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Book cover of The Winners

Chris Norbury Author Of Straight River

From Chris' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Polymath Voracious reader Minnesota-phile Enigma Loner

Chris' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Chris Norbury Why did Chris love this book?

By Fredrik Backman,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Winners as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'It's often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here'

This is a small story about big questions.
It's a story about family, community, life.
It starts with a storm - and a death.
But how does it end?

Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order toā€¦


Book cover of Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind

Shenaaz Nanji Author Of Child of Dandelions

From my list on stories every teen must read before they turn 18.

Why am I passionate about this?

I am a writer with multiple cultures and heritage. I believe stories are magical, they touch our hearts and change the way we think and behave. Having lived in different continents around the world, my book list reflects stories with diversity of cultures and story settings around the world, and how the impact of these stories reverberated with me for a long time after reading them.

Shenaaz's book list on stories every teen must read before they turn 18

Shenaaz Nanji Why did Shenaaz love this book?

The story is set in the Cholistan Desert in Pakistan near the border between Pakistan and India. I so admired the young 11-year-old girl Shabanu, who is strong-willed, independent, and ā€˜wild as the wind.ā€™ It tore my heart to read about the tragic encounter with a wealthy landowner that ruined Shabunuā€™s older sisterā€™s plan of marriage and when Shabanu was called upon to sacrifice all her dreams. A girl in a Muslim family always obeys her fatherā€™s wishes so when Shabanu is betrothed to an older man, I was anxious to find out if she would honor her family and heritage or follow her heart and flee.

By Suzanne Fisher Staples,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Shabanu as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.

What is this book about?

The Newbery Honor winner about a heroic Pakistani girl that The Boston Globe called ā€œRemarkable . . . a riveting tour de force.ā€ 

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, sheā€™s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything sheā€™s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her familyā€™s honorā€”orā€¦


Book cover of Honey Girl

A.M. Kirsch Author Of Murder of an Uncommon Man

From A.M.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Queer Scientist Lesbian Storyteller

A.M.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024

A.M. Kirsch Why did A.M. love this book?

Being a woman in love with a woman, I canā€™t get enough of positive sapphic relationship stories. This one hit all the right notes for me, including figuring out what to do with a PhD (hello!), professional and personal angst, discovering yourself, support from friends, and a happy ending.

By Morgan Rogers,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Honey Girl as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Oprah Magazine * Marie Claire * Ms. Magazine * E! * Parade Magazine * Buzzfeed * Cosmo * The Rumpus * GoodReads * Autostraddle * Brit & Co * Refinery29 * Betches * BookRiot and others!

A LibraryReads Pick
 
ā€œHONEY GIRL is an emotional, heartfelt, charming debut, and I loved every moment of it.ā€
ā€” Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal

When becoming an adult means learning to love yourself first.

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girlsā€™ trip to Vegasā€¦


Book cover of His Only Wife

Liz Amos Author Of All the Truths Between Us

From my list on helping you seize the day.

Why am I passionate about this?

Growing up, no one needed to tell me that Iā€™m a highly sensitive person ā€“ although they did. The label was confusing: was it a bad thing? I wasnā€™t sure. So, I tried to keep myself in check and followed my love of words into a legal career. Other peopleā€™s books became my refuge: a safe place to explore the full reach of my empathy and find connection. Reading still gives me sanctuary. Only now, since leaving law to become an author and poet myself, I also embrace the emotional rollercoaster of sharing my own creativity. Itā€™s balm for my bittersweet soul.

Liz's book list on helping you seize the day

Liz Amos Why did Liz love this book?

Developing alongside Afi Tekple through this book was like spending time with an inspirational cousin.

Despite being in my mid-thirties, I frequently feel like Iā€™m just beginning to shake off external expectations and live my own life. Unlike Afi, my scenarios donā€™t involve marrying a man Iā€™ve never met for the sake of my family. But constantly striving to ā€œdo the right thingā€ ā€“ as defined by others ā€“ has been an emotional burden.

I loved this sensitively written, funny, sensual portrayal of a woman locating her own inner compass. It helped me believe that speaking up for the contours of my existence ā€“ and even disappointing a few people along the way ā€“ is healthy. Inevitably, some things are lost as a result. But thereā€™s also much to be gained.

By Peace Adzo Medie,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked His Only Wife as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A feelgood debut set in modern-day Ghana, about fashion and finding your voice

'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail

In one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of the year, Afi Tekple, a bright young seamstress from a small town in Ghana, is convinced by her family to marry a man she has never met.

Elikem Ganyo is a wealthy businessman whose family has chosen Afi in the hope that she will distract him from a relationship with another woman they think is inappropriate.

The fact that she doesn't know Elikem seems a small price to payā€¦


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