Let's take a break from the fantastical with 33 books that will ground your year in real life drama, true crime, and self-education through others' lived experiences as selected by Cosmopolitan's Laura Hanrahan.
 The Meaning of Mariah Carey | 3.81 | 15 reads | |
 Ask a Philosopher
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Open Book
| 4.03 | 42 reads | |
 The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
| 4.13 | 43 reads | |
 Calm the H*ck Down
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 How to Listen and How to Be Heard How to Listen and How to Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations at Work
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Two Trees Make a Forest
| 3.5 | 4 reads | |
 This Is Ohio
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Taking Sexy Back
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 My Time to Speak
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The 100% Solution The 100% Solution
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
| 3.6 | 15 reads | |
 Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
| 4.35 | 50 reads | |
 Keep Moving Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
| 4 | 4 reads | |
 Separated
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Power Your Profits Power Your Profits
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Very Punchable Face
| 3.91 | 35 reads | |
 Looking for Miss America
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
| 4.5 | 37 reads | |
 The Beauty in Breaking
| 4.31 | 16 reads | |
 His Truth Is Marching On
| 4 | 4 reads | |
 Make Life Beautiful
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Relationship Goals
| 5 | 1 read | |
 White Tears/Brown Scars
| 4.47 | 20 reads | |
 Find Your Fire Find Your Fire
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
| 4.05 | 14 reads | |
 Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
| 4.28 | 79 reads | |
 HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style
| 4 | 1 read | |
 What Would Frida Do?
| 2.75 | 4 reads | |
 Breath
| 3.8 | 142 reads | |
 The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
| 3.79 | 13 reads | |
 Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
| 3.89 | 198 reads | |
 Too Much and Never Enough
| 3.66 | 83 reads |
