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The Top 25 Heather’s Picks of All Time

From memoirs to fiction, these are the best of the best, chosen and loved by our chief booklover, Heather Reisman.

By Indigo Staff

Heather’s Picks. You can always count on a cover stamped with the familiar gilded sticker to be a winner, and for good reason. “For 25 years I have been proudly sharing my love of books and ideas through Heather’s Picks,” says Heather Reisman, our chief booklover. “Any book with a Heather’s Pick sticker is a book I have read and loved—one that has moved me in some way or helped me shape my understanding of the world we live in.” To celebrate 25 years of life, on purpose, we’ve rounded up the top 25 Heather’s Picks of all time. See how many you have read or need to add to your reading stack now.

Circe
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Circe by Madeline Miller

Goddess Circe learns to embrace her powers while facing the most frightening of mythical creatures, searching for belonging and self in male-dominated worlds.

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The Nightingale
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Celebrating women’s resilience during the Second World War, this is the heartbreaking story of two sisters who pursue different and brave paths in their fight for freedom.

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Klara and the Sun
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Artificial Friend, and narrator, Klara wants to be chosen among the sea of AFs in the store. But when she’s finally picked by Josie, she’s challenged by the concepts of love and trust.

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A Man Called Ove
Fiction

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Crochety Ove divides his time between enforcing neighbourhood policies and visiting his wife’s grave, until an unlikely friendship softens his outlook.

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The Alice Network
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The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Inspired by the real-life efforts of a network of WWI spies, this mesmerizing narrative follows two women from different walks who find themselves searching for the same thing.

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Born a Crime
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

The Daily Show host shares 18 deeply personal essays—from funny to heartbreaking—centring on his upbringing in apartheid South Africa.

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Red Notice
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Red Notice by Bill Browder

The true story of “accidental activist” Bill Browder, a Wall Street maverick who made his fortune in Russia yet pursued a greater cause: exposing Putin’s corruption.

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A Nearly Normal Family
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A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

A family’s morality is tested when their teenage daughter is accused of murder, bringing to the surface a question: what binds them, love or lies?

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The Paris Wife
Fiction

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Through the eyes of Ernest Hemingway’s wife Hadley, we’re introduced to Lost Generation Paris and its fascinating characters, from the Fitzgeralds to Gertrude Stein.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Non-Fiction

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

A Nobel Prize winner introduces the two-system view of the mind: one is fast, intuitive, and emotional; the other, more deliberate and logical.

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Shoe Dog
Non-Fiction

Shoe Dogby Phil Knight

A rare look at the Nike founder and board chairman, including his path from selling shoes from the trunk of his car to running one of the world’s most game-changing brands.

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When Breath Becomes Air
Non-Fiction

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

A soul-stirring memoir by a young neurosurgeon, and new father, who documents his own mortality when diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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The Year of Magical Thinking
Non-Fiction

The Year of Magical Thinkingby Joan Didion

The extraordinary novelist shares her deeply intimate story of marriage, family, love, and loss when faced at once with her daughter’s life-threatening illness and her husband’s untimely death.

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The Goldfinch
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The Goldfinchby Donna Tartt

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about 13-year-old Theo, who survives a terrorist attack that kills his mother—an event that will steer the course of his life.

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On Tyranny
Non-Fiction

On Tyrannyby Timothy Snyder

A pocket-sized guide to resistance that explores the dictatorships of the 20th Century and how we can learn from these experiences to preserve our democracy.

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The Night Circus
Fiction

The Night Circusby Erin Morgenstern

Magic, romance, deadly games. This bewitching read follows two fierce magicians, Celia and Marco, who must face off in a battle royale but end up falling in love.

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The Devil in the White City
Non-Fiction

The Devil in the White Cityby Erik Larson

This page-turner tells the harrowing true story of the serial killer who operated during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, luring many to their deaths.

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Rules of Civility
Fiction

Rules of Civilityby Amor Towles

A vivid and dazzling novel about a working-class woman who is suddenly propelled into the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society post-Depression.

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Wild
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Wildby Cheryl Strayed

Lost after the unexpected death of her mother, a young woman embarks on a months-long hike in order to find herself and heal.

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The Glass Castle
Non-Fiction

The Glass Castleby Jeannette Walls

The Walls children are forced to fend for themselves after being abandoned by their parents in this astonishing memoir about family, resilience, and redemption.

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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Non-Fiction

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

A portrait of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, told from the lens of a child and presented in graphic novel format.

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I Am Malala
Non-Fiction

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Penned by the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, this memoir chronicles a young Pakistani girl’s fight against the Taliban for her right to education and how her bravery inspired change.

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Secret Daughter
Fiction

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Love, loss, and discovery are at the heart of this compelling read about two families—one American, one Indian—and the secret child that binds them.

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Homeland Elegies
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Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

An epic story of an immigrant father and son navigating post-Trump America in a quest to find a sense of identity and belonging.

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The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi
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The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi by Jacqueline Park

In this sweeping love story set in Renaissance Italy, Grazia dei Rossi, daughter of a Jewish banker, must choose between her husband, a Jewish physician, or her secret lover, a Christian prince.

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