Inspiration, Relaxation & Motivation

The Awakening – Kate Chopin
Baby – Patricia McClachlan
Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
Belong to Me – Marisa de los Santos
Beloved – Toni Morrison
Blackbird House – Alice Hoffman
Chocolat – Joanne Harris
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant – Anne Tyler
Emma–- Jane Austen
Enchanted April – Elizabeth von Armin
The Giant's House–- Elizabeth McCracken
A Gift From the Sea – Anne Morrow Lindberg
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue – Susan Vreeland
Here at Eagle Pond – Donald Hall
“I Stand Here Ironing” – Tillie Olsen
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
The Lottery and Other Stories – Shirley Jackson
My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell
A Natural History of the Senses – Diane Ackerman
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek – Annie Dillard
Secret Lives of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
West with the Night – Beryl Markham
The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Books About Food, Eating & Enjoyment

The Art of Eating – MFK Fisher
Chocolat – Joanne Harris
Food of Love – Anthony Capella
Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen
Garlic and Sapphires – Ruth Reichl
The Language of Baklava – Diana Abu-Jaber
Like Water for Chocolate–- Laura Esquivel
The Making of a Chef – Michael Ruhlman
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine – Elizabeth David
Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes