Book Recommendations

I love to read. I always have several books on my nightstand, and I'm always getting recommendations from friends on new books to read. The trouble is, I forget to write down the name of the recommendations, then I can't recommend them. So, I decided to ask some of my friends that I know love to read what their 2 favorite books were in the past few years. The list that follows is the result. I'm sorry if you're a reader and I didn't ask you. I can always make a supplementary list late on to cover more great books. So here's the list. Happy reading.


Book Recommendations July, 2011


1. Susie- Montana 1948, Larry Watson, Strange Fits of Passion, Anita Shreve

2. Jan - Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez

3. Michael- Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner 1987, A Soldier of the Great War, Mark Helprin 1992.

4. Debbie V- The Invisible Bridge, Julie Orringer, Zeitoun, David Eggers

5. Linda L- Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, Knockout, Suzanne Sommers

6. Lorna- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell, The End of the Land, David Grossman.

7. Laurie- Roses, Leila Meacham, Firefly Lane, Kristin Hannah

8. Dot- The Invisible Bridge, Julie Orringer, The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton

9. Judy C.- Unbroken, Laura Hillenband, Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff

10. Shary-Still Alice, Olive Kittridge, Room,

11.Christie-Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman, City of Thieves, David Benioff

12. Barbara H.-Children of Fire, Ursula Heigi, Garlic and Saphires, Ruth Reichel

13. Jill-Ramona, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Distant Land of My Father, Bo Caldwell

14. Carol S.- Bright Shiny Morning, James Frey

15. Sandi- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke, Truman, David McCullough

16. Debbie S.-Body and Soul, Frank Conroy, The Time Travellers Wife, Niffenegger

17. Joyce-Let the Great World Spin, Calum McCann, The Hare with Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal

18. Marilyn K.-The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, The Book Thief, Markus
Zusak

19. Anne-The Tiger’s Wife, Tea Obreht, The Tiger, John Vaillant.

20. Barbara J.- The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson

21. Barbara B-Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, Daniel Goleman, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell.

22. Karen-The Art of Racing in the Rain

23. Linda M.-What is the What, Dave Eggers, The Chaneysville Incident, David Bradley

24. Suzanne-The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer, Sara’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay

25. Cindy- Caleb’s Crossing, Geraldine Brooks, Matterhorn, Karl Marlantes

26. Regina-Life of Pi, Yan Martel, The Shack, William P. Young

27. Vilia-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, Maryanne Shaffer and Annie Barrows

28. Kay-Winter Garden, Hannah, What the Dog Say

29. Dorothy-A Conspiracy of Paper, David Liss, Ministry of Special Cases, Nathan Englander

30. Carole M.- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohasin Hamid, Tortilla Curtain, T.C. Boyle.