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Books That Inspire Me to Write

Whenever I finish a book that makes me want to grab my pencil and start writing, I file them under my Goodreads shelf with the same name as this list. Sometimes I am inspired by the author's writing style or the format of the book. Sometimes it's the book's themes or ideas that resonate strongly with me. Sometimes I am simply awed by what the author has accomplished. Sometimes the words on the page remind me I have a story I need to tell as well.
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief (Joanne Cacciatore)
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
2
Joanne Cacciatore
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
3
Miriam Toews
Medicine Walk (Richard Wagamese)
Medicine Walk
4
Richard Wagamese
Embers (Richard Wagamese)
Embers
5
Richard Wagamese
One Story, One Song (Richard Wagamese)
One Story, One Song
6
Richard Wagamese
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
7
George Eliot
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
8
Elie Wiesel
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
9
Miriam Toews
The Perfect Nanny (Leila Slimani)
The Perfect Nanny
10
Leila Slimani
Adele (Leila Slimani)
Adele
11
Leila Slimani
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
12
Gustave Flaubert
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
13
Donna Tartt
A Thousand Mornings (Mary Oliver)
A Thousand Mornings
14
Mary Oliver
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
15
Colson Whitehead
Lighter Than My Shadow (Katie Green)
Lighter Than My Shadow
16
Katie Green
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
17
Bernardine Evaristo
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
18
Donna Tartt
One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet (Richard Wagamese)
One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet
19
Richard Wagamese
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
20
Hanya Yanagihara
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
21
Virginia Woolf
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
22
Sally Rooney
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
23
Douglas Stuart
Black Brother, Black Brother (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Black Brother, Black Brother
24
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Rodham
25
Curtis Sittenfeld
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears (Laura Van Den Berg)
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears
26
Laura Van Den Berg
Betty (Tiffany Mcdaniel)
Betty
27
Tiffany Mcdaniel
The Boy and the Gorilla (Jackie Azua Kramer)
The Boy and the Gorilla
28
Jackie Azua Kramer
Terms of Endearment (Larry McMurtry)
Terms of Endearment
29
Larry McMurtry
Grieving Is Loving (Joanne Cacciatore)
Grieving Is Loving
30
Joanne Cacciatore
Summerwater (Sarah Moss)
Summerwater
31
Sarah Moss
Milk Fed (Melissa Broder)
Milk Fed
32
Melissa Broder
How to Pronounce Knife (Souvankham Thammavongsa)
How to Pronounce Knife
33
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach
34
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies
35
Andrew O'Hagan
Broken (Jenny Lawson)
Broken
36
Jenny Lawson
Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder)
Nightbitch
37
Rachel Yoder
All's Well (Mona Awad)
All's Well
38
Mona Awad
Fight Night (Miriam Toews)
Fight Night
39
Miriam Toews
People Like Them (Samira Sedira)
People Like Them
40
Samira Sedira
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