Enjoy this list of books to give and get for the holiday.
All books are linked to either my website or Amazon. If I’ve reviewed it, the link will take you to my website. (I’m doing my best to review as quickly as I read.) If not, you’ll be directed to Amazon. Every book is available on my Bookshop, where you can purchase from an Indie bookseller in your city, state or town.
Here’s to a happy, healthy, safe and peaceful holiday season.
Fiction
Exile Music by Jennifer Steil – Boliva, Judaic, Historical Fiction
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman – Women’s Fiction, Family, Tradition
Beach Read by Emily Henry – Women’s Fiction, Books About Books, Rom-com
Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo – Canada, Immigration, Romance, #ownvoices
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman – Magic, Witches, Romance, Mothers/Daughters
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston – LGBTQ+, Romance, England
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi – Historical Fiction, India, Motherhood
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – Fantasy, Literary Fiction, England
The Last Flight by Julie Clark – Suspense, Mystery, Friendship
Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskins – Coming of Age, Friendship, Mystery, Ozarks
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Sisters, Race, Abuse, Identity
Seven by Farzana Doctor – India, Women’s Rights, Medical, #ownvoices
The Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight – Mystery, Thriller, Brooklyn
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang – Fantasy, Adventure, Fathers/Daughters`
Non-Fiction
The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz – History, Russia, Fathers/Daughters
A Promised Land by Barack Obama – Memoir, Politics
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larsen – History, Churchill
The Unanswered Letter by Feris Cassell – History, WWII
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb – Humor, Memoir
Stories from Suffragette City edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis – Anthology, Feminism, Historical Fiction
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