Books Ive Loved Reading
Discover a curated list of books I've loved reading, featuring must-read titles across genres. Find your next favorite book with these personal recommendations!
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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning filmāa timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we donātānominated as one of Americaās best-loved novels by PBSās The Great American Read. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, whoās always taken orders quietly, but lately sheās unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. Sheās full of ambition, but without a husband, sheās considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...
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Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ The first book in Diana Gabaldonās acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBSās The Great American Read! Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldonās work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenachāan āoutlanderāāin a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.
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Freak the Mighty
by W. Rodman Philbrick
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
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Summer Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Judy Blume
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ā¢ āSummer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.āāColleen Hoover āAs warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing āHow Sweet It Is.ā You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.āāChicago Tribune In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonardās world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Marthaās Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become āsummer sisters.ā Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long, complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding, to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will goābecause she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friendāher summer sisterāstill has the power to break her heart.