1. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts (no explanation necessary - anyone living in this crazy world can/will benefit from this book.)
2. Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket (so fun! I loved his unfortunate events series as a child - can confirm his writing is still extremely enjoyable as an adult. This got me back into reading after a long dry spell.)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (this book has no chapters and I tore through it in one afternoon. Kind of bleak and almost impossible to explain… it’s hauntingly good.)
4. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (as a fellow native Hoosier I’m partial to Vonnegut but this book genuinely changed how I think about space/time. My all time favorite!)
A Fine Balance......Heartbreaking, beautiful writing; So much about friend relationships; So powerful and I had to put it down often as I sobbed.. Might be one of the best books I have ever read.
Correlli's Mandolin: set in Greece during World War 2; Powerful and beautiful: Haunting
The Book Thief: epic, moving, unsettling
Fugitive Pieces: I have read it twice as has my daughter: poetic
Excited about these recommendations! I read The Great Believers a few years ago and adored it. One of my go-to recs has always been A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ♡
1. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts (no explanation necessary - anyone living in this crazy world can/will benefit from this book.)
2. Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket (so fun! I loved his unfortunate events series as a child - can confirm his writing is still extremely enjoyable as an adult. This got me back into reading after a long dry spell.)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (this book has no chapters and I tore through it in one afternoon. Kind of bleak and almost impossible to explain… it’s hauntingly good.)
4. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (as a fellow native Hoosier I’m partial to Vonnegut but this book genuinely changed how I think about space/time. My all time favorite!)
A Fine Balance......Heartbreaking, beautiful writing; So much about friend relationships; So powerful and I had to put it down often as I sobbed.. Might be one of the best books I have ever read.
Correlli's Mandolin: set in Greece during World War 2; Powerful and beautiful: Haunting
The Book Thief: epic, moving, unsettling
Fugitive Pieces: I have read it twice as has my daughter: poetic
1. Less Than Zero
2. Ender's Game
3. Norwegian Wood
Honorable "just trust me" mentions:
-The Legend of Bagger Vance. The movie did it no justice. The story is actually the Hindu creation myth, told with a southern twang
-"World War Z"...less Zombie and more a massive re-imagining of post-apocalypse new world order
Excited about these recommendations! I read The Great Believers a few years ago and adored it. One of my go-to recs has always been A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ♡