Best Books to Read on Libby While Rocking Your Baby

As moms we spend a lot of time rocking our babies to sleep.  I don’t know about you but I find those middle-of-the-night, hour+ long, rocking sessions to be the most difficult to get up for and STAY up during!  I found myself having to scroll through Facebook on my phone just to keep myself awake!  That was until I discovered e-books, audiobooks and Libby.  Now I am actually excited when the baby wakes in the middle of the night because I get to see what happens next in the book I am reading!  So the books that I read have to be page turners!  So far, this is my list of the 35 BEST books to read on Libby while rocking your baby to sleep!

Why e-books and audiobooks?

I have always been an old school, physical book reader.  That was, until COVID.  The libraries were closed and I was getting tired of spending a ton of money buying so many books!  That was when I was forced to delve into the world of e-books and audiobooks.  Then I fell in love with them!

I fell in love with e-books because:

1. You only have to hold your phone/tablet with one hand and still be able to turn pages.
2. You never lose your place (my toddler likes to remove my bookmarks and play with them).
3. You can read in the dark which is perfect for those middle of the night feedings while you are rocking your baby.

Audiobooks are great because:

1. If you are still too tired to read you can just listen to the story.
2. While the kids are listening to Peppa Pig in the back seat of the car you can be listening to your book (I count this as “adult” time).
3. Great way to multi-task and be able to “read” a book while on a walk, doing chores, working out, etc…

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What is Libby?

Libby is a free app that allows you to borrow e-books and audiobooks.  You can download them straight to your iOS or Android device.  All you need is a library card!  The app works just like the library.

1. Search for books by title, author, subject, language, availability, etc…
2. Place holds if book(s) are not yet available (wait time will be shown).
3. Borrow books with your library card (if you do not yet have a library card compatible with Libby, most libraries will allow you to apply for one online).
4. Return when finished or renew your books to keep reading!

35 Best Books to Read on Libby:

(Click on titles to learn more &/ to purchase the physical book because sometimes you just need it too!)

1. The Family Upstairs– Lisa Jewell (anything this woman touches is AMAZING! ↑↑↑ )  
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz– Heather Morris
3. Valley of the Dolls– Jacqueline Susann (an oldie but a goodie!)
4. Belong to Me– Marisa de los Santos
5. The Last Romantics– Tara Conklin
6. Grown Ups– Marian Keyes
7. The Vanishing Half– Brit Bennett
8. Where the Crawdads Sing– Delia Owens
9. American Dirt– Jeanine Cummins
10. The Giver of Stars– Jojo Moyes
11. Such a Fun Age– Kiley Reid
12. Little Fires Everywhere– Celeste Ng (also a great series on Hulu!)
13. Big Little Lies– Liane Moriarty (also an amazing series on Hulu!)
14. Firefly Lane– Kristen Hannah (Season 1 just dropped on Feb 3. on Netflix!  I already watched the whole thing!  AMAZING!)
15. The Queen’s Gambit– Walter Tevis
16. Before We Were Yours– Lisa Wingate
17. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine– Gail Honeyman
18. The Wife Upstairs– Rachel Hawkins
19. City of Girls– Elizabeth Gilbert
20. This Tender Land– William Kent Krueger
21. Nine Perfect Strangers– Liane Moriarty
22. Squeeze Me– Carl Hiaasen
23. The Woman in the Window– AJ Finn
24. One to Watch– Kate Stayman-London
25. The Lost and Found Bookshop– Susan Wiggs
26. Olive Again– Elizabeth Strout (sequel to Olive Kitteridge)
27. The Hating Game– Sally Thorne
28. The Girl with the Louding Voice– Abi Dare
29. The Mothers– Brit Bennett
30. Fly Away– Kristin Hannah
31. The Book of Lost Names– Kristin Harmel
32. Daisy Jones and The Six– Taylor Jenkins Reid
33. Nothing to See Here– Kevin Wilson
34. Get a Life– Chloe Brown
35. If I Never Met You– Mhairi McFarlane

I hope that you love this list as much as I do and that all those hours of rocking you baby become that much more fun because of it!  Let me know what you think in the comments!

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