The Friends recently hosted a Book Talk for community members, several of whom gathered online to discuss the following topics.
- What’s something you’ve read or listened to recently that you can’t stop thinking about? What’s sticking with you/why?
- Please tell us about a character (or characters) from your literary life that you find compelling – who and why?
- What’s next on your “books to read” shelf?
- Is there a book or author that made you fall in love with literature?
Together, we generated this book list of recommended reading. Be sure to check out the Edmonds Library catalog for these titles! You can also stay up-to-date on other book talks and author events at the Sno-Isle events page. Happy reading!
- Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
- April in Spain by John Banville
- Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Brothers K by David James Duncan
- Cake Magic by Caroline Wright
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Cloud Cukoo Land by Anthony Doerr
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride
- Girl with a Louding Voice by Abi Dare
- Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Just as I Am: A Memoir by Cecily Tyson
- Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Matrix by Lauren Groff
- Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive a Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson
- The Golem and the Jenni by Helene Wecker
- The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- The Ruth Galloway books by Elly Griffiths
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
