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15 Must-Read Books About Friendship to Share With Your Ride-or-Die
One of the best parts of finishing a great book is calling up your bookworm friends to talk about it. That's part of why book clubs are so much fun: the opportunity to share that experience makes it that much richer. And while just about every genre can lend itself to lively conversation, reading books about friendship might help you feel even closer to yours, especially if they're far away. Because friendship comes in so many shapes and sizes, our favorite books on the topic do, too. We've gathered some great nonfiction books that talk about how to keep these important relationships strong and healthy, since reading about it might help if one of yours is on the rocks. But we've also got some fabulous new and classic fiction books about pals whose bond will warm your heart, thrillers in which friends get each other out of a scary situation and even stories about romance because we all know that if our besties don't get along with our partners, that's a huge red flag. When you've finished reading these, don't forget to pass your copy along to your reading buddies, then head on over to the GH Book Club to find some new picks!
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1) Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
amazon.com
$15.29
Fans of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend may already know the authors' easy rapport, willingness to go deep and ask the tough questions, and enduring bond even from far. This book gives readers an intimate look at their relationship and what keeps it going through thick and thin.
Simon & Schuster - 3/16
2) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares
amazon.com
$6.98
A classic that's since been turned into a movie, this book follows four teens who share one very special pair of pants. It's the first in a heartwarming series that you will love sharing with your own daughter or lifelong friends of your own.
courtesy of Ember - 4/16
3) The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
amazon.com
$11.49
Not all companions are human, and this meditation on grief, loss and power of pets proves that man's best friend has earned his place in our hearts. For best results, read this one while cuddling your own.
courtesy of Riverhead Books - 5/16
4) Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
amazon.com
$23.79
When Flora makes a startling discovery, it throws into question not only her marriage to Julian, but her relationship with her longtime best friend Margot. This book about what friendship can withstand explores how our different relationships can affect each other in a touching, sometimes gutting story.
courtesy of Ecco - 6/16
5) Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells
amazon.com
$14.99
If you've never read this rollicking story of four Southern women who raise their families pretty much as one big clan, what are you waiting for? It's an often hilarious, sometimes shocking and consistently emotional read that delves into not only the importance of friendship, but family dynamics too.
courtesy of Harper Perennial - 7/16
6) Swing Time
Zadie Smith
amazon.com
$12.99
Travel from London to West Africa in this story of a complicated childhood friendship and how those early bonds can reverberate through our lives. The incisive book explores the challenges of growing up, escaping one's roots (or finding them) and how deep inequality runs.
courtesy of Penguin Books - 8/16
7) A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
amazon.com
$10.44
Mariam and Laila are bound together by trauma and fate, relying on their unlikely bond to survive horrible circumstances both within their own home and outside its walls. This riveting story will have you holding your breath and rooting for these powerful women.
courtesy of Riverhead Books - 9/16
8) The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer
amazon.com
$13.69
Six teenagers become fast friends at a summer camp for the arts and their love for one another remains constant, even as their lives change through the decades. This story will resonate with anyone who's ever found that particular kind of bond that camp can create, as well as those whose friendships have weathered differences over time.
courtesy of Riverhead Books - 10/16
9) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot: A Novel
Marianne Cronin
amazon.com
$16.99
Lenni and Margot meet in the art room at the hospital where they're both approaching the end of their lives, Lenni at 17 and Margot at 83. They decide to create 100 paintings to commemorate their collective years on the planet, and form a close bond along the way in this uplifting, deeply emotive novel.
courtesy of Harper Perennial - 11/16
10) The Hunting Wives
May Cobb
amazon.com
$22.99
After worming her way into the tight-knit circle of women in her new Texas town, Sophie is quickly swept up into their world of hard partying, late-night target practice and big hair full of secrets. It all seems like good fun, until a body shows up and Sophie's new friends don't seem to have her back as much as she thought.
courtesy of Berkley - 12/16
11) Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom
amazon.com
$7.67
Mitch rekindles a relationship with his former college professor, Morrie, in the final months of his teacher's life. After they reconnect, they spend every Tuesday sitting together and talking. Their beautiful friendship and its resonant lessons have turned this book into a must-read.
courtesy of Crown - 13/16
12) Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
Kayleen Schaefer
amazon.com
$11.17
Through interviews with more than 100 women about their own friendships and what they've meant to them, journalist Kayleen Schaefer explores the evolution of female friendship in the media and how it's impacted our own #squadgoals. Whether you've got a girl gang of your own or are more of a one BFF kind of gal, this book will resonate.
courtesy of Dutton - 14/16
13) Sula
Toni Morrison
amazon.com
$12.59
Friendship, especially between women, isn't always sunshine and roses. In this novel, Nel and Sula are the kind of friends who can make it through anything. That is, until a terrible betrayal tests how strong their relationship really is. It's funny, sad, a little dark and absolutely absorbing.
courtesy of Vintage - 15/16
14) Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
amazon.com
$14.49
Anyone who dealt with mean girls as a kid will recognize the pain in Elaine, an artist who grapples with memories of the complicated dynamics of friendship between girls. This one gets a bit dark but very, very real.
courtesy of Anchor - 16/16
15) My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
amazon.com
$11.88
The first in the wildly successful Neapolitan Novels, this one introduces us to Elena and Lila, two little girls who learn to rely on each other growing up in a poor village outside of Naples in the 1950s. Start with this book and then read the rest of the series, which spans almost 60 years of friendship.
courtesy of Europa Editions
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