September
π The Midnight Library β Matt Haig
"We are all stories, and those stories have the power to change." β Matt Haig
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." β Arthur Ashe
October
π The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks β Rebecca Skloot
"Science has always been about looking beyond the things you can see." β Rebecca Skloot
"It always seems impossible until itβs done." β Nelson Mandela
November
π Educated β Tara Westover
"My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs." β Tara Westover
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." β Winston Churchill
December
π When Breath Becomes Air β Paul Kalanithi
"You canβt ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving." β Paul Kalanithi
"Be a voice, not an echo." β Albert Einstein
January
π The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat β Oliver Sacks
"To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend." β Oliver Sacks
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." β Rainer Maria Rilke
February
π Girl, Woman, Other β Bernardine Evaristo
"You have to speak your truth, even if it makes people uncomfortable." β Bernardine Evaristo
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." β Coco Chanel
March
π Sapiens β Yuval Noah Harari
"Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural." β Yuval Noah Harari
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." β Louisa May Alcott
April
π How to Do Nothing β Jenny Odell
"Attention is the beginning of devotion." β Mary Oliver
"Donβt be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth." β Rumi
May
π Crying in H Mart β Michelle Zauner
"It was about my mother and me, and our shared language of food." β Michelle Zauner
"There is no innovation and creativity without failure." β BrenΓ© Brown
June
π Braiding Sweetgrass β Robin Wall Kimmerer
"All flourishing is mutual." β Robin Wall Kimmerer
"You are your best thing." β Toni Morrison
July
π Klara and the Sun β Kazuo Ishiguro
"There was something very special, but it wasn't inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her." β Kazuo Ishiguro
"Everything youβve ever wanted is on the other side of fear." β George Addair
August
π On Earth Weβre Briefly Gorgeous β Ocean Vuong
"Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violenceβbut that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it." β Ocean Vuong
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." β Eleanor Roosevelt
September
π The Body Keeps the Score β Bessel van der Kolk
"Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health." β Bessel van der Kolk
"Leap and the net will appear." β John Burroughs
October
π Frankenstein β Mary Shelley
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." β Mary Shelley
"You canβt use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." β Maya Angelou
November
π Why We Sleep β Matthew Walker
"Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day." β Matthew Walker
"Stay curious. Stay passionate. Stay driven." β Unknown
December
π The Book Thief β Markus Zusak
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right." β Markus Zusak
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." β Eleanor Roosevelt
January
π Being Mortal β Atul Gawande
"Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end." β Atul Gawande
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." β Ralph Waldo Emerson
February
π The Overstory β Richard Powers
"The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story." β Richard Powers
"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." β Audre Lorde
March
π My Name Is Red β Orhan Pamuk
"I donβt want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning." β Orhan Pamuk
"Keep your face always toward the sunshineβand shadows will fall behind you." β Walt Whitman
April
π The Disordered Cosmos β Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
"We all belong in the universe, and we all deserve to understand it." β Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
"What you seek is seeking you." β Rumi