Sometimes you just need a good book. A book to warm your soul and mend your heart. But sometimes the best books even make you cry… hysterically. Here are some of the books that I think every girl should read by the end of college, if not sooner.
1. "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks
With extreme passion, Nicholas Sparks paints a picture of what it's like to stand by the person you love no matter the hardships.
2. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
Sparks shows what it's like to get your heart broken into a million pieces and have someone pick them up with more love than you've ever known.
3. "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series by Ann Brashares
Brashares shows what it's like to have friends that will stand by your side no matter the distance.
4. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin
Jane Austin writes this book through the eyes of vanity and love.
5. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Brontë shows what it is like for a young woman to go through intense internal growth while maintaining a love interest.
6. "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
John Green takes the common love story and transforms it into something that makes your heart weep as you read about a journey between two teens like none other.
7. "Paper Town"s by John Green
Green writes a story of two childhood friends that experience something so tragic that it's guaranteed to bring them closer than ever.
8. "Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Rowell shows what it's like to be the girl on the outside, to be the girl that everyone mocks. But she also shows how the girl on the outside and the boy on the outside can create their own inside.
9. "Yes Please" by Amy Poehler
Poehler writes an extraordinarily funny book with loads of personal stories that will allow for a bit of self reflection.
10. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
Tina Fey writes a book very similar to her soul sister's book- If you like Poehler's autobiography then you're bound to love Fey's as well.
11. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
Chbosky's book is one hundred times better than the movie, I promise.
12. "Breaking Night" by Liz Murray
Murray writes an autobiography that is sure to my you cringe while you cry, but worth it in the end.
13. "My Sister’s Keeper" by Jodi Picoult
Piccolo gives you a story that is perfect for a dark rainy day where crying hysterically wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
14. "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson tells the story of a young girl that probably couldn't have had a worse experience even if she begged.
15. "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
We all know the story, but to read it in the original intended wording makes it 100x better.
16. "Othello" by William Shakespeare
Yet another beautifully tragic story that should be on your "Already Read" list.
17. "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
Most people know this one too, but again, reading it the was it was intended is way better.
18. "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
It's the book behind the ever so popular movie Easy A, read it, it's a good one.
19. "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
A great illustration of the importance of being authentic.
20. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Alice Walker writes this novel with such explicit rawness, you're bound to take it to heart.
