This throwback Thursday has a little bit of everything–fiction, nonfiction, a short book, longer books, a superhero origin story, and a fairy tale retelling! I’ll give a quick run down of each book and if you want a little more information, just click on the book cover. Happy reading!
This engaging 2012 nonfiction book by Susan Cain provides fascinating insights into introverts and how undervalued they often are in our extrovert centric society, despite their huge contributions. This is a must read for introverts and non-introverts alike.
This delightful 2019 book is a must read. It is a short and sweet story with beautiful illustrations and a message of friendship and belonging. It makes a great gift and is the perfect read when you are feeling down.
(Almost) all the main characters from Jane Austen’s novels in one place? Yes, please! This 2022 novel by Claudia Gray features a house party with many of Austen’s most beloved characters and one of the biggest villains. When Wickham appears, it becomes clear that the Darcys are not the only ones he has history with but who could want him dead? This is the first book in a series that features Jonathan Darcy and Juliette Tilney (children of characters from Austen’s novels) as the crime solvers. True confessions–while I like this book, the series gets stronger as it goes along and the third book, The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, is the best in my opinion and my favorite!
This 2007 young adult novel by Shannon Hale is based on a Grimm fairy tale and has a strong and likable heroine, danger, intrigue, female bonding, romance, and an ending that is pretty much perfection. If you missed this book the first time around, put it on your reading list now!
This 1889 satirical novel by Mark Twain is considered one of the foundational works of science fiction and time travel. It also greatly influenced Monty Python and their movies! You’ve never seen King Arthur and the knights of the round tablequite like this before and Mark Twain’s alternate version of the legend continues to stand the test of time.
This book tells the fascinating true story of how Wonder Woman came to be and it is crazy, compelling, and ironic. It has skeletons in the closet, very odd family dynamics, the rise of feminism, as well as the introduction and legalization of birth control. Whew!! Lepore postulates that Wonder Woman played a crucial role in the history and struggle for women’s rights. This is a must read for anyone who wants to better understand the battle for women’s rights or for those who love comic books.
