book recommendations

 Probably every book I read, I want everyone else to read it too. Some more than others. I have a post I've kept since 2007 that lists what I've read since 2006. It started with dates read and/or my opinion on the books, but has evolved into a list, separated by year. I started editing the earlier sections a few nights ago. If I were really into book ratings, I'd go back and rate all the books I've read, but, meh. List is here for anyone interested: https://ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com/139540.html

I read mostly memoirs, then non-fiction, then some fiction sprinkled in. Why do I like memoirs (and the occasional biography) so much? Sometimes I choose if for the person it's about, but often I've never heard of them before finding the book. Also, and this goes for non-fiction books as well, they often have social commentary or info about the world around them. I like learning how things were for other people who lived in different eras or places. I used to read more fiction, as evidenced by the BritLit I used to be obsessed with. Again, see books post.

Anywhoozles. Recommendations. These are my highly recommended books from the last few years. I'll try to keep this list from getting too long, but no guarantees.

(*** for books I really, really loved)

Educated - Tara Westover (memoir)***
The Radium Girls - Kate Moore (non-fiction)
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan (memoir)
Rocket Men - Robert Kurson (non-fiction)
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth - Sarah Smarsh (memoir)
From Scratch - Tembi Locke (memoir)
The Other Wes Moore - Wes Moore (memoir)***
Born a Crime -Trevor Noah (memoir)***
How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (non-fiction)***
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown (memoir)
Evicted Matthew Desmond (non-fiction)***
Our Towns - James Fallows and Deborah Fallows (non-fiction)
The Ungrateful Refugee - Dina Nayer (memoir)***
Nomadland - Jessica Bruder (non-fiction)
Between Two Kingdoms - Suleika Jahoud (memoir)
Trejo - Danny Trejo (memoir)***
She Come By it Natural - Sarah Smarsh (biography of Dolly Parton)***
How the Word is Passed Clint Smith (non-fiction)***
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katarina Bivald (fiction)***
Sitting Pretty - Rebekah Taussig (memoir)
In the Weeds - Tom Vitale (memoir)***
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City - Andrea Elliott (non-fiction)***
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (fiction)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever - John Donohue (memoir)
American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption - Gabrielle Glaser (non-fiction)***
Mill Town - Kerri Arsenault (memoir/non-fiction)
Corrections in Ink - Keri Blakinger (memoir)***
The Hospital - Brian Alexander (non-fiction)***
Wind at My Back - Misty Copeland (memoir)***
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (fiction)
Code Girls - Liza Mundy (history)
Home Made - Liz Hauck (memoir)***

Reviews and synopses can be googled. If you want to know MY thoughts on any particular book on the list, just ask.