#if anyone has any recs for books along these lines please hmu!

[isitovers]

since you write so well, i figured you might be a fan of books and i will LITERALLY read ANYTHING you recommend so pls drop a book rec or fic rec or anything that i could read that has your approval

oh my gosh I love finding some peace in reading! I’ve made this list for you so I hope there’s something on there you might be interested in checking out 😘

fiction:

19 love songs by david levithan (he writes stories for his friends for valentine’s day and this is a collection of fiction and nonfiction centring on the idea of love)

air kisses by zoe foster (if you like the devil wears prada then you’ll probably like the idea of the main character in this bluffing her way into being a beauty editor for a magazine)

all the bright places by jennifer niven (one of my favourites. I can’t bring myself to watch the movie because I enjoyed the book so much and don’t want it to be ruined)

breathless by jennifer niven (I love this and I love that it’s based on her own love story)

burn for burn trilogy by jenny han and siobhan vivian (the ending was not at all what I was expecting – in the best way)

every day by david levithan (I haven’t read this since high school but the concept of this book is so wildly unique. I don’t understand how they made a movie based on it and I don’t intend to find out)

honeybee by craig silvey (hard but very good reading. deals with transitioning, transphobia, abuse)

I am out with lanterns by emily gale (I read this last year and it was one of my fave books that follows multiple characters. it’s also set in melbourne and I love a good book set in aus)

I was born for this by alice oseman (as a long time 1d fan I loved the premise of this book. if you’ve ever used fandom as escapism this is definitely a rec)

jasper jones by craig silvey (by far my favourite book we studied in high school; I finished it long before anyone else in my class. the movie version isn’t as good)

let it snow by maureen johnson, john green and lauren myracle (my annual holiday reading. maureen’s story is my favourite. do not even bother with the netflix movie it has literally nothing to do with this book and shouldn’t be allowed to say it’s based on it)

loveless by alice oseman (a book hasn’t hit me like this in so long and hasn’t since I read this last year. I’d never read anything like it before and I connected in a way I wasn’t expecting when I first bought it)

one of us is lying by karen m mcmanus (where my love of her ya mystery novels started. I didn’t enjoy the sequel one of us is next quite as much but still worth reading as well)

outlander series by diana gabaldon (this series is a long investment but completely worth it. the accompanying lord john novels are also recs – you can probably read them on their own as they’re separate from the outlander journey but there may be things that make more sense if you’ve read outlander first)

strange girls and ordinary women by morgan mccarthy (follows the lives of three very different women)

the wardrobe girl by jennifer smart (a funny one with the drama of behind the scenes of a soapie)

the wonder of us by kim culbertson (an honest look at friendship)

turtles all the way down by john green (I love the way he wrote the very end of this book. would also rec the rest of his work if you haven’t read already)

two can keep a secret by karen m mcmanus (idk about you but I wouldn’t go to a place called murderland halloween park especially not when a girl was fittingly murdered there but this is another well written ya novel)

nonfiction:

bloom by beau taplin (for if you like poetry)

challenge accepted by celeste barber (for if you enjoy her instagram and are interested in knowing more about her)

dior by dior the autobiography of christian dior (for if you’re interested in couture)

grace by grace coddington (very interesting read if you’re a fan of grace or the fashion industry in general)

hope is the thing with feathers by emily dickinson (I got into her work watching the show dickinson and this is a really nice collection of her poetry)

it by alexa chung (I love alexa and this book is so aesthetic)

the beautiful fall by alicia drake (really in depth look at the lives of yves saint laurent and karl lagerfeld)

the divine feline by belinda alexandra (for chic cat ladies)

the little book of gucci by karen homer (for if you’re interested in the history of the fashion house accompanied by pretty pictures)

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