SHOP IT (opens in new tab) Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman If I can’t convince you to check it out, maybe the numerous other bestseller lists it has hit this year will? - Morgan McMullen, Designer

I would highly recommend it to anyone who’s struggling to find direction in their life, who questions familial love and relationships, or who's passionate about FIGHTING THE PATRIARCHY. With prose that reminds you of dystopian fiction, Educated is a beautiful coming-of-age story from a perspective I hadn’t heard and mostly hadn’t thought about before. Hailing from the remote mountains of Idaho, the Westover family values hard work and physical labor over education, and believes girls should aim only to become good wives and have children. This memoir follows Westover's upbringing in a survivalist Mormon household and her decision to pursue a higher education after stepping foot in a classroom for the first time ever-at age 17. SHOP IT (opens in new tab) Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover If you didn't read it before November 6, that's okay, it'll definitely still be relevant come 2020. A portrait of marriage, politics, female friendship, and power, the characters may have many, many flaws, but this book has almost none. Piazza started writing this tale of a woman running for office before Trump was elected and spurred the greatest number of women to put their name on the ballot (opens in new tab) in American history, so maybe she's psychic? (Hey Jo, what are this week's Mega Millions numbers?) Aside from being incredibly prescient, this book is a fun, engaging, dare I say, page-turner that will surprise you right up until the very end. Join 's New Monthly Book Club Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza

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