At readings, people often ask me what my favorite books and authors are. That’s inevitably when my mind goes completely blank, as if I’ve never read a book in my entire life. But I have! And I do have favorites. Below is a small, random selection of books I love. To find out what I’m reading and loving now, follow me on Facebook.
The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (anything by Ann Patchett, really)
Lilac Girls, Martha Ann Kelly
The Good Girl, Mary Kubica
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Mrs. Poe, Lynn Cullen
Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danler
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, Maria Semple
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
The Light Between Oceans, M.L. Stedman
The Marriage Lie, Kimberly Belle
A Dog’s Purpose, Bruce Cameron
Come Away With Me, Karma Brown
All Different Kinds of Free, Jessica McCann
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, Amy Reichert
Wonder, R.J. Palacio
Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll
I Shall Be Near to You, Erin Lindsay McCabe
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
Flight of Dreams, Ariel Lawhon
The Magician’s Lie, Greer McAllister
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
The Post-Birthday World, Lionel Shriver
Anything by JoJo Moyes
Anything by Liane Moriarty