An open book in a book store for National Book Lovers Day

The Steinberg Law Firm Book List

Earlier this month, our firm celebrated National Book Lovers Day on August 9^th with a fun Facebook giveaway contest. To win a $100 gift card to a local bookstore, Main Street Reads, in downtown Summerville, contestants needed to comment on the Facebook post with their favorite book of all time. The results and engagement from the contest were astonishing and left us with a long list of books to read!

According to our Facebook contestants, here are the top 10 best books to read:

Harry Potter series; J.K. Rowling
Where the Crawdads Sing; Delia Owens
To Kill a Mockingbird; Harper Lee
Outlander series; Diana Gabaldon
Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen
The Hunger Games; Suzanne Collins
The Secret Garden; Frances Hodgson Burnett
It Ends with Us; Colleen Hoover
Pillars of the Earth; Ken Follett
Gone With the Wind; Margaret Mitchell

For those book lovers interested in the rest of the suggestions, please see the complete list below:

Title	Author	About
Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	A novel by Mark Twain about an adventurous and mischievous boy growing up along the Mississippi River and his adventures with his friend, Huckleberry Finn.
Heartstopper	Alice Oseman	An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between. It encompasses the small stories of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together makeup something larger and can speak to everyone.
In Death Series	J.D. Robb	The In Death series features police lieutenant Eve Dallas, and her tycoon husband, Roarke.
The DUFF	Kody Keplinger	A very relatable teen novel with great messages about self-esteem. The DUFF follows Bianca, a high school student, and her life after someone dubs her as the “DUFF” (Designated Ugly Fat Friend).
Notes on Grief	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	A moving account of a daughter’s sorrow and is also a love letter to the one who has gone.
It	Stephen King	A story that follows seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey.
Presumed Innocent	Scott Turow	A book about a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, an attractive and intelligent prosecutor named Carolyn Polhemus, told in the first person by the person accused.
And You Call Yourself a Christian	E.N. Joy	A woman’s newfound faith is tested when an unimaginable tragedy turns her life upside down.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek	Kim Michele Richardson	A story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman’s belief that books can carry us anywhere-even back home.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	Dantes is imprisoned for 13 years, where he plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and transforms himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge.
The Nightingale	Kristin Hannah	The story of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion, and circumstance, each is embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.
Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.
Invisible Man	Ralph Ellison	The story of a young, college-educated black man struggling to survive and succeed in a racially divided society that refused to see him as a human being.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Barrows and Shaffer	In 1946, a London-based writer began exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.
Love and Other Words	Christina Lauren	The novel is told in two timelines–the past, when Macy’s mom has just died, and her father is searching for a weekend home to help heal their fractured family, and in the present, when Macy and Elliot run into each other suddenly after being estranged for almost eleven years.
Beach Read	Emily Henry	A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
The Sugar Queen	Sarah Addison Allen	The tale of a young woman whose family secrets-and secret passions-are about to change her life forever.
Two Weeks	Karen Kingsbury	When Elise decides to place her baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana, to escape seven painful years of infertility. But as Elise’s due date draws near, she becomes focused on one truth: she has two weeks to change her mind about the adoption.
Charlotte’s Web	E.B. White	The story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
The Poisonwood Bible	Barbara Kingsolver	In 1959, an overzealous Baptist minister named Nathan Price drags his wife and four daughters deep into the heart of the Congo on a mission to save the unenlightened souls of Africa.
The Wild Series	KA Tucker	A series about a woman at a crossroads in her life, struggling between the safe route and the one that will only lead to more heartbreak.
The Bookshop on the Corner	Jenny Colgan	Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile-a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling.
The Gift of Imperfection	Brene Brown	This book shows you how to embrace your inner flaws to accept who you are, instead of constantly chasing the image of who you’re trying to be, because other people expect you to act in certain ways.
The Land of Stories	Chris Colfer	This series tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic, where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
The Priory of the Orange Tree	Samantha Shannon	It tells the story of a world besieged by fire-breathing wyrms. One side of the world despises all dragons and believes that as long as there is a living descendant of their first king on the throne, the dreaded and deadly Nameless One cannot reawaken.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue	V.E. Schwab	It tells the story of Adeline, a girl who makes a Faustian deal for her freedom on the night that she is to be wed. In exchange for her soul, she gets the chance to experience life to its fullest without aging or dying.
Lord of the Rings	J.R.R Tolkien	The saga of a group of sometimes reluctant heroes who set forth to save their world from consummate evil.
The Silver Chair	C.S. Lewis	It tells the story of Eustace Scrubbs and his second trip to Narnia, accompanied by his friend, Jill Pole, who had never been to Narnia before.
Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	Narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the U.S.
Divergent	Veronica Roth	A post-apocalyptic version of Chicago follows Beatrice “Tris” Prior as she explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five factions, which removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the population’s safety.
1984	George Orwell	A dystopian novella which follows the life of Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of “the Party” who is frustrated by the omnipresent eyes of the party and its ominous ruler Big Brother.
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot	Marianne Cronin	With the help of Lenni’s doting palliative care nurse and Father Arthur, the hospital’s patient chaplain, Lenni and Margot devise a plan to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived.
The Book of Lost Friends	Lisa Wingate	Inspired by historical events and the story of three young women on a journey in search of family in the midst of the destruction of the post-Civil War South.
Lines of Courage	Jennifer Nielsen	The story of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others’ futures…if they are lucky and brave enough to find each other.
The Source	James Michener	A survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel from pre-monotheistic days to the birth of the modern State of Israel.
Animal Farm	George Orwell	Tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.
The Housemaid	Freida McFadden	It tells the story of Millie, a recently-paroled woman who takes on a live-in job out of pure necessity, despite the torment it might bring her.
The Wind in the Willows	Kenneth Grahame	Details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad after he becomes obsessed with a motorcar and gets into trouble.
The Art of War	Sun Tzu	The philosophy of military strategy and war from Sun Tzu.
Daughter of the Forest	Juliet Marillier	A novel about the love of a family and the strength of character that allows Sorcha to break the curse that holds the lives of her beloved brothers.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	The saga that mocks modern society with humor and cynicism and has as its hero a hapless and deeply ordinary Englishman named Arthur Dent, who unexpectedly finds himself adrift in a universe characterized by randomness and absurdity.
The Atlantis Grail series	Vera Nazarian	An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help.
Beloved	Toni Morrison	Examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a Black woman named Sethe, from her pre-Civil War days as a slave in Kentucky to her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1873.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven	Mitch Albom	It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic Eddie who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who significantly impacted him while he was alive.
If the Shoe Fits	Julie Murphy	After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design and trying to get her feet off the ground, Cindy is working for her stepmother, who happens to be the executive producer of America’s favorite reality show, Before Midnight. When a spot on the show needs filling ASAP, Cindy volunteers, hoping it might jump-start her fashion career or at least give her something to do while her peers land jobs in the world of high fashion.
Nantucket Beach Plum Cove series	Pamela M Kelley	See how Lisa Hodges and her adult children deal with the day-to-day of life and the unexpected dramas in between. Filled with family, love, and unexpected mysteries.
Redeeming Love	Francine Rivers	A tragic beginning filled with misery, utter sadness, and a loss of purpose. All hope seems lost, but God’s love will always prevail.
The Starless Sea	Erin Morgenstern	Fantasy and adventure fill this book. Read along as Zachary Rawlins, a graduate student from Vermont sets on a journey that will lead him to his purpose in the world of reality and one that is beyond your wildest dreams.
The Chronicles of Narnia	C.S. Lewis	A magical and thrilling series that follows the lives of four siblings who discover a world called Narnia. As they try to adapt and take in all of this enchanting world, they are met with dangers and challenges that they must work together to overcome or perish.
Malibu Rising	Taylor Jenkins Reid	Every year the Riva’s family have the same party. This year will be different though. Love, lies, and exposure are on this year’s party list. Who will make it out?