- The Girls -Emma Cline
very creepy, emphasizes how easy it is to casually fall into a cult
2. Final Girls -Riley Sager
hero? villain? all depends on timing
3. The Library Book -Susan Orlean
unimpressed with the extraordinariness of libraries, must read this and learn the value and importance of these beautiful monuments
4. The Four Tendencies -Gretchen Rubin
interesting categories, but has not stuck with me
5. Daring Greatly -Brené Brown
all of us have failed and will continue to fail, but vulnerability leads to evolution
6. Hunger -Roxane Gay
intense memoir on eating disorders and body image/self image, content warning for eating disorders and sexual assault
7. Essentialism -Greg McKeown
clarify to find purpose, focus on one thing at a time to maximize / self-help
8. Irresistible -Adam Alter
internet addiction is real and on purpose and very scary
9. The Family Upstairs -Lisa Jewell
seems like a good story until you really assess characters and motivations, lots of content warnings for this : pedophilia, cults, child abuse, domestic abuse
10. The Testaments -Margaret Atwood
sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, but doesn’t answer questions from that one, very intense to read, especially on seeing how easy it is for women to design shitty systems for other women
11. The Coffee Bean -Jon Gordon & Damon West | illustrated by Rachel Yedam Kim
delightful read about how it is okay to take time to become what we need to be and also that coffee is delicious
12. Golden In Death -J.D. Robb
little egg causes mass destruction and Eve and the cast have to figure out who and why
13. The Field Guide to the North American Teenager -Ben Phillippe
main character attempts to put everyone in boxes and then the box system falls apart
14. Life’s Accessories -Rachel Levy Lesser
a memoir that I felt quite neutral about
15. Difficult Women -Roxane Gay
content warning: sexual assault, rape / exploration of different circumstances of sexual abuse, assault, rape, very intense but shows how prevalent this type of abuse is
16. The Tipping Point -Malcolm Gladwell
explores the moment when something (idea, person, company, trend) tips over a threshold and spreads, lots of case studies
17. Talking to Strangers -Malcolm Gladwell
case studies of what draws us and repels us to certain individuals
18. What The Dog Saw -Malcolm Gladwell
a compilation of a little bit of everything
19. No True Believers -Rabiah York Lumbard
amazing plot, great writing / a teenager, Salma, must deal with Islamaphobia and a white supremacist conspiracy plot
20. The Little Prince -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
amazing and adorable and would love to get my hands on a beautiful edition for the permanent collection
