Book List From Artists, Friends, and Artist Friends
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 04:22PM This is a list of books compiled by my women friends. It's recommended reading from some really great people. Let me know if you have any you would like to add. I'd love to keep the list growing.
The Big Rich, by Bryan Burrough (rise and fall of the Texas oil fortunes)
Falling Leaves (memoir of an unwanted Chinese daughter)
The Innocent Man, John Grishham
Wild, by Cheryl Strade (lost and found on the Pacific Crest Trail)
All That is Bitter and Sweet, memoir by Ashley Judd
The Long Way Home, by Karen McQuestion
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
City of Thieves, by Benoff
Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake, by Anna Quindlen
Now my favorites:
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Greyhound, by Steffan Piper
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
Old Town, by Lin Zhe and George A. Fowler
The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
Room; A Novel, by emma Donoghue
The Hindi Bindi Club, by Monica Pradhan
The School of Essential Ingredients, by Erica Bauermeister
Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan
New Additions From Other Great Ladies 7/19/12
The Color of Law, by Mark Giminez
Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett
The Women, by T.C. Boyle
Elizabeth Street, by Laurie Fabiano
Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
My Robin, by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Land of the Blue Flower, by Francis Hodgson Burnett
War Brides, by Helen Bryan
The Bridge, by Kay Bratt
Daughters For a Time, by Jennifer Handford