Reader Recommendations

Here’s a list of blog reader book recommendations, including links to the ones I’ve reviewed. New additions are in the first section.

As of:5/8/2023
New
Book TitleAuthorRecommended By
56 DaysRyane HowardMartha Gershun
A World of CuriousitiesLouis PennyMartha Gershun
Big Lies in a Small TownDiane ChamberlainKristen Reynolds
Captive Paradise: A History of HawaiiJames L HaleyKaren Gadient
Carnegie’s MaidMarie BenedictAlison Macor
DocMary Doria RussellMartha Gershun
God Has a Dream: A vision of hope for our timeDesmond TutuKaren Gadient
Lady ClementineMarie BenedictAlison Macor
Lincoln in the BardoGeorge SaundersWendy
Martin MartenBrian DoyleDeb Solove
My Side of the MountainJean Craighead GeorgeAlison Macor
On the HorizonLois LowryKaren Gadient
Ordinary GraceWiliam Kent KruegerWendy
People We Met on VacationEmily HenryMadame Writer
Set in SpaceAndy WeirDeberah
Southern SpiritsAngie FoxJennifer M
The Engineers WifeMarie BenedictAlison Macor
The Lincoln HighwayAmor TowlesWendy
The Mystery of Mrs. ChristieMarie BenedictAlison Macor
The Tennis Partner and My Own CountryAbraham VergheseChristine Lang
The War I Finally WonKimberly Brubaker BradleyDeborah
The War that Saved My LifeKimberly Brubaker BradleyDeborah
Too Good to be TrueCarla LoveringKristen Reynolds
Walking with DestinyAndrew RobertsBill Webb
West With GiraffesLinda RutledgeJoanne Runyon
WorserJennifer ZieglerAlison Macor
Existing list
Book TitleAuthorRecommended By
*no specific bookAnne LammottLori
A Bed of ScorpionsJudith FlandersKari
A Cold Day for MurderDana StabenowSusan
A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaPeter MariaDeborah
A Gentleman in MoscowAmor TowlesLaine, Wendy
A God in RuinsKate AtkinsonLimeade in my teacup
A Hundred SummersBeatriz WilliamsAlison
A Ladder to the SkyJohn BoyneMegan
A Man Called OveFredrik BackmanVirginia
A Path Ahead Transforming Lives, Creating OppurtunitiesNicolas KristofDana
A White House DiaryLady Bird JohnsonsAlison
AbigailMagda SzaboMelisa
All The Light We Cannot SeeAnthony DoerrLaine
And the Mountains EchoedKhaled HosseiniSusan
Angels and DemonsDan BrownKristin
Angle of ReposeWallace StegnerDeborah
Armstrong and CharlieStephen B FrankRobert
At Home in MitfordJan KaronSusan S
Before I met YouLisa JewellDeborah
Before the FallNoah HawleyJenifer
Before We Were YoursLisa WingateMolly
Behind the Beautiful ForeversKatherine BooSusan
Being MortalAtul GawandeJeanne
Betsy- Tacy SeriesMaud HartMartha
Birds Without WingsLouis de BernieresJulia
Burial RitesHannah KentKaren
Calebs CrossingGeraldine BrooksMartha
Captain Corellis MandolinLouis de BernieresJulia
Catch 22Joesph HellerCherrie
Chet and Bernie seriesSpencer QuinnCynthia
Chet and Ernie Detective NovelsSpencer QuinnJulia
Christmas ShopaholicSophie KinsellaMark Magers
Chronicles of NarniaC.S. LewisCherrie
CommonwealthAnn PatchettSusan
Convenience Store WomenSayaka MurataKaren
Crossing to SafetyWallace StegnerDeborah
Cutting for StoneAbraham VergheseLaine, Julia
Dark, Dark WoodRuth WareMark
Dear EdwardNapolitanoMary
Deception PointRobert LangdonKristin
Defending JacobWilliam LandayPatty
Destiny of RepublicCandice MillardMark
EarthcoreScott SiglerJenifer
Elephants Can’t RememberAgatha ChristieKaren
Empty MansionsBill DedmanSusan
End of the World Running ClubAdrian WalkerStephen
Eureka StreetRobert Mclian WilsonKaren
Evil Under the SunAgatha ChristieStacy
Eye of SunAhdaf SoueifsJulia
FaithfulAlice HoffmanSusan
Fifty Words for RainAsha LemmeLaine
Finding DorothyElizabeth LettsAlison
Flight BehaviorBarbara KingsloverMary, Martha
Flight GirlsNoelle Salazar.Joanne
Glass CastleJeannette WallsCherrie
Going BovineLibby BrayCherrie
GreenlandersJane SmileySara
HamnetMaggie O’FarrellMgershun
Harry’s TreesJohn CohenMary
Heroin DiariesNikki SixCherrie
Hide and SeekIan Rankins RebusKaren
Hillbilly ElegyJD VanceCherrie
Holy CowDavid DuchovnyCherrie
HomegoingYaa GyasiRosie
House of Sand and FogAndre Dubus IIIDana
In Death SeriesJ D RobbsMerile
In the Heart of the SeaPhilbrickGeorge
InfernoDan BrownKristin
InfidelAyana Hirsi AliDeborah
Inspector GamacheLouise PennyRosie, Sharon
Interpreter of MaladiesJhumpa MurataKaren
Issac’s StormErik LarsonStacy
It Ain’t So Awful, FalfelFiroozen DumasRobert
Just KidsPatti SmithCherrie
KindredOctavia E ButlerJeanne
Deacon King KongJames McBrideRandy
Knitskreig: A Call to YarnsJoyce MeaderAlison
Last Hope IslandLynne OlsonKevin
LegendEric BlehmSusan
Life After LifeNatalie Meg EvansLimeade in my teacup
Life and Other Near Death ExperiencesCamille PaganSusan
Lisa GrayJessica ShawEmily
Lost SymbolRobert LangdonKristin
Madame Foucade’s Secret WarLynne OlsonDeborah
Magpie MurdersAnthony HorowitzJenifer
Map of LoverAhdaf SoueifsJulia
MaudeDonna MabrySusan
MooJane SmileyJulia
Murder Of MagpiesJudith FlandersKari
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s SorryFredrick BackmanSusan
My sister is a Serial KillerOyinkan BraithwaiteGeorge
NakedDavid SedarisDana
News of the WorldPaulette JilesSusan, Molly, Virginia
Nora WebsterColm ToibinLaine
Okay For NowGary SchmidtRobert
Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent KrugerLaine
Orphan TrainChristina Baker KlineSusan
Out of My MindSharon DraperRobert
PandemicA.G. RiddleJennifer
Poisonwood BibleBarbara KingsloverEmily, Martha
Prairie FiresCaroline FrasersAlison
Presumed InnocentScott TurowRobert
Prodigal SummerKingsloverMartha
Red, White and Royal BlueCasey McQuistonSarah
River of DoubtCandice MillardMark, Maria
RubberneckerLisa JewellDeborah
Rules of CivilityAmor TowlesDana
Santaland DiariesDavid SedarisDana
Sarah’s KeyTatiana de RosnayVirginia
SmokeDonald WestlakeJeanne
Snow Flower and the Secret FanLisa SeeKelly
Some of my Best Friends are BlackTanner ColbyWendy
Someone KnowsLisa ScottlineDeborah
Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsMarissa PesslDeborah
SpoonbendersDaryl GregoryJenifer
Stand By MeStephen KingTom
Station 11Emily St. John MandelDeb Resnick
Stephanie Plum SeriesJanet EvanovichKristin
Still AliceLisa GenovaSusan
Still Life With Bread CrumbsAnna QuindlenSusan
Sudden DeathAlvaro EnriqueKaren
Surely You’re Joking Mr. FeynmanRichard FeynmanStephanie
Tara RoadMaeve BinchyVirginia
Tender BarJRMLaine
The Art of ScoutingArt StewartPatty
The Bean TreesKingsloverMartha
The Book of EvidenceJohn BanvilleBill Webb
The Book ThiefMarcus ZusakJulia
The Bright Edge of the WorldEowyn IveyKathy
The ChaperoneLaura MoriartySusan
The ChemistStephanie MeyerJenifer
The Crooked BranchCumminsMolly
The Deptford TrilogyRobert DaviesDeb
The Diary of Mattie SpenserSandra DallasKelly
The Divers ClothesVendela VidaMark
The Girl with all the GiftsM R CareyStephen
The Girl with No PastKatherine CroftSusan
The Girl with the Louding VoiceAbi DareLaine
The Girls in the GardenLisa JewellDeborah
The GoldfinchDonna TarttMartha
The Good EarthJane SmileySara
The Good Lord BirdJames McBrideMelisa
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyAnnie BarrowsTom
The Hope ChestViola ShipmanMary
The House we Grew up InLisa JewellDeborah
The Invention of WingsSue Monk KiddSusan
The JungleUptown SinclairCherrie
The Language of FlowersVanessa DiffenbaughSusan, Laine
The Last CowboysJohn BranchPatty
The Last Kind Words SaloonLarry McMurtryDeborah
The Last SeasonEric BlehmSusan
The Little FriendDonna TarttDeborah
The Long and Faraway GoneLou BerneyJenifer
The Man Who Fell From EarthWalter TevisMartha
The MartianAndy WeirDeborah
The Masters Butcher’s Singing ClubLouise ErdrichSusan
The Midwife of Hope RiverPatricia HarmonSusan
The Most DangerousDaniel EllsbergRobert
The Mountain Between UsCharles MartinMark
The Murmur of BeesSofia SeqoviaVirginia
The Museum of Extraordinary ThingsAlice HoffmanSusan
The Mysteries and Legends of ArizonaSam LoweKaren
The NightingaleKristen HannahLaine
The Other Side of EverythingLauren Doyle OwensStacy
The Paris ArchitectC. DelfourePatricia
The PassengerLisa LutzMolly
The People of the BookGeraldine BrooksDianne
The Plantagenet and Tudor NovelsPhilippa GregoryJoyce
The Pocket WifeSusan P. CrawfordMark
The President is MissingJames PattersonMerile
The Residue YearsMitchell S JacksonDana
The RoadCormac McCarthyGeorge
The Scorpio RacesMaggie StiefuatersRobert
The Secret ChordGeraldine BrooksMartha
The Secret KeeperKate MortonTara
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoKatherine
The ShackWilliam Paul YoungSusan
The Shining GirlsLauren BeukusMelisa Burns
The SparrowMary Doria RussellMartha
The StandStephen KingT
The Stolen MarriageDiane ChamberlainKatherine
The Storied Life of AJ FikryGabrielle ZevinLaine
The StorytellerJodi PicoultsVirginia
The Time in BetweenMaria BuenasMaureen
The TreesConrad RichterPat
The War That Saved My LifeKimberly Brubaker BradleyRobert
The Wednesday WarsSchmidtRobert
The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth WareDeborah
The Woman in the WindowAJ FinnMark
The Woman Who Smashed CodesElizabeth FriedmanMary Lincoln
The WomenTC BoyleJulia
The Year of WondersGeraldine BrooksMartha
To the Bright Edge of the WorldEowyn Ivey
Trail of Broken WingsSejal HadiniSusan
Trilogy of the Civil WarJohn JakesJoyce
Tuck EverlastingNatalie BabbitMaria
UnbrokenLaura HillenbrandVirginia
WatchersDean KoontzEmily
We Were LiarsE. LockhartRobert
What Alice ForgotLaine MoriartyKristen
Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensDeborah
Women Murder ClubJames PattersonTracy