Below you will find a list of books I currently am, or have been, reading. If you are looking to buy from a locally-owned independent bookstore, some of my personal favorites in the Twin Cities are: Subtext Books, Birchbark Books, Red Balloon Bookshop and Valley Bookseller. Happy reading, friends!

On my bookshelf currently in 2023

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (Young Adult/Fiction) *I listened to the audiobook version of this and it was amazing!

The Hurting Kind and The Carrying by Ada Limon (Poetry)

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park (Young Adult/Fiction)

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Fiction)

Mad Honey by Jodi Piccoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Fiction)

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Non-Fiction)

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Historical Fiction)

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Fiction / Dystopia)

Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski (Non-Fiction)

Dear Girls by Ali Wong (Non-Fiction)

On my bookshelf in 2020:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott – Non-fiction/memoir

“Offers unique inspiration. . . . An honest appraisal of what it takes to be a writer and why it matters so much.”
—Library Journal

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi – YA Fiction

“Like [Madeleine] L’Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology.” –NPR

The Song Poet by Kao Kalia Yang – autobiography/memoir

1919 by Eve Ewing – Poetry/Historical non-fiction

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei – Autobiographical/Graphic Novel

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee – Young Adult Historical Fiction

Throwback read: The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph – Young Adult Fiction

The Round House by Louise Erdrich – Fiction

LaRose by Louise Edrich – Fiction

“A Thousand Mornings” by Mary Oliver – Poetry

“How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy” by Jenny Odell – Non-Fiction/Political Science/Information Technology (*difficult to categorize!)

“Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know” by Malcolm Gladwell (audiobook version) – Non-fiction

Throwback Read: “No Matter the Wreckage” by Sarah Kay – Poetry

“The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich – Historical Fiction

Throwback read: “Bossy Pants” by Tina Fey – Humor/Autobiography

“The Memory Police” by Yoko Ogawa – Sci-Fi/Dystopian Fiction

“Disobediance” by Naomi Aldermann – Novel

“The Power” by Naomi Aldermann – Speculative Fiction

“The Book of Joy” by the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams – Self-Help / Spirituality

“The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates – Historical Fiction/Magical Realism

“Blue Horses” by Mary Oliver – Poetry

“Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert – Self-help/Autobiographical

Throwback read: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry – YA/ Dystopian Sci – Fiction