Melissa Urban Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Melissa Urban on XMelissa Urban is co-founder and CEO of the Whole 30 program. @Whole30 Co-Founder and CEO, NYT best-selling author, The Boundary Lady.

Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane BuxtonI just re-read Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton, and it still made me laugh out loud the second time through. The phrase ‘turd waffle’ is now firmly in my lexicon.
Paperback, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Tunde OyeneyinSpeak is a captivating memoir… I have done a lot of therapy, read a lot of self-help, and have a lot of self-awareness… and I still found myself stopping to highlight a passage or phase. (“When you show yourself as who you are, your people find you.” I CHEERED OUT LOUD.)
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrI don't read non-fiction while I write (so as not to cloud my process), but Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr was the best "dessert" after a long day of writing.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Measure
Nikki ErlickIt was really deep and thought provoking…The best part was that there were incredible plot developments, like twists that were just so beautifully dropped on you in a way that made me literally put the book down and say, “Oh my god - I need to think about this.”
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book