Fall Reading List | 10 Books to Read This Fall
The days are getting shorter! As much as I don’t like how dark it is in the fall and winter months, I sure do like the idea of Evelyn going to bed early and having all of my evening to indulge in my hobbies. Instead of scrolling on my social media apps lately, I’ve been utilizing that time to sit and read a book! I’ll either go to bed early or get comfy on the couch while Evelyn has some independent play time. It has been so nice and relaxing to be able to do that - especially since I no longer have to worry about making sure I’ve done my readings for school! So this fall and winter, I’ve made my reading list and I may have already finished one of the books by this point!
1. Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
If you’re hooked on the television series but haven’t picked up the book yet, then you should add this to your list. I love both the book and the TV series in their own and different ways! Outlander is the first in a series of historical romance science fiction novels. The series focuses on 20th-century British nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland.
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2. Positive Parenting
by Rebecca Eanes
In this guide, Eanes shares her wisdom for overcoming limiting thought patterns and recognizing emotional triggers, as well as advice for connecting with kids at each stage, from infancy to adolescence. The book is filled with practical, solution-oriented advice for any parent! Especially one who believes the downward spiral of yelling, acting out, punishment, resentment, and shame should be overcome by fostering an emotional connection, teaching self-discipline, confidence, and how to create lasting, loving bonds.
Having gone through a few child development classes while I was at Eastern Michigan University, I’ve already learned how important it is to foster self-discipline for big emotions (both for adults and children). But, I always love reading and having more resources to learn from!
3. The Conscious Parent
by Shefali Tsabary
This book is dedicated to approaching parenting by establishing a relationship with oneself and their own inner state. While reading, you are ushered to let the parental ego crumble and awaken yourself as a parent to a more mutual relationship with your child.
Again, I really like having plenty of recourses to better myself in any way! So, right now I am really interested in books that not only benefit my own mental state, but also that can be pushed into other aspects of my life. Not only will I be reading about how to be a better parent, but a better teacher too.
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4. How Children Learn
by John Holt
Okay, this is the last parental book for this season! John Holt offers teachers and parents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning in his book. He looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in our children.
As a parent and teacher who loves encouraging natural development, I am super eager to read this one. I love giving my child and students a hands-on approach to learning, and to constantly pushing their learning boundaries so they are always surpassing their limits.
5. The Husband’s Secret
by Liane Moriarty
This novel tells the story of three women, whose lives unexpectedly interconnect after one of them discovers a devastating secret. The novel is set in Sydney Australia and Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all - she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. But she opens a letter that is about to change everything - and not just for her, but for other women as well, women who barely know Cecilia.
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6. The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States. Although this focuses on the African-American males, Alexander notes that the discrimination is prevalent among other minorities and socio-economically disadvantaged populations.
7. We are Not Free
by Traci Chee
New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee’s book is about a collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.
Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.
Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.
Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.
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8. There There
by Tommy Orange
There There is the first novel by the Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange. The book opens with a prologue essay by Orange, and then proceeds to follow a large cast of Native Americans living in the Oakland, California area. The Characters struggle with a wide array of challenges, ranging from depression and alcoholism, to unemployment, fetal alcohol syndrome, and the challenges of living with an “ambiguously nonwhite” ethnic identity in the United States. All of the characters unite at a community pow wow and its attempted robbery.
The book explores the themes of Native peoples living in urban spaces, and issues of ambivalence and complexity related to Natives’ struggles with identity and authenticity.
9. The Girl On The Train
by Paula Hawkins
This book is a 2015 psychological thriller, nothing like getting into the spooky mood, right? The narrative is from three different women about relationship troubles and binge drinking.
“Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life-as she sees it-is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?”
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10. Get Out Of Your Head
by Jennie Allen
Get Out of Your Head is a mind-shifting book which challenges the reader to exercise the ability to shift negative thinking patterns and take back control of your thoughts and emotions.
In the book, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of out thoughts.
I’m not really a negative thinker, but my anxiety has gotten the better of me this past year and I am ready to take more of a handle on the situation so I can be more present in my life.
