Book Recommendations

These books have made my favorites list for one reason or another. Sometimes its the characters, the topic, or the writing, or a combination of it all that makes a book stand out to me. I often find that when I start reading a book that becomes my favorite, I get goosebumps and these books do not disappoint! 

• The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

• Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

I enjoy a good mystery read. These books have kept me turning the pages and jumping to conclusions. The mystery genre was basically the first genre I started reading and I have not stopped!

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

• Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz

• Seize the Night by Dean Koontz

• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

One of my favorite genres to read! If it includes a strong female character, a mystery and intrigue - I'm in! Throw in a book about books and I am reading it. 

• The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series by Kim Michele Richardson

• Resistance by Jennifer A Nielsen

• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

• The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

• A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin

These books can be so interesting and educational - also heartbreaking. I have really enjoyed more historical non fiction and just the non fiction genre over the past couple of years. 

• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

• The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

• Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies

Many of the books I read can fall broadly into the fiction genre. I enoy the interesting characters and worlds that are created, the imagination can be stretched to picture new places and new adventures.

• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

• The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

• Wicked Appetite; Wicket Business; Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich

• Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

• Practical Magic series by Alice Hoffman

I am new to this genre, quite frankly when I was younger, from what I heard about romance books, they were more scary than anything else. None the less, I have found a few that I have enjoyed.

• Manhunt by Janet Evanovich

• Funny Story by Emily Henry

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

I still read young adult and children's books, but I also have a few favorites from when I was young. You will see that my choices are more old school, but still good! I also read to my son so I have a few that are more popular in recent years.

• Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

• The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A.L. Tait

• The Wild Robot sereis by Peter Brown

• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

• The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling

• Mandy by Julie (Andrews) Edwards

• National Park Mystery books by Aaron Johnson

Not many, but here are a few others that I have enjoyed over the years and wanted to include. 

• Thirst 2,600 Miles to Home by Heather "Anish" Anderson

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• A Warrior of the People by Joe Starita

• Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (and his other books)

Most of the authors listed have books I've included in the recommendations, but there are others that I have enjoyed or haven't read enough of to have a favorite recommendation. There are many aspects I enjoy about reading, and finding a new author I like is definitely one of them! In no particular order - 

• Dean Koontz Jennifer Ryan Stephen King

• Agatha Christie Allen Levi Emily Henry

• Marie Benedict David McCullough Brene Brown

• Janet Evanovich Shaun Bythell Kristin Hannah

• Madeline Martin Kristin Harmel Laura Dave

• Richard Osman Kim Michele Richardson Alice Hoffman