Shortlisted in the stacks

Linda Sappenfield — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Following up on last week's admission that not all my book advice is golden, I resorted to my favorite source of literary expertise: co-workers.

I polled library staffers, requesting names of books they've recommended and later heard described as someone's new favorite, "best book ever", or "wonderful".

The list of supremely well-received suggestions:

David Whyte's The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self, and Relationship
The Sea by John Banville
Martin Millar: The Good Fairies of New York
William Goldman's The Princess Bride
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (and sequel Catching Fire; Mockingjay is due out in August)
Michael Kort's The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
L.M. Montgomery's Emily series: Emily of New Moon; Emily Climbs; Emily's Quest

If you try one of these or have advice for a can't-miss read, we hope you'll comment.

Reader's Exchange : Whale Talk, The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work

Shortlisted in the stacks