February 14, 2018

Jill Santopolo’s 5 Favorite Love Stories

Jill Santopolo, author of our February’18 Book Pick, “The Light We Lost”, shares some of her favorite love stories.

Story By: Jill Santopolo

Jill Santopolo’s 5 Favorite Love Stories

Jill Santopolo, author of our February’18 Book Pick, “The Light We Lost”, shares some of her favorite love stories. Story By: Jill Santopolo

Acts of Faith by Erich Segal

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From the author of Love Story, a novel that travels from Brooklyn to Brasilia to an Israeli kibbutz, charting three extraordinary lives and one forbidden love. I read this multiple times between the ages of 14 and 18!

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story of love, race and expectation set in today’s globalized world. This isn’t a traditional love story, but such a beautiful romance.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

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A heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks what happens when making the person you love happy also means breaking your heart? This is a beautiful book! I needed a whole box of tissues when I finished reading it and a second box after that.

Siracusa by Delia Ephron

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The story of two marriages imploding during an Italian vacation, told from different points of view. An anti-love story about love exploding in different ways, so beautifully crafted and wonderfully written.

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

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The story of four teenage siblings who learn the date of their death from a fortune teller in New York in 1969. For better or worse, the four Gold children live the rest of their lives in the shadow of that knowledge. Told from each siblings perspective, this story is all about the love between family.

Book recs from the incomparable Big Little Truths author @LianeMoriarty_Official? Say less. 📚 We’re adding every single one to our TBR! #AppleBooksPartner 

These recommendations come from the Substack Live conversation, presented by Apple Books, between Reese’s Book Club authors @LauraDaveAuthor and @LianeMoriarty_Official.

Ready to add to your list? Discover Liane’s recs, and Big Little Truths, on @applebooks at the link in bio.
Hey NYC! We’re sorry to announce that our September STORYfest event has been postponed due to inclement weather.

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Here at Reese's Book Club, we live for a literary easter egg! ✨ And hearing this one straight from Big Little Truths author Liane Moriarity during the September Substack Live, presented by @AppleBooks, was such a treat. #AppleBooksPartner

Missed it? We brought together The Last Thing He Told Me author @LauraDaveAuthor and Big Little Truths author @LianeMoriarty_Official for a conversation you won’t want to miss, available on our Substack. 

Psst... this exact reference is in Chapter 2 of Big Little Truths—read or listen now on @applebooks.
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