Fall Reading List
I’ve been sick for the past week and have spent most of the week nursing a cold and curled up with a book. It is has been a good fall for reading. Here’s what is on my list:
The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.
This book on the last 20 years on the Supreme Court is a fascinating behind the scenes look at the Court and believe it or not — a page turner.
Then we came to the end by Joshua Ferris
This first novel has been nominated for a National Book Award. It’s a comic look at a failing advertising agency.
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Favored to win the National Book Award in Fiction. This is a big, absorbing novel about renegade CIA agents in Vietnam. It gets my vote as the best novel of the year.
Loving Frank
Fiction but based on the love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mama Cheney. A good summerish read.
Laura Joh Rowland mysteries.
I’ve read three now. They are all set in 17th century Japan and feature a Samarai detective. Really fun and well written.
Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat.
This is a beautiful memoir based on the lives of her father and uncle. Edwidge was left in Haiti for 8 years after her parents moved to America. During this time she developed an extremely close relationship with her uncle. It is a vivid, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of Haitian immigrants.
