Hello and thanks for reading the Power Rankings. As we rapidly approach the holiday season—happy Hanukkah, by the way—the gift of reading has been serially overlooked. Works of great fiction and nonfiction have the power to change lives, perspectives, moods or habits by bringing you into the mindset of a character both real or imagined and explain how they are transformed.
If you’re pressed for a last-minute gift for a loved one, support your local bookstore. A recommendation? Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. You can read it in a day but you’ll be thinking about it well into the new year.
