Books I Will Always Recommend
As a reader, it’s always hard to pick just a few favorite books, especially when someone is asking for a recommendation. There are so many different genres, and then there are books that sometimes you can’t truly explain why it meant so much to you. Maybe those books you decide to keep to yourself in fear of your friend hating something that completely wrecked you. So what books to suggest to someone else? Here’s a list of my most often go-to’s that I make sure to tailor based on what the person says they already enjoy.
Note: A few of these books I read a bit too long ago to provide an accurate review but have them on my re-read list so check back! Or if there is a specific one you really want to see, message me on my "About" page.
Thriller
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch)
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Folk of the Air Series by Holly Black
Themis Files Series by Sylvain Neuvel (Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods and Only Human)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Classics
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
MISC or Heart Warming
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Grace Year by Kim Liggettt
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Non-Fiction (Memoirs or Historical)
MWF Seeking BFF: MY Yearlong Search for A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Night by Elie Wiesel
Romance
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
Anything by Abby Jimenez
Anything by Mariana Zapata