moonlight Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Looking for some books to read. Topics that I like reading about: Nazis and the Holocaust, KKK/White Supremacy, Polygamy, Romance, Mental Illness, and heart wrenching stories based in India/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Middle East. I definitely prefer fiction over nonfiction. Any titles you can think of?? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua ETA: You might want to pop over to the Book A Week thread & ask your question there too. I think there will be others who will be able to make some good suggestions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Check out A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell. WWII, Jews in Italy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chess Dad Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 A Time to Kill by Grisham. Excellent book and a pretty good movie. Here is the Wikipedia site describing the book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(Grisham_novel) :patriot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Pro or con on those topics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Probably not one to finish in a day or two, but very good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaplank Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Have you read Infidel by Aayan Hirsi Ali? It is a heart-wrenching autobiography set mostly in the Middle East. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 True Sisters by Sandra Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Nazis and the Holocaust, KKK/White Supremacy, Polygamy, Romance, Mental Illness, and heart wrenching stories based in India/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Middle East. I definitely prefer fiction over nonfiction. Polygamy - I haven't read, but have heard good things about The 19th Wife. All of the following are among my favorites: Nazis and the Holocaust: The Night Trilogy The Invisible Wall - followed by The Dream - not Holocaust per se, but in that time period The Book Thief Maus - brilliant! Stories based in India/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Middle East Sold - not in above countries, more so in Nepal, if I remember correctly - fabulous The Kite Runner A Thousand Splendid Suns - I like this more than The Kite Runner. I would suggest taking a break between these two, otherwise it's Afghanistan overkill and can be a bit depressing to say the least. Not Without My Daughter - non-fiction Books by Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel should be read first, followed by Nomad. I haven't read her other books yet. She's superb, but these are non-fiction. I would recommend her books to pretty much everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Code Name Verity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Code Name VerityI was going to suggest this, as well as it's sequel Rose Under Fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Guests on Earth by Lee Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I was going to suggest this, as well as it's sequel Rose Under Fire. I still need to read that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Code Name Verity This is one my daughter's all-time favorites. I plan to read it, hopefully soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Snow by Orhan Pamuk - he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2006. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11691.Snow " Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism–these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek’s ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. A theatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may be the prelude to losing everything else. Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense, Snow is of immense relevance to our present moment" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys. (YA novel about Siberian prison camps.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 For polygamy fiction, you might want to try The Righteous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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