Need Book Recommendations?
I read. A lot. In fiction, my tastes run to historical and books about family, with a thriller thrown in now and then. I like narrative nonfiction (mostly history and politics) and the occasional memoir. If you’re looking for ideas about fantasy or sci-fi, this is definitely NOT the page for you. So here are some (idiosyncratic, likely to change, just for fun) lists of favorites. Happy reading!

Historical Fiction
Caleb’s Crossing
by Geraldine Brooks
The Last Town on Earth
by Thomas Mullen
A Piece of the World
by Christina Baker Kline
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
The Illness Lesson
by Clare Beams

Family Fiction
Saints for All Occasions
by J. Courtney Sullivan
Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett

Young Adult Fiction
Thirteen Doorways,
Wolves Behind Them All
by Laura Ruby
We Are Okay
by Nina LaCour
Far From the Tree
by Robin Benway
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth E. Wein

Narrative
Nonfiction
Radium Girls
by Kate Moore
Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
Bad Blood
by John Carreyrou
Furious Hours
by Casey Cep
Most Dangerous
by Steve Sheinken

Memoir
This is the Story of a
Happy Marriage
by Ann Patchett
Ordinary Light
by Tracy K. Smith
Know My Name
by Chanel Miller
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
by Anna Quindlen
Social (In)justice
Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich
White Fragility
by Robin DiAngelo
Heartland
by Sarah Smarsh
Evicted
by Matthew Desmond
We Should All be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie