Recs if you like The Four Winds...

Fiction of all genres that explore what it means to cannibalize the self in service of others; the invisible labor, the elusive rewards, and the smothering of all else. Books do not need to feature actual eldest daughters. Always open to suggestions!

Books you will find on any given thrift store shelf in the US, for better or worse 😂 For books in a series or by prolific authors, I’ve only included one book so as not to overwhelm the list.

Suggestions welcome!

I think it goes without saying but just in case… I’m not necessarily recommending these books by having them on this list. (In fact I wouldn’t recommend many of these.) This is for fun!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 Numerical Titles Prompt You must find titles with the words one through ten, plus one more of a random number 11 books total This is an on going list and always open for recommendations

A list of audiobooks narrated by Julia Whelan who does great work and whose delivery scratches my brain in just the right way. For anyone who enjoys her narration and wants to know if they should go for the audiobook version!

The top 100 books of the 2020’s as voted on by Goodreads members

How many have you read?

The top 5 have switched order, they should be: 5) I’m Glad My Mom Died 4) The Midnight Library 3) The House in the Cerulean Sea 2) Project Hail Mary

1. Addie LaRue

Books that take a look at life in 1930s era America - time of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.

list includes both fiction and nonfiction

We know Count von Count from Sesame Street loves numbers, so here are some books with numbers in the titles to show our appreciation for him!

A list of books set across different countries (mainly for the historical fiction globe trotters)

Calling all Samantha, Josefina, Addy, Kit, Felicity, and Molly girls! If you loved reading American Girl books when you were younger, these books are for you! Historical Fiction centered on a woman's POV

List of books with numbers in the title.

everything kristin hannah

HRCYED prompt

historical fiction books that don’t take place during WWII! I learned so much from these books

This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!

"You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Address at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 9/25/56

As recognized in the above quote, farming is not a walk in the proverbial park. Along with the physical demands each toilsome day, it is also a significant endeavor of love and especially of hope. The books in this list span various genres, eras, and locales; recommendations always welcome!

Do you remember, the 21st night of September?

"Another storm brewing; I hear it sing i’ th’ wind. Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. If it should thunder as it did before, I know not where to hide my head. Yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls." – The Tempest, 2.2.18. This list is inspired by the terrifyingly beautiful intensity of nature at its most extreme. This is the fiction edition of this subject. Recommendations always welcome!

Goodreads Published List of Consistently > 4 ⭐️(by year published)

2000: Plain Truth - House of Leaves ‘01: Other Boleyn Girl - Secret Life of Bees ‘02: Fingersmith - Lamb ‘03: Shutter Island - Time Traveler’s Wife ‘04: Shadow of the Wind - Cloud Atlas ‘05: No Country for Old Men - Book Thief ‘06: Sharp Objects - Road ‘07: Terror - Thousand Splendid Suns ‘08: City of Thieves - Hunger Games ‘09: Maze Runner - Cutting for Stone

Ran out of room.. See Comments for full list!

Reread worthy. 5 stars. Unputdownable. A list of my absolute favorite books ever. All for various reasons but the stories at the time resonated with me deeply. Some of the books might be controversial and not for everyone.