Books

…last updated November 2022 – There are a lot not listed. But here are some I remember…

Dinners With Ruth by Nina Totenburg
No Time to Lose
by Pema Chodron (favorite author)
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown (favorite author)
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
Keep Sharp by Sanjay Gupta
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The  Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
I have enjoyed every book by Marie Benedict
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (favorite author)
Passing by Nella Larsen
Run Rose Run
by James Patterson & Dolly Parton
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Four Winds 
by Kristin Hannah (favorite author)
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Untamed by Glenn Doyle
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper by Alka Joshi
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Apples Never Fall 
by Liane Moriarty (favorite author)
Educated by Tara Westover
Project Hail Mary 
by Andy Weir (favorite author)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delhi Owens
The Maid 
by Nita Prose
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Too Close by Natalie Daniels
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
The Lost Vintage by Ann Man
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
In a Dark, Dark Wood and then The Woman in Cabin 10 both by Ruth Ware
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doer (favorite author)
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
The Husband’s Secret
and then Big Little Lies and then Truly Madly Guilty all three by Liane Moriarty
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
Life After Life
 and then A God in Ruins – both by Kate Atkinson
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
by Kim Edwards
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
What She Left Behind
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Life We Bury
by Allen Eskens
Mrs Queen Takes the Train
by William Kuhn
The Lake House
by Kate Morton
The Waters Edge
by Sara Gruen
My Name is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout (favorite author)
The Past by
Tessa Hadley
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by Jon Krakauer
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce
Falling Into Grace by Adyashanti
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (favorite author)
The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Richard J. Davidson PhD
The Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson PhD
Hand Wash Cold by Karen Maezen Miller
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman
Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
Rules of Civility by Anor Towles
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Without Conscience
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
A Visit from the Goon Squad
The Swan Thieves
Beekeeping For Beginners
The Social Animal by David Brooks
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Peony in Love
Suite Francais
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
The Four Agreements
by don Miguel Ruiz
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout (favorite author)
The Night Circus
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
Just Listen by Mark Goulston
The Language of Flowers 
Pure Meditation by Pema Chodron
Her Fearful Symmetry
Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand
How We Decide
Eye of the Needle
Mrs. Pettigrew’s Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Buddha in the Attic
Bitter in the Mouth
Brain Rules by John J. Medina
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mocking Jay
The Girl …With the Dragon Tattoo,…Who Played With Fire, …Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
History of Love
The Man Who Would Be King
Help (favorite author)
The Poisonwood Bible
and everything else that Barbara Kingsolver ever wrote!

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