Book suggestions from Twitter friends
@cbracy Catherine Bracy: did you see @nytimes top 10 list today? http://nyti.ms/eXrYxs I’ve got Room on my list.
@samuel_wade Samuel Wade: @GreatDismal’s Zero History and its prequels.
@CommunispaceCEO Diane Hessan: South of Broad, by Pat Conroy
@ThatAndromeda Andromeda Yelton: Hands-down, Okorafor’s _Who Fears Death_. Jemisin’s _Hundred Thousand Kingdoms_ pretty good too.
@musingvirtual Katherine Mancuso: I’m reading the cellist of sarajevo.
@musingvirtual Katherine Mancuso: I liked windup girl but there is some colonialism & gender stereotyping lurking.
@john_carter John Carter McKnight: “The Windup Girl” is the best thing I’ve read since “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.”
@cherrypj Michael Hessling: The Windup Girl. Bar none.
@osakin osakin: you should def. read supersadtruelove story by the writer of absurdistan.
@futureidentity Robin Wilton: Gibson: Zero History; ‘Mankell: One Step Behindl; Stephenson: Anathem; and one more plug for Bruce Sterling: Islands in the Net
@LizaPotts Liza: Any of the Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde are a treat.
@j2mccluggage Jody McCluggage: Just recently finished Philp Roth’s new short novel “Nemises”. Excellent
@symptomatic symptomatic: Not strictly recent, but Out Stealing Horses. And not at all fiction, but Zadie Smith on The Social Network: http://bit.ly/99i77z
@oytamarind Brad K: Jessica Grant’s “Come, Thou Tortoise.” Awkward, sad, beautiful, hilarious.
@awilensky Alan Wilensky: Super Sad true love story by gary shteingart - from you biggest fan
@AmandaRemarked Amanda S.: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. A book about a girl described as smart who actually acts smart in the book!
@idmcdowall Ian McDowall: WRT fiction, I enjoy reading history books. Try Rubicon by Tom Holland for good narrative history or any version of Plutarch
@lenekerc Coach Leneker: James Patterson “Private” great beach reading…
@Mlsif Micah Sifry: I agree w @katrinskaya. David Grossman’s latest book still makes my heart ache. What a powerful, brilliant writer.
@bastiankuentzel Bastian: i loved Among the Thugs by Bill Buford. Not Fiction though but very thrilling. And of course Harry Potter, but that’s a no brainer
@bryanjack Bryan Jackson: Ghostwritten & Cloud Atlas are revelations (especially considering Mitchell’s age). Have Black Swan Green on my desk.
@magnusramage Magnus Ramage: “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel, about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII’s court. Long but I found it utterly beguiling.
@xamat Xavier Amatriain: Invisible, Paul Auster
@andreatavchar andreatavchar: My author friend @elizabethduncan forwarded this list to me and it looked great. Hope you find it useful. http://bit.ly/gNF6xs
@grimmelm James Grimmelmann: David Mitchell: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet; the Matthew Shardlake mysteries
@peterhoneyman peter honeyman: junot diaz “… oscar wao” is the best fiction i have read in years
@si_roberts Simon Roberts: Auster’s Invisible.
@marypcbuk Mary Branscombe: Jennifer Crusie Maybe This Time and Wild Ride are both great holiday reading if you like snark http://bit.ly/gnAdLZ
@ogemarques Oge Marques: Gary Shteyngart’s “Super Sad True Love Story” and Tom Rachman’s “The Imperfectionists”. Both highly recommended!
@StefanySays Stefany Sanders: If I may… Fiction: The Help,The 19th Wife, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, 3 Cups of Tea. Non-Fiction: Factory Girls
@ilovemypitbull ilovemypitbull: Super Sad True Love Story and A Visit from the Goon Squad are awesome!
@1healigan Leslie Healey: oh and Mockingjay, Behemoth for YA choices
@1healigan Leslie Healey: American Gods by gaiman, anything by Graham Greene or Diaz’ Oscar Wao. Wao is wow
@donlbe don loeb: let the great world spin and city of thieves. Oh and Oscar wao.
@whitneyarlene whitney a. crispell: loved the Hunger Games triology, and Alexia Tarabotti novels by @gailcarriger Both are perfect for vacation/escape.
@hayleyvfuller Hayley V Fuller: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Absolutely could not put it down!
@GreenYogurt GreenYogurt: Anything by Lisa Lutz.
@robdolin Rob Dolin: I enjoyed “Pirates of Pensacola” and “the Nyce and Accurate Prophecies of Agness Nutter”
@msstewart Meredith: Scott Westerfeld’s _Behemoth_ steampunk YA goodness
@Katrinskaya Katrin Verclas: Grossman’s latest book. Amazing.
@cmeadvocate Brian S. McGowan PhD: i believe there is some new work from David Sedaris
@nancybaym Nancy Baym: Have you read Matt Beaumont’s novels e and e2? Really recommend for vacation laughs.
@SusannahFox SusannahFox: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett - immerse yourself in early-1960s Jackson, MS
@AskNezka Nezka Pfeifer: Q&A by Vikas Swarum (was the basis for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE), GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL SOCIETY, ALAMUT
@perryhewitt Perry Hewitt: Room by Emma Donoghue & Sourland by Joyce Carol Oates
@rmd1023 regis: westerfeld’s behemoth (sequel to leviathan) - steampunky rollicking fun. Light reading ftw.
@stannenb Saul Tannenbaum: Directive 51, http://bit.ly/gKRVsR by John Barnes (@karlshoemaker)
@SaraCsIt Sara Conrad: I just finished “room” also “super sad true love story”, “bad Marie” etc.
@kmcurry Kevin Curry: I recommend Pattern Recognition by @GreatDismal
@hrheingold Howard Rheingold: Have you read all of David Mitchell? Not this year, but Cloud Atlas & Ghostwritten were superb, novel, thought-provoking, riveting
@bitstrategist Ryan McCormack: Re: fiction, “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet” by David Mitchell :-)
@sippey Michael Sippey: two faves from the year. ferris: the unnamed. chaon: await your reply.
@angelina41 Angela Frederick: Room by Emma Donoghue is good
@cinemiro Frank Romagosa: Paul Auster’s new book is brilliant .. Sunset Park.
@cdennaoui christina dennaoui: Shelley jackson’s “half life.” not new, but brilliant. You bio page seems to suggest it’s something you get a kick out of.
@mstanger Mike Stanger: LIkely already on your radar, but Zero History by William Gibson is a good read; and ‘prequels’: pattern recognition/spook country
@lods1211 Leanne O’Donnell: some fav reads: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman, Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn, The Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
@RoyChristopher Roy Christopher: Loving China Miéville’s books this year.
@Empathetics Rafi Santo: For the Win by @doctorow was a lot of fun if you haven’t gotten to it yet.
