Hello again! Here are my latest recommendations, in no particular order:
Zero at the Bone, by Christian Wiman
City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza
Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout
Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Fourth String by Janet Pocorobba
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
And Martin recommends:
An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn
True Grit by Charles Portis
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
If you want a good read, try Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. It’s certainly not one of her best books, but it is a good story. I went back and reread Bel Canto and These Precious Days. Magical.
Keep reading!