Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?

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the dutch house

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Anonymous wrote:I actually listened to the audible version and also it's two books, but it's War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk and then it's sequel, Winds of War. It is the story of a navy family before and during WWII and it is epic. It's a great human story but also I learned an incredible amount about WWII. It's a lot of hours whether you read it or listen to it. I am actually listening to it now for the second time, the first time was ten years ago and although a lot is familiar I am picking up a lot more info and detail the second time around. I listen to it on long driving trips mostly. But, I highly recommend it. Oh, and just FYI, it was made into a pretty good movie starring Robert Mitchum.

+1. The Winds of War and War and Remembrance are outstanding books, and the Audible recordings are truly excellent. Just fyi, they are being remade into a new limited series in the next couple years.

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Anonymous wrote:Station 11

I loved this book! So whimsical and yet so down to earth. A flu wipes out most of earth’s population and a small group of survivors create a traveling theater company. They perform Shakespeare as they go from settlement to settlement on horseback.

[Anonymous]

Homegoing, the great alone

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The Orphan Master’s Son. Adventure, love, intrigue, peaches ... all in North Korea.

I also loved Americanah.

[Anonymous]

When breath becomes air

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Where the Crawdads Sing
Eleanor Oliphant
Before we were yours
Educated

[Anonymous]

Every book by Elin Hildebrand. Start with the first one.

[Anonymous]

Verity by Colleen Hoover

[Anonymous]

Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

It’s new, but so good

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Hmm. Not sure what the BEST book of the last 10 years is for me, but candidates would include:

Station Eleven
Life After Life
Exit West
Normal People
Americanah
Brooklyn
Lincoln in the Bardo

[Anonymous]

Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah

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Anonymous wrote:The Orphan Master’s Son. Adventure, love, intrigue, peaches ... all in North Korea.

I also loved Americanah.

I was going to recommend the orphan master’s son book! So compelling, but a bit harrowing for op.

For uplifting I adored Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here. The premise is a sort of magical realism about a woman who nannies kids bursting to flame when they are upset (don’t worry, nobody gets hurt, the flames don’t actually hurt them) but it is more a meditation on handling big emotions.

If you like essays, anything by Tim Kreider is very funny and thoughtful. I always feel more curious and hopeful after reading one of his essays. Start with “Referendum”.

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Anonymous wrote:When breath becomes air

It was a very memorable read for me.

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Anonymous wrote:When breath becomes air

Came here to see if anyone was going to post this. Need to read it