Name a favorite book of yours that was NOT a bestseller and no one or hardly anyone has ever heard of or read. Something obscure.
Name a favorite book of yours that was NOT a bestseller and no one or hardly anyone has ever heard of or read. Something obscure.
Mine: The Remnant by Mary Lacroix
Unbury Carol. It is so unique!
After visits to Monticello and Montpelier last spring (and seeing this book in both gift shops), I asked for and received for Xmas “The Original Black Elite” by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor…cannot put it down!
When Mr dog bites by Brian Conaghan
Diary of a mad fat girl
I have this one, good to know!
@Mia , it will crack you up!
Inclined to Escape by Yuri Vetokhin
Blind your ponies
Thunder in Heaven by Armine von Tempski
FROM BROKEN GLASS by Steve Ross. This is one of the most powerful books I have read in YEARS!!! It is the account of a man who managed to survive the Holocaust and, come out the other side!!!
Not Your Average Nurse by Maggie Groff
Love and Gravity by Samantha Sotto
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
I have this one, need to read it!
@Susan read this in book club. Really liked it.
The Bookshop on the Corner By Jenny Colgan
I have that one and my daughter asked for several of hers for Christmas. I have read several already.
They are great! 🙂
I think this one is her best though!
I have this one!
Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. The writing is so amazing you tend to reread every other sentence, which is okay because you don’t want the book to end, anyway.
@Caroline Loved this book! Read it years ago but you are so right about the writing. I poked through the book, rereading the passages that I couldn’t get enough of!
@Caroline oh! I have it in my bookcase and haven’t read it yet! Now I’ll read it this year!
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
@Mia a favorite of mine!
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter And Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
Had it since middle school.
Jazz Palace by Mary Morris
The Hummingbird’s Daughter! My goodness that is a profound and gorgeous book!
The language of Flowers
I recommend this little gem of a book to everyone.
@Sandi author?
@Michelle – vanessa diffenbaugh
@Michelle Sorry, I can’t remember. Bet @Jeanann will know the author of Language of Flowers.
Forever Amber
One of my favorites!
@Nancy Do you remember the author?
Kathleen Winsor
@Nancy Thank you. I wonder if she wrote any other books. Will check it out.
Ghost Fox
Kitchens of The Great Midwest – I’m a chef, grew up in Minnesota so this book really “spoke” to me…am reading it again, as a matter of fact. Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton is also a great book about the inner workings of how it is to want your own restaurant and the true story of what it takes to actually attain the dream.
Come thou tortoise by Jessica Grant
Everything on a Waffle and If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince were favorites growing up
Life in a Jar. Non-fiction. An amazing story!! Thought about it for months after reading it.
Back Roads by Tawni O’Dell. Well, it was maybe a bestseller as it was an Oprah book. Let’s say One Of Us by the same author. Oh! Also, in a very different genre, Lord Of The Barnyard by Tristan Egolf.
He Could Be Another Bill Gates by Donna Levin.
An older book by Ken Grimwood called Replay ?
“The Ghattis Tale” by Gayle Greeno
(science fiction)
@Lenora ? sounds really good
How to be an Housewife and The Darkest Child can’t remember the authors but the darkest child was gutwrenching
Also Meg Cabot’s Vampire series Instiable and Overbite and definitely everything by JJ Murray he is a fictional Interracial romance author
Old World Wisconsin by Kathleen Ernst. A series of mysteries set in historic sites/museums. Featuring museum curator Chloe Ellefson. Love the settings and the bits of history. Well-researched.
Loving Frank, a novel based on the life of Frank Lloyd Wright.
My kids work at Falling Water. I will have to see if they have heard of this.
The Dog that Talked to God by Jim Kraus.
Forever Amber by Kathleen Windsor.
You Want Fries With That: White Collar Burnout and Life at Minimum Wage by Prioleau Alexander
Beasts
By: Joyce Carol Oats
Heather, The Totality- Matthew Weiner (Mad Men writer)
All American Girl from Meg Cabot, All We Ever Wanted from Emily Giffin and 9 Perfect Strangers from Liane Moriarty! Excellent books!
Bury the hatchet in the dead mule swamp by Joan young
Red Clocks, Leni Zumas
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The Orchardist by Amanda Chopin.
The Golem and the Jinney, Ahab’s Wife, I capture the Castle, Mr. Rosenblume dreams in English.
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Lisa, Bright & Dark by John Neufeld
I read that as a teenager.
A Short History of Tractors in the Ukrainian by Marnia Lewycka
Mary Coin by Marisa Silver.
Last days of Magic
The Physician by Noah Gordan
Precious Bane by Mary Webb
After watching this movie that had been on PBS Masterpiece Theatre I read the book as well. Very good.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada.
After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
@Linda ??✌
Redemption by Victoria Price.
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
SEE JANE RUN – BY JOY FIELDING.
The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph
The Williamsburg Series by E. Thane.
Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret
Love Will Find You series
Mr God, This Is Anna, by Finn! It makes me cry!
This was the one I was thinking of.
I have this! Loved it as well.
Also Ada Blackjack…and The White Tiger
Seeing Green by Beth Hudson. It is a collection of short stories in the fantasy genre.
Everything by Barbara Pym
The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
Finite and Infinite Games by James P Carse
Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen.
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
Thirty Days of Perfection by Rose Senese Watson
Sleep,Baby, Sleep https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Baby-M-Hardy-ebook/dp/B01C26Y8C0/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546380233&sr=1-5&keywords=sleep+baby+sleep+thriller
I’ve read many that are not in print now-R.F. Delderfeld and Robert Ruark-had to find in libraries and small book stores.
The Tea Rose trilogy, by Jennifer Donnelly.
Arc of the Comet by Greg Fields. Full disclosure – Greg is my husband but he is a great writer!
90 day Geisha by Chelsea Haywood.