Lynn's List (November 27, 2020)

Each week I post a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross
• Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel by Peter Swanson
• Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West (Jeffersonian America) by John Craig Hammond
• Trust Me: An absolutely gripping and unputdownable psychological thriller by Sheryl Browne
• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
• A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
• A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland
• Behind the Red Door: A Novel by Megan Collins
• The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg: Innovation, Money, And Politics by Eleanor Randolph
• A Murder in My Hometown by Rebecca Morris
• You Have a Very Soft Voice, Susan: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking by Brian Whitney
• Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and a Daughter's Nightmare by Frank C. Girardot Jr. and Lori Orr Kovach
• The President's Dossier by James A. Scott
• Diver's Paradise (A Roscoe Conklin Mystery #1) by Davin Goodwin
• The Girl Who Wasn't There by Vincent Zandri
• The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan
• Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard
• Suitcase of Dreams by Tania Blanchard
• Letters from Berlin by Tania Blanchard
• How Are We Going to Explain This?: Our Future on a Hot Earth by Jelmer Mommers
• The Secrets We Kept: A novel by Lara Prescott
• Midwives: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Chris Bohjalian
• Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home by Ann Armbrecht
• The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir by Allen Jones and Mark D. Naison
• Let them Eat Tweets: How The Right Rules In An Age Of Extreme Inequality by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
• Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
• First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E. Ricks
• War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love by Thomas E. Ricks and Rebecca Frankel
• We Alone: How Humans Have Conquered the Planet and Can Also Save It by David Western
• A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War by William G. Thomas III
• Companions in the Darkness: Seven Saints Who Struggled with Depression and Doubt by Diana Gruver
• Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything by John B. Izzo , Ph.D.
• In Search of a Name: A Novel by Marjolijn van Heemstra
• Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism by Sharyl Attkisson
• Tomorrow Will Be Better: A Novel by Betty Smith
• Kill Switch (A Claire Waters Thriller #1) by Neal Baer
• The Nightingale by Morgana Gallaway
• One Week In December by Holly Chamberlin
• Cause of Fear by Robert Ross
• Michael Benson's True Crime Bundle: Watch Mommy Die, A Killer's Touch & A Knife In The Heart by Michael Benson
• Gone at Midnight: The Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation by Jake Anderson
• The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby Lecrae Moore
• Stalemate: A Novel by Icchokas Meras
• Burning Up: The Smoke Jumpers (The Smoke Jumpers) by Anne Marsh
• On Democracy: Second Edition (Veritas Paperbacks) by Robert A. Dahl
• The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams by David S. Brown
• Night in Tehran by Philip Kaplan
• Ready Player One: A Novel (Bride Series) by Ernest Cline
• Ready Player Two: A Novel by Ernest Cline
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words) by Helena Hunt
• Greenwich: A Novel by Howard Fast
• Shock Wave by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• The Trespassers by Laura Z. Hobson
• Powerless by Tim Washburn
• What's Left Behind by Lorrie Thomson
• The Turning Over: A Novel by William Mccauley

Lynn's List (November 20, 2020)

Each week I post a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Incident at Badamaya: A Novel by Dorothy Gilman
• Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert
• Her Last Flight: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
• The Night Portrait: A Novel of World War II and da Vinci's Italy by Laura Morelli
• Never Have I Ever: A Novel by Joshilyn Jackson
• Deadly Cry: An absolutely gripping crime thriller packed with suspense by Angela Marsons
• The Desert Behind Me by Shannon Baker
• It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens
• Indicted: A Thriller by Tom Saric
• Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani
• The Coldest Winter Ever: A Novel (Ann Rule's Crime Files Series) by Sister Souljah
• Run Run Run: The Lives of Abbie Hoffman by Dan Simon Jack Hoffman
• Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie Macdonald
• Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
• Women of Steel: The Feisty Factory Sisters Who Helped Win the War by Michelle Rawlins
• The Spring Girls: A Modern-Day Retelling of Little Women by Anna Todd
• Bound for the Promised Land: Portrait of an American Hero by Kate Clifford Larson
• The Collected Novels Volume One: Her Victory, The Widower’s Son, and Travels in Nihilon by Alan Sillitoe
• Avalon: A Novel (Coronet Bks.) by Anya Seton
• The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau
• Meteors in August: A Novel by Melanie Rae Thon
• Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by Ed Gordon
• Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope by Kwame Alexander
• The Novels of H. G. Wells Volume One: The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
• The Novels of H. G. Wells Volume Two: The War in the Air, The Sleeper Awakes, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
• The Essential Jane Austen Volume Two: Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume One: Far from the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, and The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
• The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume Two: The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
• The Essential Nathaniel Hawthorne: Mosses from an Old Manse, Twice-Told Tales, The Scarlet Letter, The Marble Faun, and The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees In The Wartime Soviet Union by Eliyana R. Adler
• Capitalism and Freedom (None Ser.) by Milton Friedman
• Nights When Nothing Happened: A Novel by Simon Han
• All That Glitters: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in the American West by Cassandra Tate
• The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie
• American Dove: US Foreign Policy and the Failure of Force by Zachary Shirkey
• The Orchard: A Novel by David Hopen
• This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
• Do Not Disturb: A Novel by Claire Douglas
• All Lara's Wars by Wojciech Jagielski
• V2: A novel of World War II by Robert Harris
• Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court by Matthew Clair
• The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest by Ed Caesar
• The Last Sailor: A Novel by Sarah Anne Johnson
• A Promised Land by Barack Obama
• Authoritarian Nightmare by John W. Dean and Bob Altemeyer
• The Searcher: A Novel by Tana French
• Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present by Mary Ziegler
• A Picture of Love (The Amish Inn Novels #1) by Beth Wiseman
• 7 Days of Simplicity: A Season Of Living Lightly by Jen Hatmaker
• Backlash: Libel, Impeachment, and Populism in the Reign of Queen Anne by Rachel Carnell
• Make Me Like Jesus: The Courage to Pray Dangerously by Michael Phillips
• The Fragile Earth: Writing from The New Yorker on Climate Change by David Remnick and Henry Finder
• Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross

Lynn's List (November 13, 2020)

Each week I post a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey
• Invisible Girl: A Novel by Lisa Jewell
• Friends and Strangers: A novel by J. Courtney Sullivan
• The Engineer's Wife: A Novel by Tracey Enerson Wood
• A Code To Keep by Ernest C. Brace
• Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity by Denise Buell
• Where the Dark Streets Go by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• The Beloved Son: A Novel by Jay Quinn
• Dangerous Legacy by George Harmon Coxe
• The Proud and the Free: A Novel by Howard Fast
• Someday, Somewhere by Mary K Mccomas
• The Outcasts: A Novel by Stephen Becker
• Shadow Dancers: A Novel by Herbert Lieberman
• Red Love by Shaun Whiteside and Leo Maxim
• Roam by C. H. Armstrong
• The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by H. W. Brands
• Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island by Bill Sloan
• Code Name Hélène: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon
• Love between Enemies: Western Prisoners of War and German Women in World War II by Raffael Scheck
• Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer
• Kid in the Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Tips for Young Home Cooks: A Cookbook by Melissa Clark
• The Archer by Paulo Coelho
• This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
• The Care of Strangers by Ellen Michaelson
• American Messiah: The Surprisingly Simple Religious Views of Thomas Jefferson by M. Andrew Holowchak
• Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett
• Cobble Hill: A Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar
• Written in the Stars: A Novel by Alexandria Bellefleur
• The Kingdom: A novel by Jo Nesbo
• The Amish Midwife's Hope (Hearts of Lancaster County #1) by Barbara Cameron
• You Will Never Know: A Novel by S. A. Prentiss
• The Butchers' Blessing by Ruth Gilligan
• Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
• The Forgotten Sister by Nicola Cornick
• The Wondering Jew: Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity by Micah Goodman
• Francis Bacon by Perez Zagorin
• The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution (The University Center for Human Values Series #48) by Michael W. McConnell
• Against the Death Penalty: Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria by Giuseppie Pelli
• OK, Boomer: Using a Landline, Going to the Post Office, and Other Outdated Things You Don't Need Anymore by Tiller Press
• The Lady Brewer of London: A Novel by Karen Brooks
• Glimmer As You Can: A Novel by Danielle Martin
• After the Fact?: The Truth about Fake News by Marcus Gilroy-Ware
• Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence by Joel Osteen
• The Drowned Woman: An absolutely unputdownable mystery and suspense thriller by CJ Lyons
• We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
• God’s Law and Order: The Politics Of Punishment In Evangelical America by Aaron Griffith
• We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace by Denise Kiernan
• Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
• One Life by Emma Brockes and Megan Rapinoe
• These Broken Stars: A Starbound Novel (The Starbound Trilogy #1) by Amie Kaufman
• 101 Things To Do With Peanut Butter by Pamela Bennett
• 101 Things To Do With A Bundt Pan by Jenny Hartin
• Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart
• Plantation Children by Kim Pierce
• A Thousand Ways Denied: The Environmental Legacy of Oil in Louisiana by John T. Arnold
• From a Paris Balcony: Beautiful, unputdownable and emotional historical fiction by Ella Carey
• Silenced Girls: An absolutely addictive mystery thriller by Roger Stelljes
• Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines by Martha Stewart
• No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in World War II by Dan Kurzman
• The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment by Ilan Wurman
• The Paper Mill Girl: An emotionally gripping family saga of triumph in adversity by Glenda Young
• Shadow of a Doubt by Michelle Davies
• Betrayed: the most gripping and gritty gangland crime thriller you'll read this year by Roberta Kray
• The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile
• Armenian Genocide: The Great Crime of World War I (History of Terror) by David Charlwood
• The Secret Serial Killer: The True Story of Kieran Kelly by Robert Mulhern
• The Man Who Discovered Antarctica: Edward Bransfield Explained: The First Man to Find and Chart the Antarctic Mainland by Sheila Bransfield

Lynn's List (November 6, 2020)

Each week I post a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump by David Rothkopf
• The Secrets of Love Story Bridge: A Novel by Phaedra Patrick
• The Ticket to Freedom: The NAACP and the Struggle for Black Political Integration (New Perspectives on the History of the South) by Manfred Berg
• Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona by Walter R. Borneman
• Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple
• 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall by DW Gibson
• The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism: The Political Economy Of Human Rights (The Political Economy of Human Rights #1) by Noam Chomsky
• The Runner: The next heart-stopping thriller from bestselling author of the Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series by Stephen Leather
• The House by the Lake: Gripping and emotional World War 2 fiction by Ella Carey
• Found: the most gripping, emotional thriller of 2019 (a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick) by Erin Kinsley
• One of Us Is Lying: A totally gripping psychological thriller with a brilliant twist by Shalini Boland
• The Man She Married: A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-pounding twist by Alison James
• Gone in Seconds: A gripping and addictive crime thriller by Ed James
• The Night Visitor: The gripping psychological suspense of the Summer by Lucy Atkins
• In My Mother's Name: A totally addictive and emotional psychological thriller by Laura Elliot
• The Wife Before Me: A twisty, gripping psychological thriller by Laura Elliot
• The Stepdaughter: An addictive suspense novel packed with twists and family secrets by Georgina Cross
• The Betrayal: A gripping novel of psychological suspense by Laura Elliot
• They Call Me the Cat Lady by Amy Miller
• Tell Me Lies: A completely addictive and unputdownable crime thriller by Ed James
• The Island Girls: A heartbreaking historical novel by Noelle Harrison
• Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Nothing Ventured (William Warwick Novels Ser. #1) by Jeffrey Archer
• Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
• Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet by Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin
• Lieutenant Taylor Jackson Collection Volume 1: Field of Graves by J. T. Ellison
• Lieutenant Taylor Jackson Collection Volume 2: The Cold Room\The Immortals\So Close the Hand of Death\Where All the Dead Lie (A Taylor Jackson Novel #4) by J. T. Ellison
• Charles de Gaulle (Routledge Historical Biographies) by Andrew Knapp
• Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 by Alan Allport
• The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn by Alice L. George
• The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation by Dennis Mcauliffe Jr.
• Heirs of Yesterday by Barbara Cantalupo and Lori Harrison-Kahan
• The Hopeful Neighborhood: What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good by Don Everts
• The Supreme Court’s Role in Mass Incarceration by William T. Pizzi
• Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned by Kenneth C Davis
• The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection Volume One: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Flappers and Philosophers, and Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity by Miguel A. De La Torre
• Fabulous Female Firsts: Because of Them, We Can by Marlene Wagman-Geller
• The Battle of the Villa Fiorita: A Novel (Vmc Ser. #334) by Rumer Godden
• Between the Swastika and the Sickle: The Life, Disappearance, and Execution of Ernst Lohmeyer by James R. Edwards
• Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley Nikondeha
• Silence Can Kill: Speaking Up to End Hunger and Make Our Economy Work for Everyone by Arthur Simon
• Women, Gender and the Legacy of Slavery and Indenture by Farzana Gounder
• Pandemic, Ecology and Theology: Perspectives on COVID-19 (Routledge Focus on Religion) by Alexander J. B. Hampton
• I Can Never Forget: Men of the 100th/442nd by Thelma Chang, Franklin Odo and Daniel Inouye
• Bloody Bay: Grassroots Policing in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco by Darren A. Raspa
• The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel by Emmanuel Navon
• All Souls Day: The World War II Battle and the Search for a Lost U.S. Battalion by Joseph M. Pereira and John L. Wilson
• A Season On The Reservation: My Sojourn With The White Mountain Apaches by Stephen Singular
• The Company Daughters: A heart-wrenching colonial love story by Samantha Rajaram