In Our Perfect Storm, Carley Fortune explores the thin, thrilling line between lifelong friendship and love. Frankie Gardiner thought she was about to begin forever with her fiancé—until he left her with nothing but a note on the morning of their wedding. Heartbroken and adrift, she retreats home, unsure of who she is without the […]
Fame Has a Price 💫
In Famesick, Lena Dunham looks back on the dizzying rise that made her a defining voice of her generation—and the private pain that fame could not protect her from. Behind the success of Tiny Furniture and Girls was a life shaped by chronic illness, addiction, public criticism, complicated relationships, and the exhausting pressure to keep […]
Fur, Feelings, and Second Chances 🐾💔
In Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About, Isabel Klee shares a tender, funny, and deeply honest story about growing up, falling apart, and learning how to love—dogs, people, and herself. Best known as the creator behind @SimonSits, Isabel traces her life through heartbreaks, friendships, therapy, New York apartments, and the many rescue dogs […]
Nothing Mad About Mabel 📚✨
At 81, Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick wants only a quiet life on Kenny Lane, away from the cruel nickname that once defined her: “Mad Mabel.” But when a neighbor is found dead and old headlines resurface, Elsie’s buried past comes roaring back. Decades ago, she was Australia’s youngest convicted murderer, blamed for a string of tragedies […]
History, Meet Herstory
Norah O’Donnell’s We the Women brings America’s hidden heroines out of the margins and into the center of the story. Across 250 years, O’Donnell highlights the women who challenged injustice, expanded democracy, and forced the nation to live closer to its founding ideals. From Mary Katherine Goddard printing the Declaration of Independence, to Elizabeth Freeman […]
Birth Plans, Better Vibes📚
Birth rarely unfolds exactly as planned, but Jen Hamilton’s Birth Vibes offers a more empowering way to prepare. Drawing on her experience as a labor and delivery nurse, ER veteran, and mother, Hamilton shows expectant parents how to move beyond rigid birth plans and focus instead on communication, support, adaptability, environment, compassion, and closure. Through […]
Every Dog Has a Story 🌟🐾
In The Best Dog in the World, edited by Alice Hoffman, fifteen celebrated writers share moving, funny, and deeply personal stories about the dogs who changed their lives. From rescued greyhounds and stubborn mutts to aging companions and once-in-a-lifetime soulmates, these essays explore the joy, chaos, comfort, and heartbreak that come with loving a dog. […]
Wall Street, Street Smart😎
In Streetwise, Lloyd Blankfein traces his unlikely rise from Brooklyn public housing to the top of Goldman Sachs, offering a candid look at ambition, risk, resilience, and power. His story begins with cramped apartments, part-time jobs, and a fierce desire to escape his circumstances, then follows his path through Harvard, law, commodities trading, and eventually […]
Pause. Notice. Transform.🌟
In The Magic of Mindful Self-Awareness, Matt Tenney offers a practical path to quieting overthinking, easing anxiety, and finding peace in ordinary moments. Drawing from his own transformation during a prison sentence, Tenney shows that suffering often comes not from life’s events, but from the stories we tell ourselves about them. Through simple practices like […]
Run Toward Light 🌟🏃
Andy Glaze has run through deserts, mountains, heat, injury, grief, and exhaustion—but his hardest miles were the ones that brought him back to himself. In this powerful memoir, Glaze traces a life shaped by addiction, childhood trauma, loss, fatherhood, firefighting, and the strange salvation he found in ultrarunning. From rock bottom to 100-mile races, from […]
