Favorites / Great Books

I have been getting complaints from my (three) fans that I do not include my feelings about the books. Here are some of the books that I like enough to recommend to friends...

Adult Books
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The Alice Network. Kate Quinn. [Espionage]
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Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse. [Fantasy]

Blackout and All Clear. Connie Willis. [WWII]
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The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith. [Mystery, Thriller]
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The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. [Fantasy, Scifi]

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The Captain's Wife by Douglas Kelley. [Historical]
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Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. [Tennis]

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Celine: A Novel by Peter Heller. [Mystery]
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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. [Epic Genreblend]

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. [Revenge]
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Daevabad series by S. A. Chakraborty. [Fantasy]

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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next series) by Jasper Fforde. [Humor, Mystery]
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The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis. [History, Music, Queer]

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. [Family Epic]
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Honor Harrington by David Weber. [Space Opera]
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The Huntress by Kate Quinn. [Nazi Hunting]
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Inheritance series by N.K. Jemisin. [Fantasy]

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Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson. [NF, Weather]
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Jackdaws by Ken Follett. [Espionage, Historical Fiction]
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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. [Music, Friendship]

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Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear. [Mystery, Historical Fiction]
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The Night Circus. Erin Morgenstern. [Magical Realism, Historical Fiction]
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The Night Watchman. Louise Erdrich. [Historical Fiction]

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The Overstory by Richard Powers. [Ecology, Epic]
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. [Philosophy]

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The President and the Frog by Carolina de Robertis. [Human Spirit]

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Priscilla Hutchins series by Jack McDevitt. [Science Fiction]
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The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. [The power of books]

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The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. [Historical Fiction]
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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. [Historical Retelling] 

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Spinning Silver. by Naomi Novik. [Fantasy]
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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. [Magical Realism]
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Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine. [Space Opera]

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This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. [SciFi]

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Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. [Epic Historical Fiction]
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The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra by Alex Messenger.

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The Unlikey Spy by Daniel Silva. [Espionage]
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Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers. [Science Fiction]
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Wounded by Percival Everett. [Social Commentary]
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Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour. [Lesbian]
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Young Adult Books
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The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix. [Fantasy]
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The Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer. [Historical Adventure]
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Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein. [Historical Adventure]
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Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour. [Mystery, Romance]
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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe. [Nonbinary, LGBTQ]

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His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers. [Historical Adventure]
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Holes by Louis Sachar. [Humor]
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. [Overcoming Adversity]
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Spinning Silver. by Naomi Novik. [Fantasy]
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Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. [Fantasy]
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Throne of Glass series by Sarah Maas. [Fantasy]
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All of the Tortall books by Tamora Pierce. [Fantasy]
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Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. [Dystopain]
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Children's Books
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An ABC of Pirates. Caroline Stills. Heath McKenzie.
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Diary of a Wombat. Jackie French. Bruce Whatley.
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It's a Book. Lane Smith. [My philosophy on technology!]
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Josephine Wants to Dance. Jackie French. Bruce Whately.
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The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis.
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My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann.
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