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Explore Taylor Swift’s Eras in this thematic book club. Each month is a new Era, along with two bonus months for Taylor’s Version and the Holiday Collection EP.
January ~ Taylor Swift ~ life as a teenager
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Charlie Spring was bullied and outed in Grade 9, and his world changed when he met an 11th grader, Nick Nelson, at the start of 10th grade. Heartstopper is a sweet tale of teenage friendship and first love.
February ~ Fearless ~ romance and aspiration
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Belly has had a crush on Conrad for as long as she can remember. She travels to Conrad’s summer home with her mom and older brother every summer and was always too young to keep up with Conrad, his brother Jerimiah, and her brother Steven, until suddenly she’s almost 16 and Conrad and Jerimiah both realize she’s not a kid anymore.
March ~ Speak Now ~ adolescence to adulthood + introspection
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
A small green notebook is left behind in a café, containing the truths of its septuagenarian owner. The notebook is found by the café's owner, a new entry is added, the book is left again, and eventually six people’s lives are recorded and intertwined.
April ~ Red ~ red emotions + fading romance
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
Heartbreak, the loss of a partner, terrible secrets and emotions abound when two love-hurt people meet in the Midwest one summer. Will Anders’ terrible secret keep he and Wren apart, or will the potential for new love be worth it?
May ~ 1989 ~ failed relationships and rebirth
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
Yaichi, a Japanese man, rediscovers the brother he lost and examines his feelings toward gay people when his deceased brother’s widow shows up on his doorstep. Mike, the widow, is a Canadian hoping to fulfill a promise that Mike made to Ryoji on their wedding night, that they would return to Japan and get to know Ryoji’s brother’s family.
June ~ reputation ~ anger + vulnerability
Someone Had To Do It by Amber and Danielle Brown
Brandi is doing an internship at a prestigious fashion house in New York. Brandi overhears Taylor, the drug-addicted daughter of the fashion house owner, plotting a sinister plan with her friends, and Brandi becomes trapped in the drama, in this twisting and suspenseful thriller.
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January ~ Taylor Swift ~ life as a teenager
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Charlie Spring was bullied and outed in Grade 9, and his world changed when he met an 11th grader, Nick Nelson, at the start of 10th grade. Heartstopper is a sweet tale of teenage friendship and first love.
February ~ Fearless ~ romance and aspiration
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Belly has had a crush on Conrad for as long as she can remember. She travels to Conrad’s summer home with her mom and older brother every summer and was always too young to keep up with Conrad, his brother Jerimiah, and her brother Steven, until suddenly she’s almost 16 and Conrad and Jerimiah both realize she’s not a kid anymore.
March ~ Speak Now ~ adolescence to adulthood + introspection
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
A small green notebook is left behind in a café, containing the truths of its septuagenarian owner. The notebook is found by the café's owner, a new entry is added, the book is left again, and eventually six people’s lives are recorded and intertwined.
April ~ Red ~ red emotions + fading romance
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
Heartbreak, the loss of a partner, terrible secrets and emotions abound when two love-hurt people meet in the Midwest one summer. Will Anders’ terrible secret keep he and Wren apart, or will the potential for new love be worth it?
May ~ 1989 ~ failed relationships and rebirth
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
Yaichi, a Japanese man, rediscovers the brother he lost and examines his feelings toward gay people when his deceased brother’s widow shows up on his doorstep. Mike, the widow, is a Canadian hoping to fulfill a promise that Mike made to Ryoji on their wedding night, that they would return to Japan and get to know Ryoji’s brother’s family.
June ~ reputation ~ anger + vulnerability
Someone Had To Do It by Amber and Danielle Brown
Brandi is doing an internship at a prestigious fashion house in New York. Brandi overhears Taylor, the drug-addicted daughter of the fashion house owner, plotting a sinister plan with her friends, and Brandi becomes trapped in the drama, in this twisting and suspenseful thriller.
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list created November 2nd, 2023
by Meaghan Gibbons (votes) .
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Beach Read by Emily Henry
Two authors, polar opposites, living side-by-side all summer in beach houses, work on their next great novels. When their mutual hatred for each other gets in the way of their work, they agree to co-exist and realize their neighbour isn’t so bad after all.
August ~ folklore ~ escapism, empathy, nostalgia
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A story about the process of writing a story, Evelyn’s life is chronicled through her rise to fame as a Hollywood starlet in the 1950s to her retirement in the 1980s, and the seven husbands she had along the way.
September ~ evermore ~ escapist tragedy
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Several years into the future, Florida is ravaged by hurricanes and is in danger of disappearing. In this dystopian novel Wanda, a girl born during the hurricane she was named after, grows up, adapts, and finds her place, as Florida is overtaken by change.
October ~ Midnights ~ sleepless nights
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
In the space between life and death there is a library, where one can go to visit their regrets and see the life that might have been. After visiting the Midnight Library will Nora choose another life, or will she decide that her life is worth living?
November ~ Taylor’s Version ~ reclaiming oneself
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Doyle is a married woman with a husband and three children, and one day she meets the love of her life, a woman. This memoir is about the separation of Doyle’s marriage, her remarriage, and finding her whole self in her new life.
December ~ Holiday Collection EP ~ holiday
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins and others
Holiday-themed short stories, each by a different YA author, perfect for reading in December if you want to get cozy and read.