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!
2025
Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff
The Lion Women of Tehran, Marjan Kamali
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
The Women, Kristin Hannah
Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
You Have Gone Too Far, Carlene O’Connor
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
All the Colors of the Dark, Christ Whitaker
Entitlement, Rumaan Alam
The River, Peter Heller
The Soul of an Octopus, Sy Montgomery
Child of God, Cormac McCarthy (re-read)
The Caretaker, Ron Rash
How to Stay Married, Harrison Scott Key
Why Did I Get a B?, Shannon Reed
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
How to Stay Married, Harrison Scott Key
Why Did I Get a B? Shannon Reed
Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff
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.