Thursday, 29 December 2016

31 Books That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

I need some Restoration of Faith at the moment. Will this Buzzfeed list do it for me?

 1. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

 2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

 3. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah


4. I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai

 5. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand

 6. Mountains Beyond Mountains - Tracy Kidder

 7. Wonder - R.J Palacio (see my review)

 8. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers

 9. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

 10. Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

 11. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

 12. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

 13. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

 14. Tenth of December - George Saunders

 15. If I Stay - Gayle Foreman


16. We Are Not Ourselves - Matthew Thomas

 17. The Master Butchers Singing Club - Louise Erdrich

 18. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

 19. Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks

 20. In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist - Ruchama King

 21. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay

 22. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

 23. Deep Down Dark - Héctor Tobar

 24. Orhan's Inheritance - Aline Ohanesian

 25. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

 26. I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak (see my review)

 27. China Dolls - Lisa See

 28. On Writing - Stephen King

 29. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston


30. The Last Policeman - Ben H. Winters

 31. The Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling (1/7)

 6 1/7 read. 

 I haven't heard of so many of these books. There's always so much more to be read....

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 December 2016 at 22:02

    Oh, I hope you are OK Louise! I don't like to think you are down.

    Interesting list. I think I've read about 8 3/7 (or 2.5/7 as I didn't finish the third Harry Potter. I would add another book to this list, I shall not hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish. It's a bit in the I am Malala style,

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  2. Louise31 December 2016 at 18:41

    Hi Sue, I'm ok- thanks for checking, I was just being moderately flippant.

    I've never heard of the book you'd add, but it sounds interesting. I would add The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen 83 1/4, a delightful Dutch book I read a few months back.

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  3. Anonymous1 January 2017 at 15:14

    Oh good ... just wanted to check. I reviewed I shall not hate after my reading group did it. It is really an astonishing book on a few levels.

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  4. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz9 January 2017 at 22:42

    I love the idea of books for restoring your faith in humanity. Mountains Beyond Mountains is definitely a book like that as is Unbroken. I wonder if I could make up my own list.

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