REPLAY: Our 40 Favorite Books of All Time

In honor of our 40th birthdays (March 5th for Mia, March 15th for Sarah), we’re sharing with you our top 40 all time favorite books. They’re not in any particular order and they cross all genres and all publishing years, but we love them with our whole hearts. We’d love to know if any of these books are on your favorites list as well. Thanks for celebrating this milestone birthday with us!   Mia’s Top 20: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Stand by Stephen King Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George Ten Degrees of Reckoning by Hester Rumberg Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Fluke by David Elliott and Bart Hopkins The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Dracula by Bram Stoker Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Adrift by Tami Oldham Ashcraft My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger In the Land of Dead Horses by Bruce McCandless III   Sarah’s Top 20: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune The Measure by Nikki Erlick The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid A Little Hope by Ethan Joella The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Wild by Cheryl Strayed The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Already Enough by Lisa Olivera People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Comfort Book by Matt Haig Unprotected by Billy Porter   *We use affiliate links which gives us a small kickback if you purchase through our links - but don’t worry, there’s no extra cost to you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingthroughlife.substack.com/subscribe