Recs if you like The Road to Tender Hearts...
endearingly grumpy old people and their found families
books whose main characters are older and disillusioned with life and go on a little adventure that melts their hearts (and heals yours)
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NPR’s Books We Love 2025
Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.
The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.
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get in, loser! we're going on a road trip!
sometimes they're running to something, sometimes they're running from something, sometimes they're just running.
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It’s okay to judge a book by it’s cover!
Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉
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✨ Wes Anderson Whimsy ✨
Books that inspired Wes Anderson movies or have that same feeling of whimsy, quirkiness and a bit of nostalgia 💛
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Act 2: Books with Senior Citizens as MCs
Second chances, found family, cranky but comedic old folks. No 20 somethings as main character's here!
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families across generations
fiction about generations of families, their relationships, and their legacies.
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it's not a family road trip until someone's crying
(dys)functional family road trip books full of lots of feelings, chaos, and too many rest stops
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life is a highway
an ode to the great american road trip novel. sometimes thrilling, sometimes terrifying, usually at least somewhat entertaining.
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ew, david
Book recs that give off schitt's creek vibe: small-town chaos, found family by fellow pagebound users alternatively, “Who knows what will befall us tomorrow? You could be hit by a Mack truck or bopped on the head by a tiny piece of space debris.”
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I’m Mean Because I Grew Up in New England
Books set in New England, for when I feel homesick. Making a separate spooky list for of all the Stephen King books lol
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liminal books of the summer
2026
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Book Club at the Public Library
Books for an adult book club at your local library!
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Road Trip Adventures
These are a few fun reads that include going on a road trip, some with some crazy happenings along the way and some with a story line that gives insight to the character's back stories.
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It's the Golden Girls Era
book with mature person as the main character
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road trip vibes
not every book includes an actual road trip but they do include lots of driving around & small town vibes
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Men You Can Trust With Your Drink
A list of books that contain male characters who I would allow to hold my drink while I was in the bathroom at a bar, club, or similar establishment 💕
Spanning different genres and based almost entirely on vibes. Open to adding more safe and trustworthy men but they must have that special something about them 🤌
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book club contenders
Some good looking books to discuss with a book club
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FPC Book Club Unchosen Suggestions
Books that were suggested for our book club.
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