These are books I have loved and recommend you pick up this fall if you're looking for a good read.
Down below are:
The books with links so you can shop them.
My thoughts of each book and why I recommend it.
And, lastly, my want-to-read list. Please let me know any book suggestions you have in the comments!
The Time Traveler's Wife - I read this book years ago but have been wanting to reread it again recently. Audrey Neffenegger is magically illustrative in her writing. As you read you can easily imagine each part of this story and the two characters lives colliding as they face love, frustration, and grief. I cherished the love story of Claire and Henry as well as the switching years and unrelenting, sporadic coming and going that Henry's time travel demands. This book is copious of dream-like, whimsical story telling and provides a great mystery of the transient here and now.
Gone Girl - I laugh at Gillian Flynn's almost-satirical, wildly-creative writing and character narration. Gone Girl's unreliable narrators, Amy Elliott and Nick Dunne, are compelling and dynamic, they provide a thrilling story that compels the reader to continue. Moreover, the genius, sickening crime and plot is beyond what you would think someone could even make up. You will have to finish shortly after you start this book.
The Chronicles of Narnia - I am currently hoping to start the third book, The Horse and His Boy, soon. The first two books were nostalgic and a joy to read. You can plow through each book in a day if you really want to and, so far, the books have been distinctly unlike each other, plot and characters, but they amazingly tie together as you read them. I recommend reading them in chronological order.
Disciplines of a Godly Woman - I loved, author, Barbara Hughes! She astutely brings up topics that are meant to get you thinking about how you live your life. She doesn't point a finger at your sin and make you feel alone with a overwhelming need to correct yourself to earn God's love. Instead, she is so humble and confesses areas of sin in her life with experiences she has had that lead her to grow in discipline as a woman of the Lord. This is a book that can help you grow in sanctification and offer you insight on how to glorify God in many areas of your life you may not have yet considered.
The Meaning of Marriage - This book is so insightful for anyone considering dating, engagement, and/or marriage! Seriously, read this book at whatever season of life you are in, as it will truly help you grow in understanding how relationships work and how to love selflessly. Timothy Keller will explain it for you in a way that is profound but easy to understand. You will finish this book feeling better equipped and prepared for knowing how to glorify God in your current (or future) relationship.
Dear John - This book is not just another Nicholas Sparks love story, this is his best one. And you guessed it, the movie was good, the book was better. This book is slower to start, but you have to stick with it because it gets so, so good as you continue to invest yourself in to the book. It has a twist of events and unexpected ending that will make you sad (cry if you're like me) and happy it isn't every other love story.
The Girl on the Train - If you saw the movie, forget everything you saw. The movie (even with Emily Blunt) was such a sad representation of this brilliant book by Paula Hawkins. The Girl on the Train is creepy and intriguing. The book will make you second guess the characters and unsure of who you can trust in the story. The book's climax and unfolding will urge you to not put the book down until you finish it, basically don't start this book until you have ample time to read it in few sittings.
Tuck Everlasting - A sweet tale of a young, free spirited girl, a recluse family and a greedy stranger. As an adult, sometimes you just have to pick up a well written children's book from time to time to remind you of carefree days. This is the one you HAVE to read. It is perfect for a fall day accompanied with a chai tea latte and very comfy blanket. The story is a favorite of mine because it is relaxing and suspense-fully thrilling, and it doesn't fail to intrigue you, even as a book meant for young readers.
All the Light We Cannot See - This is the first historical nonfiction book I have picked up and I was compelled to later try other genres I had not considered before. Reading this book will help you better understand WWII in ways most non-fiction books cannot, as the book offers its reader narratives to the events of the holocaust. With the characters, you will share moments of great sadness, grief, and occasionally small, overwhelming pieces of joy. There are three main characters that live separate lives throughout nearly the entire book but their lives all come together at the end in a tale of love, greed and survival.
Books I want to read:
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