30 BOOKS I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS

A friend asked me today for a few book suggestions - so CONNIE, here you go!! 

I owe a debt of gratitude to the 4 BOOK CLUBS that I attend each month, because most of these were introduced to me through them. It's quite fun to read "outside of your normal comfort zone". Especially if it's GOOD WRITING. And the book discussions often bring to light a perspective I would have missed on my own, which I'm thankful for.

All of the following, I'd rate out of 5, either a 4 ("I really liked it") or 5 ("It was amazing").  Thank you Goodreads.com for this rating system!

OK CONNIE, this should keep you busy for a few weeks..........

1. America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
2. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
3. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
4. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
5. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
6. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
7. The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
8. Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin
9. Five Presidents by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
11. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
12. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
13. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
14. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
15. The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer
16. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
17. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
18. The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
19. The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tassaro
20. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
21. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
22. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
23. The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
24. The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
25. I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira
26. The Last Painting of Sarah de Vos by Dominic Smith
27. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
28. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
29. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
30. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

JOAN