Books of various genres that make you feel "oooof" but also "we'll work out a way to get through, even if its not perfect"
created by liquidwitch
last updated June, 2026
Millions: From the UK Children's Laureate 2024–2026
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Silas Marner
George Eliot
Indigo's Star (Casson Family, #2)
Hilary McKay
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Attachments
Rainbow Rowell
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
The Blue Castle
L.M. Montgomery
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Maya Angelou
Strong Female Character
Fern Brady
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
Persephone's Garden
Glynnis Fawkes
Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Megan Phelps-Roper
Probably Nothing
Lauren Bravo
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
Becky Chambers
Thornyhold
Mary Stewart
Circe
Madeline Miller
City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert
A House with Good Bones
At What Point
Caitlin O'Ryan
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
Happy Place
Emily Henry
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
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