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23 Books Authors Are Reading On Instagram this Winter

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Alison Doherty

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Alison Doherty is a writing teacher and part time assistant professor living in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MFA from The New School in writing for children and teenagers. She loves writing about books on the Internet, listening to audiobooks on the subway, and reading anything with a twisty plot or a happily ever after.

There are so many authors on Instagram now. And besides just lurking, hoping for clues about my favorite writers lifestyles/routines/next stories, I love to see what they are reading. Winter is the coziest time of year to curl up with a good book. And these 23 authors have been taking advantage of the season and recording their recent reads on instagram!

Becky Albertalli is reading Infinity Son by Adam Silvera

Angie Thomas is (Also) Reading Infinity Son by Adam Silvera

Taylor Jenkins Reid is Reading Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

https://www.instagram.com/p/B60vNbBiBHf/

Jasmine Guillory is Reading We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding

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Rainbow Rowell is Reading Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Megan Stielstra is (Also) Reading Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6byk1DhsMC/

Dahlia Adler is reading Throw Like a Girl by Sarah Henning

Ta-Nehisi Coates is Reading Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove, And the Sun God Said: That’s Hip by Ernest Greg, The Legend of Tarik by Walter Dean Myers, and Walk Home Tired, Billy Jenkins by Ianthe Thomas

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6hD4iElz4b/

Emily Nagoski Is Reading The Queen V by Dr. Jackie Walters and Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown

Kiley Reid is Reading Followers by Megan Angelo

Kelly deVos is Reading Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson

Gabe Habash is Reading The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark

Jill Santopolo Is Reading Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum

ZOraida Córdova is Reading Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore, A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen, Infinity Son by Adam Silvera, Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez, All These Monsters by Amy Tintera, and Diamond City by Francesca Flores

Rebekah Weatherspoon Is Reading You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_Rgy-A-eD/

Gayle Forman Is Reading Frozen Beauty by Lexa Hillyer

Karen M. McManus is Reading Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Susan Dennard Is Reading The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5VpPDtBm6T/

Stephanie Danler is reading Life With Picasso by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake

Elizabeth Gilbert is reading Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

Christina Lauren is Reading Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall and A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tfA3LlEJN/

Samantha Irby is Reading Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

https://www.instagram.com/p/B76EcTagI6_/


Hopefully you found some inspiration for your TBR lists! If you still want more bookish Instagram content, try reading:

  • Books authors were reading on Instagram this past Fall or Summer