Book Lists

It’s Monday and I’m supposed to have a book review or recommendation for you, but I wanted to try something a little different today. I have two lists to share with you – a list of books I enjoyed and would not have read if a friend had not put the book in my hands with an enthusiastic recommendation and a list of books in the ‘to be read’ pile nearest my desk.

Books I read (and enjoyed) after receiving a recommendation:

• Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
• The entire Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr
• Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
• Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig
• A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel
• How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin
• Chaos the Vampire Child by Lisa Rene Smith

Books currently in my ‘to be read’ pile (okay – one of the piles):

• Understanding the Universe from Quarks to the Cosmos by Don Lincoln
• Simply Math
• T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
• The Science Book, National Geographic
• Howdunit book of Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers by Lee Lofland
• The Cat, the Canary, and the Vampire by Linda Houle
• Adapting Your Novel for Film by Pauline Baird Jones
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
• Owen Fiddler by Marvin D. Wilson

That’s my list. Now it’s your turn. Have you reluctantly agreed to read a book that a friend enjoyed and been pleasantly surprised? What is at the top of your ‘to read’ pile? Use the comments link below to tell us.