- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007). "What would happen to humankind's infrastructure & legacy if were were to all vanish tomorrow?"
- Marlena: A Novel by Julie Buntin (2017). A Michigan novel. "A debut novel about love, addiction and loss; the story of 2 girls & the feral year that will cost one her life, & define the other's for decades."
- The House of Broken Angels by Luis Albert Urrea. (2018) "The definitive Mexican-American immigrant story." GoodReads rated this 4.16 Stars (5 Stars possible). "From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a powerful & unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family & the American dream."
- LIfe is so Good by George Dawson. "...103-year old George Dawson, a slave's grandson who learned to read at age 98, reflexcts on his life and offers valuable lesson in living as well as a fresh, firsthand view of America during the 20th century."
- The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede (2003). "When 38 jetliners bound for the U.S. were forced to land in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill."
- I Was Anastasia: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon (2018). "...a new feat of historical suspense... unravels the extraordinary twists & turns in Anna Anderson's 50-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess or the thief of another woman's legacy."
- Sons & Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis & Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler by Bruce Henderson (2017), "...the little known saga of young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America & returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory....." Nonfiction.
- The Miniaturist: A Novel by Jessie Burton (2015). "A dollhouse whose figures & furnishings foretell life events, mysterious notes, family secrets & the powerful guild & church of 1686 Amsterdam. All these elements combine for an engaging story of a young bride's struggle to be the architect of her own fortune."
- Through Streets Broad & Narrow (Ivy Rose Series Book 1) by Gemma Jackson (2014). "This novel depicts the life of a woman in poverty who's father has died, leaving her alone in the world. With her new-found freedom, Ivy Murphy learns she can direct her own life & use her her intelligence & ingenuity to bring herself out of poverty."
- "A Great Reckoning: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries #12) by Louise Penny (2017). "Receiving a mysterious old map that has been found stuffed in the wall of a bistro, former Quebec homicide investigator Armand Gamache follows clues to the site of a dead Surete academy professor & an unlikely cadet with whom he is implicated in a murder case."
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2011). "Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of free slaves & created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping."
- The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty (2011). "Pursuing what she hopes will be a positive relationship with new boyfriend Patrick, hypnotherapist Ellen learns that his ex-girlfriend is stalking him, a situation that Ellen finds professionally fascinating before discovering the woman's identity."
- The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe (2017). "Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust." Translated from Spanish.
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AuthorMy name is Melinda Grix -Adult Services Librarian at the Clarkston Independence District Library - facilitating our Morning Book Discussions since 2007. You will find me in the library on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Archives
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