Eight years ago, one of my Tai Chi students asked me to create a book list for her. She wanted a list of good books, fiction, and non-fiction, so she could explore authors she wasn't familiar with. She specifically asked that the choices be more family oriented, rather than dark or profane. I've passed the list out to several others, so I thought I'd post it here, too. - I updated the list to include four more great books.
Yes, I've read all of these.
Book List
| 109 East Palace Jennet Conant |
| 700 Sundays Billy Crystal |
| A Three Dog Life Abigail Thomas |
| A Useful Dog Donald McCaig |
| Alex & Me Irene Pepperberg |
| Augusta Locke William Haywood Henderson |
| Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison |
| Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson |
| Belong to Me Marisa de la Santos |
| Big Sid's Vincati Matthew Biberman |
| Blind Your Ponies Stanley Gordon West |
| Chronicler of the Winds Henning Mankell |
| Coal Run Tawni O'Dell |
| The Color of Water James McBride |
| Coop Michael Perry |
| Dating Dead Men Harley Jane Kozak |
| Devil in the White City Erik Larson |
| Down Town Ferrol Sams |
| Dreams from my Father Barack Obama |
| Driftless David Rhodes |
| Evidence of Things Unseen Marianne Wiggins |
| Family Life Akhil Sharma |
| Forever Pete Hamill |
| Four Corners of the Sky Michael Malone |
| Friday Night Lights H. G. Bissinger |
| Good Grief Lolly Winston |
| Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford |
| In the Shadows of the Sun Alexander Parsons |
| Irreplaceable Stephen Lovely |
| Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini |
| Little Bee Chris Cleave |
| Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman |
| Love Walked In Marisa de los Santos |
| Marley and Me John Grogan |
| My Antoinia Willa Cather |
| One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus |
| Outcast United Warren St. John |
| Peace Like a River Leif Enger |
| Same Sweet Girls Cassandra King |
| Sky Bridge Laura Pritchett |
| Sky Burial Xinran |
| Some Horses Thomas McGuane |
| Some of Tim's Stories S.E. Hinton |
| Stargirl Jerry Spinelli |
| The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein |
| The Color of Water James McBride |
| The Flying Troutmans Miriam Toews |
| The God of Animals Aryn Kyle |
| The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery |
| The Guernsey Literary Mary Ann Shaffer |
| Potato Peel Pie Society Annie Barrows |
| The Day The World Came To Town Jim Defede |
| The Dog Stars Peter Heller |
| The Longest Trip Home John Grogan |
| The Memory of Running Ron McLarty |
| The Mighty Queens of Freeville Amy Dickinson |
| The Opposite of Love Julie Buxbaum |
| The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd |
| The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer |
| The Undomestic Goddess Sophie Kensella |
| The Well and the Mine Gin Phillips |
| The Whistling Season Ivan Doig |
| Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson |
| The Life and Time of the Bill Bryson |
| Thunderbolt Kid, A Memoir |
| Turtle Warrior Mary Relindes Ellis |
| Undiscovered Country Lin Enger |
| Water for Elephants Sara Gruen |
| We Bought a Zoo Benjamin Mee |
What are you reading?
I thought Three cups of Tea was spectacular. Then I found out that it was not all "fact" as presented. So sad.
ReplyDeleteI know, it broke my heart. Just consider it fiction!
DeleteIf you do read big sid's vincati, tell me what you thought. Sid died last June. Thanks for taking an interest in my book. Matthew biberman
ReplyDeleteIf it's on this list, I read it, love it and recommend it!
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