In the Company of Books

We're doing something a little different today! Hanging out in my bedroom, and discussing the books that have kept me company this year. There have been many, so here's a shorter list of some of my favourites, along with a few quotes/poems. Enjoy! NONFICTION Attached by Amir Levine + Rachel Heller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk all about love by bell hooks The School of Life by Alain de Botton Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione Everything Is Spiritual by Rob Bell How to Be Here by Rob Bell Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gordon The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron   POETRY New and Selected Poems (Vol 1) by Mary Oliver Devotions by Mary Oliver   ADULT FICTION The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams The Mothers by Brit Bennett Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams   KIDS FICTION The Giver by Lois Lowry How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers (any book) by Vashti Harrison The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman Evie and the Animals by Matt Haig The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day   NEXT TO MY BED RIGHT NOW Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Grounded by Ruth Allen Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Turning by Jessica J. Lee