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| Summer reading New York City style |
their independent book store but if you can't and want to order one of the books below from Amazon, just click on the title. Now find a hammock, a beach chair, or a room of your own and get reading. If there's one (or more) books from the list that you've already read and loved, please leave a comment below. And, if you would kindly like us, we hope to reach 300 by summer's end. It's almost like the New York Times Best Sellers list for us.
Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Gathering by Ann Enright
The Great House by Nicole Krauss
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
House of Mirth by Edith Warton
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
House of Mirth by Edith Warton
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Innocents by Francesca Segal
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Innocents by Francesca Segal
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCain
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Olive Kittredge by Elizabeth Stout
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Paris Wife by Paula Mc Clain with A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
Passage by Justin Cronin
The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
To the End of the Land by David Grossman
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpar Lahiri
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mandel
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mandel
- (Photo from Andre Kertesz in his book: On Reading)
What a great list!!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne,
DeleteDo you have a favorite? Is it Bridge of Sighs by any chance? Let me
know. I am keeping track of reader favorites.
I loved Bridge of Sighs -- and if you allow me another one -- I have to vote for Steve Jobs and To the End of the Land... each so different - and great in their own way!
Deleteand of course I am loving your blog -- I shared it with my friends in Asheville NC -- and they loved it too!!
I really enjoyed reading Oliver Kittredge and The Help. Your blog is wonderful
ReplyDeleteI loved Olive Kittredge so much that I missed her when I finished the book.
DeleteI read The Help in one sitting a rainy Saturday in the country. I have a feeling
one of those or The Elegance of the Hedgehog will be the crowd pleaser.
Thank you for liking the blog. It means a lot to us.
There are a lot of books on this list that I haven't read but would like too. I did like Room by Emma Donoghue. You might enjoy an interview with her that was published on Talking Writing: http://talkingwriting.com/?p=19125 (I write an art column for them on occasion and have done a few interviews as well)
ReplyDeleteThey also interviewed Jennifer Egan: http://talkingwriting.com/?p=20549 -- I thought that was a brilliant interview. And I did like Message from the Good Squad, though would have benefited from some discussion as would my reading of Edgar Sawtelle. BOTH of my sons like Cormac McCarthy and I did read The Road, but tough, tough story.
I loved The Great House as well as the History of Love (I think that's the title) by Nicole Krauss.
And so many of these books I have yet to read. Thanks for the list -- great to have some guidance for my summer reading. And, yep, gotta find a book club!
Thanks for the great list - some were already on mine - I loved "The Help" - did not like "Freedom" - I think "Henrietta Lacks" is next - I'm currently reading "Cutting For Stone" - by Abraham Verghese - he came to our authors' series this year - fascinating!
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a serious reader yourself. I haven't read "Henrietta Lacks"--
DeleteI hadn't joined the club yet--but I have it on that special shelf in my book
case. I call that shelf or shelves "my great unread library"--it's all the books
I meant to get to.
Thank you for your inspiring list. I enjoy novels by Nicole Krauss very much but this time I think I will go for The Help. I have seen the movie and I found it excellent so I have very hight expectations. Bridge of Sighs might follow:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie. You sound like a dedicated reader. What are you reading now? I am about to finish The Book
ReplyDeleteof Salt and She Matters ( a memoir in friendships). I'm reading the latter in galleys but when it come out, grab it.
I think you will really like it. Thanks for stopping by.