Books for Leo
Leo, when you’re not entertaining, you love to be entertained. Books with a sense of humor, a healthy sense of drama, a fun plot, and larger-than-life characters are your favorites. You can be serious, too. It’s just that you want to get as much joy out of life as you can, so whether it’s a collection of laugh-out-loud essays or a true story of extraordinary feats achieved, it needs to touch your heart. As the most generous giver of the zodiac, you’re always looking for the next read you can gift your family members and friends. Astrologer Brittany Goss has recommendations for books for Leo that will keep you and your loved ones happily reading for hours.
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Add to BookshelfThe Other’s Gold
by Elizabeth Ames
You’re a fiercely loyal friend, so you’ll be touched by the long-lasting friendships in this novel. Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret are all assigned to the same suite in their freshman year of college, and the four become inseparable. But it’s the years after college that really test their friendships, as each woman makes a mistake. The book is divided into four parts, one for each trespass: The Accident, the Accusation, the Kiss, and the Bite. An insightful, relatable read about growing up together and the capacity for forgiveness.
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Shrines of Gaiety
by Kate Atkinson
Leo, you like your drama with some glitz and glamor, and Atkinson serves it up in this novel set in Jazz Age London, where you don’t have to stray far from the fabulous Soho clubs to find corruption at the source of all that money and booze. At the heart of this whole world is Nellie Coker, a queen in her own right, whose ambitions for her six children make her ruthless. But the Coker empire is under threat from enemies, both known and unknown. The atmosphere isn’t the only part of this book that glitters — the plot will keep you reading through to the end.
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Miss Me with That
by Rachel Lindsay
Leo, if you happen to enjoy “The Bachelor” franchise, don’t miss this collection of essays from the first Black bachelorette. Attorney and media personality, Rachel Lindsay, declares that while “The Bachelor” gave her an opportunity, she created her own happy ending. She reveals details of her life off-camera, shares her opinions about reality TV, and weighs in on political subjects.
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Adult Assembly Required
by Abbi Waxman
Leo, Abbi Waxman returns with another comedic and insightful novel. Laura Costello moved to L.A. to escape trouble, not to find herself suddenly homeless. But that’s what happened. Adopted into an illegal boarding house full of quirky characters and challenged to save a trivia team, Laura figures out adulting in her own special way.
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The Lioness
by Chris Bohjalian
Leo is the sign of the lion, and this is an exciting read. An A-list actress and her new husband decide to spend their honeymoon in the Serengeti with friends. They envision viewing giraffes and zebras from a safe distance before retiring to luxurious accommodations in the wilderness. They did not envision being held hostage by Russian mercenaries in abandoned huts, praying to see just one more sunrise.
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Sex and Vanity: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Kevin Kwan
Leo, this entertaining novel by the author of the Crazy Rich Asians series follows Lucie Churchill from the island of Capri to New York, as she reckons with her biracial identity and the attention of two different men. She can’t stand George Zao when she meets him in Italy, and she can’t stand the way she is drawn to him when he shows up in the Hamptons, where she is enjoying a weekend trip with her fiancé. Lucie denies her feelings and finds herself spinning a whole web of lies to keep George from stealing her heart and messing up her plans.
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Mademoiselle Revolution
by Zoe Sivak
Leo, this historical novel follows outsized characters through the Haitian and French revolutions as they navigate ideals and romantic drama. Sylvie de Rosiers enjoys the privileges of elite life in Saint-Domingue, but because of her race, she is not fully accepted into the elite society of 1791. She flees when the Revolution begins, to Paris, where she meets the revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre and his mistress, Cornélie Duplay. The time comes when she must make a life-altering decision, as a new empire rises in France.
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Other People’s Clothes
by Calla Henkel
Leo, American expats Zoe and Hailey will entertain you with their dazzling, and ultimately dangerous, jaunt through bohemian Berlin. The girls are art students who sublet an apartment from a well-known author of thrillers. The two spend their nights in Berlin’s club scene, and when they become convinced that the author is watching them to gain inspiration for her next novel, they vow to amp up the glamour and become worthy of the main characters they aspire to be. They begin hosting a popular nightclub every week, in the apartment…until events spiral out of control.
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A Visible Man
by Edward Enninful
Leo, this is a story of beauty, glamor, and breaking through barriers. Edward Enninful, the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, has written a memoir about his life and career in fashion. Enninful has addressed the issue of inclusion head-on since becoming Editor, spearheading “The Black Issue” at Italian Vogue, which featured only Black models, promoting designers of color and hiring diverse photographers, and opening up the covers of Vogue beyond celebrities and models, to civil rights activists and first responders, among others. His story of finding a home in fashion as a Black, gay, working-class refugee is artfully written and inspiring.
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