Staff Picks: Katie Taylor’s Favorites
Hello friends! My name is Katie Taylor and I am the Associate Director of Marketing at Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books, working on a pretty even, 50/50 balance of fiction and non-fiction titles. I personally love literary, women’s and contemporary fiction, as well as thrillers, YA, romance and memoirs – but there isn’t a genre I wouldn’t try! You can find me on Instagram at @the_grateful_read where I talk all about the books I love, but equally discuss and have meaningful conversations with other wonderful readers, like yourself! In my spare time you’ll most likely find me at my local bookshop or binging Netflix!
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Add to BookshelfThis Is My America
by Kim Johnson
This book is utterly amazing, heartbreaking, beautifully written, and a story everyone needs to read. It dives deep into the racial injustices of our justice system,and serves as a reminder of how far we have left to go.
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Normal People
by Sally Rooney
This story centers around Marianne and Connell, who we watch fall in and out of romance and friendship throughout the novel. This read is intense and polarizing but I found it to be beyond relatable. This book made me feel my kind of normal.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
Whenever I have difficulty trying to find a book that can hold my attention, especially during this time we’re in now –YA is the way for me. And does A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder deliver! This book has all the delicious ingredients for a binge read: including a fierce female protagonist who knows something is unseemly when it comes to who actually killed popular high school senior, Andie Bell, and will let nothing or no one come between her and the truth! Devoured within 24 hours.
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It Is Wood, It Is Stone
by Gabriella Burnham
I love how quickly I jumped into this one, grabbing it after my weekly run to one of my local bookstores. It follows the lives of two women and how they intersect, and takes place over the course of a year in São Paulo, Brazil. I love how this book, which was gorgeously written, shows how women whose romantic and subversive entanglements reflect on class and colorism, sexuality, and complex histories.
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