Silver Travel Advisor's members' 100 Favourite Books
I also loved Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk. ’An elegy for a father lost, celebration of a hawk found – and in the finding also, a celebration of countryside…" Andrew Motion.
I recently immersed myself in the marshes of North Carolina (figuratively speaking) whilst reading Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdads Sing”. Set in the 50s and 60s it is a mesmersing tale with a twist at the end.
One of my all-time favourites is Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch – the characters lived on in my mind long after I had finished the book. It is described as “a haunted odyssey through present day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity”.
GeminiJen wrote:
Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens. A brief History of Humankind
This is a really interesting book, so I’ll second that one.
This thread seems to have hit a lull so, a few suggestions from recent readings and re-readings, hopefully to get us going again….
Mary Beard: Women and Power. A Manifesto Updated
Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens. A brief History of Humankind
Helen Macdonald: H is for Hawk
Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope
Michael Wolff: Fire and Fury inside the Trump White House
After reading the last one, I had to to revisit Obama to pick myself up again 
@coolonespa re post #19 I’d certainly second anything by John Wyndham, though To Kill A Mockingbird never really floated my boat though we had to read it at school ( probably why) .
I’ve been reading all this thread and sort of compiling my own list, but I’ve gone through different reading passions in different phases of my life, so it’s sort of hard to join in, I will do though, soonly.
jaxb wrote:
axb
18:00 16-Dec-19
34Favourite authors: Jodi Picoult, Faye Kellerman, Donna Tartt, Lionel Shriver.
Most amazing big read was “the Mandibles” by Lionel Shriver
Not read Lionel Shriver’s ‘The Mandibles’, but will look out for it, @jaxb – but I found
‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ a very good read, albeit a disturbing subject.
Ha, hs – well done Steve!
@Cruzeroqueen1 wrote:
Anything by Enid Blyton – in general it was she who got children of my generation hooked on reading.
The Famous Five and Secret Seven series encouraged children to be more adventurous, and the
St. Clare’s and other Boarding School books instilled values like honesty, team spirit, and always doing
‘the right thing’ etc.
Oh yes, I’ll 2nd that.
A little anecdote. Many years ago I helped out on a school trip to Wales, where we explored a town via a treasure hunt. My boys “cleaned up”, whilst the other teams had various issues throughout the day deflecting them from the task. How? I spent 5 mins at the start getting them to select a team name & a leader. Then it was thier team against the rest & I had an easy day…..thanks Enid 
Thank you to whoever started this forum. My husband and I are avid readers and whereas I will pick up any book and read it he is a lot more specific and always looking for new authors and titles that are recommended. I love the classics (very new to reading them in truth) but have found I get lost in a Dickens novel so:
Nicholas Nickleby
Great Expectations
The Old Curiosity Shop
Also Elizabeth Kostova “The Swan thieves” and anything by Barbara Kingsolver
Favourite authors: Jodi Picoult, Faye Kellerman, Donna Tartt, Lionel Shriver.
Most amazing big read was “the Mandibles” by Lionel Shriver