
Books Worth Reading
The books that shaped me helped me understand myself and the world better - they challenged my mind, made me feel seen, and showed me new ways of being.
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Books About One’s Identity

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 2009

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel
Ocean Vuong · 2019
Books For Women

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton · 2021

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman · 2019
<p><b>SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.</b><br> <br> <b>Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.</b><br> <br> Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?<br> <br> Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.<br> <br> Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.<br> <br> <b>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE <i>WATER CURE</i><br> <br> **<i>Orlanda</i>, the next sensation from Jacquline Harpman, is available now**</b></p>
Books About War

Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys · 2017
#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal!<br/><br/>"A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal<br/><br/>Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time<br/><br/>Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.<br/><br/>Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . .<br/><br/>This paperback edition includes book club questions and exclusive interviews with Wilhelm Gustloff survivors and experts.
Books About Trauma

My Dark Vanessa: A Novel
Kate Elizabeth Russell · 2020










