5 Years of reading organized by category – certainly something for everyone.
WW II Non-fiction
*The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million Daniel Mendelsohn (non-fiction); amazing story
Marching Home Kevin Coyne (non-fiction)
Gertruda’s Oath; A child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape during WW II Ram Oren (non-ficiton)
*The Hare With Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal (non-fiction)
*Unbroken Lauren Hillenbrand (non-fiction), also wrote Seabiscuit *Any book by
*Lost in Shangri-La Mitchell Zuckoff (non-fiction)
*In the Garden of the Beasts Erik Larsen
*TheLady in Gold:the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece portrait of Adele Bloch_Bauer Ann-Marie O’Connor (non-fiction)
**The spy who loved:the secrets and lives of Christine Granville Clare Mulley (non-fiction)
*The Long Way Home David Laskin (non-fiction)
*The Avengers:A Jewish War Story Rich Cohen (non-fiction)
**The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown (non-fiction)
*The Boy on the Wooden Box Leon Leyson (Memoir)
*The family : three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century / David Laskin.
*The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter.
*Dancing With The Enemy: My family’s Holocaust Secret Paul Glasser (non-fiction)
American History
Sea Biscuit Laura Hillenbrand Non-fiction
*In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick (non-fiction); the best of his books
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Slacks Rebecca Skloot, non-fiction
*Thunderstruck Erik Larson non-fiction
*Isaac’s Storm Erik Larson non-ficiton
*The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson (non-fiction; quite an achievement)
*Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick (non-fiction)
*Rin Tin Tin Susan Orlean, non-fiction
*Destiny of the Republic Candice Millard (non-fiction) About President McKinley
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson (bio)
*Judgement Ridge Mitchell Zuckoff (non-fiction)
12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup (non-fiction, memoir)
*Hellhound on his trail Hampton Sides (non-fiction)
Memoirs
After Visiting Friends:a son’s story Michael Hainey (non-fiction)
The World’s Strongest Librarian Josh Hanagarne (nonfiction)
The Death of Santini Pat Conroy non-fiction/memoir
* I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai
*Wild Cheryl Strayed (non-fiction memoir)
*Eat Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert (non-fiction)
*The Dream, The Invisible Wall Harry Bernstein (non-fiction) Wrote 1st books in his 90’s! (Memoir)
The Golden Willow Harry Bernstein(non-fiction, memoir continued)
* Without a Map Meredith Hall (memoir)
*Townie Andre Dubus III (memoir)
*Yes Chef Marcus Samuellson (memoir)
Elsewhere Richard Russo (memoir)
*The End of Life Book Club Will Schwalbe (non-fiction)
*Extraordinary An End Of Life Story Without End Michele Tamren, Michael Wittner (very moving), non-fiction
Health/Psychology
The Magnesium Miracle Carolyn Dean (non-fiction)
*The Wishing Year: A House, A Man, A Soul Noelle Oxen Handler (non-fiction)
*The Inner Pulse Marc Siegel (non-fiction)
*Spontaneous Happiness Dr. Andrew Weil (non-fiction)
The Mind’s Eye Dr. Oliver Sacks (non-fiction)
* Brain on Fire – My Month Of Madness Susannah Cahalan (memoir
Miscellaneous
Longitude Dava Sobel (non-fiction)
*The Black Count Tom Reiss (nonfiction)
*Strength in What Remains, House, Soul of a New Machine, Home Town, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Non-fiction all by Tracy Kidder
The Man who Loved Books Too Much Allison Hoover Bartlett, non-fiction
Behind the beautiful forevers Katherine Boo (non-fiction)
The Swerve Steven GreenBlatt (non-fiction)
*The Lost City of Z David Grann (non-fiction)