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Read12 Recommendations from Heather in Chicago

Neil Gaiman -- "Coraline," "American Gods"

Erik Larson -- "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America"

Alice Walker - "The Color Purple"

Stephen King - "Shawshank Redemption"

J.R.R. Tolkien - "The Hobbit"

E.B. White - "Charlotte's Web," "Stuart Little"

Marjane Satrapi - "Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood"

Arthur C. Clarke - "Childhoods End", "Rendezvous with Rama," "The Hammer of God"

Thanks Heather!

Recommendation of Women Authors from Ann Kingman

Katherine Neville:THE 8

Mary Doria Russell: THE SPARROW

Margaret Atwood: HANDMAID'S TALE

Valerie Martin: TRESPASS

Thanks to Ann Kingman!

Women Authors Recommendations from Mike Cane

PATRICIA MELO!! Only two of her crime fic novels in English, but she's great. Might have more writers for you.

Dostoyevsky's Last Night by Cristina Peri Rossi is excellent.

Nancy Kress's Beggars in Spain trilogy is an absolute MUST read, especially THESE days. Antidote to Ayn Rand!

Pat Cadigan is great. So is Patricia McKillip -- but she does mostly fantasy, which I can't get into.

Two Girls, Fat & Thin by Mary Gaitskill -- more Rand antidote (book is about Rand fans!). Gaitskill otherwise uneven.

Denise Mina too. And, tho uneven AND ghost-written, Craig Rice (who is a woman!)

Thanks to Mike Cane! 

Spring is Women Author's Season

Read12 is declaring the Spring Season as Women Author's Season - we'll post here and on Twitter @enklings any recommendations for Women Author's you have.  You can respond by commenting here or on twitter or to tblair@enklings.com .

No gimmicks, no sales pitches, just recommendations to create more readers - always the case at Read12!

simply,

Tim

Read12 Recommendations from Maurits JC in the Netherlands

Henning Mankell : Kurt Wallander series (The Dogs of Riga, Sidetracked, Faceless Killers, One Step Behind and The White Lion, etc.)

Lee Child : Jack Reacher series (Running Blind, Echo Burning, Without Fail, etc.)

Michael Crichton : State of Fear

John Grisham : The Testament

Richard North Patterson : The Race

Wilbur Smith : River God and rest of series

Nelson DeMille : Word of Honor and more of the series

Thanks Maurits JC!

Read12 Recommendations from Kristen in Chattanooga

-Clive Cussler or Dan Brown

-Fans of British Humor I recommend anything by Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman

-For people who want simple but want to feel like they are reading lit - go for any of the old HG Wells, or Sherlock Holmes books.

-Horror fans - Brian Keene (preferrably the Zombie books like "The Rising" or "City of the Dead") John Everson, Nate Kenyon (the Reach is great) Sarah Pinborough, Robert McCammon, Graham Masterton.

Thanks Kristen!

Recommendations from Beth in New York

A Prayer for Owen Meany -John Irving
Jane Eyre -Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Gray -Wilde
Lonesome Dove : A Novel -McMurtry
The Custom of the Country -Wharton
Washington Square -James
Goodbye, Columbus -Roth
The Fall of the Roman Republic -Plutarch
Oliver Twist -Dickens
Mansfield Park - Austen
Moll Flanders -Defoe
Silas Marner -Eliot

Thanks Beth!

Recommendations from Nicole in New York

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

For fun:
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler

Thanks Nicole!

@Best_Books Reading Suggestion

The Gum Thief: A Novel by Douglas Coupland

Thanks @Best_Books !

simply,

Tim

Book Recommendation from Christian in Los Angeles

The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly