Come on people, I know you read. Don’t you? Hook me up with your favorites; I’ll probably read it – unless it’s boring. I don’t do boring – which means most of Oprah’s Book Club, so please for my sake, don’t go there.
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Thirteenth Tale by Dian Setterfield
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Inheritence of Loss by Kiran Desai
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
- These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Peony in Love by Lisa See
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Digital Photography Book Volume 1 by Scott Kelby
- The Digital Photography Book Volume 2 by Scott Kelby
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
- Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigianni
- The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hyak
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
- The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love by Elizabeth Cox
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
- Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations by Greg Mortenson
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I really love Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News, which won the Pulitzer a few years back. But it is pretty harsh in the beginning, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. :-) And Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine is fabulous, as is Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. And Freakonomics is totally fascinating.
Thanks Rachael! I’m adding these now. I loved the movie, Memoirs of a Geisha, I’d love to read the book. I’ve read Freakonomics, and agree with you. It’s such a good one!
So many good books lately! Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen. I loved Pillars of the Earth. A S Byatt’s Possession was one of my favorites right out of college. The latest Bill Bryson was good, but then, I love pretty much everything he writes. One of last year’s favorites was Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak. All about Nancy Drew. Fascinating. Deeply weird but still somehow compelling: The Sparrow. Could also be called ‘Jesuits in Space.’ Am currently reading Omnivore’s Dilemma (interesting but puts me off my feed) and beginning to re-read 4 of Jane Austen’s novels to match the PBS Austen fest currently airing.
Hi Nicki
I love to read too. I do a lot of book reviews and sometimes giveaways on my blog
http://www.abookloverforever.blogspot.com
Come visit I will be doing another book giveaway soon.
Brittanie
Check out any of the Pendergast Novels (a bizarre, likeable, almost mystic FBI character) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child when you’re in the mood for a fun thriller. My fav is Brimstone.
Have you read the Big Stone Gap Books (4 so far) by Adriana Trigianni? I liked those a lot.
oh, i wanted to tell you i read the book thief a month or so back. interesting! i won’t spill any more details.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Can’t say I recommend Emma, but I see it’s on your list, so I’ll let you form your own judgments. Most of Jane Austen’s books have been better when made into movies, in my opinion. The books are SOOOO slow-moving.
Hi Nicki! Not only did I once sport a fierce Donald Trump style comb-over, I read. All the time.
One of my most favorite books ever is ‘Emma’. Which I see is on your list. Yay. But another really good book is ‘The Crimson Petal and The White’, by Michel Faber. ‘The Kite Runner’, by Khaled Hosseini, is also excellent.
And finally, a book all about salt. Don’t laugh and think I am nuts(salted nuts at that). This was one interesting read. Turns out, it may be salt that makes the world go round. Check out ‘Salt: A World History’, by Mark Kurlansky. He also wrote a book about Cod. Not kidding.
If you like “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” you’ll like Lisa’s other book, “Peony in Love”. I just finished “A Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, author Gail Tsukiyama. I’ve loved all of her books, of course, after traveling to Japan, I’m a little obesessed with Japanese culture,except for the the little Japanese men on “Hereos”. Ha!
Love “The 5 People You Meet In Heaven”…. easy and fast read and well worth it.
Any of the Amelia Peabodys by Elizabeth Peters there are 18. Just start with “Crocodile on the Sandbank” and read right on through. Oh, and ignore the lame titles. trust me.
I read Pride & Prejudice for the first time a couple of years ago and LOVED it, then promptly forgot about the rest of Miss Austen’s books. So this year I have been catching up. I read Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and am currently reading Emma. I’ve enjoyed them all, but P&P is still the best. Start there. :)
OH! OH! OH! I just dug out of the deepest, darkest bowels of my attic a GREAT book. I used to read this book ALL THE TIME. As a matter of fact, since I’ve found it again, I’m going read it tonight.
Something about it is so endearing and sweet and true, you swear you know these people in real life.
‘The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love’ by Elizabeth Cox. It’s a slender book, a very short read. But if you can find it (It was published in 1991, I think) it is well worth the search.
I see you have These is my Words on your list. I’ve read it and it’s great! I think it took me all of one week and I’m not that fast of a reader, just couldn’t put it down. But I love to hear about other people’s lives. I’m reading the second book, Sarah’s quilt, I’ve had it for 6 weeks and am only half way through. Not a great as the first but o.k. . I think I need to renew it(library book) and finish it up.
House of Sand and Fog (movie was also good), Romanov Prophecy, Romanov Bride, Kitchen Boy
just finished ‘thunderbolt kid’ … hurried to finish just to get thru it … didn’t love it … didn’t hate it … not my favorite type of book … but i read it! next up ‘the next thing on my list’ i’m on the waiting list at the library!
White Oleander – Janet Fitch
My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
I LOVED To Kill a Mockingbird. I just recently read it.
You should add Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. And Roots.
Of the books I’ve read this year, my two favorites have been Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Most people had to read Scarlet Pimpernel in school but I somehow was never required to.