I read. A lot. Most of what I read is OK, a diversion of sorts. Some of what I read grabs me hard and makes my list of bests. Maybe you'll agree with my picks and maybe you'll find a new favorite. Or, perhaps not.
Before I start, I want to list the worst book in the world (according to me, of course). More about why in a blog post (perhaps)
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
With that little factoid out of the way, here goes (in no specific order)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Magus by John Fowles
Midwives by Christopher Bohjalian
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegener
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest Gaines
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
