Do you have fellow book lovers whom you call when you need book recommendations? I asked because The Artsy Reader’s Top Ten Tuesday this week is Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me .
My answer to the question above is yes, I do have a handful! And here are the books they recommended!
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – recommended by the husband as he said this is one of the rare classics he actually liked.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – recommended by bonu, my sister in law who is a fellow book lover!
Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation by Annie Zaidi
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translator)
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
These books were part of a “Nameless Reading Group” I was a part of since April, founded by the brilliant writer that is Anmol. It was my first time joining a reading group and I definitely discovered new genres and writers because of them.
My Talisman: The Poetry and Life of Alexander Pushkin by Julian Henry Lowenfeld – suggested by my Rodnoy, my brother in pen, who I have lost early this year. He introduced me to Pushkin, Baudelaire, Leonard Cohen, and more.
The Best of Ruskin Bond by Ruskin Bond
Sesher Kobita, The Last Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) by Lee Child
Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka
Capping this list with four more recommendations from the husband. 🙂 Because of him, I have discovered the wisdom and eloquence of Ruskin Bond and Rabindranath Tagore.
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Have you read any of these books? What are the books you read because of recommendations? Did you enjoy them? Share your thoughts and your TTT below!
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I’m the one who is always making book recommendations for my husband, rarely the other way around. Do you make recommendations to your hubby as often as he does you? My TTT list
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oh that’s interesting. thank you for sharing, Anne! Yes! Almost all the books he read since we became friends years ago were suggested by me. 🙂
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Aaah! I forgot to put my husband’s book recommendations on this week’s list! The first Christmas present he ever gave to me was a book. Of course I had to marry him, LOL. We named our kids after book characters in that universe.
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oh isnt it sweet!!! marrying him is a great decision! 😀 thank you for sharing, Brooke.
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Awweee… book recos from the husband are the sweetest! The more you post your TTTs, the longer my TBR gets dearie. Geeezzzz!
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ooopsieee. hehe. it is a list that would never end, i guess!!! thank you, dearie!
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I love The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! 💕
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i do, too, Abigail! Thank you!
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Great Expectations was a good story for sure.
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agreed, Lydia! so many twists i was not expecting!
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I’ve definitely read books I wouldn’t have otherwise because of my book club. Some were great, others not so much. LOL.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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haha! that is true. we’ve just started and i must say all i have read are good. 🙂
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Good for your sister recommending Evelyn Hugo to you. That’s such a great read.
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i cannot agree more! thank you!
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Great Expectations is such a great read! I would recommend finding a copy with both the original ending and the ending-rewrite that the publishers forced Dickens into.
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I like the variety!
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definitely!
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