The 9 Best Books to Read for Fall 2016
My dream house would have a library room, which I know is something from the Victorian era, but hey I love books! When the book fair would come to school, that was one of the highlights of the year for me. So every season, I look forward to getting my hands on some of the popular books. I’m gonna share what I believe are the nine best books to read this Fall.
There are a couple of non-fiction, fiction, auto-biographical and biographies. Something for everyone, except children haha. Grab a book, find a quiet spot, grab a warm drink and get lost in the words. Oh and a couple are actually a couple of years old, not released in 2016. But sometimes you find a great book a little later than others. Right?
You can also see what I was reading this past Spring and what I read last summer.
The 9 Best Books to Read for Fall 2016
1. Sweetbitter | Stephanie Danler
A coming-of-age in the NYC restaurant industry story.
2. The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah
WWII in France through the eyes of two sisters. I feel like this is bound to be big and beautiful.
3. Night Film | Marisha Pessl
An investigative journalist tries to solve the murder of a cult-horror-film director’s daughter.
4. Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly
Some of NASA’s greatest mathematicians were black women, segregated from their white counterparts and known as “colored computers” during the Jim Crow era.
5. A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles
Chronicles 32 years in the life of a Russian aristocrat forced to live out his days in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel.
6. Time Travel: A History | James Gleick
A mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself.
7. American Heiress | Jeffrey Toobin
The 1974 abduction of heiress Patty Hearst in San Francisco by the Symbionese Liberation Army, and its sensational aftermath.
8. Dark Mirror | Barton Gellman
The three-time Pulitzer-winner tells the story of the rise of the post-9/11 American surveillance state.
9. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel | Robin Sloan
A weird, mysterious book store is the setting—complete with a new employee who begins to discover that the store may be more than it seems.
Thanks for sharing -the diversity of your choices is nice as I wouldn’t have even looked at some of these titles as they are not in the genre I read!
Haha I couldn’t agree more, a library romm is a must in my dream house! I liked the description about book nr 9, guess I’ll have to go and find it
I will consider this, especially that I really ran out of book ideas!
I have been hankering for my own library room for years! Still not there considering the small space I live in, but I’ll get there one day!
There are some great books listed here and I will certainly be reading a few. There can never be too many books on the ‘To be read’ pile.
Ive been looking for a new book to read for ages. Im very choosy with what i read so it can be a struggle sometimes but MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE: A NOVEL Sounds really interesting and i have added it to my to read list 🙂 xx