by PD James
Finally, finally reading this. So far I'm impressed with her prose and happy not to be dealing with the tedious Dalgliesh.
in the stack: books I'm planning to read
- Beauty Will Save the World by Gregory Wolfe
- Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
- Campion by Evelyn Waugh
- One Second After by William Forstchen
- I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse by Michael Franzese
- The Song is You by Arthur Phillips
- Led by Faith by Imaculee Ilibagiza
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- 100 Years of Solitude by GGM
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
- Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
- Lonely Hearts by John Harvey
- The Story of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Provincial Lady books by E. M. Delafield
- Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos
- The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni
- Elizabeth Gaskell: Wives and Daughters; North and South; Mary Barton
- H. Rider Haggard: She; Kind Solomon's Mines
- Dickens: Dombey and Son
- A Stolen Season by Steve Hamilton
- The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
- Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
- Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
- An Easy Way to Become a Saint by Fr. Paul Sullivan
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- sequels to Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff & Hall
some favorites
- Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin series
- PG Wodehouse: many many titles
- Jane Austen's 6 novels
- Ring Lardner: You Know Me Al
- Josephine Tey: The Franchise Affair; Brat Farrar
- The Provincial Lady in America by E. M. Delafield
- George Smiley books by John le Carre
- A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Colin Dexter: Inspector Morse mysteries
- Agatha Christie (esp. Miss Marple)
- Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone; The Woman in White
- Ngaio Marsh mysteries
- Bruce Marshall: The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith
- Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight
- James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small series
- Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Charles Dickens
casually suggested
- Joseph Heller: Catch 22
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- Elizabeth Peters Egyptian series
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Ramage series
- Horatio Hornblower series
- Elizabeth Ironside (mystery)
- Deborah Crombie (mystery)
- Iain Pears' "Art History Mysteries"
good books for kids
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