Category: Lists

I made a list a week ago with ROM-COMs for Christmas. This list is books about Christmas that is not rom-coms. Some are dark…some are funny! But I hope you enjoy! Letter from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford The Usual Santas by Read more

In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory One Day in December by Josie Silver So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen Mistoe & Mr. Right by Sarah Morganhaler Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella We Met In December Read more

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Dust Bowl) Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Dust Bowl) Issaac’s Storm by Erik Larson Krakatoa by Simon Winchester Wave by Sonali Deranivgala Under a Flaming Sky Daniel James Brown The Big Burn by Timothy Egan Zeitoun by Dave Eggers The Day the World Read more

Real name: Stephen King Pen name: Richard Bachman Real name: Joanne Rowling Pen name: J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith Real name: Nora Roberts Pen name: J.D. Robb Real Name: Clive Hamilton Pen Name: CS Lewis- Real Name: Joyce Carol Oates- Pen name: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly Real Name: Isaac Asimov- Pen name: Paul French Real Read more

PUBLIC FIGURES Becoming by Michelle Obama I.M. Isaac Mizrahi My Life in France by Julia Child Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Born A Crime Trevor Noah Guru by Rupaul Life Will Be The Death of Me…And You Too!  by Chelsea Handler The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown Just The Funny Parts by Read more

Here is a list of books about the Titanic sinking. The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor The Band That Played On by Steve Turner The Deep by Alma Katso A Night To Remember by Walter Lord Women and Children Go First by Gill Paul The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski The Read more

I love the TV show “You.” I have made a list of books that have the theme of stalking! These are also books about obsessive behaviors too. You series by Caroline Kepnes The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine Whispers by Dean Koontz Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Read more

I had a friend who asked me about books for the Salem Witch Trails. I could only name The Crucible. I figured that the books that I found, I should post to my blog! The Crucible by Arthur Miller Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Six Women of Salem by Marilunn K. Roach How Read more

-This is a series of books based on a “What-if” the villain won. A Whole New World- (Aladdin) by Liz Braswell Once Upon A Dream- (Sleeping Beauty) by Liz Braswell As Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast) by Lisa Braswell Reflection (Mulan) by Elizabeth Lim Part of your World (Little Mermaid) by Liz Braswell Read more

Books shown and/or referenced in the TV Show Lost: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume The Chosen by Chaim Potok Watership Down by Richard Adams Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle Read more

As many people know, I am an identical twin! My twin sister and I are very close. I typically enjoy books about twins. One of my fave book series growing up in the late 80s- early 90s was Sweet Valley High. So here is a list of books about twins! Some may just have twins Read more

I am starting to get into documentaries and novels about hiking. I have read a few but decided to dig into some other novels about the subject. These are not how to guides but memoirs and fiction stories that have hiking or walking long distances in them. Wild by Cheryl Strayed A Walk In the Read more

Anything by James Joyce: Dubliners; Ulysses; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Anything by Tana French: In the Woods; The Likeness Anything by Maeve Binchy Circle of Friends; Tara Road Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherford The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherford Brooklyn by Colm Read more

This is a mix of true crime, case studies, and fiction novels. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Eliter Serial Killer Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of hte Hunt Read more

Authors: Sherman Alexie Leslie Marmon Silko Janet Campbell Hale Paula Gunn Allen Vine Deloria, Jr. N. Scott Momaday Duane Niatum Gerald Vizenor Louise Erdrich James Welch Barney Bush Joy Harjo Simon J. Ortiz nila northSun Charles Eastman John Joseph Mathews Diane Glancy Winona LaDuke Wendy Rose David Treuer Novels: There There by Tommy Orange Love Read more

Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby The Blind Side by Micheal Lewis Never Ran, Never Will by Albert Samaha When Pride Still Mattered by David Maranis Friday Night LIghts by Buss Bissinger The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback by George Plimpton When the Read more

A list of authors that have inspired me! Langston Hughes Richard Wright Toni Morrison Zora Neale Hurston Fredrick Douglass Alice Walker W.E.B Du Bois Ralph Ellison James Baldwin Alex Haley Amiri Baraka bell hooks Phillis Wheatley Lorraine Hansberry Nikki Giovanni Newer authors to read! They are definently worth picking up! Roxane Gay Octavia Butler The Read more

Novels: The Bluest Eye Sula Song of Solomon Tar Baby Beloved Jazz Paradise Love A Mercy Home God Help the Child Children’s Books (with Slade Morrison) The Big Box The Book of Mean People Remember: The Journey to School Intergration Who’s Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?, The Lion or the Mouse?, Poppy or Read more

Book 1: An Ember in the Ashes Book 2: A Torch Against the Night Book 3: A Reaper at the Gates Book 4: A Sky Beyond the Storm Watch my blog for my reviews for each of them. As of 1/15/21, I finished book 1 and almost completed book 2. This is not my typical Read more

Thanks to the Netflix series as well as Shonda Rhimes (Greys Anatomy as well as other notable shows), people are in love with this series. Here are the books in order as well as a link to a family tree. Book 1: The Duke and I Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me Book 3: Read more

One thing that I always enjoy is books about Kindness! Fred Rogers lived in the city of Pittsburgh (1.5-2 hours away from where I live). Fred has always been the ambassador of kindness. I wish I would have been able to meet Fred, but his message lives on. I try to be kind to everyone Read more

Thank you to all our veterans as well as the families of lost veterans who died serving our country. To honor Veterans, I am going to provide some books on the topic. Once again, thank you to out Veterans and families of vets! Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (World War II) The Longest Day by Cornelius Read more