Libraries may be closed but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get new reading material. Check out the ebooks the library has, order paper books online or ask a friend to drop books off. Below is a list of recommended reads by Susan Weston – an avid reader, volunteer and sister.
Book List
Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doer
The Nightingale Kristen Hannah
I know This much is True Wally Lamb
Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver
Weaving Water A. Beckel
A Gentleman in Moscow Amar Towles
The Gold Finch Donna Tart
Do Not Say We Have Nothing M. Thien
And the Birds Rained Down J. Saucier
The Testaments M. Atwood
Water for Elephants S. Gruen
Warlight M. Ondaatje
Life After Life Kate Atkinson
And the Mountain Echoed K. Hosseni
The Great Alone Kristin Hannah
Educated Tara Westover
Alone in the Classroom Elizabeth Hayes
Rules of Civility Amor Towles
Sweetland Michael Crummy
The Innocents Michael Crummy
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
Olive Again Elizabeth Strout
I heard the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris
The Alice Network Kate Quinn
Women Talking Mariam Towes
A man Called Ove F. Backman
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce
Half-Blood Blues Esi Edugyan
The Painted Girls C. Buchanan
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante
Washington Black Edugyan
Non-Fiction
Becoming Michelle Obama
Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson (he has other books)
The Library Book Susan Orlean
All things Consoled Elizabeth Hay
Mystery
Th Hypnotist Lars Kepplar (ist in a series_
The Keeper of Lost Causes Jussi Adler-Olsen (ist in a series)
Into the Water Paula Hawkins
The House of Silk Anthoney Horowirz (many more)
A pitying of Doves Steve Burrows (many more)
Hypothermia Arnaldur Indriadason (+ many)
The Child Fiona Barton (+ more)
The Snowman Harry Hole ( + many more)
Faceless Killers Henning Mankell (+ more)
Snow Blind Ragnar Jonasson
A Fatal Grace Lousie Penny – need to read in order
In the Woods Tana French (+ more)
Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty (+ more)
A lesson in Dying Ann Cleeves (+ more)
Any Jack Reacher Book Lee Child
The Torso Helen Tursten
Westwind Ian Rankin (+ more)
The Ice Princess Camilla Lackberg (+ more)
What Remains of Her Erick Rickstad
Lifetime Liza Marklund
See me Lisa Gardener (+ more)
Blue Monday Nicci French (+ more)
Memory Man David Baldacci (+ more)
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