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“What’s your favorite book you’ve ever read?”

100 book suggestions // Willivia

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

  1. The Nightingale (so thrilled this was nominated the most! One of my absolute favorites)
  2. Edenbrooke
  3. The Glass Castle
  4. The Kite Runner (SUCH a good book. Incredible)
  5. A Thousand Splendid Suns (by the same author as Kite Runner, so increedible as well!)
  6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (fun read and then watch the movie with Lily James!)
  7. Book Thief
  8. Selection Series
  9. Redeeming Love
  10. 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!

  1. The Nightingale – couldn’t put it down. Love most of Kristin Hannah’s books too.
  2. When Breath Becomes Airan absolute tear jerker.
  3. Harry Potter SeriesI didn’t read these until I was an adult and LOVED the writing. Can’t wait to read them with my kids onne day!
  4. How to Win Friends & Influence Peoplenot to be dramatic but this book changed my life
  5. 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!

  1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
  2. A Man Called Ove
  3. The Help
  4. The Art of Racing in the Rain
  5. Alchemist
  6. The Happiness Advantage
  7. Big Magic
  8. The Happiness Project
  9. Red Queen Series
  10. All the Light We Cannot See
  11. How to Win Friends & Influence People
  12. Shoedog
  13. The Bried Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
  14. Power of Habit
  15. The Goose Girl
  16. You are a Badass
  17. Magnolia Story
  18. The Motivation Manifesto
  19. The Book of Joey
  20. The Woman in the Window
  21. Blink
  22. Proof of Heaven
  23. Mere Christianity
  24. Essentialism
  25. The Color of Water
  26. We Were the Lucky Ones
  27. Gone Girl
  28. The Rosie Project
  29. Unbroken
  30. Devil in the White City
  31. Secret Life of Bees
  32. Language of Flowers
  33. Half the Sky
  34. This is my Words
  35. This We May Be One
  36. Behind Closed Doors
  37. The Couple Next Door
  38. The Breakdown
  39. The War that Saved my Life
  40. Heaven is Here
  41. Angela’s Ashes
  42. Little Fires Everywhere
  43. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
  44. Their Eyes Were Watching God
  45. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
  46. It Ends with Us
  47. Big Little Lies
  48. The Traveler’s Gift
  49. Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
  50. Love Does
  51. Educated
  52. The Guardian
  53. Lilac Girls
  54. The Sky is Everywhere
  55. Letters to a Young Poet
  56. History of Love
  57. Uninvited
  58. What Was Mine
  59. Night of Rain and Stars
  60. The Perfect Couple
  61. Same Kind of Different as Me
  62. Cloud Atlas
  63. The Spirit Catches You and you Fall
  64. Tuesday’s with Morrie
  65. Brain on Fire
  66. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  67. Between Shades of Gray
  68. Everybody Always
  69. Eve and the Choice Made in Eden
  70. A Little Life
  71. The Language of Flowers
  72. The Great Alone
  73. Dandelion Wine
  74. Tailormade
  75. Firefly Lane
  76. Everybody’s Son
  77. Need to Know
  78. The Invention of Wings
  79. The Kiss of Deception
  80. One Tattered Angel
  81. Half of a Yellow Sun
  82. The Sunflower
  83. The Alice Network
  84. The Night Circus
  85. The Hiding Place
  86. Sister of my Heart
  87. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She’s Sorry
  88. This is Our Story
  89. Poisonwood Bible
  90. All the President’s Men
  91. Creative Confidence
  92. Hector & The Search for Happiness
  93. Everybody Needs a Brain Tumor
  94. The Orphan Keeper
  95. All of Grace
  96. Perfect Match
  97. I Stopped on the Way Home
  98. The Dressmaker
  99. Bright Blue Miracle
  100. The Boys in the Boat
  101. 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