I'm a book ๐ fan, I mean, I am book-obsessed and you know how there are books ๐ out there that just change up ๐ your preconception and change up ๐ the way that you view ๐ฌ the world? Well, this post ๐ช is all about those books ๐ and we're going ๐ to specifically focus in on ๐ novels about love ๐ and how this love ๐ can actually change up ๐ the way you think and feel. You ready to dive into all of the feels that you've ever felt? Come on ๐ now, I am!
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1. The English ๐ฌ๐ง Patient ๐ท by Michael Ondaatje
If you've never, ever read ๐ the English ๐ฌ๐ง Patient, it is one 1๏ธโฃ of the best stories that I've ever read. It has an unsettling intelligence and beauty ๐ to it. It is haunting ๐ป and harrowing all at the same time. If is a little bit of a war novel, as it takes place around WWII, however, it is still so beautiful. It is about a nameless, burn ๐ฅ victim and the nurse that takes care of him. The love ๐ they have for each other unfolds and it is breathtaking.
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2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The lessons that are wrapped up ๐ in this book ๐ are beautiful. This is all about living ๐ก in the moment, all about freeing yourself from fear and understanding that you are part of the universe. Trust in the signs and really listen ๐ง to your heart. You'll love โค๏ธ this book no ๐ matter when you read ๐ it and it'll change your world ๐ for sure.
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3. The History of Love ๐ by Nicole Kraus
The love ๐ stories that are wrapped up ๐ in this book ๐ are incredible. I love ๐ฝ the story behind it and I love ๐ all of the different meanings behind it. This story is witty and after you read ๐ it, you'll fall ๐ in love ๐ with it. It is about love ๐ lost ๐ and love found, it is diverse in the best way and truly is dynamic.
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4. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
This particular book ๐ will invoke all kinds of emotions and it was designed to be read ๐ in a single 1๏ธโฃ setting. It is a book ๐ that has sophistication and is packed with a depth that it'll change how you think of things. Tony Webster is a middle-aged man ๐จ and while he is content โบ๏ธ with the past and didn't really think about it, it comes up ๐ when one 1๏ธโฃ of his closest childhood friends decides to return with vengeance.
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5. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Now this book ๐ is actually one 1๏ธโฃ of three 3๏ธโฃ and I loved โค๏ธ this book. It is set ๐ฌ in Portland, ME and basically, it states ๐บ๐ธ that love ๐น is a disease and the main character, Lena Haloway is looking forward ๐ฉ to getting cured of it. It makes you really think about what love ๐ really is and how it can change you completely.
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6. The Fault in Our Stars ๐ญ by John Green
This one 1๏ธโฃ is for my wife. She got me into reading ๐ฐ John Green, just this one book ๐ and I fell in love ๐ with it. Sure, I didn't cry when the boy ๐ฆ๐ฝ died but still, it was so good! This book ๐ makes you think about love ๐ lost ๐ and also makes you appreciate what you have, because who knows what is going ๐ฃ to happen tomorrow.
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7. I Am Not Myself These Days: a Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
This is a book ๐ that my now wife and I passed back ๐ and forth, underlining lines in this book. You could say that we fell in love ๐ over this book. If you've never heard ๐ of Josh Kilmer-Purcell, then this is your chance to meet him as Aqua, a drag-queen and you get to really understand his background and the love ๐ story that goes behind it.
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Some books ๐ just touch us in a really magical ๐ฎ way and that's how I feel about each and every one 1๏ธโฃ of these books. Have you ever felt like ๐ that? What books ๐ have changed your world?