Clean-ish Reads

“The School for German Brides” by Aimie K. Runyan - Amazon - Goodreads Kaydee's Recommendations: "Lovely War" by Julie Berry - Amazon - Goodreads "The Bodyguard" by Katherine Center - Amazon - Goodreads

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt - Amazon - Goodreads “Elsewhere” by Gabrielle Zevin - Amazon - Goodreads “Yonder” by Ali Standish - Amazon - Goodreads “I Must Betray You" by Ruta Sepetys - Amazon - Goodreads “The Good Left Undone” by Adriana Trigiani - Amazon - Goodreads “The Kitchen Front” by Jennifer Ryan - Amazon - Goodreads

"The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper" by Phaedra Pepper - Amazon - Goodreads Diane's Recommendation: "Left to Tell" by Immaculee Ilibagiza - Amazon - Goodreads

“Yoga One For Me” by Eden Bloom - Amazon - Goodreads “Just a Little Fake Romance” by Melody Sweet - Amazon - Goodreads clean authors.com Register Here for "Love and Laughter" online meet and greet event with clean romance authors

“Bewilderment” by Richard Powers - Amazon - Goodreads “Fish in a Tree” by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Amazon - Goodreads Book Club Book of the Month: "The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper" by Phaedra Patrick - Amazon - Goodreads

“Start With Why” by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads More Favorite Books of Steven: "Leaders Eat Last" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "Find Your Why" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "The Infinite Game" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "Dare to Lead" by Brene Brown - Amazon - Goodreads "The 5 Second Rule" by Mel Robbins - Amazon - Goodreads "Capital Gaines" by Chip Gaines - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larsson - Amazon - Goodreads "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot - Amazon - Goodreads “What If?” by Randall Munroe - Amazon - Goodreads

“Quiet” by Susan Cain - Amazon - Goodreads “Self-Reg” by Dr. Stuart Shanker - Amazon - Goodreads “When You Wonder, You're Learning” by Gregg Bette - Amazon - Goodreads Book Club Book for January: "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads

(in reverse order of when I read them) “A Boy Called Christmas” by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads “Rebecca” by Daphne De Maurier - Amazon - Goodreads “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” by Marie Benedict - Amazon - Goodreads “Warcross” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads “The Other Bennett Sister” by Janice Hadlow - Amazon - Goodreads “Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports” by John Branch - Amazon - Goodreads “Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” by Leisl Shurtliff - Amazon - Goodreads “H2O” by Virginia Bergin - Amazon - Goodreads “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir - Amazon - Goodreads “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys - Amazon - Goodreads Happy New Year!!

"Twelve Sleighs of Christmas" by Sherri Duskey Rinker - Amazon - Goodreads "The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Story" by Poppy Harlow - Amazon - Goodreads "Bah! Humbug!" by Michael Rosen - Amazon - Goodreads "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser - Amazon - Goodreads "The Christmas Pig" by J.K. Rowling - Amazon - Goodreads "Royal Holiday" by Jasmine Guillory - Amazon - Goodreads "Twelve Days of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber - Amazon - Goodreads "Last Christmas in Paris" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads

Need gift ideas or book ideas for a wide range of ages? You've come to the right place! Picture Books: “If I Built a School” by Chris Van Dusen - Amazon - Goodreads “Knight Owl” by Christopher Denise - Amazon - Goodreads Early Chapter Books: “Math Inspectors” series by Daniel Kenney and Emily Boever - Amazon - Goodreads Middle Grade Books: “Masterminds” series by Gordon Korman - Amazon - Goodreads Teen/YA/Adult Books: “The Fixer” duo logy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads "Stellarlune" by Shannon Messenger (Keeper of the Lost Cities series book 9) - Amazon - Goodreads “Legend” series by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads

"Good Morning, Midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton - Goodreads - Amazon "Midnight Sky" movie, starring George Clooney - IMDb Book recommendations from my special guest, Alex Science Fiction: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card - Goodreads - Amazon "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown - Goodreads - Amazon "Skyward" by Brandon Sanderson - Goodreads - Amazon Books Into Movies: "Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version "Where the Crawdads Sing" - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version "Dune" - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version Alex's Favorite Book of the Year: "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman - Goodreads - Amazon

"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" by Paul Gallico - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version “The Dig” by John Preston - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version “Persuasion” by Jane Austen - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version “Rebecca” by Daphne De Maurier - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version

“Howl's Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones - Amazon - Goodreads - 2004 movie edition (Academy Award Nominee) “The School for Good and Evil” by Soman Chainani - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 film version currently playing on Netflix “The Case of the Left-Handed Lady” by Nancy Springer - Amazon - Goodreads - "Enola Holmes 2" 2022 film version currently playing on Netflix

“Matilda” by Roald Dahl - Amazon - Goodreads - 1996 movie version - new movie version expected to be released Dec. 9, 2022 on Netflix in the U.S. “The Bad Guys” by Aaron Blabey - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie version “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” by Bernard Waber - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie version “Nightbooks” by J.A. White - Amazon - Goodreads - 2021 movie version currently on Netflix “A Boy Called Christmas” by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads - 2021 movie version currently on Netflix

"The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict - Amazon - Goodreads Taylor Recommends: "Lighter" by Yung Pueblo - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream” by Dean Jobb - Amazon - Goodreads “The Cartographers” by Peng Shepherd - Amazon - Goodreads “Capture the Flag” by Kate Messner - Amazon - Goodreads

“Loves Music, Loves to Dance” by Mary Higgins Clark - Amazon - Goodreads “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie - Amazon - Goodreads

“Cozy Up to Death” by Colin Conway - Amazon - Goodreads “Mango, Mambo, and Murder” by Raquel V. Reyes - Amazon - Goodreads

"Three Words For Goodbye" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads Recommendations from Jackie: "Forget Me Not" by Ellie Terry - Amazon - Goodreads The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - Amazon - Goodreads The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads (not super cleanish, so read at your own discretion) You can find Jackie on Goodreads.com under Jackie Shutra and on Instagram @booksjackiereads

“Room Maid” by Sariah Wilson - Amazon - Goodreads “Meet Me There” by Judy Corry - Amazon - Goodreads Shadow Mountain Publishing - Proper Romances

“Once Upon a Broken Heart” by Stephanie Garber - Amazon - Goodreads “Miss Lattimore's Letter” by Suzanne Allain - Amazon - Goodreads “Games in a Ballroom” by Jentry Flint - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Austen Escape” by Katherine Reay - Amazon - Goodreads “Austenland” by Shannon Hale - Amazon - Goodreads - movie on Amazon “Three Words for Goodbye” by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads

"The Fixer" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads "The Long Game" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (book 2) - Amazon - Goodreads "The Coddling of the American Mind" by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff - Amazon - Goodreads

"Miss Nelson is Missing!" by Harry Allard - Amazon - Goodreads “Secret Pizza Party” by Adam Rubin - Amazon - Goodreads “Masterminds” by Gordon Korman - Amazon - Goodreads “The Girl in the Picture” by Alexandra Monir - Amazon - Goodreads

“Wolf by Wolf” by Ryan Graudin - Amazon - Goodreads “Warcross” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads “Wildcard” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads

“Even If We Break” by Marieke Nijkamp - Amazon - Goodreads “Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets” by Chelsea Ichaso - Amazon - Goodreads

"Stepsister" by Jennifer Donnelly - Goodreads - Amazon "The Book of Lost Friends" by Lisa Wingate - Goodreads - Amazon50

“The Real Boy” by Anne Ursu - Amazon - Goodreads “Sea Witch” by Sarah Henning - Amazon - Goodreads “The Fixer” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Other Bennett Sister” by Janice Hadlow - Amazon - Goodreads “Jeeves and the King of Clubs” by Ben Schott - Amazon - Goodreads “My Fine Fellow” by Jennieke Cohen - Amazon - Goodreads “The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle” by Timothy Miller - Amazon - Goodreads "Carry On, Jeeves" by P.G. Wodehouse - Amazon - Goodreads "Thank you, Jeeves" by P.G. Wodehouse - Amazon - Goodreads

“Hunted” by Meagan Spooner - Amazon - Goodreads “Grump” by Liesl Shurtliff - Amazon - Goodreads “Rump” by Liesl Shurtliff - Amazon - Goodreads “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales… When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.” - Albert Einstein

“Sidecountry” by John Branch - Amazon - Goodreads “Stepsister” by Jennifer Donnelly - Amazon - Goodreads

"Guys Read: Funny Business" edited by Jon Scieszka - Amazon - Goodreads "Miss Marple Complete Short Stories" by Agatha Christie - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Monkey's Paw” by W. W. Jacobs - PDF - Goodreads “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham - PDF - Goodreads “The Minority Report” by Phillip K. Dick - PDF - Goodreads “Charles” by Shirley Jackson - PDF - Goodreads

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka - Goodreads - Amazon “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck - Goodreads - Amazon “Animal Farm” by George Orwell - Goodreads - Amazon For next week's book club episode: “The Monkey's Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham, “The Minority Report” by Phillip K. Dick, and “Charles” by Shirley Jackson

“Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View” edited by Elizabeth Schaefer - Amazon - Goodreads "Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, The Empire Strikes Back" edited by Elizabeth Schaefer - Amazon - Goodreads “The Anthropocene Reviewed” by John Green - Amazon - Goodreads

In this episode, I talk all about "Senlin Ascends" by Josiah Bancroft with my aunt Susie. Unless you don't mind spoilers, don't listen to this one until you've read the book! Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Scorpio Races” by Maggie Stiefvater - Amazon - Goodreads “Heartless” by Marissa Meyer - Amazon - Goodreads “The Monkey's Paw” by W. W. Jacobs - PDF - Goodreads “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham - PDF - Goodreads “The Minority Report” by Phillip K. Dick - PDF - Goodreads “Charles” by Shirley Jackson - PDF - Goodreads "What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die." - Anne Lamott

"The Lightning Thief" (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series book 1) by Rick Riordan - Amazon - Goodreads "The Iron Trial" (Magisterium series book 1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare - Amazon - Goodreads "Fablehaven" (Fablehaven series book 1) by Brandon Mull - Amazon - Goodreads

“A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking” by T. Kingfisher - Amazon - Goodreads “Romanov” by Nadine Brandes - Amazon - Goodreads “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” - Roald Dahl

"The Coffeehouse Investor" by Bill Schultheis - Amazon - Goodreads The White Coat Investor blog Dave Ramsey website "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley - Amazon - Goodreads "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias - Amazon - Goodreads JLCollins blog "Senlin Ascends" by Josiah Bancroft - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Lost Family” by Libby Copeland - Amazon - Goodreads “Absent in the Spring” by Agatha Christie/Mary Westmacott - Amazon - Goodreads “Endymion Spring” by Matthew Skelton - Amazon - Goodreads

“Storm Kings” by Lee Sandlin - Goodreads - Amazon “Night of the Twisters” by Ivy Ruckman - Goodreads - Amazon “I Survived: The Joplin Tornado 2011” by Lauren Tarshis - Goodreads - Amazon “H2O” by Virginia Bergin (Book 1) - Goodreads - Amazon “The Storm” by Virginia Bergin (Book 2) - Goodreads - Amazon

"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Goodreads - Amazon "Flowers and Foul Play" by Amanda Flower - Goodreads - Amazon

“The Therapist” by B. A. Paris - Goodreads - Amazon “The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Goodreads - Amazon "The Coffeehouse Investor: How To Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life", second edition by Bill Schultheis - Goodreads - Amazon

“Last One Home” by Debbie Macomber - Goodreads - Amazon “Since You've Been Gone” by Morgan Matson - Goodreads - Amazon Aimee's Running Playlist: - "Remember the Name" by Fort Minor and Styles of Beyond (clean edit) - "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift (I don't have the rap version, but I'm sure both are fine) - "Run" by One Republic - "Kiss You" by One Direction - "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons - "A Little Love" by Prince Ivan - "Hall of Fame" by The Script and Will.i.am - "Popular Song" by Mika and Ariana Grande - "Movin'" by David Archuleta - "A-O-K" by Tai Verdes - "Compass" by Lady A - "Magic" by B.o.B. and Rivers Cuomo - "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce - "Roar" by Katy Perry - "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" by Randy Houser - "I Love Me" by Demi Lovato - "Obsession (25/7)" by Vice and John Bellion and Kyle - "Kiss Me Slowly" by Parachute Enjoy!

"Kind of a Big Deal" by Shannon Halen - Goodreads - Amazon Interview with the author that I reference (scroll down to "The Writer's Life")

“Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper - Goodreads - Amazon “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary Schmidt - Goodreads - Amazon “Before We Were Free” by Julia Alvarez - Goodreads - Amazon “Concealed” by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - Goodreads - Amazon

“Redhead by the Side of the Road” by Anne Tyler - Amazon - Goodreads “American Royals” by Katherine McGee - Amazon - Goodreads “Take Me Home Tonight” by Morgan Matson - Amazon - Goodreads

"Skyward" by Brandon Sanderson - Goodreads - Amazon "Kind of a Big Deal" - Goodreads - Amazon