#reader girl

thank you so much for your sweet message! i'm literally so happy you find my blog inspiring! book recommendations are one of my favorite things to share, so here are some reads that have totally changed my life, organized by category just for you:

✧ fiction ✧

• "normal people" by sally rooney (the way she writes relationships is sooo real)

• "the seven husbands of evelyn hugo" by taylor jenkins reid (glamour + heartbreak!)

• "little fires everywhere" by celeste ng (family drama at its finest)

• "circe" by madeline miller (mythology but make it feminist)

• "the midnight library" by matt haig (perfect for when you're feeling lost)

✧ fantasy fiction ✧

(i mostly read fiction, more so fantasy fiction, i'm such a huge fan of this genre)

• "the night circus" by erin morgenstern (magical + romantic in the best way)

• "a darker shade of magic" by v.e. schwab (parallel londons? yes please!)

• "uprooted" by naomi novik (dark fairy tale vibes that i'm obsessed with)

• "the invisible life of addie larue" by v.e. schwab (immortality with a twist)

• "ninth house" by leigh bardugo (dark academia meets magic at yale)

• "the starless sea" by erin morgenstern (underground library dreams)

• "piranesi" by susanna clarke (strange + beautiful + haunting)

✧ self-help + personal growth ✧

• "atomic habits" by james clear (literally changed how i build routines)

• "burnout" by emily + amelia nagoski (for when you're feeling overwhelmed)

• "the mountain is you" by brianna wiest (healing your self-sabotage!)

• "untamed" by glennon doyle (finding your inner voice)

• "buy yourself the f*cking lilies" by tara schuster (self-care that actually works)

✧ poetry + essays ✧

• "milk and honey" by rupi kaur (for your soft girl feelings)

• "the princess saves herself in this one" by amanda lovelace

• "trick mirror" by jia tolentino (essays that make you think)

• "salt" by nayyirah waheed (short poems that hit deep)

• "what kind of woman" by kate baer (feminine power on every page)

✧ academia + productivity ✧

• "deep work" by cal newport (how i get through finals week tbh)

• "make it stick" by peter c. brown (revolutionized my study methods)

• "digital minimalism" by cal newport (for when social media is too much)

• "how to do nothing" by jenny odell (because sometimes we need to just breathe)

• "grit" by angela duckworth (staying motivated when things get hard)

✧ cozy + comfort reads ✧

• anything by taylor jenkins reid (her characters feel like friends)

• "such a fun age" by kiley reid (so readable yet thought-provoking)

• "beach read" by emily henry (romance that doesn't feel cringey)

• "the house in the cerulean sea" by tj klune (like a warm hug in book form)

• "the secret history" by donna tartt (dark academia vibes)

hope these suggestions bring you as much joy as they've brought me! let me know if you read any of them, i'd love to hear your thoughts! just a little note: my favorite genres to read are fantasy, mystery and romance, and historical fiction as well, but i do try to broaden my genre-range, so this was a long list of books i've read in different genres, hopefully you can find some you'd like. <333

xoxo, mindy 🤍

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