Books Lebanese People Must Read Based on Their Titles

Whether you’re a bookworm or here for a good laugh, here’s a list of 14 books we handpicked for you based solely on their titles:


1. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

In this memoir, Author Jenny Lawson reflects on how the most terrible human moments are wonderful moments of our lives. I wonder if a visit to Lebanon would be enough to change her mind.




2. Still Stripping after 25 years

This book is actually a collection of quilt patterns in celebration of Eleanor Burns’ 25 years of strip quilting. If becoming a stripper is your plan B to overcome the financial crisis, stripping blankets can be your plan C.




3. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

This would make a great title for an article about the Lebanese immigration marathon. Author Christopher McDougall should meet us next and learn about our secrets of survival and adaptation.

 


4. Me Talk Pretty One Day

While the opening essay is about David Sedaris being forced to see a speech therapist in 5th grade, the title might give you hope in talking “pretty” about Lebanese politicians one day.

 


5. Cravings

Chrissy Teigen shares food recipes that will bring you joy and comfort – much needed, especially when the electricity is out, and you cannot watch a YouTube video on how to cook cheesy-cheeseless eggs.




6. Tiny Beautiful Things

Full of heartache and love, like your relationship with the country.

 


7. No Country for Old Men

For obvious reasons.



 
8. Full Dark, No Stars

A book by Stephen King which you can read at night to strengthen the harrowing horror effect, by candlelight of course.

 


9. Crafting with Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts to Make with Your Cat

What else would you do when you’re jobless or have no fuel to go out?

 


10. How to Be Idle

Want to introduce politicians to themselves? Hand them this book.
Want to take a break from life and relax? Read it.

 


11. Overwhelmed.

Self-explanatory.

 


12. Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto

An essential defense of loners, this book might help those who ended up alone after their friends left the country come to terms with their solitude.




13. I Don’t Want to Be Crazy

This is a true story about Samantha Schutz’s struggle with anxiety disorder. If you’re someone whose anxiety has been triggered or amplified by local circumstances, this is a book you can closely relate to.



 
14. The Trick is to Keep Breathing

The trick to surviving whatever is drowning us is to keep breathing until we reach safe shores.