July Reading List

The Vibe is…Let’s Start Over

• The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

• I Almost Forgot about You by Terry McMillan

• The Missing American by Kwei Quartey

• A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• America is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

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This month’s reading list is all about the ways that we start over. Please note that these are not necessarily meant to be inspirational picks, but more about the difficulties that come with having to make a new start. Sometimes we start over to escape an awkward situation, like the protagonist in Less. Sometimes we are forced into starting over, like the characters in Homegoing, and in a very different way, the women in A History of What Comes Next.

Sometimes your life gets shaken up, like in Terry McMillan’s novel, or in America is Not the Heart. And sometimes a new beginning is because of a new phase of life like baby girl in The Day You Begin, or Emma in The Missing American. These books all explore the ways that life throws fresh starts at us.

Happy reading!