Choosing favorite books by favorite authors is a challenging task. Here are a few…
Favorite Books by Favorite Authors
I’m linking up today with That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books by Favorite Authors.
It was difficult to choose only ten. I chose authors who have written at least three books I’ve enjoyed.
***Each book title is an Amazon affiliate Link or linked to my review which contains Amazon affiliate links
Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
I’ve read the four-book, character-driven, loosely connected Gilead series by Marilynne Robinson and the first, Gilead, is my favorite. My full review is here.
“I’m writing this in part to tell you that if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God’s grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle. You may not remember me very well at all, and it may seem to you to be no great thing to have been the good child of an old man in a shabby little town you will no doubt leave behind. If only I had the words to tell you.”
Last Christmas in Paris and The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor
OOOOOHHHHH…. this is a difficult one! I loved BOTH of these titles by Hazel Garnor! #myblogmyrules #amirite ?! My reviews of Last Christmas in Paris and The Last Lifeboat here.
Other titles I’ve read include Meet Me in Monaco, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter, and Christmas with the Queen. Some books she co-authors with Heather Webb.
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray (and Laura Kamoie)
While I’ve read five by Dray (The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Becoming Madam Secretary, America’s First Daughter, A Founding Mother), My Dear Hamilton is my favorite. My full review here. Dray often co-authors with Laura Kamoie.
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
I’m a Ruta Sepeteys completest (Salt to the Sea, Between Shades of Gray, The Fountains of Silence, Out of the Easy, The Bletchley Riddle, You: The Story, A Fortune of Sand), and I Must Betray You is my favorite. My full review here.
Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
I’ve read all of Ackerman’s histfic books set in Pearl Harbor during WWII (Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers, The Codebreaker’s Secret, Red Sky Over Hawaii, The Lieutenant’s Nurse), and Radar Girls is my favorite. My full review here. Of her non WWII books (The Maui Effect, The Guest in Room 120), The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West is my favorite.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
I’ve read several Lisa See books (The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, The Island of Sea Women, Daughters of the Sun and Moon), and Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is my favorite. My full review here.
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
Of the Susan Meissner books I’ve read, my favorite is The Nature of Fragile Things (closely followed by A Fall of Marigolds and As Bright as Heaven). My full review of Fragile Things here.
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Although I’m not a completist, I’ve read a few Kate Quinn (The Diamond Eye, The Alice Network, The Briar Club, The Huntress) and The Rose Code is my favorite. My full review here.
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
I’ve read a few by Mitch Albom, including the memorable Tuesdays with Morrie, the thought-provoking Stranger in the Life Boat, the entertaining Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, and his personal story of Finding Chika. My favorite of his fiction is The Little Liar. My full review here.
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
I’m a Backman completist (Beartown, Us Against You, The Winners, Anxious People, A Man Called Ove, Britt-Marie Was Here, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World, My Friends, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, The Answer is No), and I think my favorite of his is the short story/novella, The Deal of a Lifetime. My full review here.
Let’s Discuss!
Gah! So many other authors I adore! Do we share any favorites?
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