As a child, an adolescent, and an adult, my favorite gifts
under the tree were always books. When I made my 'Christmas list'
for my parents, books always topped it. So for anyone looking for
what I consider the perfect gift, here is my list of recommendations
for the readers in your life (and I hope there are many)!
- Elizabeth George
For those who love fine literary novels:
The Son by Phillip Meyer (hardbound)
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis (hardbound)
Disobedience by Jane Hamilton (trade paperback)
When Margaret Was Young by Jane Hamilton (trade paperback)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (trader paperback and also the winner of
this year's Pen Faulkner Award)
For those who love crime and psychologically based novels:
Daughter
by Jane Shemilt (trader paperback)
Broken Harbor
by Tana French (trade paperback)
The Secret Place
by Tana French (hardbound)
Just One Evil Act
by Elizabeth George (hardbound)
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George (trade paperback)
Young Adult:
Looking for Alaska
by John Green (trade paperback)
The Fault in our Stars
by John Green (trade paperback)
The Edge of Nowhere
by Elizabeth George (trade paperback)
The Edge of the Water
by Elizabeth George (hardbound)
For the Would-Be Writer:
Write Away
by Elizabeth George (trade paperback)
For Great Commercial Novel Reading:
Goodbye for Now
by Laurie Frankel (trade paperback)
Atlas of Love
by Laurie Frankel (trade paperback)
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan (trade paperback)
For Non Fiction Readers:
The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown (trade paperback)
The Indifferent Stars Above
by Daniel James Brown (trade paperback)
Isaac's Storm
by Erik Larsen (trade paperback)
My personal choice for Best Book I've Read This Year:
The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
Be sure to shop for these
at your favorite bookseller.