Recently, we asked our BuzzFeed Community to share the books they consider essential reading, and they didn't disappoint. So here are some amazing fiction and non fiction books to add to your reading list! 1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier What the blurb says: " On a trip to the South of France , the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower.
Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband's home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread." What the reader says: "It made me fall in love with books again after I was jaded by my literature degree.
It’s amazing. Simply, amazing. You realise halfway through that your feelings about certain characters have completely changed, but you can’t pinpoint when.
.. Because the narrative is so subtly manipulative.
You WILL need to talk to someone else who’s read it!" — amyc418b209b3 2. Promising Young Women by Caroline O’Donohgue What the blurb says: " Jane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party goes too far, Jane enters the high-stakes world of being The Other Woman.
What starts out as a drunken mistake quickly escalates as Jane discovers that sex and power go hand-in-hand. As her physical and mental stability starts to falter, her friendships, her sanity and even her life are put into jeopardy . .
." What the reader says: " As a .
