Read for my Italian book club:
Il Treno Dei Bambini, by Viola Ardone
La Misura del Tempo, by Gianrico Carofiglio
Cara Pace, by Lisa Ginzburg
Vita, by Melania Mazzucco
I Colibri, by Sandro Veronesi
For my "Chicago books" book club:
Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland
Death on the Homefront, by Frances McNamara
Into the Beautiful North, by Luis Urrea
Mysteries, ghosts, and the like:
The Poisoned Chocolates Case, by Anthony Berkeley
Buffet for Unwelcome Guests, by Christianna Brand
The Charing Cross Mystery, by J. S. Fletcher
Woman in the Dark, by Dashiell Hammett
The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes, by Patricia Highsmith
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance, by M. R. James
Transient Desires, by Donna Leon
Pretty Monsters, by Kelly Link
Sisters of Sorcery, edited by Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis
Widdershins: first book of ghost stories, by Oliver Onions
The Day of the Owl, by Leonard Sciascia
Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing, by Marla Szymiczkowa
No Happy Ending, by Paco Ignaicio Taibo II
The HIdden Palace, by Helene Wecker
The City of Mist, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Body and Soul Food, by Abby Collette
Tales of the South Carolina Low Country, by Nancy Rhyne
Some British humour:
A Breath of French Air, by H. E. Bates
Holy Deadlock, by A. P. Herbert
The Eliza Stories, by Barry Main
Portuguese Irregular Verbs, by Alexander McCall Smith
Leave it to Psmith, by P. G. Wodehouse
New (for me) books from favorite authors:
A Single Rose, by Muriel Barbery (not up to her usual standard, I'm afraid)
French Rhapsody and The Portrait, by Antoine Laurain
The Magician, by Colm Tóibín
The Vicar of Bullhampton, Ralph the Heir, Castle Richmond, and The Three Clerks, by Anthony Trollope
and a variety of others:
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, by Alina Bronsky
God's Mountain, by Erri De Luca
The Vietri Project, by Nicola DeRobertis-Theye
Lady into Fox, by David Garnett
In a Dark Wood Wandering, by Hella S. Haasse
The Fall of a Sparrow, by Robert Hellenga
The Slaughterman's Daughter, by Yaniv Iczkovits
The Europeans, by Henry James
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
The Cat who saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
Yours Cheerfully, by A. J. Pearce
Bride of the Sea, by Eman Quotah
Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto, by Gianni Rodari
The Liar's Dictionary, by Eley Williams
The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams
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