Thought for Food

June 21, 2011

Books I Can’t Recommend Enough

Inspired by SuiteP’s question, here are the books I’m currently telling my friends to read, already!

In no particular order, with links to their previous mentions on ye olde blog….

A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Gate at the Stairs — one of the most moving books I’ve ever read
Bossypants
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
The Convent
The Namesake — I was especially fascinated because M. is the child of Indian immigrants
Never Let Me Go
The Privileges — took me awhile to get into it, but ultimately, humbling in scope and character development
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
An Object Of Beauty — oh that sexy New York art world
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers — fascinating!
Lunch in Paris — a memoir by M.’s (now our) wonderful friend Elizabeth
Cheerful Money
Cooking for Mr. Latte — the recipe-filled compliment to Cheerful Money: the authors are married and retrace their relationship in their memoirs
Wanderlust — the memoir of a travel writer
How Did You Get This Number? — the lady-author we’d all like to be

And below are books that I started but then got a bit bored with — I tend to be very fickle with Kindle books — but I will someday return to, because they are good…

Swamplandia!
The Ballad of West Tenth Street — right around the corner from where M. grew up
The Paris Wife
Inheritance — I love old English piles and the toffs who own ‘em
The Cookbook Collector — sisters and the internet bubble
Let The Great World Spin
The Tiger’s Wife — I’ve heard lots of high praise for the book; also, the author is young, which I’m always interested in
Savage Grace — a true story of matricide
I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie — who doesn’t secretly want to be a groupie?

Finally, these are high on my list (and in some cases, already on my Kindle)…

Blood, Bones, and Butter — I adore her restaurant … and loved Sharing Time’s review
The Twisted Thread — I love a good boarding school mystery
The Psychopath Test — great author
The Warmth of Other Suns — not exactly a beach read
The Metropolis Case
Great House
Daughters of the Revolution — another boarding school!
The Feast of Love — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reimagined
Your Voice In My Head — just read this review
and all of Slaughterhouse 90210’s faves from 2010