Reblogging for future reference! Have already read a great number of these (post forthcoming) but some good suggestions I haven’t yet gotten to!

peterwknox:

noraleah:

Inspired by SuiteP’s question, here are the books I’m currently telling my friends to read, already!

In no particular order, with links to their previous mentions on ye olde blog….

• A Visit from the Goon Squad
• A Gate at the Stairs — one of the most moving books I’ve ever read
• Bossypants
• The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
• The Convent
• The Namesake — I was especially fascinated because M. is the child of Indian immigrants
• Never Let Me Go 
• The Privileges — took me awhile to get into it, but ultimately, humbling in scope and character development
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
• An Object Of Beauty — oh that sexy New York art world
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers — fascinating!
• Cheerful Money 
• Cooking for Mr. Latte — the recipe-filled compliment to Cheerful Money: the authors are married and retrace their relationship in their memoirs
• Wanderlust — the memoir of a travel writer
• Story of My Life — Jay McInerney doing what he does best
• How Did You Get This Number? — the lady-author we’d all like to be

And below are books that I started but then got a bit bored with — I tend to be very fickle with Kindle books — but I will someday return to, because they are good…

• Swamplandia! 
• The Ballad of West Tenth Street — right around the corner from where M. grew up
• The Paris Wife
• Inheritance — I love old English piles and the toffs who own ‘em
• The Cookbook Collector — sisters and the internet bubble
• Let The Great World Spin
• The Tiger’s Wife — I’ve heard lots of high praise for the book; also, the author is young, which I’m always interested in
• Savage Grace — a true story of matricide
• I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie — who doesn’t secretly want to be a groupie?

Finally, these are high on my list (and in some cases, already on my Kindle)…

• Blood, Bones, and Butter — I adore her restaurant … and loved Sharing Time’s review
• The Twisted Thread — I love a good boarding school mystery
• The Psychopath Test — great author
• The Warmth of Other Suns — not exactly a beach read
• The Metropolis Case
• Great House
• Daughters of the Revolution — another boarding school!
• The Feast of Love — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reimagined
• Your Voice In My Head — just read this review
• and all of Slaughterhouse 90210’s faves from 2010

I have read A Visit from the Goon Squad and Bossypants and just picked up Wanderlust. But it’s always great to see what friends are reading and suggesting.