is just delightful. A writer from London begins a correspondence with the members of a book club on the Isle of Guernsey, a small island in the British Channel, that had been occupied by Nazis during the war.

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Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Mark Sullivan

Based on the true story of a young Italian war hero, this book is not only riveting but enlightening as well. When Pino Lella becomes a personal driver for one of Hitler's highest-ranking officials he is in the perfect position to spy for his country - risking everything.

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The Light Between Oceans

M.L. Stedman

The Light Between Oceans is a beautiful novel about isolation and courage in the face of enormous loss. It gets into your heart stealthily, until you stop hoping the characters will make different choices and find you can only watch, transfixed, as every conceivable choice becomes an impossible one.

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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

A beautiful and moving story of a young foster girl in Nazi Germany -- and the narrator of this book is Death.

The fact that the story is told from 'Death's' perspective artfully emphasizes the mortality of every character in the story - especially at such a devastating time in the world's history.

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Secrets of a Charmed Life

Susan Messner

A story about two young sisters during WWII and how their lives are torn apart and put back together. As told by one of the sisters to a modern-day journalist writing about the war. 

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Code Name Hélène

Ariel Lawhon

This book is based on the thrilling real-life story of socialite spy Nancy Wake, the astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated women in WWII.

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Mystery and Thriller

Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

Mia isn't initially concerned when her dad doesn't return from a walk with her brother - until it becomes clear that he is missing. The only witness is Eugene, her younger brother who has a rare genetic condition and cannot speak. Mia's family goes to remarkable lengths to try to understand each other better as they search for answers about her father's disappearance.

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Fire Keeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley

After 18-year-old Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly goes undercover, using her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe medicine to find the truth. The author Angeline Boulley seamlessly integrates Native American history and culture into this compelling story of love, family, and belonging.

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The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

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The It Girl

Ruth Ware

April was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they found a group of friends during their first term, all quickly devoted to each other and inseparable. By the end of the year, April was dead.

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Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney

When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Things have been wrong with them for a long time. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can't recognize friends, family, or even his own wife.

Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget.

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Watch Me Disappear

Janelle Brown

It's been a year since Billie Flanagan - a Berkeley mom with an enviable life - went on a solo hike and vanished from the trail. Her body was never found, just a shattered cell phone and a solitary hiking boot. Her husband and teenage daughter have been coping with her death the best they can. They start unearthing secrets from Billie's past that bring into question everything they thought they understood about her.

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Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

June Hayward is an aspiring author overshadowed by her more successful friend, Athena Liu. June steals Athena's unfinished novel after her friend's tragic death. June rebrands herself as Juniper Song and rises to fame with the book's success. In her desperation to protect her secret, she realizes just how far she's willing to go to claim what she believes she deserves.

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None of This is True

Lisa Jewell

Alix, a true crime podcaster, meets Josie, a woman who says she has an interesting life story to share. As they conduct interviews for her podcast, Alix finds herself drawn into Josie's unsettling world. Soon Alix realizes she's become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her family's safety at risk.

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The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, Alicia shoots him five times, and then never speaks another word.

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The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

The Thirteenth Tale is a story for book lovers, through and through. It's about a reclusive author who decides to finally share the true story of her life with a young journalist. It has mystery, intrigue, plot twists and turns, and ties everything neatly together at the end, while still giving you plenty to think and talk about.

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Invisible

James Patterson and David Ellis

Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.

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Modern Fiction

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead is a boy born to a single teenaged mother with no assets beyond his sharp wit and a fierce talent for survival. Demon braves foster care, child labor, athletic success, addiction, found family, and disastrous love.

Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damage to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Barbara Kingsolver transposed this classic Victorian novel to the modern American South.

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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

A 16-year-old sees her childhood best friend fatally shot by a police officer. This is a heartbreaking story, it's fiction inspired by stories we see too often on the news. It provoked a lot of good conversation and thought.

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What Alice Forgot

Liane Moriarty

When Alice falls at the gym and hits her head, she forgets the last ten years of her life. She wakes up thinking she is 29, a happy newlywed, poor, and a dreamer. She soon discovers that she and her husband got everything they had ever dreamed of yet ended up miserable.

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The Measure

Nikki Erlick

On the same morning, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Now, everyone faces the same shocking choice:

Do they want to know how long they’ll live?

If so, what will they do with that knowledge?

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

This charming, witty story of friendship, grief, and hope follows a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.

This is one of my favorite books EVER, and if you like audiobooks at all I recommend listening to this one.

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

This charming, witty story of friendship, grief, and hope follows a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.

This is one of my favorite books EVER, and if you like audiobooks at all I recommend listening to this one.

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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

In this story, there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with thousands of other books for the other lives you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

Clare Pooley

Every day Iona Iverson, a stylish, opinionated magazine advice columnist, rides the train to work with her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm and Mr-Too-Good-to-Be-True. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do.

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The Echo of Old Books

Barbara Davis

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books' previous owners-an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.

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Sylvia's Second Act

Hillary Yablon

Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. When her head stops spinning, she realizes that actually, this isn't what she wants anymore anyway. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams-with her best friend, Evie, in tow.

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One to Watch

Kate Stayman London

If you watch The Bachelor, this is a MUST-READ. Bea is a plus-sized fashion blogger who openly critiques the fictional reality show "Main Squeeze" for only casting small body types. She then is cast as the first plus-sized lead. This book draws attention to real and important issues while still being witty, fun, and fast-paced.

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The Wedding People

Alison Espach

Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, without luggage, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event. Shenanigans ensue. This story is absurd, funny, and tender.

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Far From the Tree

Robin Benway

Being the middle child has its ups and downs.

But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family.

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Beartown

Fredrik Backman

The junior ice hockey team is the heart and soul of Beartown. Everyone in town is counting on them, which is a lot of pressure. During the excitement of the semifinal game, a young girl is assaulted, and the whole town is thrown into chaos. People start blaming each other, and like ripples in water, the effects spread, impacting everyone in Beartown.

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Classic Books for Book Clubs

We all know there's *something* about classic books, they are only classics if they stand the test of time. These stories say a lot about what it means to be human. Even though our knowledge, beliefs, and lifestyles have changed over time, the challenges people face, the questions we ask, and the values we care about are often the same as those explored by writers from long ago.

The Screwtape Letters

C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters is the story of a young devil, Wormwood, who is being coached by his uncle Screwtape on how to lead humans down to hell without them suspecting. Brilliantly told and incredibly thought-provoking.

I don't think anyone could read this book and argue that C.S. Lewis was not a genius. A definite masterwork in my opinion!

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Fantasy

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail has been ordered to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda-because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

In 1714, a young woman named Addie LaRue makes a deal to live forever, but the catch is that no one she meets will remember her. This curse leads her on an incredible journey through centuries. After almost 300 years of being forgotten, she meets a young man in a bookstore, and he remembers her name.

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Circe

Madeline Miller

Circe, the daughter of Helios the sun God, discovers she has a unique power: witchcraft. After angering the gods, Zeus banishes her to an island, where she masters her witchcraft, tames wild beasts, and meets legendary figures from mythology. It's an epic of family rivalry, love, and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.

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My Lady Jane

Not much is known about the real Lady Jane Grey, who was King Edward VI's successor for just nine days. Three witty authors decided to give Lady Jane a proper story, and it is smart, hilarious, and a lot more fun than the true story.

This book is great for fans of The Princess Bride. I laughed out loud throughout the whole book, and my book club unanimously gave it five stars! 

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Scythe

Neal Shusterman

Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this new award-winning series.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control.

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One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

A dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom. But the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking.

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Romance

Romance is so much fun to read. Some of it is good clean fun, and a lot of it is *spicy.* This list has books from all over the spectrum. Whether romance is right for you and your book club, and how much spice you're all comfortable with? That's up to you to decide as a group!

The Last Love Note

Emma Grey

Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she's grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball-and yet clinging to her sense of humor.

The Last Love Note will make you laugh, cry, and renew your faith in the resilience of the human heart—and in love itself.

This is a FANTASTIC romance with depth.

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Ready or Not

Cara Bastone

"A truly heartwarming, funny, and real story. Come for the dog bar, stay for the special, slow-burn romcom."-Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author

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Part of Your World

Abby Jimenez

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and a cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously cute carpenter who's as casual as they come-the complete opposite of city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable.

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Nora Goes Off Script

Annabel Monaghan

When a romance channel screenwriter's too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it's picked up for the big screen

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Evvie Drake Starts Over

Linda Holmes

"Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated." (People)

We absolutely LOVE this heartfelt novel about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a Major League pitcher who’s lost his game.

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Ghosted

Rosie Walsh

When Sarah and Eddie fall in love it seems as though her life has finally begun. And it's mutual: It's as though Eddie has been waiting for her, too. When Eddie leaves for a vacation and promises to call from the airport, she has no cause to doubt him. But he doesn't call. She knows something's happened - there must be an explanation.

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This Summer Will Be Different

Carley Fortune

Each year, Lucy escapes to Prince Edward Island for a big breath of coastal air, fresh oysters, and crisp vinho verde with her best friend, Bridget. Every visit begins with a long walk on the beach beneath soaring red cliffs and a golden sun. And every visit, Lucy promises herself she won't wind up with Felix. Again.

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Mrs. Nash's Ashes

Sarah Adler

A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love.

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Lovelight Farms

B.K. Borison

Hallmark movie meets Romance novel!

Lovelight Farms is a romantic comedy featuring a handsome freckled data analyst, a messy, optimistic Christmas tree farm owner, and a small town with the best hazelnut lattes on the East coast.

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Non-Fiction Book Club Books

Self-Improvement

All self-help books are not created equal, but I can promise you that each of the books listed below has something valuable to offer. Self-improvement books are great for book club discussions because they encourage friends to share their thoughts and personal experiences about the ideas in the books.

I Think You're Wrong, But I'm Listening

Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers

Sarah and Beth came together to have political conversations as friends with VERY different political views. They have mastered doing so with grace. In this book they share their ideas on how we can learn to do this too - and why it's so important.

My book club had a great discussion around this and I think it should be at the top of everyone's reading list.

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More Than a Body

Dr. Lexie Kite and Dr. Lindsay Kite

This book goes beyond "body positivity" to help you develop body image resilience - all while cutting through the empty promises sold by media, advertisers, and the beauty and weight-loss industries.

The authors, Dr. Lindsay Kite and Dr. Lexie Kite, are body image researchers and twin sisters! who have spent the past twenty years on research about body image.

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Daring Greatly

Brené Brown

I don't think I ever really knew myself completely until I read this book.

Brené Brown writes what she's learned from solid research and kitchen table story-telling. It will empower you to live a real, vulnerable, and daring life- and help you give grace to those around you- especially those who matter most.

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The Power of Fun

Catherine Price

What the author calls "True Fun" - the blend of play, connection, and flow - things that most adults are not making a priority of - can bring the fulfillment we all crave.

Drawing on research and personal experience, she says "True Fun" leads to greater happiness, productivity, health, and community. She gives ideas for how to bring more True Fun into our lives without feeling overwhelmed.

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The Path Made Clear

Oprah Winfrey

This is a compilation and edit of many of the most important interviews Oprah's hosted, it's full of insight on how to find meaning in and make the most of your one precious life. Enlightened and spiritual, this book is just the uplift we need these days.

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Think Like a Monk

Jay Shetty

Jay Shetty distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.

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The Book of Joy

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Two great spiritual masters share their hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.

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French Kids Eat Everything

Karen Le Billon

At once a memoir, a cookbook, a how-to handbook, and a delightful exploration of how the French manage to feed children without endless battles and struggles with pickiness, French Kids Eat Everything features recipes, practical tips, and 10 easy-to-follow rules for raising happy and healthy young eaters.

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Untamed

Glennon Doyle

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this?

Glennon Doyle explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.

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True Crime Books for Book Club

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

John Carreyrou of the New York Times takes you through the rise and fall of a multi-billion dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes. This story is so crazy it's hard to believe it really happened. The book is a page-turner and has now been adapted into multiple documentaries, podcasts, and an Emmy award-winning limited series.

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

This book is the saga of the Sackler family, known for their wealth, art collections, and massive donations to museums. The family was exposed when it was revealed that they knowingly fueled the opioid epidemic by marketing OxyContin as 'non-addictive' when it is anything but. The Sacklers lived extravagant lives full of legal battles, power struggles, and using their money to shape their image and crush anyone who stood in their way.

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We really hope you've found some books you're excited to add to your reading list. We'd love it if you'd leave us a comment letting us know which books you are reading!