Meghan Markle's Book Recommendations
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is an American actress, humanitarian, and author known for her role as Rachel Zane on the television series "Suits." After marrying Prince Harry in 2018, she became a prominent figure in the British royal family and an advocate for social justice and women's rights. In 2021, she published her first children's book, "The Bench," which explores the bond between fathers and sons through a mother's eyes. Markle's literary work reflects her commitment to storytelling and her passion for fostering empathy and understanding. Beyond literature, she co-founded the Archewell Foundation with Prince Harry to promote compassion and well-being globally.
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
The Martian
Andy Weir
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
Maa - Sahityapedia Kavya Sangrah - Vol-2
Antoine de Saint- Exupery
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Yes Please
Amy Poehler
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
Ripley's Game
Patricia Highsmith
Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham
The Gap of Time
Jeanette Winterson
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
The Dud Avocado
Elaine Dundy
The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan
The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet
Benjamin Hoff
Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler
In the Company of Women
Grace Bonney
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
Why Not Me?
Mindy Kaling
God Help the Child
Toni Morrison
The Dress
Megan Hess
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill
Stolen Beauty
Laurie Lico Albanese
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
I'll Drink to That
Betty Halbreich
Prayers for the Stolen
Jennifer Clement
Grace
Grace Coddington
In Vogue
Alberto Oliva, Norberto Angeletti
Food and the City
Ina L. Yalof
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
The Kinfolk Table
Nathan Williams
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are
Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, Sophie Mas
Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee
Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig
Requiem for the American Dream
Noam Chomsky
Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur
Linda McCartney
Linda McCartney, Annie Leibovitz
Doctor Sleep
Stephen King
The Hotel on Place Vendome
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Irreverent
Carine Roitfeld
Unsaid
Neil Abramson
Bittersweet
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
The Coveteur
Stephanie Mark
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
The Game Changers
Samantha Brett
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
American Tabloid
James Ellroy
All the Missing Girls
Megan Miranda
It's What I Do
Lynsey Addario
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
The Inner Gym
Light Watkins
We Are Not Ourselves
Matthew Thomas
Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky
Flâneuse
Lauren Elkin
Together
Vivek Murthy
The Motivation Manifesto
Brendon Burchard
Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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