14 Books All Recent Graduates Should Read

Graduation—either from high school, college, or post-grad—is a lot to process. Whether you see it as the end of the happiest days of your life, or maybe as the beginning of a new and better chapter, it still means change. After receiving a diploma, and getting the degree you've been working for for the past however many years, you're moving on to whatever comes next. And whatever comes next might not be as straightforward as getting good grades.

This is when some sort of roadmap or guide would come in handy. And while, sadly, there's no single, definite step-by-step manual for what to do after graduation or how to meet your ultimate life goals, books are the next best thing. Reading about the lives of other people who've been there and done that, following the story of a character going through a similar situation, or getting sage words of advice from an expert or someone you admire can definitely help you figure out how to handle such a big shift. So here are some of the best reads that might be useful for seniors and recent grads out there.