#BookishBest Tag

I am a sucker for a good book-related tag and was inspired to do this one by a recent post from Bernie Lombardi, one of my favorite Bookstagrammers. I did my best to discover who first created this tag so I could give proper credit and link to them, but there are tons of posts and videos and my quest proved fruitless. So, my thanks to whoever it was, and hope you create more of these fun tags.

It’s always a nice time, looking back over the lists of books that I’ve read and reminiscing about some of the best ones, but narrowing them down to just three in each category was tougher than I thought it would be. So, let’s take a quick look at my bookish best.

Books to pick up when you need a good cry:

  • Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote.

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

  • I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

Books to make you believe in love:

  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

  • Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

  • The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

Books that reveal the complexity of life:

  • Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

  • Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert

  • Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter

Books that make you laugh:

  • One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak

  • Calypso by David Sedaris

  • Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen

Books that take you to another world:

  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

  • The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

  • Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Books that make you giddy (to think/talk about):

  • Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

  • The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

  • The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Books that make you think:

  • The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

  • The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Books you keep coming back to:

  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova

  • Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

  • Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

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