Top 85 Book Recommendations

post author: rachel

A few days ago, I asked for book recommendations through Instagram and Facebook and received so many great titles! For any other bookworms out there in need of a good read, here is a list sectioned out by genre. Hopefully there is something in here for everyone! I included all of your favorites and added some of my own. To make it easy, I found each of these books on Amazon, so if you want to skip ahead, just click here for the full list. 

Let me know if you have any other recommendations in the comments! 

Business & Money 

• ​Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too
  ​By: Chris Hogan ​

• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns 
  By: John C. Bogle ​​

• ​The Intelligent Investor
  By: Benjamin Graham​

• ​The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
  ​By: Dave Ramsey 

Fiction

• A Man Called Ove
  ​By: Fredrik Backman

• Becoming Mrs. Lewis ​
  ​By: Patti Callahan 

• ​​Breath, Eyes, Memory
  ​​By: Edwidge Danticat

• Iris & Lily 
  ​By: Angela and Julie Scipioni 

• ​Fates and Furies
  ​By: Lauren Groff 

• Jubilee Manor 
  ​By: Bethany Hagen

• Last Call
  ​By: Tim Powers

• ​Small Great Things
  ​By: Jodi Picoult 

• The Art of Racing in the Rain
  ​By: Garth Stein 

• ​The Circle 
  ​By: Ted Dekker 

• ​The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
  ​By: Mitch Albom 

• The Great Alone 
  ​By: Kristin Hannah

• Watership Down 
  ​By: Richard Adams​​

• ​​​The Stranger
  ​By: Albert Camus ​

HISTORICAL FICTION

• Before We Were Yours
  ​By: Lisa Wingate ​

• Beneath A Scarlet Sky
  ​By: Mark Sullivan ​

• Cold Mountain
  By: Charles Frazier 
  

• My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton 
  ​By: Stephanie Dray

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz
  ​By: Heather Morris

• ​Lilac Girls
  ​By: Martha Hall Kelly​

• Salt to the Sea
  ​By: Ruta Sepetys

• ​We Were the Lucky Ones
  ​By: Georgia Hunter

• Where the Crawdads Sing 
  ​By: Delia Owens

History/Biographies & MEMOIRS

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
  By: Dave Eggers 
  

• ​Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
  ​By: Jim Federick

• Becoming​
  By: Michelle Obama

• ​Churchill: A Biography
  ​By: Roy Jenkins

• Educated: A Memoir
  ​By: Tara Westover

• My American Journey
  ​By: Colin Powell 

• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 
  ​​By: Alfred Lansing 

• Personal History 
  ​By: Katharine Graham 

• Truman
  By: David McCullough
  

• The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra
  By: Eliot Weisman  

LEADERSHIP

• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
  ​By: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin ​

• ​Leader Shift: 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace
  ​By: John C. Maxwell

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• The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential
  ​By: John C. Maxwell ​​

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  By: Stephen R. Covey 

Marriage

• Communication in Marriage: How to Communicate with your Spouse Without Fighting 
  By: Marcus & Ashley Kusi ​​

• Getting Ready for Marriage: A Practical Road Map for Your Journey Together 
  ​By Jim Burns & Doug Fields
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• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts 
  ​By: Gary Chapman ​

• The 21 Undeniable Secrets of Marriage 
  ​By: Allen Hunt 

• ​The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the
  ​Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
  ​​By: Timothy Keller 

Religion

• Everybody Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People 
  ​By: Bob Goff

• I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life
  ​By: Maria Shriver ​​

• The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected
  ​By: Nik Ripken 

• ​To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
  ​By: Matt Chandler 

Romance 

• Crazy Little Thing
  ​By: Tracy Brogan ​

• Crazy Rich Asians​
  ​By: Kevin Kwan 

• Every Breath 
  ​By: Nicholas Sparks 

• ​Redeeming Love
  ​By: Francine Rivers 

• ​​The Summer House​
  ​By: Jenny Hale ​

Self-Help 

• 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do 
  ​By: Amy Morin ​

• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  ​By: Malcolm Gladwell 

• Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds 
  ​​By: David Goggins 

• ​​Celebration of Discipline
  ​By: Richard Foster 

• Girl, Stop Apologizing 
  ​By: Rachel Hollis 

• Girl, Wash Your Face 
  ​By: Rachel Hollis 

• How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
  ​By: Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren​

• Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms 
  ​By: Tim Tebow​

• ​The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
  By: Gay Hendricks 

• ​The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea
  ​By: Bob Burg and John David Mann

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 
  ​By: Mark Manson

• ​​You Have What it Takes: What Every Father Needs to Know
  ​By: John Eldridge 

Sports 

• Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
  ​By: Gilbert M. Gaul ​

• Carter Boyz: The untold truth about Dallas' D. W. Carter High School 1988 football state championship team 
  ​By: Gary Edwards and George Gates

• ​Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game 
  ​By: Michael Lewis 

• ​Friday Night Lights 
  ​By: H.G Bissinger

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
  ​By: Daniel James Brown

• The Boys of Summer
  ​By: Roger Kahn

• ​The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
  ​By: Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian

• Open: An Autobiography
  ​By: Andre Agassi 

• Quarterback: Inside the Most Important
  Position in the National Football League ​
  ​By: John Feinstein 

Thriller 

• A Merciful Death
  ​By: Kendra Elliot ​

• ​All the Missing Girls
  ​By: Megan Miranda 

• Four Past Midnight
  ​By: Stephen King ​

• Into the Water
  ​By: Paula Hawkins

• Memory Man
  ​By: David Baldacci

• Not a Sound
  ​By: Heather Gudenkauf

• Shoofly Pie
  ​By: Tim Downs ​

• The Couple Next Door 
  ​By: Shari Lapena ​

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  By: Stieg Larsson