Here’s a listing of books that I would recommend to people who enjoy reading. This list contains books that I would rank no lower than 4 out of 5 stars in their genre! Of course, this page is always under construction, as I am always reading and finding new books to recommend. You can also find a full listing of my reviewed books here.
Young Adult Fiction
Fantasy
- Legacy of Orisha series by Tomi Adeyemi
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Review)
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (Review)
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Review)
- Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs (Review)
- The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordian
- The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Challenger Deep by Neal Schusterman
- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Utopian/Dystopian
- Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard (Review)
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Divergent series by Veronica Roth
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Historical Fiction
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Review)
Realistic Fiction
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (Review)
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- Hate List by Jennifer Brown
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky
- If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Foreman
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Review)
- Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (Review)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Review)
- Panic by Lauren Oliver (Review)
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (Review)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Review)
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Contemporary Adult Fiction
Historical
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
- The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (Review)
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Review)
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Review)
- The Winter Sea and The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (Review)
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Review)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (Review)
- The Forgotten Room by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig
- The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig
Fantasy and Sci-Fi
- The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
- Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Review)
- The Night Tiger by Yangtze Choo
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- The All Souls’ Trilogy by Deborah Harkness (Review)
- Severance by Ling Ma
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mendel
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Realistic Reading
- Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
- A Man Named Ove by Fredrik Backman (Review)
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Review)
- Something Like Normal by Trish Doller (Review)
- Room by Emma Donoghue (Review)
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Review)
- The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Review)
- Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Review)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Review)
- A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner (Review)
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Review)
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Review)
- The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
- Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
- Eligible by Curtis Sittenfield (Review)
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Review)
- The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Wein
Mystery/Thriller/Crime
- Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey (Review)
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
- Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (Review)
- Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn
Philosophical
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Review)
Short Stories
- Machine of Death by Assorted Authors
- Meet Cute by Assorted Authors
- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (Review)
- You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Classic Adult Fiction
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Nonfiction
Memoir/Autobiography
- MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
- Brain on Fire: A Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Inside Out by Demi Moore
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Last Time I Wore a Dress by Daphne Scholinski
- Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Review)
- We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
- Educated by Tara Westover
Humor
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (Review)
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
- Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Narrative Nonfiction
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Review)
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Review)
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Personal Development
- Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Best Books by Persons of Color
- Legacy of Orisha series by Tomi Adeyemi
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (Review)
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- The Night Tiger by Yangtze Choo
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Review)
- Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
- Severance by Ling Ma
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (Review)
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Review)
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Best Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Characters
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Review)
- The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Review)
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Review)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
- The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Wein