1. Virgil Wander by Leif Enger---Everyone in my book club loved this book. Enger has a way of putting sentences together that makes you want to read them aloud. (Grove Press, 2018)
2. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Letham---I recently re-listened to this book in the audio format. It is a funny, quirky who-dun-it with a twist--the protagonist has Tourette Syndrome. I recommend this as an audiobook. (Viking Press, 1999; Recorded Books, 2001)
3. Inland by Tea Obreht---This is one of those books which sneaks up on you. At first you aren't sure if you will even finish it and then when you do you realize you love it and the author is brilliant. (Random House, 2019)
4. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom---The narrator is music! That should tell you why I like this book so much. It is indeed magical. (Harper Collins, 2015)
5. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan---This is the type of book I really enjoy--geeky, quirky, a bit of a mystery, off-beat characters. (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012)
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6. Artemis by Andy Weir---Set on the moon, it is an action, adventure, mystery, plus is has all the technology you'd need to survive on such an inhospitable place. (Crown Books, 2017)
7. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu---a graphic book aboutfamous and not-so-famous women who did remarkable things. I love the illustrations and I learned so much. This book won the 2019 Eisner Award for International Material (First Second, 2018)
8. News of the World by Paulette Jiles---I keep thinking of this book in contrast to the one I am reading right now, Lonesome Dove. This is also set in Texas in the late 1800s, includes lots of horses and cowboys, but this one is short. (William Morrow, 2016)
9. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger---Described as part mystery and part meditation. Everyone in book club loved it for it's beautiful prose. (Atria Books, 2013)
10. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson---If you were abducted by aliens and given the chance to push the button to destroy earth, would you? What if everyone was really awful to you, would you want to do it then? Thoughtful. (Simon Pulse, 2016)
What about you? What are some books you really like but you don't find yourself talking about much?
-Anne
