BOOKED!
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“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” Henry D. Thoreau in WALDEN
Winter’s icy fingers creep close to the front door this morning here in Maine where my thermometer reads ZERO. Perfect weekend to settle in and read. Here’s a list of suggestions, culled from friends and enhanced by selections from the WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER and USA TODAY. Enjoy.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S top five:
FALSE DAWN: THE NEW DEAL AND THE PROMISE OF RECOVERY,
1933-1947 by George Selgin
KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson
IN COVID’S WAKE: HOW OUR POLITICS FAILED US by Stephen Macedo
and Frances Lee
RAISING HARE: A MEMOIR by Chloe Dalton
THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER by Anjet Daanje
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THE NEW YORK TIMES top five:
ANGEL DOWN: A NOVEL by Daniel Kraus
THE DIRECTOR: A NOVEL by Daniel Kehlmann
THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY: A NOVEL by Kiran Desai
THE SISTERS: A NOVEL by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL: A NOVEL by Charlotte Wood
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THE NEW YORKER’S top five:
A MARRIAGE AT SEA: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, OBSESSION AND SHIPWRECK by Sophie Elmhirst
A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE by Miriam Toews
BUCKLEY: THE LIFE AND REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED AMERICA by Sam Tanenhaus
DEAD AND ALIVE by Zadie Smith
AUDITION: A NOVEL by Katie Kitamura
FLASHLIGHT: A NOVEL by Susan Choi
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USA TODAY’s top five:
WILD DARK SHORE: A NOVEL by Charlotte McConaghy
HEART THE LOVER by Lily King
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins
THESE SUMMER STORMS by Sarah MacLean
MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman
Honestly, the best recommendations come from friends who love to read. I solicited, they responded, and here are books (in alphabetical order) that have loved:
BROKEN COUNTRY by Claire Leslie Hall
BUCKEYE: A NOVEL by Patrick Ryan
DINNERS WITH RUTH by Nina Totenberg
GOOD DIRT: A NOVEL by Charmaine Wilkerson
GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Emily Henry
HORSE: A NOVEL by Geraldine Brooks
I AM YOU by Victoria Redel
LADY TAN’S CIRCLE OF WOMEN by Lisa See
MEMORIAL DAYS by Geraldine Brooks
MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune
SIPSWORTH by Simon Von Booy
TABLE FOR TWO: FICTIONS by Amor Towles
THE BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE: A NOVEL by Anna Johnston
THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans
THE DOORMAN: A NOVEL by Chris Pavone
THE EDITOR: HOW PUBLISHING LEGEND JUDITH JONES SHAPED CULTURE IN AMERICA by Sara B. Franklin
THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong
THE FATE OF THE DAY: THE WAR FOR AMERICA, FORT TICONDEROGA
TO CHARLESTON, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson
THE FINAL FACT OF JULIETTE WILLOUGHBY: A NOVEL by Ellery Lloyd
THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden
THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE by Rachel Beanland
THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE by Richard Osman
THE LIGHT BETWEEN US by Laura Lynne Jackson
THE LONG CALL: A DETECTIVE MATTHEW VENN NOVEL by Ann Cleeves
THE MANY LIVES OF MAMA LOVE: A MEMOIR OF LYING, STEALING, WRITING
AND HEALING by Lara Love Hardin
THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU by Kiristin Harmel
THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL by Kelly Bishop
THEO OF GOLDEN by Alan Levi
WASHINGTON: A LIFE by Ron Chernow
WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR by Stanley Tucci
WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD: AN EDITOR’S ADVENTURES DURING
THE LAST GOLDEN AGE OF MAGAZINES by Graydon Carter
Read on!
