Reading List
Literature
"Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
This story, in which the "interpreter" falls in love with Mrs. Das, the malady-maker, was my first literary read. This story made me fall in love with English literary readings and helped me determine my major. This is a story I recommend for anyone to read, regardless of your education or reading interests. While there are layers of complexity to use to write a literary analysis, the story is also pleasant to read because of what the reader can glean from it at first glance.
Middlemarch by George Eliot
This intellectually demanding novel was read over the course of one semester for an Advanced Research and Literary Analysis class where our professor loved the Victorian era. I fell in love with this book because of how George Eliot pushed the boundaries of Victorian society, through her heroine, Dorothea Brooke, by defining a nineteenth-century St. Theresa.
Fiction
The Work and The Glory Series by Gerald N. Lund
In this Latter-day Saint masterpiece collection, Gerald N. Lund created the fictitious Steed family, who lived through the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love this series because I am a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I learned the Church's history through this series. It was also very enjoyable.
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
I discovered Elizabeth Scott when I was thirteen years old and while she hasn't published a novel in five years, I remember her books and the impact they had on me. I read her all throughout my teenage years and got to meet her at a book signing in my hometown.
The Unwritten Rule faces the problem of when you and your best friend's boyfriend are in love with each others. I would tell you the ending, but it's too of a good story to spoil.
Religion
For Times of Trouble by Jeffrey R. Holland
This beautiful book, written by Latter-day Saint Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, explores the Psalms of David, and offers in-depth insights into how the Psalms can offer peace and consolation through troubling times.
