Two college friends become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

Also fulfills: Read a love story that isn’t romance centered

Two best friends navigate three decades of friendship, from their teen years in 1974 through career choices, relationships, and motherhood, until a betrayal tests their bond. Now a Netflix series.

A socially awkward woman with a regimented lifestyle finds friendship and healing when she and an unhygienic IT colleague help an elderly man, soon to be a major motion picture.

Also fulfills: Read a book with an unreliable narrator.

A young woman in Dublin and her friend meet a well-known photographer, leading to a complex relationship between the protagonist and the photographer’s husband Nick that develops into an unexpected and painful intimacy.

Also fulfills: Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation. Read a romance.

Two lifelong friends navigate the complexities of power, loyalty, and the consequences of a fateful decision from their youth.

Sabrina & Corina is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.

Also fulfills: Read a debut novel.

A heartwarming story of friendship between two unlikely companions, Lenni and Margot, who embark on a journey to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived.

Also fulfills: Read a book with a number in the title. Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation.
Maybe: Read a book with a protagonist older than you.

A solo traveler at a Newport wedding venue is mistaken for a wedding guest, leading to an unexpected connection with the bride and a journey of personal transformation.

Also fulfills: Read a book about grief/loss.

Four teenagers find solace in each other’s company, and their friendship blossoms into a powerful bond that changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Also fulfills: Read a book about music or art.

Written in short, digestible, action-oriented sections, this book reminds us that nurturing old and new friendships is a ritual, a necessity, and one of the most worthwhile things we can do in life.

Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore. She’s moving back north, to the city of her dreams—with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . .

Also fulfills: Read a romance.
Maybe: Read a book with a protagonist older than you.

A case for friendship as a radical practice of love, courage, and trust, and seven strategies that pave the way for profound social change.