My Goodreads List:
Currently Reading
On My Reading List:
The Decagon House Murders
River is Waiting – Wally Lamb
The Blue Sisters – Coco Mellors
Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins
Beautyland – Marie-Helene Bertino
The Lion Women of Tehran – Marjan Kamali
The Heart’s Invisible Furies
The Knockout Queen
Wild Dark Shore
All the Colors of the Dark – Chris Whitaker
Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar
James – Percival Everett
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
The Emperor of all Maladies – Siddartha Mukherjee
Some Favorites:
The Wedding People – Alison Espach
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198902277-the-wedding-people
Bonus points for being a CT native AND teaching at Providence College
The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180357146-the-covenant-of-water
Holy cow! I love these characters. I love this setting. Wonderful prose.
Dream Count – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219521090-dream-count
The woman is a goddess. I can’t get enough of Adichie’s strong, complex women characters.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store – James McBride
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65678550-the-heaven-earth-grocery-store
I love the way he intersects communities, as well as his compelling characters.
A Curious Land – Susan Muaddi Darraj
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25887115-a-curious-land?from_search=true
Secrets of the Sprakkar – Eliza Reid
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58925007-secrets-of-the-sprakkar
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34912895-the-great-alone?from_search=true
Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36809135-where-the-crawdads-sing?from_search=true
Educated – Tara Westover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated?ac=1&from_search=true
There There – Tommy Orange
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36692478-there-there
The Emperor’s Children – Clair Messud
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3648.The_Emperor_s_Children
Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24612118-fates-and-furies?from_search=true
The Glass Woman – Caroline Lea
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40917716-the-glass-woman?ac=1&from_search=true
The Inheritance Trilogy – N.K. Jemison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21481566-the-inheritance-trilogy
In the Garden of Fugitives – Ceridwen Dovey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36347894-in-the-garden-of-the-fugitives?from_search=true
Waking Slow – Ioanna Opidee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42621666-waking-slow?ac=1&from_search=true
Venessa Anderson 