Books I’ve Been Meaning to Read

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Equal parts memoir, meditation, and practical guide, this one is worth coming back to again and again: you'll discover new insights with each reading. Lindbergh muses on womanhood, solitude, busyness, contentment, growing older, and more. This short book was first published in 1955 yet still feels fresh and relevant for today.

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Bronte

This groundbreaking classic was downright scandalous in its day—and it hasn’t lost much of its shock value in the intervening 160+ years. Heathcliff is every bit as much the abominable scoundrel now as he was then, and the English moors are every bit as creepy. Read it once, and decide whether you love it or hate it. (And if you do both, you’re in good company.)

Any Day A Beautiful Change: A Story Of Faith And Family

by Katherine Willis Pershey

Marriage, ministry, and motherhood may not sound like riveting beach reading material, but hear me out: the author is a pastor and a wife and a mom, and she writes beautifully about the places where those things collide–and sometimes those collisions are pretty bumpy (and hilarious). This 114-page collection of bite-sized essays is genuine, inspirational, and moving, with enough laugh-out-loud moments to make it beach reading material.

Chance or the Dance

by Thomas Howard

This is a book I’ve been meaning to read for years, as it’s been recommended by numerous people I respect across the years who have nothing in common (except for being older than me, wiser than me, and not afraid of reading deeply). But it sounds a little dry so I haven’t made myself pick it up—yet.

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

Imagine The Elements of Style, but meatier, and for nonfiction. I’ve read chunks of this book but never the whole thing, which is why it’s been languishing on my books I’ve been meaning to read list for too long. (With all these writing books on my list, I need to plan for extra time to write!)

Books I’ve Been Meaning to Read

Gift from the Sea

Wuthering Heights

Any Day A Beautiful Change: A Story Of Faith And Family

Chance or the Dance

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

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Books I’ve Been Meaning to Read

Gift from the Sea

Wuthering Heights

Any Day A Beautiful Change: A Story Of Faith And Family

Chance or the Dance

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Find your next read with:

100 Book recommendations for every mood

100 Book recommendations
for every mood