I have sorted by categories but we could have a long discussion of when mystery crosses over into fiction and what constitutes a thriller rather than a mystery. (I just took the publisher’s word for it ) Non-fiction is pretty clear. But lots of excellent suggestions here – happy reading. Please share your lists. We can all use some ideas.
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title and author |
category |
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Me Before You Jojo Moyes |
fiction |
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*Wise Men Stuart Nadler |
fiction |
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*Cascade Maryanne O’hara |
fiction |
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A Possible Life Sebastian Faulks |
fiction |
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*The Book of Jonas Stephen Dau |
fiction |
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*Beside a Burning Sea John Shors |
fiction |
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*Mary Coin Marisa Silver |
fiction |
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*All the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini |
fiction |
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*The Daughter of Mars Thomas Keneally |
fiction |
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*The Girl You Left Behind Jojo Moyes |
fiction |
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**The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert |
fiction |
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*Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger |
fiction |
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*The Lemon Grove Ali Hosseini |
fiction |
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*The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope Martha Riley |
fiction |
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*The Son Philipp Meyer |
fiction |
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*The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells Andrew Sean Greer |
fiction |
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*The Road from Gap Creek Robert Morgan |
fiction |
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*Fugitive Colors Lisa Barr |
fiction |
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*One of Ours Willa Cather |
fiction (pulitizer prize winner) |
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*Snow White Must Die Nele Neuhaus |
mystery |
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*Bookman’s Tale:A Novel of Obsession Charles Lovett |
mystery |
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*Nine Dragons Michael Connelly |
mystery |
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*The Other Typist Suzanne Rindell |
mystery |
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Lost Light Michael Connelly |
mystery |
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*Blind Justice Anne Perry |
mystery |
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*The Last good Day Peter Blauner |
mystery |
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*The English Girl Daniel Silva |
mystery |
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*How the Light Gets In Louise Penny |
mystery |
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Prague Winter Marilyn Albright |
non-fiction |
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*Frozen in Time Mitchell Zuckoff – |
non-fiction |
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*The Lost City of Z David Grann (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*Judgment Ridge Mitchell Zuckoff (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*The spy who loved:the secrets and lives of Christine Granville Clare Mulley (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*Hellhound on his trail Hampton Sides (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*The Black Count Tom Reiss (nonfiction) |
non-fiction |
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*The Long Way Home David Laskin (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*The Avengers:A Jewish War Story Rich Cohen (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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**The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown (non-fiction) |
non-fiction |
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*Ghostman Roger Hobbs |
thriller |
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*The Andalucian Friend Alexander Sodenberg |
thriller |
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*Capital Punishment Robert Wilson |
thriller |
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*Tuesday’s Gone Nicci French |
thriller |
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*Murder as a Fine Art David Morrell |
thriller |
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*Creepers David Morrell |
thriller |
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Scavengers David Morrell |
thriller |
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*The Redeemer Jo Nesbo |
thriller |
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*Red Sparrow Jason Matthews |
thriller |
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*The Star of Istanbul Robert Olen Butler |
thriller |
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*Police Jo Nesbo |
thriller |
and a comment from Lynette – I left out a book that I read that is YA that I think is a good one- The Boy on the Wooden Box Leon Leyson – true story of a survivor of the Holocaust, one that Schindler saved.