Summer is approaching faster and faster, and it’s time to start devising a killer reading list. Next time you’re tempted to binge watch a Netflix series this summer, pause, and pick up one of these wonderful works of creative nonfiction for a little while. You’ll find yourself engrossed and thoroughly entertained by these women’s eclectic stories. Hey, you might even find yourself inspired.
These amazing ladies’ life narratives are nearly impossible to put down:
#GIRLBOSS
By Sophia Amoruso
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”
By Lena Dunham
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
By Mindy Kaling
Yes Please
By Amy Poehler
Bossypants
By Tina Fey
These essay collections are extremely witty and thought provoking:
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
By Sarah Vowell
Bad Feminist
By Roxanne Gay
I Was Told There’d Be Cake
By Sloane Crosley
So, you can still enjoy your fave shows all you want (um, hello, Orange is the New Black is almost back!!) but don’t forget to nourish your inner bookworm this summer, too.