I am hoping to read a range of books over the coming year that relate to all things American. Some non-American reading will of course sneak in.
I am currently reading…
I have recently finished reading…
I have previously read lots of books that probably count as either written by American authors or pertaining to America so I’ve tested my memory by trying to list some of them:
Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie; Thalassa Ali A Singular Hostage; Thalassa Ali A Begger at the Gate; Thalassa Ali Companions of Paradise; Maya Angelou I know why the caged bird sings; John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; T. Coraghessan Boyle The Tortilla Curtain; Bill Bryson The Lost Continent; Forrest Carter The Education of Littletree; Thomas Eidson All God’s Children; Thomas Eidson Hannah’s Gift; Thomas Eidson St Agnes Stand; Thomas Eidson The Last Ride; F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby; Karen Joy Fowler We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves; Lisa Genova Still Alice; Joseph Heller Catch 22; Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea; bell hooks Teaching to Transgress; John Irving A Prayer For Owen Meany; John Irving A Widow for a Year; John Irving The Word According to Garp; Eowyn Ivey The Snow Child; Wally Lamb I Know This Much is True; Wally Lamb She’s Come Undone; Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird; Joyce Carol Oates The Falls; Marilynne Robinson Gilead; Marilynne Robinson Home; Marilynne Robinson Lila; JD Salinger The Catcher in the Rye; David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim; David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day; David Sedaris Santaland Diaries; David Sedaris Squirrel Meets Chipmunk; David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames; Lionel Shriver We need to talk about Kevin; John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men; John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck The Pearl; Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton; Elizabeth Strout Olive Kitteridge; Donna Tartt The Secret History; Paul Theroux Sir Vidia’s Shadow.
