12 Months of Reading - hosted by maddecarter

October: 2 books that teach you something new
Can be fiction or non-fiction!
All books added
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

10 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring medium-paced
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

316 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes by John A. Timbrell

The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes

John A. Timbrell

370 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

244 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Critical: Science and stories from the brink of human life by Matt Morgan

Critical: Science and stories from the brink of human life

Matt Morgan

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Loveless by Alice Oseman

Loveless

Alice Oseman

433 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced