Choose a Book That You Would Enjoy Reading and Haven't Yet

A person will add a book title/author from someone's Library that I really am intersted in reading and the owner of that library

Then someone searches their library and adds a book that is interesting to them.

The last entry is always the library that the next person searches to find a book that they would be interested in reading.

So on and so on

Got it?

This will keep your wish list growing.

I haven't been participating in this post for only one reason. My wish list gets out of hand.

Now I have to go and find Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah from grelobe's library. It never ends. It sounds too good to pass up. Although LT is saying I won't like it I would like to prove them wrong.

You may not believe this...but it is true. I was about to add Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier when I noticed that it on my wish list already. For once my wish list hasn't grown.

I know what you mean about wish lists. I keep mine on cards in a drawer, and there are a lot of cards right now.

From Jacqueline's library I choose The Sign of the Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene. I read Nancy Drew as a kid and got to share many of them with my daughter when she got old enough. This looks like a good one.

From mine I recommend Dakota by Kathleen Norris, a well-written book about a lesser known part of the USA and the author's spirituality.

I've chosen The Chosen from the library of nwelch.

I would suggest A Gentle Madness. Anything by Basbanes, is excellent.

I had lost track of this thread.

From Sandydog's library I would love to read Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson. I would love to travel to Britain but don't see that happening any time in the near future, so this humorous travel book would help to console me.

From my library I would like to recommend Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke. It's a historical action adventure story about World War II with some great submarine action.

From DeltaQueen50's library, I almost went with something that I've been thinking I should get to, off and on, for some time now. And then I saw Me Cheeta by James Lever. It looks really good!

From my library, I would suggest Pope Joan by Donna Cross. Her only novel, it's based on an existing theory that the first Pope John was actually a woman. I love it!

from retropelocin 's library my pick is The Kitchen Boy a Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander

from my own, I suggest
Nowhere in Africa: An Autobiographical Novel Stephen Zweig
it is the extraordinary tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel, and their five-year-old daughter, Regina, each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways

From grelobe’s library I’ll pick Seize the Day by Saul Bellow.

From my own library I'd recommend London Lavender by E.V. Lucas, a book I recently read and enjoyed very much.

From Porua's library I'll try Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

My recommendation from my library is Night by Elie Wiesel.

From booklady's library, I still haven't gotten around to The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

From my own library, I recommend a new acquisition that I am extremely pleased with 100 Lyrics by Gulzar Shekhar, a bilingual book of song lyrics from Indian movies (mostly). The book is interesting, with thoughtful translations of the poetry (the translator worked for a year with the poet himself), but it is also a visual and tactile treat. The book exudes peace just flipping through it.

From RRHowell's library I'll pick The Best of O.Henry because I love reading short stories.

From my own library I'd recommend The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson. One of my recent favourites and a must read for fans of thrillers and mysteries.

I'd like The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan from Porua's library, having enjoyed the play based on the movie.

From mine I recommend The Children of Green Knowe, an old (1950s) and charming fantasy.

Since I already have read (and loved) The Children of Green Knowe, I have chosen Last Good Kiss by James Crumley. Looks like a good noir mystery.

From my library I recommend Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher. Scanning decades, including World War 2, this is a great family saga.

I have read Coming Home, so I have selected The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley.

From my library, I recommend The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells

Stuff White People Like from booklady's wishlist/library, looks like a lot of fun. I could use the diversion.

I just finished Against the Day, so, at the risk of being a sadismo, I will recommend that 1100-page postmodern fantasy. Wild stuff, and well worth the eons it takes poring through website annotations.

Kudos to you, Sandydog1, 1100 pages of Thomas Pynchon is nothing to sneeze at!

Feeling not quite that ambitious right now, I pick Falling by Don Delillo from your library.

From mine I recommend Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic series, starting with Preludes and Nocturnes.

following my african mood , I pick Mark of the Lion: A Jade Del Cameron Mystery by Suzanne Arruda

from my own I suggest another mystery, not a turner page March Violets by Philip Kerr

from a LT's review

March Violets is set in the darkening days of Hitler’s Germany; the 1936 Olympics are just coming to town. Kerr’s protagonist, Bernard Gunther, is a private detective hired by a very wealthy conservative (i.e. non-Nazi) German industrialist to find out who murdered his daughter and her Nazi husband, burned down their home, and stole a diamond necklace from their safe

From Grelobe's library, I choose The Associate by John Grisham, which isn't a wishlist item anymore, but has been sitting on my shelves for over a year; I still haven't read it yet.

From my own, please allow me to recommend The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett.

Excerpt of my review: The Warded man starts off as three separate but inter-related tales which take place in a land where demons rule the night. Being outside after the sun goes down isn't wise or safe. There are many breeds of demon ranging from dog-sized to man-sized and larger, any one of which is powerful enough to kill a human. The demons don't travel alone, but like wolves and other animals, they hunt in packs. While defensive magical symbols (known as wards) can be used to keep the demons from attacking, magic isn't the entire answer to the demon problem.

From the library of 1dragones, I've chosen Mudbound.

And in keeping with that genre, and many pardons if my suggestion isn't super-imaginative, I'd recommend To Kill a Mockingbird. What a simple, lyrical, beautiful book.

20. I agree, both Mudbound and To Kill a Mockingbird are great novels. I couldn't put either one of them down.

If I added every interesting book in your library to my wish list, I would just about double or perhaps even triple the size of my library! All those field guides, nature books, and other interesting non-fiction...

From the library of Sandydog1, I have chosen The City and The City by China Miéville I've wanted to read this ever since the first edition hit the bookstores...

Recommended reading: Bone by Bone by Carol O' Connell

From 1dragones' library Ill pick The New Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie by Dick Riley. It keeps popping up on my LT recommendations.

From my own library I'd recommend one of my favourite Agatha Christie books, The Pale Horse.

from porua's library my pick is The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

I suggest from my own

Reunion by Fred Hulman

Looks like a good one, grelobe. (I notice the author's last name is Uhlman).

I'll add to that Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell, which I've never read.

From mine I'll recommend a sweet old one, Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes.

I've selected Major Pettigrew's Last Stand I've seen it recommended a lot and it was the first five star rating that I came across in jnwelch's library.

I'd like to recommend How I live now by Meg Rosoff.

Great pick! That's my favorite new one so far this year.

From Kirsty's library I choose The Princess Bride by William Goldman. I have been told again and again by my daughter that I should read this one, and now that I have started reading fantasy, I would like to give it a try.

From my library, I would recommend Plum Island by Nelson DeMille - a super thriller that makes a great beach/summer read.

From my friend, DeltaQueen50's library I will pick "Almost Home" by "Pam Jenoff" this time. LT says that I would like it too.

from callmejacx'library my choose is
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet

from my own I propose
The Sorrow of Belgium by Hugo Claus
(can't remember a single line of it, but I do remember I really enjoyed it)

From grelobe's library I selected Nowhere In Africa by Stefanie Zweig.

My recommendation is Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean.

From booklady2031's library I'd choose Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

From my own library I'd recommend Girl in Hyacinth Blue, a wonderfully touching collection of interrelated short stories.

I am sure this will come as no surprise to Porua, I am going to choose Miss Marple:The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie, I have fallen in love with Miss Marple this year!

From my library, I am also going to recommend an Agatha Christie book. Cards On The Table was a great puzzler and an enjoyable read.

I've also been enjoying Miss Marple this year, most recently the excellent The Thirteen Problems.

From DeltaQueen50's library I'd like to try Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth, which is a little ways into a series that sounds like a good one.

From mine I recommend Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James, one of my favorites of her Dalgliesh series.

#32 Miss Marple is my favourite Christie detective, as you know. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories is one of my all time favourites and a great comfort read. Whenever I feel like I need to cleanse my palate or need to calm myself I turn to it and it never disappoints me. :-)

From the huge library of jnwelch, I chose After the Quake: Stories.

As for me, I recently read The Hidden Forest. US Forestry Service politics, forestry economics, shortfalls of short-term ecology research, forest fragmentation, the Spotted Owl controversy, salmon fisheries, complex non vascular plant relationships, geologic changes, nitrogen fixation and many other topics are treated in a concise, entertaining manner.

All this amidst the backdrop of a Willamette National Forest study area. Highly recommended.

Oh, I like that choice! That was my first Murakami, and I went on a spree reading his books after that.

Wow, Sandydog1's library intimidates me! I guess I'd choose Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, since I enjoyed Oryx and Crake. Seven Japanese Tales also looks good, having recently read a good collection of Japanese fiction myself.

I'd recommend the book I just finished, The Rhetoric of Fiction, which has given me a broader appreciation for fiction in general both as a reader and would-be author.

form Cecrows library I would choose The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Aw, Cecrow, don't be intimidated; mine is actually a fake (virtual) library, assembled from LT recommendations. Some people play fantasy football; I've a fantasy library. I probably own about 50% of those listed. LTers have great taste in books!

From dreamer's library, I'm thinking The Chemistry of Death. I don't read much of the ol' crime/murder/mystery genre.

But I happen to be, right now. I'm just finishing Inherent Vice. It's pretty accessible, for Pynchon. On this book, Pynchon is Christopher Moore, Tony Hillerman and James Joyce all rolled into one.

I'd recommend that.

From Sandydog's library I have chosen From a view to a Death by Anthony Powell because I enjoyed Powell's Dance to the Music of Time.

From my own libray I high recommend The Girl from Foreign by Sadia Shepard a fascinating look at the Bene Israel of India and the life of the author's grandmother.

I'd like to try The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy from nzurisana's library.

From mine I recommend The Housekeeper and the Professor, about an unlikely friendship that arises between mother, son and a memory-impaired professor.

From jnwelch's library I'd pick Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope.

From my own I'd recommend The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I re-read it earlier this year. It remains one of my all time favourites.

Oops! I'd kinda forgotten about this thread.

From Porua's library I'm going to select The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Would be good to see what all th efuss is about.

From my own I'd recommend The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss. A fun romp set in Edwardian times.

From Wolfy's library, I've checked out Birthday Stories.

From mine, I'd suggest the creepy, unforgettable dystopian travelogue, The Road.

I too, keep losing track of this thread. Since I just recently read and loved The Road, I decided to choose Daniel Boone: the opening of the wilderness by John Mason Brown. This is a person and time period that I am very interested in.

From my library I would like to recommend Follow The River by James Alexander Thom, which also takes place on the American Frontier. An excellent story about a women who, taken captive, escapes from the Indians and makes her way alone across the wilderness, trying to find her way home.

That sounds good, and I'll join it with a try at the Bill Slider Omnibus by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, a set of British mysteries featuring this inspector.

From mine I recommend Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins, high quality and accessible poetry, often humorous.

Any number of selections are possible but I'm going to pick The Sandman Vol.1: Preludes and Nocturnes. As from today it looks like I'm going to be picking up more graphic novels and this is more than a likely candidate for the wishlist.

Why as from today I hear you ask? Well, Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One arrived this morning and I couldn't wait to dive in. I have no qualms at all about recommending this title from mine.

From AHS-Wolfy's library I'd pick Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.

From my own library I'd pick Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I don't hesitate to call Emily Brontë one of my favourite authors based on just this one novel.

Wodehouse is such jolly good fun.

From Porua's collection I chose The Name of the Rose.

I'm currently reading Gargantua and Pantagruel. I'd suggest that.

From Sandydog1's library I selected At Home by Bill Bryson, since I haven't read him lately.

From mine, I recommend The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow

Having enjoyed other P.D. James mysteries, I'll pick Private Patient from booklady's library.

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa from mine is a light, enjoyable novel with a main character worth emulating.

I'm afraid this game will get lost, so I'll try again.

In addition to A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, I'll recommend The Hunger Games trilogy, culminating in Mockingjay.

Since I've read and loved The Hunger Games (on Joe's rec), and I am already planning to read A Guide To the Birds of East Africa in the near future, my eye was caught by A Separate Peace by John Knowles as I scanned his well-stocked library. Looks like a very good book and one that I would love to read.

From my library, I would like to recommend The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard. This is the first book in a 4 part chronicle following the many members of a British family as they keep the home fires burning during World War II.

From jnwelch's library I have chosen Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. I also agree with jnwelch that A Guide to the Birds of East Africa is a delightful novel.

From my own library I highly recommend The Girl from Foreign by Sadia Shepard. It is the story of the author's search to connect with the Bene Israel of India, the Jewish community into which her beloved grandmother was born and raised, but which she left after marriage to a Muslim. It is a fascinating memoir.

I see DeltaQueen responeded to jnwelch before I did. So from her library I will choose The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.

Again, from my own library I recommend The Girl from Foreign by Sadia Shepard.

From nzurisana's library I'll pick The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.

From my own library I'd recommend a wonderful collection of short stories by Edith Wharton called Tales of Men and Ghosts.

Yay! Good to see this back up and running.

From Porua's group of "standout books" I'll borrow 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie, one of the Dame's books that I either haven't read or read so darn long ago that the title only rings a distant bell.

From mine I'll recommend Britten and Brulightly by Hannah Berry, an unusual noir graphic novel, her first one.

Edited to try to fix the wonky touchstones.

#57 The title to 4.50 from Paddington has been changed at least twice. 4.50 from Paddington is the British title of it. In the US it was published as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! A paperback edition by Pocket Books in 1963 changed the title to Murder, She Said to tie in with the feature film of the same name. Maybe any of these titles rings a bell for you. :-)

Ah, thanks, Porua! I have indeed read it as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw - but it's been a long time, so I'll look forward to the re-read.

From JNWelch's library, I picked Pompeii by Robert Harris. It's on my wishlist.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote would be my choice from BlackSheepDances' library. It would also be my first foray into true crime.

From my own I'd suggest The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. A classic science fiction re-working of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Love The Stars My Destination (one of my favorite sci-fis ever), and The Count of Monte Cristo, too!

From Dave's library I'll try the highly rated Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre, who would be a new author for me.

From JnWelch, I've selected Gang Leader for a Day.

From my library, I'd suggest Mr. Roberts.

Today from Sandydog's library I would like to select Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. I choose this book both because of positive reviews here on LT and also because I have a slightly twisted mind.

From my library I would like to recommend an oldie, Forever Amber by Kathleen Windsor, a light-hearted romp through the Restoration Period of Charles II. I remember when this book was considered quite risque and when I first read it as a teenager, I wrapped it in a plain brown wrapper!

From Judy's library I'll select The 47 Ronin by John Allyn, historical fiction from a place and time that fascinates me.

From mine I'll recommend The Blue Star by Tony Earley, the well done sequel to Jim the Boy.

From jnwelch's library I'll pick Complete Poems and Plays T.S. Eliot.

From my own library I'll pick A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, a wonderfully complex book. I read and reviewed it last year.

from porua's I've selected The Willow in the Wind

from my own I suggest The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel, the most powerful book about holocaust I've ever read

I see that grelobe has added The Man Who Fell to Earth to the collection recently. It would be good to read the source of the movie so I'll pick that one.

My own recommendation would be The Moon is a Harsh Mistress which happens to be my favourite Heinlein book.

How can I resist! I have to pick Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. It's been a while since I read any of the Jeeves series. I am just about ready to read a good humour book.

From my library...The Case Against Owen Williams by Allan Donaldson si one that I read recently and loved it. If you enjoy a good mystery I recomment you get this book.

From Callmejacx's library I have chosen The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. She has rated it highly, and I know it on my wishlist. It sounds intriguing.

From my library I would like to recommend Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst. It's set in the year leading up to the start of WW II and involves Hungarian patriots. Reading his books is like being dropped into a 1940's black and white film, he captures the dark, romantic European mood perfectly.

From DeltaQueen50's library I'd pick Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons.

In honour of Halloween I’d like to recommend some classic horror, Dracula from my own collection.

blame on me I haven't read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

from my library The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G Farrell a really peculiar novel about people behaviour in really stressful condition

From grelobe's library that is chock full of interesting, and some really peculiar :-), books, I'll sit down with Chronicles of a Death Foretold, a Gabriel Garcia Marquez I haven't read.

From mine I'll offer Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia, a poetic novel of generations of a Cuban family before and after the revolution.

Hoping the touchstones work.

Nope, they're still asleep this morning.

From jnwelch's library, I'd choose My Antonia.

As for my library, I'd suggest The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.

I didn't have to search very long to find 100 One Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide by David C Major, it is a book that Sandydog has recently added. It sounds like the perfect book to have sitting on my bedside table.

From my library, I would like to offer Whistling In the Dark by Leslie Kagen, both as an excellent mystery story and a time capsule of growing up in the late 1950's.

my reading tastes don't match up very well with deltaqueen50's but i chose my life in france by julia child because i think julia is outrageous.

at last a new entry :) welcome Werdfert

I start picking from your library The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Shbosky

from mine I propose

Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr a little cozy gem story about two rather different cultures comparing to each other

i forgot to suggest something from my library... underground is a really interesting true story about subway attacks in tokyo.

From grelobe's library I choose Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

From my own I'd recommend Under the Red Robe by Stanley J. Weyman. It was one of my top favourites last year. It is so unlike anything I normally read but it was surprisingly refreshing and I really enjoyed it.

From Porua's library, I would choose Eragon; I've meant to read this series for some time, but no longer own it (it belonged to my ex) and haven't gotten around to picking up or borrowing a copy.

From my library, I'd suggest Foundling by D.M. Cornish. The series hasn't gotten as much attention as I think it deserves, given the beautiful use of language and the completeness of the world Cornish has created.

From aglaia's library I would pick Flowers for Algernon as it's something I've almost picked up a few times and probably will at some point.

My own recommendation would be A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre. Not only is it a fun title but it's a very good read as well.

From AHS-Wolfy's library I'd like to read Nice Girls Finish Last by Sparkle Hayter because it sounds like it's right up my alley. I'm a Stephanie Plum (a Janet Evanovich series) fan and the character in Sparkle Hayter's series sounds just as edgy and fun.

(AHS-Wolfy, I liked your recommendation from your library as well...that's going on my list too!)

My recommendation would be Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger because there really wasn't a story in there that I didn't find to be both extremely well written and clever. The symbolism that he embeds into his writing is pretty incredible.

Loved Nine Stories; ' particularly loved 'Bananafish!

From cmitch's library, I picked Here If You Need Me: A Memoir.

From mine, I'd suggest something for these cold New England nights, Tropical Nature.

Haven't read enough Graham Greene, so I'll pick The Quiet American from sandydog1's library.

From mine I recommend Walter Mosley's Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, with its tough main character who tries to redeem himself under difficult circumstances.

once I used to be a Walter Mosley fan, but I think I haven't read The Long Fall so that's my choice

from my library I selected to your attention

1933 Was a Bad Year by John Fante

Trapped in a small town in 1933, 17-year-old Dominic yearns to fulfil his own dreams of becoming a sports hero. He struggles though, against the wishes of his Italian parents who want him to go into the family business.

Uhm, it's been a while. So, I decided to once again roam the stacks of Grelobe's library. Among an excellent collection of memoirs, I found a book from my library, that I have not yet read, but really want to!
The Innocents Abroad

As for me, I just concentrated, and sweated and bulled-through The Ambassadors. Not since Nostromo or at least the first one-third of Conrad's novel, have I had so much trouble with comprehension. 'Good excercise!

So, try The Ambassadors. Take your time.

Nice to see A Guide to the Birds of East Africa in Sandydog1's library. Because I've a strenuous need to avoid good mental exercise, I'll have to wait to read The Ambassadors. I think I could handle Wallace Stegner though, and therefore pick Angle of Repose.

From mine I recommend the light and entertaining new Inspector Montalbano mystery, The Track of Sand, or the first in the series, The Shape of Water, if you've never read Andrea Camilleri.

From jnwelch’s library I’d pick Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. I’ve seen the movie and have (shamefully) not read the book yet.

From my own library I’d recommend Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. This one is definitely not just another spy thriller.

From Porua's library I will choose Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman.

From my own I would recommend Another fine Myth by Robert Asprin. While Terry Pratchett usually takes the plaudits for humorous fantasy, I prefer the earlier books in the Myth series. Pratchett probably has funnier one-liners but Asprin develops the funnier situations imo.

I was sniffing around the wolfy's den and stumbled upon A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away.

From my dog house, I'd recommend the slow-paced, fast-read, lyrical, simple, poignant, Cry, the Beloved Country.

I LOVED the two non-fiction books I've read by the Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk, but I stll have not read even one of the several books of FICTION he's written.

BTW, I've seen him in person, and he's swell.

I LOVED the two non-fiction books I've read by the Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk, but I stll have not read even one of the several books of FICTION he's written.

BTW, I've seen him in person, and he's swell.

From Sandydog's library I have chosen The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn.

From my library I highly recommend Arriana Huffington's Third World America.

In nzurisana's library is one I hadn't heard of, Miss Mole by E.H. Young; it sounds great, so that's my pick.

From mine, I'll recommend Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 1, the first in a graphic series featuring Francine and Katchoo.

I always enjoy poking around Joe's library and as we are experiencing a heavy (for the West Coast) snowfall here today, I picked Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. This is a book I have planned to read and never quite seem to get to it.

From my library, I decided to recommend an intense action-adventure thriller. Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter certainly kept me on the edge of my seat!

I would choose The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon from DeltaQueen's library. Nice library!

From my library, I would recommend The Case of Emily V

from thebeadden really motley library, since my daughter is a cub I selected Tenderfoot to Queen's Scout
by The Canadian General Council Of The General Council Of The Boy Scouts Association , even I doubt I will ever get hold of it.

from my own I suggest a fascinating essay about a lost map

The Fourth Part of the World: The epic story of history's greatest map by Toby Lester

From grelobe's library I'd pick My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.

From my own I'd recommend Agatha Christie: An Autobiography.

As Porua knows, I'm an Agatha Christie fan, so I'll pick A Caribbean Mystery, which has 4 stars. I was a wee lad when I last read that one, so I'll look forward to a re-read.

From mine I'll offer Ken Bruen's The Guards, the first in a mystery series set in Galway featuring Jack Taylor. Jack takes a bit of getting used to, at least he did for me, but it's worth it.

# 99 Oh I meant to rate it 3 stars but I must have mistakenly rated it 4! Sorry for the misunderstanding!

No problem, Porua. I have fond memories of it anyway - hard to go too far wrong with Dame Agatha.

# 101 "...hard to go too far wrong with Dame Agatha."

So true!

*bump*

From jnwelch's library I'd pick Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.

From my own I'd recommend Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

From Porua's library I would love to try Parker Pyne Investigtes by Agatha Christie, I am a big fan of Miss Christie and this is one I haven't read yet.

From my library I picked an older book, published in 1936, Drums Along The Mohawk is a great historical novel about settlers living in the frontier in the early days of the Revolutionary War.

From Judy's library I pick Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell. I've liked others of his, and who can resist druids and Celts?

From mine I'll recommend Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, a verse story involving the wonders of poetry and the excitement of learning.

From jnwelch's library I would love to read Einstein's Dreams a book I don't own but almost bought last week.

From my library I highly recommend Montana 1948 by Larry Watson.

as soon as I finish what I' reading, The Coffee Trader by David Liss , good but not as good as I expected, I'm going to read Untold Stories by Alan Bennett so my natural choice from Nzurisana's library is Telling Tales

my suggestion from mine is:
The Innocent Abroad by Mark Twain, another one who knew how to tell stories

I adore cozy mysteries, so out of grelobe's library I'd like to try Death on the Family Tree by Patricia Sprinkle. I actually think I may read that next! It seems different then the "typical" cozy mystery. It seems like many cozies are the same story just tweaked here and there. Yet this is intriguing, and sounds promising!!

My suggestion from my library would be Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult. I'm not sure if a lot of you would be interested in such a book, but I was captured by it and found it to be extremely haunting and real. Perhaps it's because I grew up in the time of Columbine, but it just really made an impact.

From cmitch0320's library I'd pick To Kill a Mockingbird.

From my own I'd recommend, A House to Let, an unusual collaborative effort from the great Victorian authors Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins and Adelaide Anne Procter.

I'd select What Maisie Knew, from Porua's library.

I just finished Invisible Man. I'd recommend that.

From Sandydog's library I know I would love reading The English Teacher by R. K. Narayan. a writer I have enjoyed in the past.

Staying with Indian authors, from my library I recommend Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri.

From nzurisana's library I'd like to try One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, who is a new author for me.

From mine I recommend The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot, a graphic novel about overcoming sexual abuse that weaves in Beatrix Potter's life and stories.

From jnwelch's extensive library I have chosen Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh.

From my library I recommend The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson by Frances Brent, a moving story of survival.

Another easy one. From nzurisana, I've selected Two Coots in a Canoe.

I loved Good Dirt from the same author. At the risk of being un-original, I would suggest that.

From Sandydog1's library I would pick The Culture of Make Believe
by Derrick Jensen

From mine I would recommend Great Government Goofs: Over 350 Loopy Laws, Hilarious Screw-Ups and Acts-Idents of Congress by Leland Gregory

I've got a son who will eat up Great Government Goofs!

From thebeadden's library I'll pick A Distant Mirror, Barbara W. Tuchman's book about the 14th century.

From mine I recommend Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, a YA novel involving an unbalanced teenager, lots of music, and the French Revolution, among other things.

Edited to fix touchstone

I just HAD to respond to this, because Revolution is what I am going to read next! I've been wanting to read it for such a long time, because I love Jennifer Donnelly and the whole plot and concept of the book is right up my alley.

But since I think it might be against the rules to choose what you recommended, I'll choose And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.

Along the same lines then, I'd recommend A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. I know it's classified as a young adult novel, but I don't truly consider it to be one. I believe it's beautifully written, and it captivates the reader in a way that's incredibly memorable.

From InfectiousOptimist's library I would like to choose Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. I have heard good things about it.

From my library I would like to recommend The True Story of Hansel and Gretel. Set in Poland during WWII it blends the fairy tale with the Polish Resistance very effectively.

**I too want to read Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly soon!

From among DeltaQueen's many mysteries, I know I would enjoy reading Ruth Rendell'sPut on by Cunning, part of the Inspector Wexford series.

From my library, I highly recommed Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel.

How could I ever pass up Teddy Bear Stories for Grown-ups by Catherine Taylor? A collection of short stories. I have a strong feeling I would like this book.

From my collection...ummmm... I haven't a clue. You know what you like...you pick.

following my memoir mood reading my choice is The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father by James Wight

my suggestion
The Coffee Trader by David Liss, about how early in the 1600 coffee started flooding all around Europe and the futures' birth

From grelobe's library I have selected The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad which has been on my wish list for quite some time.

From my library I recommend Mark Salzman's The Soloist which explores, among several themes, the question of what it means to be an artist.

From nzurisana's library I will pick Out Stealing Horses by Per Pettersen. I've seen a couple of good reviews for this book and wouldn't mind checking it out for myself.

My own recommendation would be either of Alfred Bester's novels: The Demolished Man or The Stars My Destination.

I sniffed around all the Brookmyre books in Wolfy's library and chose Quite Ugly One Morning.

Switching gears, I'd recommend the terse, violent, action packed allegory of declining morals in America, No Country for Old Men.

From among Sandydog's books tagged Africa, I have chosen Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman.

From my library of books tagged Africa, I highly recommend The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa.

I'm intrigued by nzurisna suggestion so I'll put right away The Book of Chameleons on my TBR

too lazy to leave the contintent I propose

Nowhere in Africa: An Autobiographical Novel by Stefanie Zweig

From grelobe's collection of memoirs I have chosen Love in the Driest Season by Neely Tucker.

From my library I recommend An African Season by Leonard Levitt, a memoir of the author's teaching experience in Tanzania.

From the library of nzurisana, Moo.

From mine, Dispatches.

From Sandydog1's I'd pick Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions by Christian Lander.

From my own I'd recommend The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge.

From Porua's library I have selected What Maisie Knew by Henry James.

From my library I recommend Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon and Rumer Godden.

From Nzurisana's library I would choose Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. I just finished a YA by her and loved it, Daughter of Fortune was recommended to me.

If you are in the mood for a good fantasy read, I would recommend The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay from my library. A great read.

I do want to read more of GGK's work but I'll need to finish the Fionavar trilogy first so I'm going to pick Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt from DQ's library.

From my own I'd suggest The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway. A post-apocalyptic book which features ninjas and pirates can't be all bad, can it?

I am going to go with The Hunt for Red October from AHS-Wolfy's library. It is my bf favourite movie.

I would recommend my favourite read of 2010 The Manufactured Identity

From marce's library I've chosen Blindness.

Let's stick with happy, upbeat stories (lol...)

From my library, I'd suggest The Aquariums of Pyongyang

I'm always on the look-out for classics that fit my reading mood, and Stephen Mitchell's translation of the Bhagavad Gita is my pick from Sandydog1's library. I like Mitchell's Tao Te Ching a lot.

From my library I recommend The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason, a well-written set of "what if?" stories based on Homer's famous work (and also the Iliad).

can't get the touchstone to work for Bhagavad Gita up above.

From jnwelch's list of favorite books read in 2010 I have chosen Daddy-Long-Legsby Jean Webster.

From my library I highly recommend Peter Godwin's When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, a beatifully written, heartbreaking memoir of one family's struggle living under the increasingly repressive government of Zimbabwe under Mugabe.

From Nzurisana's library I have chosen The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

From my library I recommend Don't Blink by James Patterson.

From tabitha6's library, I'm tempted by the Odd Thomas books, which I've enjoyed, but I've read them. When is he coming out with a new one?

I'll pick The Portrait of a Lady - at some point I probably should read more Henry James.

From mine I'll recommend Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor.

Joe,

Were we seperated at birth? Your library is of extreme interest to me. From jnwelch, I've chosen Beowulf on the Beach.

From mine, I'd suggest Einstein: His Life and Universe.

Hah! Maybe so, Steve (did I get that right?). I return the compliment. You've got a bunch that I'd like a look at (how was Thank You and Okay?), but I'll let someone else make a play.

Having probably thoroughly confused every one, I'll go ahead and pick. I already snuck out a copy of Thank You and Okay, so from Sandydog1's library I pick The Red and the Black by Stendhal, one I've been thinking of reading for a while now.

From my own I recommend The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, an amazing true story of a boy overcoming deprivation in southeast Africa and by self-education bringing electricity to his village.

From Joe's library I have chosen one of his favorite reads of 2010, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. It's already on my wishlist and I hope I get to it sometime soon.

Staying with the Viet Nam war, I would like to recommend one of my favorite books of 2010, Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Simply an excellent read.

So many to tempt me but I've finally picked out The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley from DQ's library.

From mine, how about The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Viktor Pelevin?

Well, this is a no-brainer, Wolfy; I've selected The Man Who Lives with Wolves.

Us kin have to stick together.

I know Hemingway gets beatin's from members of LT. But from my library, I'd suggest The Sun Also Rises.

Jumping on the train here!

From Sandy's library I chose The Book on the Bookshelf. It sounds interesting.

From my own library, I would recommend Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's one of my favorite novels ever.

There's been a lot of discussion of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan on LT recently, and owltype gives it 5 stars, so I pick that one.

From mine I recommend Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, a surprisingly enjoyable read that reminded me that, despite the difficulties we face, life is magical. This is one I never would have thought of reading but for LTers recommending it.

From jnwelch's library I have chosen Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl a book I have seen mentioned quite a bit recently on LT.

From my library I highly recommend The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik.

From nzurisana, I've selected American Prometheus. Malcom Gladwell had some things to say about this strange character Oppie.

Everybody's busy with their own reading, so I'll keep it short. From my library, I'll suggest the too-charming-for-your-own-good, 84 Charing Cross Road.

From Sandydog1's library I will have to pick Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy. I have heard so much about this man and have yet to read anything by him. I think it is about time.

From my library I think everyone ought to read, The Wrecked, Blessed body of Shelton Lafleur by John Gregory Brown It has been the best book I read this year.

from Callmejack's library intrigues me Pincher Martin by William Goldings

from my own library I propose The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by George Simenon.
it is not a Maigret story, also if a murder is involved.
G.Simenon was a great novelist and storyteller ,imho, it's a pity most people think about him only as Maigret-police-story writer
He wrote a lot of novels each one of them worth reading

I read many Maigret mysteries when I was young, but like so many that's all I know if his.

From grelobe's library I'll pick George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London, one I've always meant to read.

From mine I recommend To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield: great old-fashioned storytelling, set a boys' school in rural England during the world wars, with a surprising amount of romance in it.

Down and Out in Paris and London is superb. You may not want to patronize restaurants for a while afterwards, however.

From jnwelch, I've selected Buddha for Beginners.

From mine, I heartedly recommend A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

put Stop-Time: a memoir by Frank Conroy in my wishlist-memoir

I suggest Gertruda's Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II by Ram Oren

It's easy to get lost in grelobe's library but I'll take a break by picking out If on a Winter's Night a Traveler.

Perdido Street Station was the 2nd 5 star read of the year for me so I'll suggest that from mine.

From Wolfy's collection, I've selected Monkey, and tossed it unceremoniously upon my ridiculous TBR pile.

From mine, I'd suggest The View from Lazy Point.

From Sandydog1's library I'd choose The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. I've read some of his short stories and liked them. I need to read more books by him.

From my own library I'd recommend Detective Stories, a compilation of detective short stories starting from the vintage to the contemporary, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Andrew Vachss. I really liked it when I read it earlier this year.

I knew I could go to Porua's library and find an Agatha Christie that I haven't read yet. I've chosen Thirteen Problems which features one of my all time favorite characters, Jane Marple.

From my library I would like to recommend Mudbound by Hilary Jordan. This was a recent five star read for me, about two families - one black, one white - set in the days of Jim Crow immediately following World War II. A riveting read.

Going through DeltaQueen's library I came across Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin which I would love to read and add to my African collection.

From my library I highly recommend Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I recently read it for my local library's monthly book discussion and all agreed it was one of the best books covered in recent years.

from nzurisana's I was attracted by Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town by Michael Rips
since I'm Italian I've always been curious how foreigners depict us

from my own library I propose an humor coming of age novel
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman by Bruce Robinson

I always enjoy searching grelobe's library from which I have chosen Gertruda's Oath by Ram Oren.

From my library I would like to suggest the autobiography A Life of Her Own by Emilie Carles (1900-1979), a French women born into a poor and isolated peasant community who was determined to become a teacher. The story of her life is quite an adventure, not only as a teacher, but as a wife, feminist, pacifist, political activist and farmer.

From nzurisana's library I'll pick English Country House Murders: Classic Crime Fiction of Britain's Upper Crust by Thomas Godfrey. This is just my kind of book.

From my own I'd recommend a psychological thriller I recently finished, The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen.

Ninth Life of Louis Drax looks like a good one! I'll remember it.

I'll pick Goodbye, Mr. Chips from Porua's library. She gives it a very positive review, and I recently enjoyed the tale of another British schoolmaster in To Serve Them All My Days.

From mine I'll recommend Divergent by Veronica Roth, a really good YA dystopian novel - if you liked The Hunger Games, you're likely to like this one; if you didn't, it's probably not for you.

From jnwelch's library I have chosen The Baron and the Tree by Italo Calvino. I have yet to read anything by this author, but I have heard nothing but good things about him. The reviews of this book are certainly inviting.

From my library, although I still have about 50 pages left to read, I recommend Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It is one of those books that has forced me to think and rethink about decisions I have made in my own life.

from nzurisana's library I selected The Invisible Line:Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White by Daniel J. Sharfstein

I propose a book about a man who chose to do the same journey but the other way around He was white with blond hair and blue eye, and chose to be perceived as black, late in the '800. Name's Clarence King and the book title's Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line by Martha A. Sandweiss

Passing Strange looks fascinating.

From massimo's library I pick The Moon is Down. I'm reading a different Steinbeck right now, and this one just got a good LT review.

From mine I recommend The Complete Essex County by Jeff Lemire, a very novel-esque graphic novel about a fictional community in Ontario.

by jnwelch 's library I chooseTwice Shy by Dick Francis

from mine I propose Headlong by Michael Frayn where arts ,fun and a bit of mystery are all weavened as a whole

After looking at the books grelobe has listed as favorites, I am choosing A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark.

From my library I am recommending The Oxford Murders by the Argentinian writer Guillermo Martinez. This is a well-crafted mystery, with many twists and turns. And while there is some mathematics involved as two mathematicians try to solve the puzzle of several deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer illustrating a mathematical theorem, this should not be a reason to stay away from this gem of a book. The math is not that difficult to follow and appreciate. The translator, Sonia Sota, has done a wonderful job making this work available in English.

A book I keep meaning to pick up but never seem to get round to is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. So I will choose that from nzurisana.

From my own I will suggest Dead Famous by Ben Elton. Imo, he's a far better writer than comedian.

I choose Perdido Street Station, because I've heard so many good things about China Mieville.

From my library I strongly recommend At Swim-Two-Birds

From @naglfar's library, I'd probably be most curious to finally get down to read Kafka on the shore or some work by José Saramago, though the SF classics I haven't read yet would be a nice fit too.

From my library I'd recommend The fifth head of Cerberus to anyone who's maybe not quite into SF but will read those authors that lean heavily into SF/F territory even if they won't admit it (Atwood...).

So many tempting choices in @Jarandel's library. And even a few I could easily find in my neck o' the woods! I'm torn between Umberto Eco, Emile Zola, Marvin Kaye, and Robert Silverberg. Whichever I find first. But I'll be aiming for The World Inside by Silverberg first.

From my library, I recommend Unwind by Neal Shusterman, or The Tunnel by the late Ernesto Sabato.

(Hi @girlfromshangrila! :) )

We both have similar tastes (and our libraries are similar sizes as well) so it's always fun to sift through @girlfromshangrila's library. I would most likely choose Water for Elephants. Can you believe I haven't read it yet?

From my library, I'd recommend Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. She's an amazing author. I discovered her through her YA book, A Northern Light and have been hooked ever since.

>174 InfectiousOptimist:: Hey IO! =) Glad to see you around. I'm composing a private message for you on Water for Elephants right now. ;-)

End of thread-kidnapping. Carry on. XD

Lots of great YA in InfectiousOptimist's library. I have chosen The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. I've heard good things about this one. and if would fit into the next month's theme of the 1960's for the Reading Through Time Challenge.

From my library I would like to recommend The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard. This is the first book in her Cazalet Series that follows a British family through the years of World War II. She includes plot lines for every generation from grandparents, through to brothers, sisters and grandchildren. A wonderful series, also a pretty good mini-series made for PBS a few years ago.

Woo, The Light Years sounds right up my alley. I'll be looking for it. From Judy's huge collection of interesting historical fiction, I'll pick A Cafe on the Nile. I read its predecessor, The White Rhino Hotel, recently, and enjoyed it.

From mine I'll offer Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, a beautifully written book set in 1850s+ New Mexico.

I could easily get lost in @jnwelch's library. So many books in there I am certain to enjoy! But I've been neglecting my Classics lately, so I'll take this chance to pick up The Catcher in the Rye, which for some reason, I have never read.

From mine I recommend The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, since it's about readers and non-readers bonding over books, and all. ;-)

selected from girlfromshangrila's library and already ordered from amazon.it Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

I suggest Right and Left and The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth

From Grelobe's "beloved ones" I've selected Death in the Afternoon.

As for my library, I heartily recommend Fidelity: Five Stories. It was my first and only Wendell Berry, and I'll definitely seek out his others.

From Sandydog's library I would love to read Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

From my library, I highly recommend Rebecca Makkai's delightful debut novel The Borrower.

From nzurisana's library I'd pick The Portable Oscar Wilde.

From my own library I'd recommend Very Good, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.

I loved @Porua's library! I love that it's small, like mine, but full of so many great reads. I'm interested in so many books from Porua's library, but I'd probably choose Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie.

From my library I'd recommend Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

# 183 Hi! Thanks for liking my library. I appreciate it. :-)

I researched this author and there is an investigation about how true his facts are in his memoir. I don't want to color your choices, but I thought you might like to know this before reading this heartbreaking story.

if i may, from brnoze's library, i would pick The absolutely true diary of a part-time indian by sherman alexie

from sarahy's I pick I am The Messenger by Markus Zusak

I propose I'm not Scared by Nicolò Ammaniti

After looking through grelobe's library once again, this time I am choosing Don't let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller. I recently read Fuller's Scribbling the Cat and am eager to know more of her work.

From my library I highly recommend The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai. Rebecca was my daughter's college roommate, and an incident that happened to my daughter has been worked into this novel.

>187 grelobe:- grelobe, you actually should read that! it is amazing!

From the library of nzurisana, I've plucked Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc.

From mine, I'd suggest Bound to Please. I do love those books about books...

From Steve's impressive collection of nature books, I pick The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen, one I've thought about reading many times.

From mine I recommend Matterhorn, a gripping novel about the Vietnam War.

From @jnwelch's library, which seems to cater specifically to my tastes, I pick The Maze Runner, by James Dashner. It sounds absolutely perfect for me.

From mine I recommend Wintergirls, an intense YA novel by the talented Laurie Halse Anderson.

From girlfromshangrila's library I am tempted by Elizabeth Gaskell's North and south.

From my library I recommend Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.

From nzurisana's library I'd pick Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins.

From my own I'd recommend Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, which I recently re-read and liked a lot.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Mistress and Rebecca are two of my top reads in recent times.

From @Porua's library I pick The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, which I've been thinking about reading for some time. I'll check at the local going-out-of-business Borders to see whether it's still on the shelves.

From mine I recommend Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, a novel about a remarkable immigrant from Hong Kong that reads like a memoir and supposedly mirrors the author's life in many ways.

From @jnwelch's library (to which I wish I had physical access as well so I could get lost in the endless rows of marvelous books I am sure to enjoy), I pick The Age of Innocence, which has been in my TBR pile forever.

From mine I recommend Emma by Jane Austen, which is always worth a return visit. =)

Shame on me I haven't ever read Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, that's why I picked from girlfromshangrila's favorites

I propose Wait Until Spring Bandini by John Fante. It is about how an Italian family who had moved to america in the '20, fared

From grelobe's library Shaking the Family Tree by Buzzy Jackson looks interesting.

From my own I'd recommend Seize the Day by Saul Bellow.

From Porua's library I choose The Wind in the Willows, a book I've wanted to read for a long time.

From my own I recommend Watchmen. Yes, I know it's a graphic novel. Get over it and enjoy one of the great works of art of the 20th century. :)

(Did I do that right?)

Yes, you did do that right, Art. And Watchmen is a good one.

From Art's library, I pick The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, a classic sci-fi book that I've never read.

From mine I recommend The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan, a surprisingly (to me) good read featuring "Marlowe" in a noirish werewolf throwdown.

From @jnwelch's library, of which I am a long-standing fan, I pick Marcelo in the Real World.

From mine I recommend The Decapitated Chicken and other stories by Horacio Quiroga, a series of short, creepy stories I loved in my teens.

From girlfromshangrila's library, I have chosen Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.
From mine I recommend Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon,

From brnoze's library I have chosen Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan.

From my library I recommend John Fante's Wait Until Spring , Bandini.

From my "neighbor" nzurisana, I've picked Running in the Family.

I will recommend Beryl Marham's memoir, West With the Night, A real gem.

Wait Until Spring Bandini looks interesting. I've not read any John Fante.

From @nzurisana's wide-ranging library I pick A Cafe on the Nile. I enjoyed The White Rhino Hotel by the same author, and this one keeps getting plaudits on LT.

From mine I recommend Lost in Shangri-La, a true story well-told.

From Joe's library I will pick Britten and Brulightly as a noir mystery in graphic novel form sounds good.

From my own I'll suggest Rapture by David Sosnowski. Part fantasy, part satirical social commentary and part love story, this book is a very clever debut offering. Very imaginative and easy to read.

From AHS-Wolfy's library, I would pick The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson as I have already read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and it was pretty good.

From my library, I would recommend The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (a graphic novel which is easy to read after you get used to it) and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Two of my very favorites about Middle Eastern culture.

I was tempted to pick The Last Good Kiss, a modern noir, from @fantine6's library, but I already have it. I'll pick The Alchemist's Daughter by Katherine McMahon, which looks like a well done historical novel.

From mine, I recommend Cry, the Beloved Country, which I unexpectedly found quite beautiful and moving.

From jnwelch's library I'd pick Beowulf on the Beach by Jack Murnighan.

From my own I'd recommend one of my all time favourites, the hilarious The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

From Porua's library, Goodbye Mr. Chips called out to me today. I read Lost Horizon last year and really liked it, so would like to read another James Hilton book.

From my library I would like to recommend Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson. About WW I pilots, the book reminded me a lot of one of my favorite old movies "The Dawn Patrol". Very British stiff upper lip while inside they are being driven mad by the stress and tensions of war.

From Deltaqueen, I've selected War of the Rats.

Feel ambitious? From mine, may I suggest The Magic Mountain?

From Sandydog, I'm going with Flight MapS Adventures with Nature In Modern America
by Jennifer Price.

I'd like to recommend So Many Enemies, So Little Time: an American Woman in All the Wrong Places by Elinor Burkett. Its Burketts story of spending a year teaching journalism in the former Soviet Union and one of my all time favorites. I was fascinated by the thinking of students in a collectivistic society as the author compared that to the more individualist thinking in the U.S. I found it to be a fascinating read.

Wow talk about a day late and a dollar short.........is the book that we recommend supposed to just be one we like, or are we specifically recommending to the person from whom we are taking a title.

Love this thread!

Of Wolves and Men by Barry Holstun Lopez was on my radar back in 2009 for my category challenge. I never got around to picking that one up but it's still something I wouldn't mind reading at some point so that will be my selection from @mkboylan's library.

From my own I would suggest classic sci-fi horror The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

@mkboylan, My own recommendation's are just a general pointer to books that I've enjoyed. I'm not even sure when we added this secondary part to the game.

Since I am reading and enjoying The Chrysalids right now, I might just be ready for another John Wyndham shortly. But first I would like to chose Britten & Brulightly from Dave's library. I have heard great things about this graphic.

From my library I would like to recommend In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Doug Stanton. A absolutely unforgettable account of that ship's demise during World War II.

Small world - I loved Of Wolves and Men, and was just looking at The Day of the Triffids, which I've never read. I'm a big fan of Britten and Brulightly. I saw a report on tv a couple of years ago about the USS Indianapolis and the scapegoating of the captain, and this account looks like a good one.

From Judy's library I pick The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson, the first in a series she has recommended to me.

From mine I suggest Blankets by Craig Johnson, an autobiographical graphic novel that deserves the awards and huzzahs it has gotten. It's also a fast read despite its chunkster appearance.

>213 mkboylan:

Welcome mk! The recommdation can go out to everyone, not necessarily the previous contributor.

From Joe's library, I've picked The Songlines.

from mine, I'd pick A Tramp Abroad.

From Sandydog1 I'd pick I & Dog by Monks of New Skete.

From my own I'd recommend The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

From Porua's library, I choose Gilead.

From my own, I would recommend Vintage Lopez.

from June's library , I pick The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow

from my own I propose Right and Left and The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth

Aw c'mon! This thread is way too cool to be languishing for 3 solid weeks! Grelobe has some killer titles among his favorites.

From Grelobe's stacks I've selected Barney's Version.

From my library, I'd suggest that classic harrowing adventure, We Die Alone

Hear, hear! Couldn't agree more, Steve.

From Steve's library I pick Angle of Repose, a book by Wallace Stegner that has been recommended to me. I've never read him before.

From mine I recommend 1Q84, Murakami's latest.

From jnwelch's library I'd pick Dissolution by C. J. Sansom.

From my own I'd recommend Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie.

From Porua's library I am attracted to The Penguin complete Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

From my library, I highly recommend There Is No Me without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children by Melissa Fay Greene.

I would like to try Saffron Dreams by Shaila Abdullah from Nzurisana's library, it sounds very interesting.

From my library, I would like to recommend Pretty Birds by Scott Simon, this book was one of my top reads of last year and tells the story of a young girl drawn into being a sniper during the conflict in Bosnia.

From DeltaQueen50's library I'd pick My Antonia by Willa Cather.

From my own I'd recommend The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith.

From Porua's library, I would choose Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I by Arthur Conan Doyle. I had no idea that they were all available in one (or two volumes, rather) collection!

From my own library, I would recommend Racing The Devil by Jaden Terrell. I got it through Early Reviewers and it was a pleasant surprise; it was really great.

Oh, this was a no-brainer for this old mortal, I've selected The Night Life of the Gods from 'Optimist's library.

From mine, I'll recommend the panoramic Dining with Al-Qaeda. It provides an adequate overview of the Middle East as well as a bit of insight on US public and political opinion.

From Sandydog1's library as a cat lover I'd pick The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat.

From my own I'd recommend the children's classic and my current read, The Railway Children.

There were many books from Porua library that I wanted to pick. First of all, just the other day, my husband told me about The Railway Children. There were books from authors I love that I haven't read but I wanted to pick a book whose author is unfamilier to me. It had to be A Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr. Definately going on my wish list.

I find it difficult to recommend just one book. I will leave that up to you.

I'm going to try Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger from jacx' library. Looks like a good suspense thriller that jacx thinks highly of.

From mine I'll recommend Wonder by R.J. Palacio, a good YA novel about a genetically disfigured boy.

From Joe's library, I've chosen There Are No Children Here.

From mine, how about The Short Stories of Saki.