Book Recommendations

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My favorite books of all time, alphabetical by genre/author:

CHILDREN’S

Easy Readers

• Pony Pals (series) by Jeanne Betancourt
• Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
• Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• American Girl: Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Molly (series) by Valerie Tripp

Middle Grade

• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
  
• My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
  
• One For the Murphys by Linda Mullaly Hunt
  
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
• To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer

Picture Books

• Avocado Baby by John Birningham
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  
• Night Tree by Eve Bunting
• Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
• Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss

GENERAL NONFICTION

• Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law & Life As A Prison Librarian by Jill Grunenwald
  
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  
• The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women & A 40-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
• The Library Book by Susan Orlean

GRAPHIC NOVELS/MEMOIRS

• When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed & Victoria Jameison (Children’s/based on a true story)
• Roller Girl by Victoria Jameison (Children’s/novel)
• Short & Skinny by Mark Tatulli (Children’s/memoir)

HISTORICAL FICTION

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Snow In August by Pete Hamill
• The Women by Kristin Hannah

HUMOR

• Class Mom by Laurie Gelman
• Ruminations On Twenty-Something Life by Aaron Karo
  
• Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
  
• The Misadventures Of An Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  
• The Amazing Adventures of An Ordinary Woman (series) by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Seritella

LGBTQ+

• None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
  
• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
  
• The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Khan
• Heartstopper (series) by Alice Oseman

MEMOIRS

• Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle To Integrate Little Rock’s Central High by Melba P. Beals
  
• Funny In Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
  
• Brave Face: How I Survived Growing Up, Coming Out & Depression by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
• Free Lunch by Rex Ogle

MENTAL HEALTH

• Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn’t Over by Amy Bleuel (nonfiction)
  
• More Or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova (fiction)
  
• Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma Of Mental Illness by Roy Richard Grinker (nonfiction)
• Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (YA fiction)

MYSTERY

• Six Years by Harlan Coben
• Michael Bennett (series) by James Patterson
• The Women’s Murder Club (series) by James Patterson

ROMANCE

• Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center
  
• All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
  
• Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
  
• Nights In Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
• November of the Heart by LaVyrle Spencer

THRILLER (See all of my all-favorite thrillers here)

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
• Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
  
• Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari LaPena
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 
  

YA

• Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
• Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
• Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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