My favorite books include True Grit and Dog of the South (and any Charles Portis), The Name of the Rose, Yiddish Policeman’s Union (and other Michael Chabon), Cahokia Jazz. I love books that capture period/regional voices well. Tony Horwitz is one of my favorite nonfiction authors because he travels to these remote places and talks to weirdos.
I love being transported to another time/place. I love some dry humor or oddball plots although I don’t want an outright comedy.
I’m not always that into contemporary topics like science fiction, marital issues, gory violence, etc. but I will try anything. Just love going on a pleasant mental vacation.
Sorry to dump all this work on strangers but you just never know if someone just like me is out there ready to tell me my next favorite book.
by Mr1llinois
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Their eyes were watching god by Hurston,
The prairie trilogy by wila cather,
Dear Madm by Patterson