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Updated March 2007
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The
Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
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The second child of a scholarly, alcoholic father and an eccentric
artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing from the
Arizona desert, to Las Vegas, to an Appalachian mining town, during
which her siblings and she fended for themselves while their parents
outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
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A
Small Death in Lisbon
by Robert Wilson
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When Inspector Ze Coelho investigates the murder of a young girl
living in Portugal, he discovers that the crime is somehow linked
to Nazi misdeeds six decades earlier.
If
you enjoyed this book you should also try Vanished
Hands by the same author.
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The
Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books,
enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's
works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book
the author has ever written.
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Night
by Elie Wiesel |
Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and
deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager
in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel,
Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal
memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’s original
intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie Wiesel reflects on
the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication
to ensuring that the world never forget man’s capacity for
inhumanity to man.
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West
With the Night
by Beryl Markham
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A direct, stylish, and engrossing story of a marvelous life well
lived. Markham describes her childhood in Kenya and her experiences
as a bush pilot in the 1930s, evoking the landscapes, people,
and wildlife of East Africa in rich detail.
If
you enjoyed this book you should also try The
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay.
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A
Year by the Sea
by Joan Anderson
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A woman, separated from her husband and a flat marriage, spends
a year alone in a Cape Cod cottage, examining her life and finding
the affirmative wisdom and peace that allows her to revitalize
her marriage and freely engage life.
If
you like this book, you might also enjoy Crow
Lake by Mary Lawson.
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The
Bridge of San
Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder's second novel, THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, was
published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The plot is deceptively
simple: On July 20, 1714, "the finest bridge in all Peru"
collapses and five people die. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan missionary,
happens to witness the tragedy, and as a result, he asks the central
question of the novel: "Why did this happen to those five?"
He sets out to explore the lives of the five victims, and to understand
why they died.
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Desert
Solitaire
by Edward Abbey
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An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections
as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah.
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