I love these books for so many reasons: they’re quirky, they’re poignant, they make me laugh or cry, they teach me something I didn’t know without my knowing I’m learning sometimes. The main characters are young and old, kind and not so kind. These books make me glad I learned to read so many years ago.
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Fluke: Or, I know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Buddhism Plain and Simple - Steve Hagen
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Four of your favorites are among my favorites too.
ReplyDeleteTo Kill A Mockingbird-which by the way I have read I don't even know how many times!
Peace Like A River
Turtle Moon and
Lonesome Dove-which I adored but is a book I was only persuaded to read through RP. Who would have thought?
Pam -- I'm with you. I would never have read "Lonesome Dove" if not for RP. Isn't great that we have such a place to go for recommendations?
ReplyDeleteI like your list! I have read many of the books on your list and some are my favorites, too. I especially liked The Hunger Games, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Smilla's Sense of Snow, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lonesome Dove (audio narrated so wonderfully by Lee Horseley), and Life of Pi. Others I also enjoyed are House of Sand and Fog and David Copperfield (recently finished).
ReplyDeleteI think I may have read Turtle Moon and liked it, but I can't remember it. Did you read The Ice Queen also by Alice Hoffman? That would certainly be on my favorites list.
Hi Meminger - Sounds like we have similar taste. I don't think I read "Ice Queen," although I've read almost all of Hoffman's other books.
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to many audio books - but the Horseley version of "Lonesome Dove" sounds like fun.