Standing Ovation Books
These are books that I enjoyed so much that I gave them a standing ovation when I finished reading them or I found them so enlightening that I plan on reading them multiple times or both!
- Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (Reddit Recommendation)
- Good to Great by Jim Collins (Self-Pick)
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Self-Pick)
- Born a Crime, Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Nala Recommendation)
Highly Recommend
These are books that I enjoyed immensely or took me on an unexpected journey.
- Four Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (Podcast Recommendation)
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (James Clear Recommendation)
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Self-Pick)
- The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi (Self-Pick)
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Book Club Selection)
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Book Club Selection)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune (Self-Pick)
- The Boys by Katie Hafner (Book Club Selection)
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Mark Recommendation)
- The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert (Self-Pick)
Recommend
These are books that I enjoyed and would have enjoyed even more if certain sections were more developed or detailed.
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Self-Pick)
- If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha (Book Club Selection)
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Self-Pick)
- The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood (Nala Recommendation)
- Red Roulette by Desmond Shum (Podcast Recommendation)
- Practical Stoicism, Exercises for Doing the Right Thing Right Now by Grey Freeman (Reddit Recommendation)
- Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Hoopla Featured)
- Codependent No More by Melody Beattie (Podcast Recommendation)
- Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce (Book Club Selection)
- Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck (Podcast Recommendation)
- Everybody Lies – Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (Podcast Recommendation)
- Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Reddit Recommendation)
- Emotional Inheritance – A Therapist, Her Patients, and The Legacy of Trauma by Galit Atlas, PhD (Catan’s friend Recommendation)
- The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty (Nala Recommendation)
- Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler (Self-Pick)
Others
I also read 24 additional books that I stopped midway or earlier. Some were too heartbreaking to read. Some were too gruesome or tragic. Some spoke of subjects, I currently do not grasp. A few made me incredibly angry. All these books will remain nameless because I want to encourage people to write what their heart desires. Write on people!
