Sarah's Book'd Lists

My Comfort Reads

Created by Sarah - Updated on June 25^th 2020

What is a comfort read? A comfort read is a book you return to again and again that lifts you up or makes you feel better. Comfort reads can be very personal and if you're like me, you may have a few. Here are some of my favorite comfort reads. I would love to hear yours!

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Austen, Jane

From the Publisher

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Elizabeth Bennett, the book's poverty-bound heroine has charmed readers with her wit and sincerity since the book was first published in 1813. Its hero, the handsome and wealthy Mr. Darcy, infuriates Elizabeth — and women readers around the world — with his rude arrogance, but all fall in love with him anyway. A comedy of manners, romance, and neighborhood drama — it's all there and more.

My Thoughts

I love this book, but really ever time I'm sick or down, I watch the BBC.

A man called Ove : a novel

Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.

From the Publisher

"Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and...

My Thoughts

This is such a great story of connection, everyone should read it.

The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane

DiCamillo, Kate.

From the Publisher

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.

My Thoughts

I don't care how old you are, there is a sweetness to this book that can't be matched.

Confessions of a shopaholic

Kinsella, Sophie.

From the Publisher

Becky Bloomwood is bored to death writing for Successful Saving. So, with a handsome credit line from her bank, she liberates herself the best way she knows how -- by shopping! Think of it as an investment, she tells herself. But, soon she is buried in bank notices and cursed VISA bills.

My Thoughts

I return to this book because it's funny, but also it's connection to an event in my life. I'm sure you have books like this as well.

Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell

Gladwell, Malcolm

From the Publisher

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point , Blink , Outliers , David and Goliath , and What the Dog Saw , offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers?-and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each...

My Thoughts

I will always return to Malcolm Gladwell when I feel like I don't understand the world around me.

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein

Silverstein, Shel

From the Publisher

Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in...for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. This special edition contains 12 extra poems. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take...

My Thoughts

My son and I read all of Shel Silverstein's books when he was growing up so returning to them remind me of his childhood even as he's an adult now.