What I’m Reading…

As an English Teacher, I am often asked, “What are you reading?” or “What is your favorite book?” Because these questions take a while to answer, I’ve decided to post some of my favorite books and my current reading list here. I hope it brings you some reading inspiration!

2024

The Hotel Nantucket, Elin Hilderbrand

There There, Tommy Orange

Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs, Wallace Stegner

East of Eden, John Steinbeck (re-read)

Golden Girl, Elin Hilderbrand

Good for a Girl, Lauren Fleshman

I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib

Ishmael, Daniel Quinn

What Wild Women Do, Karma Brown

The Last Ranger, Peter Heller

The First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston

The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

The Sentence, Louise Erdrich

The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters

The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore

Favorites

(not a complete list)

Big Door Prize, M. O. Walsh

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Ishmael, Daniel Quinn

The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison

Make It Scream, Make It Burn, Leslie Jamison

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff

Florida, Lauren Groff

It Was An Ugly Couch Anyway, Elizabeth Passarella

Biloxi, Mary Miller

Child of God, Cormac McCarthy

Life of Pi, Yann Martel

The Recovering, Leslie Jamison

The Sentence, Louise Erdrich

I am always looking to grow my classroom library. If you would like to donate your used books, please fill out the form below. I will take pretty much anything - if it isn’t a good fit for my high school library, I will find a place for it.