My fellow readers have responded favourably to my book list, so here are more that I love. Enjoy!
Laughed Out Loud
The Sisters Brothers and Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
Tricky Business by Dave Barry
Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
Fiction
The Girls and A Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Non-Fiction
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Name of Things by Susan Bond Morrow
Fantasy
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
What’s on my Bedside Table
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson