Mel Gonzalez

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Mel’s favorite books

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Door by Magda Szabó

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Shining by Stephen King

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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by Lucy Rose (Goodreads Author)

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by Olga Tokarczuk

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Mel’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Daisy Jones & The Six

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.

Mammoth

by Eva Baltasar

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Reservoir Bitches: Stories

by Dahlia de la Cerda

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Mel’s Quotes

Maya Angelou

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

2026 Reading Challenge

Mel Gonzalez has read 8 of 36 books.

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Art, Biography, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Suspense, and Thriller

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