This was pitched to me as The Witches of Eastwick meets Big Little Lies, and that’s incredibly accurate. I could’ve chosen any McFarlane book for this one-she always makes me cry and laugh aloud.

…made me laugh out loud:ĭon’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane. I think L’Engle is that rare adult who gets kids-this book made me into a reader.

…I’d pass on to my kid:Ī Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. This is a contemporary coming-of-age story, with a sprinkling of magic, that’s one of my most anticipated reads of the year. This one’s just so warm and fun I wanted to bask in it as long as possible, but I couldn’t put it down. Ryan is one of my favorite romance writers publishing today, and this book is a gorgeous, nuanced take on a second-chance love story, between two people who’ve already been through hell together.I read in one sitting, it was that good:Įvvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes.

…I recommend over and over again:īefore I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. The beauty of Ishiguro’s writing alone could make me tear up, but this near-future grounded sci-fi about what makes us human broke me. It’s creepy, it’s mysterious, it’s bloody, it’s fun. Likes: Tim Horton’s honey dip Timbits and Home Goods whimsical prints the drive through Muir Woods and Muir Beach banter from the Thin Man movies and the romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail (among many). Raised in Kentucky and Ohio and based in Cincinnati, Henry studied creative writing and dance (she was on dance team in high school) at Hope College in Michigan, took a job as a technical writer to help pay off student loans instead of going to grad school, has a periwinkle-colored kitchen and a dog named Dottie, writes a newsletter called Emily’s Grocery List, bought a green velvet sofa when she sold Beach Read, and deleted TikTok twice until she figured it out. Before writing hit romance novels, Henry wrote young adult fiction.

(Henry’s real life happy place: Lake Michigan.) Her novels People We Meet on Vacation and Book Lovers are both being adapted for film. Her latest, Happy Place (Berkley), takes on exes who fakedate their way through an annual friend reunion in Maine. Emily Henry can turn romance tropes-enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, friends-to-lovers-into bestselling gold.

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