Because her love for books couldn’t be contained in just one post, Crystal Patriarche has returned to give us a second dose of the books that inspire her! If you’re looking for great reading recommendations, look no further than these five picks:

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

A riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not.

A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer

Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother’s sudden death five years ago. Upon reconnecting with her brother and sisters, Grace will find a part of herself she thought was lost forever.

Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult

 Jodi Picoult’s powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment.

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course.

The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond

A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope—of the choices we make and the choices made for us—The Year of Fog beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart.

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