This year we're going to be the hottest AND smartest people in the room. This book list is broken down into several categories: healthy relationships, radical joy, memoirs and socio-cultural topics.
Sections
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Healthy Relationships
Radical Joy
Memoirs
Socio-cultural Topics
Healthy Relationships
You want healthy friendships, romantic relationships, family dynamics, sex life and authentic connection.
You want to deep dive into new thinking on attachment theory
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy a book by Jessica Fern, Nora Samaran, and Eve Rickert
You want to understand the idea of love from an socio-political perspective
All about Love: New Visions a book by Bell Hooks
You want the basics of attachment theory
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--And Keep--Love a book by Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, and Rachel Heller
You want to enjoy your sex life fully
Come as You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life a book by Emily Nagoski
You want to understand the role your caretakers had in your life and heal
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents a book by Lindsay C. Gibson
You want to build authentic connection in a disconnected world
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters a book by Priya Parker
Radical Joy
The joy of everyday delights
The Book of Delights: Essays a book by Ross Gay
The blueprint for a better future
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds a book by Adrienne Maree Brown
From Rachel Cargle, an irreplaceable voice
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining a book by Rachel E. Cargle
More from Ross Gay, expert on joy
Inciting Joy: Essays a book by Ross Gay
The joy of doing nothing in a world that is always moving
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy a book by Jenny Odell
Pleasure as activism
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good a book by Adrienne Maree Brown
Healing trauma through compassion
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies a book by Resmaa Menakem
Memoirs
Life changing account of Stanford SA case
Know My Name: A Memoir a book by Chanel Miller
How to cope with sudden loss
The Year of Magical Thinking a book by Joan Didion
Groundbreaking look at surviving an abusive relationship
In the Dream House: A Memoir a book by Carmen Maria Machado
Highly anticipated memoir from Elliot Page
Pageboy: A Memoir a book by Elliot Page
First person account on disability
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century a book by Alice Wong
Incredible reflections on grief
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir a book by Michelle Zauner
The prettiest book I've read in 2023 & my May favorite
Bluets a book by Maggie Nelson
Socio-cultural Topics
On textile waste & curbing your consumerism
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism a book by Aja Barber
Research on the language of cults
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism a book by Amanda Montell
Favorite book of March
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype a book by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
All the smart girlies read this one
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion a book by Jia Tolentino
For the girlies with climate doom
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility a book by Thelma Young Lutunatabua and Rebecca Solnit
