05/31/2026
Our therapists are big readers so we asked the staff what's on their nightstand. Drop your own rec in the comments.
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
“One of the best books I’ve ever read,” says Barbara Gorham. A World War II historical fiction that bridges the divide between the Alllies and Axis powers through relationships told in parallel stories from each side.
“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee
Long but great, it follows a 15-year-old girl in 1911 Korea who gets pregnant by a married yakuza, and her family faces ruin. — Leah Cantor
“The Morning Star” by Karl Ove Knausgaard
In southern Norway a huge star suddenly appears in the sky, which begins a series of mysterious events that change nine lives forever.. — Nicholas Boswell
“Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Drawing on her life as an indigenous botanist, Kimmerer shows how other living beings like asters, goldenrod, strawberries, squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass offer as gifts and lessons. — Nico Kladis
“Lucky Day” by Chuck Tingle
A gay horror mystery where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world as one eight million people die in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. —Bethany Thomas