Here is a list of some of my favorite books that I have read. Each one offers insight into so many things. I hope you find one you like!
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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Why Read It? You will be able to see how the lives of Nigerian’s were in the 1900s.
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Why Read It? Understand the hardships young Black men had to go through in the early-mid 1900s and see how many other’s lives were in turn affected as well.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Why Read It? Learn about the romance two characters shared and how they faced many challenges – learn if they will overcome them or not?
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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Why Read It? Learn about the murder of a fellow townsperson and get taken along on the journey to find their killer.
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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Why Read It? Discover the many loves explored in the novel. One woman with two lovers? Who will she choose?
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hoosseini
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Why Read It? Follow the journey of a boy as he goes through his life.
- I Am, I Am, I Am: Seven Brushed With Death by Maggie O’Farrell
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Why Read It? Follow one woman and see how throughout her life she has encountered seven events in her life that almost killed her.
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
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Why Read It? A letter to be read after his death, but his wife finds it before he dies. How will the story pan out?
- Educated by Tara Westover
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Why Read It? Follow one girl from childhood to adulthood, and how she went from living in horrible conditions to becoming an author and college graduate.
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Why Read It? Find out how this dystopian novel’s world banned books. The “firefighters” jobs are to burn any book they come across.
Happy reading!!!