Family Reads


Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister select a book for us to read and discuss. PFPs by alohasushicore.

What is Family Reads?

With Mom:

  1. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (Dec. 2023)
  2. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt (Apr. 2021)
  3. The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu (Nov. 2020)
  4. Valour Road by John Nadler (Nov. 2019)
  5. Ada Blackjack:  A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven (Aug. 2018)
  6. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Apr. 2018)
  7. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor (Dec. 2017)
  8. Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada by Lawrence Hill (Jan. 2017)
  9. Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship by Adrienne Clarkson (Nov. 2015)
  10. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (May 2015)
  11. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Apr. 2015)

With Dad:

  1. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Feb. 2024)
  2. Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe (Jul. 2023)
  3. Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta (Nov. 2021)
  4. That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph (Sept. 2020)
  5. Starlight by Richard Wagamese (Sept. 2019)
  6. Perseverance by Tim Hague (Dec. 2018)
  7. The End of the World Running Clubby Adrian J. Walker (Jul. 2018)
  8. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Mar. 2018)
  9. A List of Cages by Robin Roe (Jul. 2017)
  10. Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel (Nov. 2016)
  11. Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese (July 2016)
  12. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Sept. 2015)

With Sister:

  1. Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (Jan. 2024)
  2. Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (Feb. 2023)
  3. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Dec. 2021)
  4. Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly (Apr. 2020)
  5. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty (Dec. 2019)
  6. Fighting for Space by Travis Lupick (Jul. 2019)
  7. In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Sept. 2018)
  8. Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (Jun. 2018)
  9. The Last One by Alexandra Oliva (Jan. 2018)
  10. Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa (Aug. 2017)
  11. Borne by Jeff Vandermeer (Jun. 2017)
  12. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (Dec. 2016)
  13. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Sept. 2016)
  14. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Dec. 2015)
  15. The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Oct. 2015)
  16. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (Jun. 2015)