NOT a big non fiction reader but I will always pick up something that catches my eye (don’t judge a book by its cover, but also like sometimes do). Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) made me ugly cry at work. honorable mentions:
Mean Baby - Selma Blair
I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jeanette McCurdy
Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado
Down the Drain - Julia Fox
Cultish - Amanda Montell
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb
Flesh & Blood - N West Moss
- They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib
- Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason
- The Loneliness Files, Athena Dixon
- Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong
- Ghost Forest, Pik-Shuen Fung
- And Then She Fell, Alicia Elliott
- Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner
- The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston
- Happy Place, Emily Henry (contrary to the title, it is not happy)
I love memoirs so freaking much: Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast): This one is one of the best books I’ve ever read I think. It’s about Michelle’s dealing with the death of her mother because of cancer and the way in which she tries to reconnect with her korean roots through food, because her mom was her only connection to korean culture. This is also how I found out about Michelle’s band “Japanese Breakfast” which is also amazing and I love their music so much. Know my Name by Chanel Miller: This one is hard to read because of how much it destroys you to learn, or remember, how the criminal justice system is so unfair to r*pe victims. Miller reclaims her name aside from anything that has something to do with what was done to her, and tells her story from her own perspective. It’s also beautifully written. I talk more about this book in the link that I put in this post! (I was told to recommend a book to the people at my uni a few years ago). Just Kids by Patti Smith: I think this book is already very loved by so many people (and also not liked by many!). I loved it and I’ve read it a couple times. People say there’s a lot of name dropping here but I think that was just Patti’s life (maybe!). I also love Patti Smith as a person, she’s very sweet from what I know of her and an amazing writer and musician.
Fiction: In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg.
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Death With Interruptions-José Saramago.
The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware).
Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews.
100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez. Non-fiction: Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Educated-Tara Westover.
I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
