21. Leonard and Hungry Paul

By Ronan Hessian (256 pp)(ebook)

You could call this a Ted Lasso of fiction -- no soccer involved but regular people navigating the dips and peaks of being human and things work out okay. There were times while I was reading when I thought, "This is a book?" because it felt so real and relatable. It's about two men in their 30s with a loyal friendship, one set of parents and one sibling preparing to marry. They navigate romance and work life and its funny and sweet.