Here’s a list of memorable books I read this year. Maybe you’ll enjoy one or two.
Fiction
Mercury by Margot Livesey – if you love horses and family drama
The Woman on the Stairs by Bernhard Schlink – if you appreciate art and intrigue
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline – if you appreciate art and the Maine coast
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman – if you’re patient and like quirky characters
If you’re wondering what really happened and who’s involved:
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Couple Next Door by Shari LaPena
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
South of Broad by Pat Conroy – for fans of Conroy, his characters, and Charleston
The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve – one of Shreve’s better novels with a strong female protagonist
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford – historical fiction set among 1909 Seattle World’s Fair
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman – endearing story about unlikely relationships
Nonfiction
Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson – eye-opening story about the hidden Kennedy daughter
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance – growing up poor in the Rust Belt
Ma Speaks Up by Marianne Leone – if you relate to the loving and demonstrative Italian way of life
What book do you recommend?
Joyce Poggi Hager 
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (if you like spiders and spaceships).
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I’m just finishing ” A Gentleman in Moscow” By Amor Towles which I love. I also rediscovered Alice McDermott and really enjoyed an older book of hers entitled “Someone” . My daughter reintroduced me to poetry and I love Clive James unflinching look back on life called ” Sentenced to Life” Non-fiction ….I found Evicted about homelessness very compelling although I could only read it in small doses. I also read Dreamland about the opioid epidemic which was very revealing.
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Quite the variety! Thanks.
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Thank you Joyce this is a great list.
One of my favorite books I read this past year is entitled “Nothing to Envy” (author escapes me) about the terrible state of N. Korea! A must read.
Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year!
Antoinette
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