A couple weeks ago in my Instagram Story I asked people to share with me their favorite book they’ve ever read. I had a lot of requests to share the list so here you go!
Starting with the Top 10 Most Nominated Books
- The Nightingale (so thrilled this was nominated the most! One of my absolute favorites)
- Edenbrooke
- The Glass Castle
- The Kite Runner (SUCH a good book. Incredible)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns (by the same author as Kite Runner, so increedible as well!)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (fun read and then watch the movie with Lily James!)
- Book Thief
- Selection Series
- Redeeming Love
- Girl, Wash Your Face (my unpopular opinion = I can’t stand this book but so many of you loved it so I’m including it lol)
And if you care here are my top 5!
- The Nightingale – couldn’t put it down. Love most of Kristin Hannah’s books too.
- When Breath Becomes Air – an absolute tear jerker.
- Harry Potter Series – I didn’t read these until I was an adult and LOVED the writing. Can’t wait to read them with my kids onne day!
- How to Win Friends & Influence People – not to be dramatic but this book changed my life
- The Happiness Project & Better Than Before – these books might not be literary masterpieces but they are really what catapulted my journey into self-help/bettering myself. I also loved learning about tendencies and understanding other people better as well.
Here are the rest of the books people recommended!
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
- A Man Called Ove
- The Help
- The Art of Racing in the Rain
- Alchemist
- The Happiness Advantage
- Big Magic
- The Happiness Project
- Red Queen Series
- All the Light We Cannot See
- How to Win Friends & Influence People
- Shoedog
- The Bried Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Power of Habit
- The Goose Girl
- You are a Badass
- Magnolia Story
- The Motivation Manifesto
- The Book of Joey
- The Woman in the Window
- Blink
- Proof of Heaven
- Mere Christianity
- Essentialism
- The Color of Water
- We Were the Lucky Ones
- Gone Girl
- The Rosie Project
- Unbroken
- Devil in the White City
- Secret Life of Bees
- Language of Flowers
- Half the Sky
- This is my Words
- This We May Be One
- Behind Closed Doors
- The Couple Next Door
- The Breakdown
- The War that Saved my Life
- Heaven is Here
- Angela’s Ashes
- Little Fires Everywhere
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- It Ends with Us
- Big Little Lies
- The Traveler’s Gift
- Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Love Does
- Educated
- The Guardian
- Lilac Girls
- The Sky is Everywhere
- Letters to a Young Poet
- History of Love
- Uninvited
- What Was Mine
- Night of Rain and Stars
- The Perfect Couple
- Same Kind of Different as Me
- Cloud Atlas
- The Spirit Catches You and you Fall
- Tuesday’s with Morrie
- Brain on Fire
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Between Shades of Gray
- Everybody Always
- Eve and the Choice Made in Eden
- A Little Life
- The Language of Flowers
- The Great Alone
- Dandelion Wine
- Tailormade
- Firefly Lane
- Everybody’s Son
- Need to Know
- The Invention of Wings
- The Kiss of Deception
- One Tattered Angel
- Half of a Yellow Sun
- The Sunflower
- The Alice Network
- The Night Circus
- The Hiding Place
- Sister of my Heart
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She’s Sorry
- This is Our Story
- Poisonwood Bible
- All the President’s Men
- Creative Confidence
- Hector & The Search for Happiness
- Everybody Needs a Brain Tumor
- The Orphan Keeper
- All of Grace
- Perfect Match
- I Stopped on the Way Home
- The Dressmaker
- Bright Blue Miracle
- The Boys in the Boat
- My Plain Jane
I’ve also had a lot of requests to share the baby book recommendations that people shared with me before Penelope was born so that post is here.
Happy reading.
-Liv