Nina’s Reading Blog

Comments on books I am reading/listening to

My To Read List: Fiction

  • The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy
  • Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell
  • Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe
  • The Watcher in the Pine by Rebecca Pawel
  • The Geographer’s Library and The Coroner’s Lunch by Jon Fasman
  • Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Enchantment, Past Watch by Orson Card (rec. by Phil S.)
  • Two Ninas by Neil Turitz (a distant relation of mine, though he doesn’t know it)
  • The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy
  • 1000 years of GoodPrayers by Yiyun Li
  • Run by Ann Patchett
  • Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  • Ya-Yas in Bloom by Wells
  • A Woman of Substance (and 4 sequels) by Bradford
  • Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
  • Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber (rec. by Julie)
  • North River by Pete Hamill
  • Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (author of the Frances books for kids)
  • The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles (cultural clashes with Plains Indians in mid-nineteenth-century Texas)
  • March, Year of Wonders (about the plague), People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (rec. by Helen)
  • The Road and All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (rec. by Helen)
  • The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (recommended by Beth; historical fantasy)

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