Feeling a little stir crazy? Looking for some new book suggestions? Thanks to the Albuquerque Public Library online system, reading is a great activity to enjoy – and below are some you could check out.
There’s nothing quite like curling up with a good book and a favorite drink – perhaps some tea, or coffee. I have recently been re-reading The Way of Kings, the first book in the Stormlight Archive (included on this list), and have been thoroughly enjoying it. I am noticing little details I didn’t notice the first time, and, bonus, it’s a long book so it takes awhile to get through it – but well worth the effort!
Here are some other book suggestions – some excellent literature I have enjoyed over the years.
Modern Fiction:
The Fixer, by Bernard Malamud
The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
The History of Love by Nicole Krausse
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Classic Fiction:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Nonfiction:
Seasbiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sensing the Rhythm by Mandy Harvey
Sci-fi/Fantasy:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
Spiritual:
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten-boom
What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancy
Through the Eyes of a Lion by Levi Lusko
Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
Bonus – Graphic Novel:
Space Boy by Stephen McCranie (You can find paperback copies on amazon.com, or check it out online.)
We’d love to know: what have you read lately? Give us your suggestions!
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It seems that the author’s reading experience is possibly exclusively eurocentric. Here’s a few suggestions, using the same categories, that may be helpful to broaden the author’s, and my fellow readers’, perspectives.
Modern Fiction
Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid
Anything by Toni Morrison (Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, etc.)
Classic Fiction
Go Tell it on the Mountain – James Baldwin
The Heroic Slave – Frederick Douglass
Nonfiction
The Book of Delights – Ross Gay
Raise Your Voice – Kathy Khang
Scifi/Fantasy
The Water Dancer – Ta-nehisi Coates
Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
Spiritual
The Color of Compromise – Jemar Tisby
The Book of Joy – Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu
Graphic Novel
American Born Chinese – Gene Yang
Miles Morales Spider-Man – Jason Reynolds
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