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

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 Air – an absolute tear jerker.
3. 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!
4. How to Win Friends & Influence People – not 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