On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Ann Aler <a-aler@northwestern.edu> wrote:
Thank you all for such great suggestions.
I’m sharing them here.
It also gives me a great idea for a blog!
Stay tuned…. (and look, you did!)
“The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follettt.
“The Help”, by Kathryn Stockett
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers
Suite Francaise
Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander
Girl w/ Dragon Tatoo series
anything by Adriana Trigiani
Freedom by Johnathan Franzen
Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand
“Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese
“My Korean Deli: Risking it All for a Convenience Store” by Ben Ryder Howe
“The Paris Wife” by Paula McLain
“The Disappearing Spoon” by Sam Kean
“Easter Island” by Jennifer Vanderbes
and, I almost forgot,
The Very Hungry Caterpillar!