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[quote=Anonymous][b]Favorite “new” books[/b]
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy - love story set in the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - finally tried this and was surprised how much I loved it!
Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth - challenging look at abuse, spare writing, grew on me
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - appealed to me as a fellow woman who grew up in the 90s, look at what we used to accept as "normal" in male/female interactions
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - a book with a talking octopus? I thought it would be too cutesy, but absolutely loved it.
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donaghue - page turner set in the 1918 flu epidemic in a maternity ward
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - beautiful story of mother/daughter relationships set with the covid pandemic in the background
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng - historical fiction set in Penang that revolves around Somerset Maugham and his interaction with a couple in that city. One of my favorite authors.

[b]Favorite “classics”[/b]
Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson - little-known American woman author - I LOVED this book and flew through it to find out what happened to Anne
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (reread) - no one does stream of consciousness and imagery better
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (reread) - charming Finnish book about a crabby grandmother and her young granddaughter
Irretrievable by Theodor Fontane - German book about a failing marriage in a beautiful setting
Persuasion by Jane Austen (reread) - probably my favorite Austen, that letter . . . 
A Dream in Polar Fog by Yuri Rytkheau - a little out there, the story of an American explorer who gets stranded in Russia with the Indigenous Chukchi people. As he assimilates to their culture, he finds a beauty in their interactions and can't imagine returning to his previous life. 
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (reread) - the most youthful, fun Austen novel
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden - a novel about nuns! And I loved it! Beautiful look at relationships within a closed circle. I can imagine rereading this.

[b]Favorite Non-fiction[/b]
Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King - racism in Florida during the Jim Crow Era, shocking and disturbing and necessary reading
What Matters in Jane Austen by John Mullen - fun series of essays for dedicated Austen readers
Know My Name by Chanel Miller - a rape survivors manifesto, must-read
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett - lovely series of essays, works really well on audio read by the author
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