Books I Love to Recommend

Here are some of my favorite titles, ones that I suggest to others the most.  In alphabetical order:

Title Author
A Fall of Marigolds Susan Meissner
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway
A General Theory of Oblivion Jose Eduardo Agualusa
A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
A Woman in Jerusalem A.B. Yehoshua
Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce
All the King’s Men Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American Marriage Tayari Jones
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic Daniel Mendelsohn
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Anxious People Fredrik Backman
Astrid and Veronika Linda Olsson
Baking Cakes in Kigali Gaile Parkin
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie
Beartown Fredrik Backman
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate
Bel Canto Ann Patchett
Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty
Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood Trevor Noah
Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Bridge of Sighs Richard Russo
Burial Rites Hannah Kent
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid
Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Balli Kaur Jaswal
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Fall of Giants Ken Follett
Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver
Girl in Translation Jean Kwok
Go Ask Alice Beatrice Sparks
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
Gone to Soldiers Marge Piercy
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives Caitlin Alifirenka
In Cold Blood Truman Capote
In the Midst of Winter Isabel Allende
In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez
Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawerance
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
Landline Rainbow Rowell
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly
Look for Me Edeet Ravel
Mansfield Park Jane Austen
Mary Coin Marisa Silver
Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Next Year in Havana Chanel Cleeton
Night Elie Wiesel
Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty
Notes on Grief Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon
Olga Dies Dreaming Xochitil Gonzalez
Once We Were Brothers Ronald H. Balson
Pachinko Lee Min-jin
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
Please Look After Mom Shin Kyung-sook
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Sarah’s Key Tatiana de Rosnay
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
Still Alice Lisa Genova
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness Tracy Kidder
Ten Thousand Lovers Edeet Ravel
Ten Women Marcela Serrano
Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
The Alice Network Kate Quinn
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon
The Book of Longings Sue Monk Kidd
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro
The Cellist of Sarajevo Steven Galloway
The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
The Island of Sea Women Lisa See
The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Lake Shore Limited Sue Miller
The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave
The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America Bill Bryson
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
The Martian Andy Weir
The Nightingale Kristin Hannah
The One & Only Emily Giffin
The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict
The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich
The Pearl John Steinbeck
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Nadia Hashimi
The People We Keep Allison Larkin
The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
The Queen of Water Laura Resau
The Queen’s Gambit Walter Tevis
The Red Tent Anita Diamant
The Rent Collector Camron Wright
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion
The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks
The Secret Garden Francis Hodgson Burnett
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher
The Snow Goose Paul Gallico
The Storyteller Jodi Picoult
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
The Unseen World Liz Moore
There There Tommy Orange
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Three Daughters of Eve Elif Shafak
Trinity Leon Uris
Trust Hernan Diaz
We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson
Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran Shahrnush Parsipur
Wonder R.J. Palacio
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks