Some Very Good (Adult) Reads 

 

Bull, Emma       Territory
 
Glass, Ira (ed.)    The New Kings of Nonfiction 
 
King, Dave         The Ha-Ha
 
Lemebel, Pedro My Tender Matador        Incredible, evocative language; sensory, impressionistic rendering of a particular moment in Chile under Pinochet; poignant, impossible love story. Gorgeous. 
 
Lethem, Jonathan   Motherless Brooklyn (1999) 
 
Martel, Yann      Life of Pi            Breathtaking. Given two ways to look at life: which is the better story? God or no god? Tiger or no tiger? 
 
Niffenegger, Audrey        The Time Traveler’s Wife            Amazing, poignant love story.    
 
Yang, Geen Luen           American Born Chinese Three stories spiral around one another in this excellent graphic novel for teens and adults, all touching on what it means to be Asian-American. The interlocking tales include: the fable of the Monkey King; the story of Jin, the only Chinese-American student at his new high school; and the story of Chin-Kee, the ultimate Chinese stereotype and cousin of the horrified Danny.
 
Tender at the bone : growing up at the table (Ruth Reichl)
 
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke) A slow-starter but quite excellent once 200 pages into this 782 tome of Victorian-era magical history.


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