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10 Books That Will Get You Out of Your Reading Rut

Put away the iPhone and pick up one of these

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So your book club devolved into a wine club (hey, the best ones do), and you never actually got around to finishing Infinite Jest. In fact, the last book your read was…wait, what was that last book you actually read? Doesn’t matter. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Instead, get back in the game with one of these page-turners.

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1.

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Don’t worry about the loud cry-laughing you’ll do on the train when you read this. Everyone will be too busy looking at their phones to notice. Buy the book

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2.

American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin

Remember the Patty Hearst kidnapping? Relive it in this dramatic retelling you won’t be able to put down (even if your page-turning fingers are a little rusty). Buy the book

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3.

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

This quick but potent memoir will have you reading as fast as you can to figure out the reason for 24-year-old Cahalan’s descent into madness. Buy the book

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4.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

If your favorite thing to do when you read is cry, then look no further. This tearjerker is for you. (Kleenex not included.) Buy the book

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5.

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

For the lit geek at heart (hey, don’t beat yourself up for not reading in a while), this novel tells the story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley. Buy the book

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6.

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Three women, a tight-knit beachside community and all the little lies that snowball out of proportion. Yeah, it’s an addictive read. Buy the book

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Paper Towns by John Green

This YA novel will tug at the heartstrings of anyone who’s ever had a crush. But don’t get too sappy on us: It’s also a mystery that will have you LOLing along the way. Buy the book

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Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

It’s a little slice of small-town America with a big helping of charm. This novel about a 35-year-old self-proclaimed “spinster” navigating marriage proposals and her past is best read nestled in a big comfy chair. Buy the book

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9.

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

How exactly would a socially awkward academic go about finding love? With data and analytics, of course. (Yeah, it doesn’t exactly work out that way.) It’s an intelligent, breezy rom-com for the modern era. Buy the book

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10.

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

If it takes a thriller to get you back into reading, this is the one. After her mother and sisters are killed in a satanic murder, Libby Day finds herself running from the killer once again. Buy the book


sarah stiefvater

Wellness Director

Sarah Stiefvater is PureWow's Wellness Director. She's been at PureWow for ten years, and in that time has written and edited stories across all categories, but currently focuses...