Books Everyone Should Read

According to the Raleigh Magazine staff

Gina Pearce Stephens, Publisher
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
“There is no virtue in advertising one’s sadness. But there is no wisdom in denying it either. And there is the beautiful possibility that great love can grow out of sadness if it is well-tended.”

Melissa Howsam, Editor-in-Chief
White Noise by Don DeLillo
“The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.”

Shirley Polk, Graphic Designer
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
”It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”

Grayson Carter, Graphic Design Assistant
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
“I’d rather be great for a few people than be mediocre for a bunch.”

Karen White, Account Executive
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.”

Molly Hepler, Account Executive
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
“There is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life.”

Lauren Kruchten, Associate Editor
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
“And she loved a boy very, very much—even more than she loved herself.”

Heidi Reid, Assistant Editor
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“As stupid and vicious as men are, this is a lovely day.”

Elyse Waters, Editorial Intern
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
”The solution to an overbusy life is not more time. It’s to slow down and simplify our lives around what really matters.”

Abigail Celoria, Contributing Writer
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”

Peyton Masilun, Contributing Writer
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”

Food Seen, Contributing Photographer
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

Susan Holt Photography, Contributing Photographer
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”