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. The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird (Sept 2024)
  2. The Winter Garden by Alexandra Bell (Mar 2024)
  3. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (Dec 2023)
  4. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt (Apr 2021)
  5. The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu (Nov 2020)
  6. Valour Road by John Nadler (Nov 2019)
  7. Ada Blackjack:  A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven (Aug 2018)
  8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Apr 2018)
  9. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor (Dec 2017)
  10. Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada by Lawrence Hill (Jan 2017)
  11. Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship by Adrienne Clarkson (Nov 2015)
  12. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (May 2015)
  13. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Apr 2015)

With Dad:

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

With Sister:

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