We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing feel good fiction. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler (Traci)

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (Ellie)

Open the Book:

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos 

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau 

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman 

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal 

A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

Limelight by Amy Poeppel 

The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Ramona by Beverly Cleary 

Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Kevin Henkes