Avidly Reading
Best Fiction Books (I've read so far)
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Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
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Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
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A Burning by Megha Majumdar
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Writers & Lovers by Lily King
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Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
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This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
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A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
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Best Non-Fiction Books (I've read so far)
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Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library by Amanda Oliver
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Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan by Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson
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The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J. B. MacKinnon
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The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
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The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer by Caitlin Murray
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How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Caine
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Reading became my greatest joy during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing me to learn and travel, all from within the depths of my mind. My love for reading and learning helped to inspire the creation of Lit Leaders.
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To the right is a representation of all of the books I read in 1 year, from April of 2020 to April in 2021. Some of my favorites from my biggest-reading-year (I finished 35 books in the year) are listed above.
