good book recommendations
 

I highly recommend anything by Jodi Piccoult. Her works are well researched timely topics with a TWIST at the end of each. They are not difficult reading, but not fluffy either.

Her characters are always well developed and she takes her time to share their perspectives well.

When i read the titel of this thread i was like oooo Jodi Picoult thats who id suggest but you me to it. . . Anyway another good one is Jennifer Weiner specifically "good in bed" but it is a bit fluffy

I recently read "Winning the Future" by Newt Gingrich. It's been out for a while, but I found it to be a great read.


Another good read is "Inside Greek U.:Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power, and Prestige' by Alan DeSantis. Dr. DeSantis is a professor of communications at UK. He uses code names, but it's about greek life at UK and for the most part figure out what the codes are. I felt the book to be on the mark. I have taken a communication class by Dr. Desantis and he's awesome. He's a Sigma Pi alumni (and the UK Sigma Pi chapter advisor).

I read the Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs recently. It was great!

I recently discovered Jen Lancaster's books. They are so hilarious! I'm finishing up Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg. It's an easy read, but pretty enjoyable.

I just finished The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory, and I really liked it.

^^ Read that last month, and really liked it. Question: how is "Phillippa" pronounced?

I can't say enough about Ken Follett's World Without End and Pillars of the Earth. If you like longer books, these are made for you.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven: by Mitch Albom. I couldn't put it down...a short, captivating read!!

Philippa is my mom's birth name but like all her brothers and sisters she now uses an American name. It's pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. (Phil-LIP-ah)

I've read that Philippa Gregory was born in Kenya. I haven't been able to find out her ancestry. She may pronounce it differently than Italians, such as my mother, would but it's a safe guess that it's similar.

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt - The Story of a daughter and a mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart. Fascinating biography and social history.

Here are a few older ones when I used to get time read, "The Time-Travelers Wife" is one of the better books I've read, as was "Mutant Message from Down Under", "Snow Falling on Cedars", and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

As for me & more guy-type books, I loved "Jesus' Son", "Among the Thugs", and "A Clockwork Orange"

Cormac McCarthy, Charles Bukowski, Hemingway, Doystoevsky.

Each is...timeless and has had a huge impact on literature and society in his own way.

Currently reading the Kim Harrison urban fantasy series (Dead Witch Walking, The Good, The Bad and the Undead, For a Few Demons More etc.)