I have a lot lol. I save my books on Goodreads and rate them and I started writing reviews to start learning how to write properly again.
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb. Follows two brothers who are identical twins one is considered normal until he goes deeper and the other is schizophrenic and chopped off his hand for a reason that made sense to him (not a spoiler). It is long but so worth the read to me.
Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It is a story following a woman who starts slipping into Alzheimers disease and the people around her. So sad.
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Maybe you read it already but it is a freshman boy in high school running from something and finding himself through experiences and friends. I reread it all the time and every time it makes me feel something.
The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein. It is told from a dogs perspective about the thought of life itself through racing metaphors because his owner is a car racer. I don't like racing at all but it was still so good, I read the kids version (make sure you don't get that one unless you want, it is different a bit I think).
A monster calls by Patrick Ness. A young adult book. A monster comes to a boy every night and has the same dream every night ever since his mom got ill. The monster wants the truth from the boy.
Nobody needs to know: a memoir: by Pidgeon Pagonis.about a person who figures out they are intersex but raised as a girl and it follows their story of secrets, struggle, and the power of the truth.
Parable of the sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler. I don't know if this is political/religious, it is about climate change and the story of the anarchy of it and trying to salvage things and trying to find safety and also finding what can salvage humankind. The religious part is about the girl finding the earth as the religion and how it effects our lives so it seems more in reality to me.
The glass castle by Jeannette Walls. It is a memoir of a dysfunctional and unique family with a father who is good in a way but drinks and a mother who us a free spirit who didn't like raising kids. The kids went on with their own lives to New York and the parents follow deciding to be homeless.
A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It is so good and it follows a girl born in the slums of Williamsburg and there is just so much to it. Both my grandma and aunt recommended the book to me.
those are bad recommendations ( fantasy and romance ) are better
