7 Books to Get You Out of a Reading Slump

Reading slump? These books are sure to get you hooked back onto your enjoyment of reading.

Content warnings are provided for each book and may be considered spoilers.

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Released in 2015, and currently a film in preproduction set to star Dakota and Elle Fanning, readers are absorbed into the war-torn life of Vianne Mauriac.

Her husband has just left home to fight the WW2 battle and after his departure, the nazis invade France, and one her own home. Now stuck living with the enemy against her will, Vianne must ensure her and her daughter's survival by any means necessary.

The Nightingale Content Warnings: War (high), antisemitism (high), r*pe (high), death (moderate), torture (moderate), cancer (minor)

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Widely referred to as ACOTAR online, this 2015 fantasy follows 19 year old huntress Feyre who is kidnapped and taken to a legend-heard land by a beastly faerie who once ruled Feyre's own world. Passions turn fiery, untruths are uncovered, and certain shadows must be defeated.

ACOTAR Content Warnings: Violence (high), death (high), sexual content (high), torture (moderate).

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Vibrant, emotional, hilarious, and set in the 1960's, Lessons in Chemistry centres around Elizabeth Zott, a Californian scientist who finds unlikely chemistry in Nobel Prize-nominated coworker Calvin Evans.

How do we go from here to Elizabeth being a single mother and star of the most popular cooking show in America? You need to read this.

Lessons in Chemistry Content Warnings: Sexual assault (high), sexism (high), suicide (moderate), death (moderate).

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

"But the truth is, praise is just like an addiction. The more you get it, the more of it you need just to stay even."

From the 1930's to the 1950's, Evelyn Hugo was a sought Hollywood movie icon. Now, she's an older recluse and has contacted Monique Grant, a fairly unknown magazine writer, to tell the full story of her life of adversity, glitz, glam, love, forbidden feelings and marriage, seven to be exact.

Two very different women, one room, and a need for both to face their own truths, but at what costs.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Content Warnings: Domestic abuse (high), homophobia (high), death (high), alcoholism (moderate), suicide (moderate), abortion (minor).

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Previously yearning for a quiet existence among books in the Scribe Quadrant, 20 year old Violent has b been forced by her commanding general mother to join the ranks of those who are vying to become dragon riders, the most elite positions in all of Navarre.

As war rages on from afar, but not too afar, Violet must work harder than most to make it to the next day, all while dealing with differing agendas, competitive cadets and witholding who her maternal parent is from the rest of the group.

Fly, or die.

Fourth Wing Content Warnings: Death (high), sexual content (high), violence (high).

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Love Fourth Wing? Pre-order the sequel, Iron Flame, from Amazon (Canada / United States)

Verity by Colleen Hoover

An author booktokers, bookstagrammers and general readers either love to love or avoid completely, Colleen Hoover has seen much virality online with titles like It Ends With Us, It Starts With Us (IEWU's sequel) and, of course, Verity.

A still chart-topping psychological thriller, Verity follows Lowen Ashleigh, a broke writer hired to complete the unfinished works of best-selling author Verity Crawford, who has found herself injured and unable to complete her successful series. There, she finds Crawford's unfinished autobiography that was never meant to be read.

Verity Content Warnings: Death (high), abuse (high), murder (high).

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Predicted Page-Turner: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

She's finally telling her story, in her words, on her terms.

And yes, her famous exes have already read it, causing previous release delays with their legal teams, so we KNOW it's good.

But it's not just about the men in her life.

It's about this complex, beautiful woman and her journey through stardom, love, motherhood and so much more.

Pre-order The Woman in Me from Amazon (Canada / United States).