In the past couple of years, I decided to get into reading like I never did just for the sake of doing it when I was a kid or teenager. There were books I enjoyed, but not many.
Because of this and also wanting to relate a little more to people who read 'real books', I realized my cultivated library as an adult consists mostly of children's books, self-help books and celebrity autobiographies (most of them intense), then a handful of classics.
In terms of how many, I definitely have enough for a good while, I just want more variety specifically in lighthearted stories, especially ones released in the 21st century.
Here's a bunch I toss between right now, most of them I haven't finished yet:
- Geronimo Stilton (I ate these up as a kid until a teacher told me I was too old for them. They're fun)
- Paddington (wholesome and engaging, comfort food)
- Winnie The Pooh (same as above)
- The Woman In Me – Britney Spears
- I'm Glad My Mom Died – Jennett McCurdy
- Born A Crime – Trevor Noah
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing – Matthew Perry
- Harpo Speaks – Harpo Marx (always loved Marx Brothers films with my dad)
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- The War of Art – Steven Pressfeild
- The Wizard of Oz collection
- Some Doctor Who novelizations of stories I enjoyed from television (I think only Rose and The Day of The Doctor)
- Supercommunicators (etc etc etc, long title) – Charles Duhigg
- LOTR franchise – Tolkein
- Most of John Green's books (I love the Anthropocene Reviewed)
- Percy Jackson franchise (Rick Rjordan)
- The Influencing Machine – Brooke Gladstone
- Sherlock Holmes collections
- Hitchhikers' Guide
by Myst3rySteve