This week, I am quoting the critics; maybe, these short comments will spark your interest in the top ten you have not yet read. But first, mark your calendar for Thursday November 29th at noon. That's when Stewart O'Nan will be here at the Library to talk about his latest novel Last Night at the Lobster. At the center of the story is a restaurant manager facing his restaurant's closing and his messy love life. Connecticut author O'Nan has been called "the bard of the working class."
Here is this week's list:
1-Written by "the master of blue-collar life" Richard Russo, it's Bridge of Sighs.
2-Charcterized by "grisly crime scenes, it's Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell.
3-"What truly defines family and the lengths we will go to protect our children" is the underlying theme in Run by Ann Patchett.
4- Another "heart-tugging novel" The Choice is by Nicholas Sparks.
5-David Baldacci "reveals the anarchy that lurks under the slick facade of corrupted government" in Stone Cold.
6- "Football in Italy? Who knew?" John Grisham in Playing for Pizza.
7-Tom Perrotta casts a sharp eye on "the frustrations and perils of life in suburbia" in The Abstinence Teacher.
8-"Engaging, erudite, candid and accessible, often hard to put down" - that's Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin.
9-Oprah's latest pick is Pillars of the Earth, an "epic story of the building of a cathedral in 12th century England" by Ken Follett.
10-"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily." So begins, The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold.
Barnes & Noble has added video interviews with some authors.
I have linked them, so you may see and hear their comments.