September 6 is Read a Book Day. It is an opportunity to read and appreciate books and their impacts on our lives, whether you take the time to talk about your favorite book with a friend or visit your local bookstore or library to pick up some books. Below, I have included a list of a few recommended books from various genres. I hope you enjoy them!
Fantasy
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Speculative Fiction
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
WarCross by Marie Lu
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Horror
The Outsider by Stephen King
It by Stephen King
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ring by Koji Suzuki
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Fiction
A Dog's Purpose by Cameron W. Bruce
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Dearly by Margaret Atwood
Nonfiction
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Catching the Light by Joy Harjo
Love at First Bark by Julie Klam
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Mystery/Thriller
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
No Exit by Taylor Adams
The Fear by Natasha Preston
The Lost by Natasha Preston
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Falling by T.J. Newman
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Romance
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kennneally
The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli
Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe
To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han