Here is the list of books that were recommended at the “My Favorite Book” session in Pahrump at our spring rally (April 20 - 24, 2017). We had about 15 participants and lots of variety in the recommendations. It was a great session and very interesting to learn more about each other and the books we like to read.
The Ladies’ #1 Detective Agency by Andrew McCall Smith
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Longing for Home by Sarah Eden
Orphan Keeper by Cameron Right
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (this is the book chosen for the Paso Robles book review)
Old School by O’Reilly and Feirstein
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner and Jackson Benson
Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk
The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Highlander series by Karen Moning
Genghis Khan series by Conn Iggulden
Thornbirds by Coleen McCullough
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
We Were the Mulaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anything by Kathleen Woodiwis
Anything by Stuart Woods
O’Henry short stories
You’re Never Too Young by Lawrence Welk
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley (this became the movie “The Lion”)
The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo