Karen Samuels has written several books about local history but is a voracious reader of fiction as well. Karen says “I prefer to spend a couple of hours a day reading mysteries, science fiction, humor, satire…all sorts of good books.” Here is a list of some of her recent favorites — come find them on a special display at the Main Library. Thanks for the recommendations, Karen!
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, Little, Brown and Co., 2011
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he Crime Writer: A Novel by Jill Dawson, Harper Perennial, 2017
Baby Teeth: A Novel by Zoje Stage, St. Martin’s Press, 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel by Gail Honeyman, Penguin Books, 2017
The Girls by Emma Cline, Random House, 2016
Gone So Long: A Novel by Andre Dubus III, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
Libra by Don DeLillo, Penguin, 1988
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, Hachette, 2013
The Music Shop: A Novel by Rachel Joyce, Random House, 2018
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Random House, 2017
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, 2019
Social Creature: A Novel by Tara Isabelle Burton, Doubleday, June 5, 2018
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, Random House, 2011
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, 2016
The Vacationers by Emma Straub, Penguin, 2014
We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel by Georgia Hunter, Penguin Books, 2017
What the Dead Know: A Novel by Laura Lippman, William Morrow, 2009
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud, Knopf, 2013