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Anonymous
| Can anyone recommend some great summer reading? I typically enjoy Nicholas Sparks, Sandra Brown and Jodi Piccoult but am open to any suggestions. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Some good ones I've read:
Run by Ann Patchett Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Zorro by Isabel Allende Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende I'm interested in other people's responses too, I need a good book to read 
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Anonymous
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An oldie but goodie is A Thousand splendid suns. Should be on everyones must read list.
Shantaram is also great. |
Anonymous
| Have you read The Help by Kathryn Stockett? It was good. Just read The Ask by Sam Lipsyte. A little heavy, but funny in a black humor sort of way. |
Anonymous
| I am reading The Glass Castle and I can't put it down. |
Anonymous
Yes, that was like a train wreck. An awful story but so good. |
Anonymous
| You guys are a bunch of illiterate losers. |
Anonymous
I found it very depressing. |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
Why? Just because we don't consider War and Peace light summer reading?? If you don't have anything to contribute, go away. |
Anonymous
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Pretty much anything by Barbara Kingsolver, especially The Poisonwood Bible
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Drowning Ruth Love in the time of Cholera |
Anonymous
What are you talking about? At least we're reading. The Ask was a National Book Award finalist. I agree that the authors OP mentioned were a little pedestrian but she's looking for other suggestions. Do you expect us to read Schopenhauer on the beach? |
Anonymous
| Summer/beach reading is generally light, which is what the OP was asking for. No need to be nasty. |
Anonymous
| Not exactly light, but completely engrossing and I am taking every opportunity to recommend it to people: Sarah's Key. |
Anonymous
| Restless by William Boyd |