COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The Author Selection committee provides this list of suggested books for members to enjoy. 2025/2026 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Heartwood by Amity Gaige Honey by Victor Lodato The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony by Annabelle Tometich Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor Twist by Colum McCann Codename Nemo by Charles Lachman 2024/2025 All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley All Our Yesterdays by Joel H Morris The Heaven and Earth Grocery by James McBride Loot by Tania James Master, Slave, Husband, Wife:An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom North Woods by Daniel Mason The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Yellowface by RF Kuang | MEMBER RECOMMENDATIONS Have a great book that you would like to share? Please email your recommendation to info@literarysoc.com. 2025/2026
2024/2025
All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [Recommended by Cheryl Clarkin] All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker [Recommended by Alison McAdam and Kate Fassett] The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King [Recommended by Jayne Lewis] A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki [Recommended by Genevieve Hogan] The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali {Recommended by Jayne Lewis] The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara Franklin [Recommended by Ellen Brown] An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal Story of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin [Recommended by Ellen Brown] |
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The Angel of Rome by Jess Walter, short stories Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks (memoir) The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in WWII by Buzz Bissinger The Sewing Girl's Tale by John Wood Sweet | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell [Recommended by Sue Metzner] House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng [Recommended by Cheryl Clarkin] Stay True by Hua Hsu [Recommended by Jill Bray] Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson [Recommended by Genny Matteucci] Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes [Recommended by Lorelei Gonzales] Chasing Bright Medusas by Benjamin Taylor [Recommended by Patty Doerr] Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez [Recommended by Cheryl Mandala] Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin [Recommended by Leslie Miller] Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [Recommended by Genevieve Hogan] The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers [Recommended by Cheryl Clarkin] Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami [Recommended by Sue Metzer] |
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