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- updated 6 June 2023 - 

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A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold

Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah*

Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Homemade by Liz Hauck

Hunger by Roxane Gay

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life by Suzanne Koven

The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins

Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat by Stephanie Covington Armstrong

Summer Light by Andrew Stevenson

Children's

Be a Tree by Maria Gianferrari

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky

Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling*

Kindness Grows by Britta Teckentrup

The Miraculous Tale of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

Classics

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Cookbooks

Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan

Cook This Book by Molly Baz

Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz

Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan
Korean American by David Kim

Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez

The Minimalist Entertains by Mark Bittman

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson

Why We Cook by Lindsay Gardner

Fiction

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Science Fiction

Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

WWII Historical Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah*

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

En Español 

La casa de Bernarda Alba de Federico Garcia Lorca

El Conde Lucanor de Don Juan Manuel

El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra de Don Juan Manuel

Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal de J.K. Rowling

Los hijos perdidos de Valeria Luiselli

Mi caballo mago de Sabine Ulibarrí

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha de Francisco de Robles

Rima LIII de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Faith

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

Desiring God by John Piper

Every Good Endeavor by Tim Keller

The Gospel Has a Housekey by Rosaria Butterfield

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

Living Gently in a Violent World by Jean Vanier and Stanley Hauerwas

Love Does by Bob Goff 

The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

Streams in the Desert by Lettie Cowman

With by Skye Jethani

Wishful Thinking, A Theological ABC by Frederick Buechner

Nutrition

Baby Led Weaning by Gill Rapley

Child of Mine by Ellyn Satter

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Free for All by Janet Poppendieck

How to Get Your Kid to Eat... But Not Too Much by Ellyn Satter

Kid Food by Bettina Elias Siegel

Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

What to Eat by Marion Nestle

Non-Fiction

Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett

Quiet by Susan Cain**

How to Influence People and Win Friends by Dale Carnegie**

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

Reconciliation

A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee (my book review)

Conditional Citizens by Laila Lalami

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Dream with Me by John Perkins

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

*Audiobook version strongly recommended

**Why yes, I recommend reading both!