Underground Railroad

The nightingale.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Book Thief

The Count of Monte Cristo because hopefully I will have lived and showed my doubters what I'm really made of. And if not, it's a great book to think about the next steps.

Shadow Divers

man’s search for meaning.

Anne Franks Diary of a Young Girl. It was the first book that really touched me. I read it at the end of elementary school.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - it seemed to mark a time in my young life of transition and so I would think that it would be fitting to think of it during another transition.

All the Discworld books. And I want a stack of them next to however my family stores my ashes. At least: Mort, the Hogfather, the Wee Free Men, Eric, and The Shepard’s Crown.

Also probably on my mind: the Hyperion cantos, the early Stephanie Plum books, and the Doomsday Book.

Probably also the Light in the Attic.

Deerskin by Robin McKinley. That book hit me at just the right time. My H one year bought me a first edition for Christmas. I used to read it every year but haven't in a while...thank you for reminding me.

I will say this book is not for everyone. It touches on death, rape, incest, miscarriage, loneliness...and while it doesn't have a traditional happy ending, it does have a hopeful ending which I think is a better fit for the story.

The House of Sand and Fog

Farewell to arms, specifically the ending.

Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion.

Anonymous wrote:A Little Life

Came here to say this. Powerful.