UPDATE: You’re all brilliant – thank you. I was in a small train station bookstore earlier and couldn’t find any Es other than an Elon Musk bio (yuck), a non-fic book on Empire, which was a bit too serious for what I fancy, and a dreadful sounding romcom that I forgot the title of the minute I walked out. It’s very hard browsing online bookstores by title letter too. Now I have tons of choice and can’t wait to get stuck in! Ta very much.
Hi folks,
I need a good book beginning with E for my reading challenge. I’ll read most things, though I’m not really into romcoms/romance or high fantasy. Any suggestions?
I’ve already read the following (stars next to ones I really liked):
East of Eden*
Earth*
The Essex Serpent*
Ecstasy
Educated*
Egalia’s Daughters
Eleanor Oliphant
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Elegy for Easterly
Emmy Star is so Everything
Eleven
The Employees*
An Experiment in Love*
The Empusium*
Enigma
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Emma
Thank you for your recommendations!
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How about *Ender’s Game* or Agatha Christie’s *Endless Night*.
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Evidence of things not seen by James Baldwin
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Exposition by Nathalie Léger (shouts out to Dorthy, a publishing project)
Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz
Earthlings by Sayaka murata
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eliza and her monsters by Francesca Zappia
Ella Minnow Pea – I feel like the vibe of the book matches the challenge you’re doing
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Ella Minnow Pea
Electric KoolAid Acid Test
Exodus (by Leon Uris)
Exit West and Everything I Never Told You
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler
Even if Everything Ends by Jens Liljestrand (one of my favorite reads last year)
Either/Or by Eli Batuman
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is definitely my favorite book starting with E. In fact, I may have to read it again, it has been a while.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
This is what I’ve read. I know you aren’t big on fantasy so I labeled them.
Eragon, Eldest – fantasy young adult
The Eye of the World -fantasy
Elantris – fantasy
East Coast Girls
Eternal – historical fiction
The Enchantress – part of a series, book 6, fantasy
The Endless Forest – part of a series, book 6, historical fiction
Echo in Bone – part of outlander series, book 7, historical fiction mixed with a little fantasy
Edwin Mullhouse by Steven Millhauser. Check it out.
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft was one of my favorite books of 2024!!
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones.
Band of brothers type story of a group of mercenaries in the Hundreds Year War. Book 1 of a trilogy, 3rd comes out this year.
“Everything, Everything” By Nicola Yoon?
I just recently read {{ Everyman by Philip Roth }} and loved it
i’ve got two for you!
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry – gothic gay astronomers, mystery, light romance, longlisted for 2024 booker
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie – mystery
Emma by Jane Austen