Books Recommended by Sarah Jessica Parker
Love Rules
How to Get the Relationship You Want
Joanna Coles
Source: "While I’m not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today’s new world of dating, I do know this: armed with [this book], she would have figured it all out in one season." - Sarah Jessica Parker
No One Is Coming to Save Us
A Novel
Stephanie Powell Watts
Source: "An arresting and powerful novel about an extended African American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream." - Sarah Jessica Parker
A Place for Us
A Novel
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Source: "I am so excited for all readers to experience this timely, beautiful, unforgettable story that will capture minds and hearts." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Exit West
A Novel
Mohsin Hamid
Source: "Gives a deeply real, beautiful, intricate and electrifying look at what it means to be an immigrant right now." - Sarah Jessica Parker
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Source: "Things to do to pass the time before Friday night’s event at Ulta in New Jersey? Re-read [this book]." - Sarah Jessica Parker
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
A Novel
Joshua Ferris
Source: "I was really surprised at how much I loved this book about a depressive man longing for connection." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Heartland
A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Sarah Smarsh
Source: "About the entrenched deprivation of overlooked Americans born into poverty across the country." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Stay with Me
A Novel
Ayobami Adebayo
Source: "A fast-paced, wonderfully powerful and heartbreaking tale of love, loyalty and betrayal." - Sarah Jessica Parker
The Goldfinch
A Novel
Donna Tartt
Source: "I’m indescribably jealous of any reader picking up this masterpiece for the first time." - Sarah Jessica Parker
The Way We Live Now
Anthony Trollope
Source: "I was completely absorbed and loved every single moment, big and small." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Conversations with Friends
A Novel
Sally Rooney
Source: "This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone." - Sarah Jessica Parker
She Would Be King
A Novel
Wayétu Moore
Source: "I treasured every moment I spent in the pages of this book." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Anatomy of a Miracle
A Novel
Jonathan Miles
Source: "The story in these pages is astoundingly joyous and deeply humane." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink
Source: "This brilliant, non-fiction book is brutal and minutely-researched." - Sarah Jessica Parker
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Novel
Anthony Marra
Source: "Magnificent and heartrending tale." - Sarah Jessica Parker
The Glorious Heresies
A Novel
Lisa McInerney
Source: "A book and tale to be reckoned with." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Sweetbitter
A Novel
Stephanie Danler
Source: "I can't stop. No one talk to me." - Sarah Jessica Parker
New Grub Street
George Gissing
Source: "One of my all-time favorites." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Zero K
A Novel
Don DeLillo
Source: "Oh man am I digging this book." - Sarah Jessica Parker
The Woman from Uruguay
Pedro Mairal
Source: Sarah Jessica Parker shared this book on Instagram.
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