Gentle reads are feel-good books that usually have a happy ending.
Download the brochure Gentle Reads: Feel Good Stories (PDF).
Fiction
- The Seaside Cafe by Rochelle Alers F ALERS Rochelle
- Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman F BACKMAN Fredrik
- The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen F BOWEN Rhys
- What You Wish For by Katherine Center F CENTER Katherine
- Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini F CHIAVERINI Jennifer
- Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen F COHEN Paula
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis F DAVIS Fiona
- Housegirl by Michael Donkor F DONKOR Michael
- The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg F FLAGG Fannie
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman F HONEYMAN Gail
- River of Stars by Vanessa Hua F HUA Vanessa
- Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo F IGHARO Jane
- Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin F JALALUDDIN Uzma
- Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal F KAMAL Soniah
- Winner Takes All by Sandra Kitt F KITT Sandra
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune FAN KLUNE TJ
- Chronicles of a Radical Hag by Lorna Landvik F LANDVIK Lorna
- Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim F LIM Roselle
- Window on the Bay by Debbie Macomber F MACOMBER Debbie
- It’s Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan F MCMILLAN Terry
- The Great Passage by Shion Miura F MIURA Shion
- The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore F MOORE Edward
- The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey F MORREY Beth
- The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick F PATRICK Phaedra
- Heartwood by Belva Plain F PLAIN Belva
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn F QUINN Kate
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion F SIMSION Graeme
- Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal F STRADAL J. Ryan
- Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani F TRIGIANI Adriana
- Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler F TYLER Anne
- The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs F WIGGS Susan
- In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow F WINSLOW Deshawn
Non-Fiction
- Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent 158.1 092 VIN
- I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 305.244 PHI
- Haben by Haben Girma 340.092
- For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan 390.09 SAG
- World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 590 NEZ
- Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard 636.7 LEO
- Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen 636.8 BOW
- Dewey by Vicki Myron 636.8092 MYR
- Maman’s Homesick Pie by Donia Bijan 641.5955 BIJ
- The Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg 641.5975 BRA
- Happy Little Accidents by Bob Ross 751.4 ROS
- Good Neighbor by Maxwell King 791.4502 KIN
- Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous 818.6 BEC
- If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now by Christopher Ingraham 977.6 ING