Early Bird Books Reading Recommendations

Here at Early Bird Books, we love all things that have to do with books, reading, and literary news and movies. Browse below for some highlights from our blog!

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10 Dystopian Books to Read If You Loved 1984

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.” ―George Orwell, 1984

The Best Modern Irish Books to Read

There's more than James Joyce and Oscar Wilde.

The Best Stephen Birmingham Books

This list has something for every fiction and non-fiction history lover.

10 Books for Those Who Loved The Sympathizer

If these stories makes you cry, we sympathize. 

13 Mesmerizing Margaret Drabble Books

The oft-honored author deserves a place on your shelf.

The Best Roald Dahl Books You Haven't Heard Of

“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.” —Roald Dahl 

The Best Campus Novels That Make the Grade

These books will bring you right back to the quad.

8 Crushing Books Like A Little Life

“What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”—Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

Fans of Capote vs. The Swans Will Love These 10 Books

From catty, low-class writers to the dirty dogs of the elite, society is a zoo. 

The Best Books with Asexual Characters

“Maybe we weren't broken after all.” Calista Lynne, We Awaken

Remembering Dan Wakefield, 1932-2024

Prolific, acclaimed, and multi-faceted: three commonly-used descriptors of Dan Wakefield that any writer would sell their soul to be described as. 

5 Incredible Books by War Correspondent Martha Gellhorn

"I have no intention of being a footnote in someone else’s life.” —Martha Gellhorn, on her relationship with Ernest Hemingway

These Books Written by Filmmakers Give Reading a New Meaning

These directors are excellent storytellers, in any medium.

14 Witty and Wonderful Authors Like Jane Austen 

There’s more to discover outside of your favorite author’s six books.

16 Southern Novelists You Have to Read

“The woods are full of regional writers, and it is the great horror of every serious Southern writer that he will become one of them.” ―Flannery O'Connor

10 Incredible Books by Hispanic-American Authors

If you were looking for a list of books that will revolutionize your worldview, you've found it. 

6 Books About Libraries You'll Want to Catalog

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.” —Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Every Book by V.C. Andrews, In Order

It’s been said that much of her real life was just as tragic as the lives of the protagonists in her debut novel Flowers in the Attic.