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I need a good book going at all times. It’s the perfect distraction from my everyday life—a solid plot that takes me out of the busyness and bustle of every day. I treat the characters like my friends and family, getting accustomed to their lovable quirks and internal struggles. The best books of 2024 that I’ve read so far do exactly that: situate me in a world that helps me shift perspective, ultimately teaching me something transformative.
With every year comes a new crop of standouts. (The New York Times just released their full list of the best 100 books of this century so far—take a peek.) But the first six months of 2024 have delivered a slew of stories, characters, narratives, and dialogue that has surprised, shocked, and captivated me in countless ways. Read on for the best books of 2024—I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year has in store for us.
10 Best Books of 2024 So Far
To note: I’m a fiction girlie. You’ll see that largely reflected in the books listed below—except for one memoir, I couldn’t help myself, Glynnis MacNiol is that good. I love nonfiction and certainly have a soft spot for self-help, but it just so happens that the best books of 2024 all aligned in my favorite genre. However, I’d be remiss not to share a few exceptional honorable mentions.
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. The widely-read author of both Digital Minimalism and Deep Work is back with a philosophy to help you avoid overwhelm and produce meaningful work.
Coming Home by Brittney Griner. Brittney Griner’s honest and raw reflection on the story we were glued to, but couldn’t possibly have known the depths of.
Magic Enuff by Tara M Stringfellow. From the author of Memphis, this collection of poetry celebrates Black Southern womanhood, revealing the often unsung, but beautiful ways love manifests itself across these bonds.
With that, let’s get into the best (of the best) books of 2024 to add to your TBR immediately.
For three days, I was completely consumed by this book. It’s a story brimming with human insight, revealing truths about family, about love, and about moving forward after unimaginable loss. It’s a brilliant debut that’s deeply rooted in a quest to reveal the desires, quirks, and flaws that make us human. By oscillating between the past and present, Green shows the reader the many truths we discover in both tragedy and celebration.
Read this if: You love a good family drama and appreciate beautiful, thoughtful writing.
From the publisher: When Morgan and Benji surprise their families with a wedding invitation to Maine, they’re aware the news of their clandestine relationship will come as a shock. Twelve years have passed since the stunning loss of sixteen-year-old Alice, Benji’s sister and Morgan’s best friend, and no one is quite the same. But the young couple decide to plunge headlong into matrimony, marking the first time their fractured families will reunite since Alice’s funeral.
If you’re expecting a breezy beach read, you’ll certainly get exactly that—and more. Ali, the protagonist is easy to love and her journey points to many of our own shortcomings that can be challenging to see. While the quaint, small-town setting could make it easy for the author to lean on one-dimensional, clichéd characters, everyone has heart, plenty of imperfections, and funny one-liners you’ll love. Without giving anything away, I’ll share that if you need a happy, tied-with-a-bow ending, this is the book to pick up.
Read this if: You’re craving a beach read that’ll encourage a summer of introspection and self-growth.
From the publisher: No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware—overalls count, right?—she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her in the same way he claimed his favorite of her three children: by peeing on him. Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right–like he likes what he sees. He looks at her as if she’s a version of herself she hasn’t been in a long while. The last thing newly single mom Ali needs is to make her life messier, but there’s no harm in a little summer romance. Is there?
We’ve all felt completely unmoored when a breakup takes us by surprise. You’re not sure what went wrong, what you could’ve done, and really—what to do next. Andy’s experiencing exactly that after his long-term girlfriend, Jen ends things unexpectedly. Dolly Alderton deftly speaks to both the heartbreak and humor that crop up during this vulnerable time, and she makes clear that as formative as love is, there’s always the possibility that we can move on.
Read this if: You can relate to feeling adrift post-breakup and are ready for a fresh start.
From the publisher: Jen has dumped Andy, and he’s handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother’s house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup—the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads’ night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex—all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even as Andy tests the waters of a new relationship, he finds himself drawn back to Jen, revisiting old texts and emails, trying to figure out what truly went wrong.
I first encountered Glynnis MacNiol’s poignant writing in her 2018 memoir, No One Tells You This. The book covers many of the same anxieties women contend with when turning 40: Does my lack of a husband or children negate the successful career—and life—I’ve built for myself? Now, in the sequel, MacNicol explores the abundance and freedom that comes with that very predicament. In being childfree, single, and entirely unafraid, MacNicol explores the rich possibilities and pleasures that come from living for ourselves.
Read this if: You need a little shake-up from your every day and love anything Nora Ephron has ever touched.
From the publisher: When you’re a woman of a certain age, you are only promised that everything will get worse. But what if everything you’ve been told is a lie? Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets. After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch.
Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend’s apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity. What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman’s pursuit of radical enjoyment.
I came to this book by way of Montell’s podcast, Sounds Like a Cult, and I was thrilled to discover the same witty critiques and astute commentary that’s garnered her such a huge audience. Montell defines “magical thinking” broadly, describing it as the belief that our internal thoughts can impact unrelated events. Examples in our society today abound—with everything from positive vibes as a cure-all to manifestation delivering outlandish dreams. It’s hilarious, eye-opening, and empathetic. Montell will make you feel seen in uncomfortable, but ultimately revelatory ways.
Read this if: You want language for your personal and widespread cultural anxiety and absurdity.
From the publisher: In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven.
In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves.
With sharp wit and astute dialogue, Claire Lombardo breaks apart the dysfunctional family narrative, treating it with honesty, humor, and heartfelt empathy. She speaks to the challenges of parenthood, marriage, friendship, family life, and maintaining our sense of self throughout it all. It’s both witty and fun while also being filled with profound reflections on our failings, triumphs, and growth throughout it all.
Read this if: You’re dealing with multigenerational drama and could use an empathetic portrayal of the truths that impact us all, regardless of age.
From the publisher: Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the placid plateau of mid-life. But Julia has never navigated the world with the equanimity of her current privileged class. Having nearly derailed herself several times, making desperate bids for the kind of connection that always felt inaccessible to her, she finally feels, at age fifty seven, that she has a firm handle on things.
She’s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, an impending separation from her spikey teenaged daughter, and a seductive resurgence of the past, all of which threaten to draw her back into the patterns that had previously kept her on a razor’s edge.
I love a story filled with misadventures and characters who just can’t seem to get it right (but you’re rooting for them regardless, throughout their journey). Greta & Valdin is messy and eccentric, funny and exciting. It moves quickly, leading you toward an ending that’s surprising and shocking—but that’s perfect for all the complexities this narrative draws up.
Read this if: Life feels chaotic, you’re without direction, and you have no idea what the future may hold.
From the publisher: It’s been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when he’s sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he’s thrown back in his former lover’s orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings he’s been trying to ignore—and the future he wants.
Greta is not letting her painfully unrequited crush (or her possibly pointless master’s thesis, or her pathetic academic salary…) get her down. She would love to focus on the charming fellow grad student she meets at a party and her friendships with a circle of similarly floundering twenty-somethings, but her chaotic family life won’t stop intruding: her mother is keeping secrets, her nephew is having a gay crisis, and her brother has suddenly flown to South America without a word.
This was another of the best books of 2024 that I couldn’t put down until the very end. Its fast-paced plot drives you through desire-driven bad deeds, cringe-worthy characters portraying privilege at its most destructive, and commentary on the lengths we’ll go to to get what we want. If you loved Reid’s debut, Such a Fun Age, you’re in for an even bigger treat.
Read this if: You love an academic setting and need a good laugh (re: 400 pages of good laughs).
From the publisher: It’s 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie’s starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.
Like many, Fleishman Is in Trouble had me glued to its addicting pages for several days in the summer of 2019. And when a debut is so solid, it’s hard to anticipate what the author will produce next. Long Island Compromise, however, lives up to the challenge. Vogue likened Brodesser-Akner’s prose to Philip Roth’s provocative portrayals of the American-Jewish identity. It’s funny and entertaining, while still holding a mirror up to our flaws and traumas.
Read this if: You love an epic-like masterpiece that makes astute commentary on the pursuit of success and the shortcomings of the American dream.
From the publisher: In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse, and the family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the saga of the American dream, comforted in the realization that though their money may have been what endangered them, it is also what assured them their safety.
But now, nearly forty years later, it’s clear that perhaps nobody ever got over anything, after all. As the family hovers at the delicate precipice of a different kind of survival, they learn that the family fortune has dwindled to just about nothing, and they must face desperate questions about how much their wealth has played a part in both their lives’ successes and failures.
The narrative surrounding AI has largely been one of fear, but what if it showed up at your house in the form of a $8,000 sex doll named Zoey that your husband secretly purchased? Terrifying. That is until Dolores begins talking to Zoey and she’s confronted with painful truths and revelations that impact her relationships and view of herself. It’s a tender, inquisitive look into the unexpected ways we forge connection in our modern world.
Read this if: You need an episode of Black Mirror in written form.
From the publisher: 43-year-old Dolores O’Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who’s moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn’t what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the $8,000 AI sex doll that David has secretly purchased and stuffed away in the garage.
At first, Zoey sparks an uncharacteristically strong violence in Dolores, whose entire life is suddenly cast in doubt. But then, Dolores and Zoey start to talk… and what surfaces runs deeper than Dolores could have ever expected, with consequences for all of the relationships in her life, especially her relationship to herself.
Living in a society where perfection is not only the norm but encouraged can be disheartening to say the least. How many times have you taken a blurry photo and overlooked its perceived flaws because it goes against the grain (mind the pun)? It’s true that historically we have tended to lean toward the shiny and new versus the old and worn, but those tides are turning as more of us embrace authenticity over accuracy. True beauty lies in the cracks, the rough edges, the imperfect glazes, and even the deliberate flaws.
It’s why the Japanese philosophy, wabi sabi has captured our imagination and our hearts—it’s quite literally the antidote to perfectionism. Photographer, creative director, and author, Julie Pointer Adams was so drawn to the wabi way of life that she wrote an entire book dedicated to it, titled Wabi-Sabi Welcome: Learning to Embrace the Imperfect and Entertain with Thoughtfulness and Ease. As Adams explains, wabi sabi means “living in a way that pays attention and appreciates the beauty of the mundane, minute details of everyday life—things that often go unseen, unnoticed or unvalued.”
Why Wabi Sabi Could Change the Way You See the World
She adds: “For me, living with that kind of careful consciousness is the way I strive to live all the time, and always have, even before I was aware of the concept. By writing a book, I wanted to make the concept perceivable and attainable in many different settings to many different people… I wanted to show how the philosophy can be adopted into anyone’s life experience through the simple rituals and routines of everyday life.”
As far as shifting her whole mindset to embrace wabi sabi in daily life and work? Well, let’s just say it’s an ongoing, everyday learning process. “I joke that I never should have written a book about wabi sabi until I had a toddler in my house!” she laughs. “It’s comical but also true that since having a child, I have come to have a whole new understanding of what it means to embrace the perfectly imperfect and to try to be fully present in every moment, even when things are not going as hoped or planned.
“To see it show up in my own life is to try to accept the fact that all things are impermanent, imperfect, and incomplete (for everyone, no matter how much social media might make us believe otherwise!), and that even in the midst of challenging moments or work experiences that feel like failures, each hour, each experience, each day is a perfect gift. It’s about living wholly in each fleeting moment, while also being aware of the whole arc of time, where nothing stays constant forever.”
We couldn’t agree more. Keep reading to learn more about what is wabi sabi, the meaning behind the movement, and how to incorporate the philosophy into your home, life, and work.
But first, what is wabi sabi?
Wabi sabi is a many-layered concept so it’s difficult to define in a few words. Most simply put, it’s a way of seeing (as coined by the Japanese) that frees us to find beauty in what is impermanent, imperfect, and incomplete.
Wabi refers to living simply and in tune with nature, to paring down to the essentials so we can appreciate each moment and object in its fullness; Sabi refers to transience and the passage of time.
Together, the two words describe a type of beauty and a way of life that embraces imperfection and simple living, clinging to what is humble, mysterious, and unassuming. To me, it’s a way of living that wholly appreciates the perfectly imperfect—something we can strive for every day in each one of our homes, our lives, and in the natural world around us. I believe wabi sabi can open our eyes and our minds to a broader, more accepting, and more joyous way of being in the world.
Can you outline the wabi sabi philosophy and why you connected with it so much?
The wabi sabi philosophy emerged around the 14th century when various artistic and Buddhist principles taken from Chinese traditions came to form a distinctly Japanese concept. At the time, the idea was very tied to the tea ceremony, and is still deeply rooted in that time-honored tradition which holds up simplicity, humility, and rustic elegance as essential ideals. It has now come to embody a particular Japanese aesthetic that celebrates a kind of flawed beauty, and is understood to be the “wisdom in natural simplicity.” While many Japanese people may find the concept difficult to describe or translate, they all inherently understand it as a hard-to-pinpoint aesthetic and a distinct way of being in the world.
This philosophy is a sharp departure from our deeply-ingrained Western ideal of what’s new, shiny, fancy, expensive, modern, and flashy. Instead, it upholds that which is aged, has a patina, is humble, modest, impermanent and isn’t attached to status. It invites us to reframe for ourselves what has value in our own lives, apart from what modern or popular culture might say.
Why do you think wabi sabi style has resonated in the West and become so popular?
It’s sort of ironic that wabi sabi has recently become a bit of a catchphrase because by nature, it goes against the grain of what’s popular or trendy. However, I think what people are attracted to by the idea of wabi sabi is that it upends the idea of the convenient, big-box consumerism that so many of us grew up with, and instead, encourages a more thoughtful approach to what we fill our lives with, and what we value.
In the midst of a deeply perfection-seeking era, especially fueled by the rise of social media, many people are also desperate to find a mode of seeing/being/thinking that frees them from this kind of perfectionistic ideal.
What does a wabi sabi home look like?
Wabi sabi can be applied to interior design in the same way it can be applied to all other parts of life—by paring down your surroundings to a simple, unfussy elegance inspired by nature, natural materials, and the beauty of imperfection. It is found in creating calm, warm, zen-like environments that are designed for intimacy versus impressing others. Wabi sabi items and spaces are full of inviting, earthy materials and tones (wood, clay, stone, etc.) that celebrate nature as she is—perfectly imperfect—and have a quiet, subdued quality to them. Even if wabi sabi spaces are decorated sparsely or have textured roughness to them (like plastered walls, live-edge wood, raw stone, nubby wool), they are full of life and warmth, versus having a kind of perfect showroom sterility to them.
How can we incorporate wabi sabi in our homes?
I believe the first way to think about incorporating wabi sabi into your home is to take stock of what you have and determine what you may no longer need. Your home may very well simply have too much stuff in it to really feel calm, peaceful, and life-giving.
Achieving a sense of wabi sabi is rarely about going out and buying a whole bunch of new stuff, but rather about simplifying, re-evaluating, and thinking carefully about every new purchase.
When you do need to purchase something new or new-to-you, as often as you can, select timeless items made from natural materials and fibers that will age well (versus cheap and/or trendy) and can be repaired or re-used for years to come.
Kintsugi—the art of beautiful repairs—is also popular now in the U.S. as a result of the rise in wabi sabi. Can you tell us more about this concept?
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing pottery by mending it with gold-infused glue, so that once the object is repaired, rather than hiding the fracture lines, the gold highlights the seams, adding a new kind of beauty and grace to the piece. I think this method works beautifully as a metaphor for how if we steadily work on getting the broken parts of lives healed, rather than hiding, ignoring, or glossing over them, they can actually become a visible and lovely part of our strength. It’s yet another perfect example, like wabi sabi leads us to, of the beauty that can be found in imperfection if we have the eyes to see it.
5 Practical Ways Wabi Sabi Can Be Incorporated at Home:
1. Make do with what you have
Embracing wabi sabi is all about recognizing the beauty in humble and imperfect things, rather than always needing or desiring more. The moment you find yourself thinking your space or your objects are “not enough” is the moment you’ve lost your way with a wabi sabi mindset. Invite wabi sabi in through the simplest of ways like clipping some branches from your backyard and putting in a vase to refresh your space with a bit of nature.
2. Collect sentiment over things
Learn to collect special things that have meaning and significance, but then be willing to curate your spaces so that simplicity and comfort reign above all.
3. Practical is pretty, too
Invite beauty into your home through practical means with lovely dishware, storage, and even housecleaning items (like a lovely wooden brush and glass dispenser for the sink). Pare down to only what you need, but let some things be beautiful just for beauty’s sake—not everything needs to be useful, too.
4. Make it personal
Make your home personal by incorporating items that likely only have value to you: special family photographs, mementos collected on trips, art made by your children, and so on.
5. Bring Mother Nature in
Bring the outdoors and some earthiness inside whether through a nature-inspired color palette, wildflowers plucked from the roadside, a collection of potted plants, or your favorite beach-walk pebbles.
Last week, Isabelle and I went on a 7 a.m. walk by the lake for what has become a regular tradition. It was the first chilly fall morning, and between catching up on the daily happenings and our obsession with Taylor Swift’s first outfit of the football season (important), I was debriefing her on the next recipe I was developing. Think: a bolognese pasta but made vegan with crumbled mushrooms and tofu. Of course, I was also intent on packing it with a ton of ingredients that give you that ultimate cozy but umami flavor for the most satisfaction. Her reaction? You’re really on a mission to make tofu sexy again, aren’t you?
Now look, I understand that for non-vegetarians and vegans, tofu is probably not on your regular grocery list. But I’m here to tell you that you’re missing out. Long gone are the days of boring and bland tofu recipes. We’re in the era of endless and flavorsome possibilities when it comes to tofu, plus the benefit of extra protein. And this recipe does all of that and more. I try not to play favorites when it comes to recipes I’ve developed, but this one might just be the best I’ve come up with yet. This tofu and mushroom bolognese is here to welcome fall with open arms. Let’s get cooking.
Ingredients for Vegan Mushroom Bolognese
Onion or shallot.
Mushrooms. I use both shiitake and baby bella, but use what you have on hand.
Extra-firm tofu.
Tomato paste.
Sun-dried tomatoes. Plus the oil from the jar for even more flavor.
Garlic.
Oregano.
Diced tomatoes.
Tomato sauce.
Pasta. For extra protein, you could swap a protein pasta.
Basil.
Parmesan. Optional to keep this vegan, or you can use a vegan parmesan!
How to Make Mushroom Bolognese
The goal here is to really emulate the texture of a bolognese sauce with the bits and pieces of the mushroom and tofu for a thick and textural sauce that clings to the noodles.
To do that, you’ll blitz the mushrooms in a food processor until crumbly, and then do the same with the tofu. Be careful not to over-pulse, as the mixture will develop a paste-like texture. Just a few blitzes is perfect. Then, you’ll just add the mushrooms and tofu to the pan with the onions to cook them down and caramelize a bit before adding the rest of the ingredients. The mushrooms add a really nice earthy flavor and texture, and the tofu adds a healthy dose of hidden protein that make this a truly satisfying vegan dinner recipe.
Tips for Boosting Flavor
Vegan recipes are notorious for lacking flavor. However, the key is to think about which ingredients add that extra pop of flavor.
In this recipe, you’ll develop and layer flavor with caramelized onions and tomato paste, along with umami-rich sun-dried tomatoes. They all come together for a recipe with a ton of depth and richness that would make anyone question if it was vegan. Lastly, properly salting any recipe makes a huge difference. Be sure to salt your pasta water and taste and adjust the sauce’s salt levels as you go.
Tips for Serving and Storing Leftovers
I love spaghetti or tagliatelle noodles for a sauce like this, but a shorter option like a penne with the nooks and crannies for the sauce to nestle into is also a great option. You could even use this as the sauce in a lasagna for an extra dose of protein and vegetables.
This sauce also stores very well. I’ll even make a batch early in the week and store in the fridge if I’m planning to make pasta later in the week. But you can also freeze and thaw the sauce if you make it ahead of time. Just heat on the stove and adjust the flavors as needed.
An easy weeknight sauce packed with protein and flavor.
2–3 tablespoons oil from sun-dried tomato jar (or sub olive oil)
1/2 yellow onion, diced
4-ounce box shiitake mushrooms
4-ounce box baby bella mushrooms
7ounces extra firm tofu (1/2 block)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
pinch of red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes, finely chopped
2 large cloves garlic, chopped
14-ounce can diced tomatoes
15-ounce can tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste
In a large stovetop pot, add the sun-dried tomato oil and heat to medium. Add the onion and a pinch of salt. Cook for a few minutes until the onions begin to caramelize.
In a food processor, add the mushrooms and blitz until crumbly. Add to the onions in the pot. Then, add the tofu to the food processor, and blitz until crumbly. Add to the pot as well, stirring to combine. Cook for a few minutes.
Add the tomato paste, red pepper flakes, oregano, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Cook until the tomato paste slightly darkens in color.
Add the diced tomatoes and tomato sauce to the pot and stir to combine. Cover and cook on medium for 10-15 minutes until thick. Taste the sauce and adjust the salt as needed. I sometimes like to add a pinch of sugar to help round out the flavors as well.
To serve, prepare your pasta of choice then add drained pasta to the sauce. Coat in sauce and serve warm with parmesan and basil. Enjoy!
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Everywhere you turn, there’s proof that social media is the ultimate highlight reel. Pregnancies, promotions, and relationship launches—”soft” and “hard.” But as a young millennial myself, there’s one that seems to populate my feeds most of all: the post announcing a new home. Whether it be an apartment or the purchase of a new house, after a few years that saw many of my friends (myself included) moving back home, we deserve to claim and curate our own little havens. And there’s no way I like to celebrate that milestone more than with my favorite housewarming gifts.
Yes, I said celebrate. While social media can make us feel bitter and cynical at times, it can also inspire greater kindness and support. Personally, I’ve stepped into this year with the perspective that I’m going to *actually* engage with content that I find exciting and uplifting. I’m going to cheer on my friends and spread positivity instead of simply being a bystander.
15 Housewarming Gifts to Welcome Your Loved Ones Home
So go ahead and like the post that celebrates what’s arguably the biggest purchase of most of our lives. Let the friend from college know that you’re proud of them for taking the leap and leasing an apartment across the country. Cheer on your cousin who, after years of dating, is moving in with their S.O. And if you feel so inclined, give a heart to the creator whose minimalist home aesthetic has inspired your own.
Once you’ve shown your digital support, it’s time to shower them IRL. Keep reading for the best housewarming gifts. From creative ceramics to candles you’ll stock up on, this list has it all.
