The Report My Name Is Lucy Barton The Turner House Beautiful Ruins Shaky Town The Song of Achilles Orphan Train
Hopscotch Sister Carrie What Are We Doing Here?: Essays Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Heat and Light The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry The Trees
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Kindred (Anniversary) These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901: Arizona Territories The Age of Miracles Subdivision The Writing Class Matrix
Lexicon Saul and Patsy Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) The End of Vandalism Sweet Lamb of Heaven Let the Great World Spin The Chain

Books Recommended - 2021

By The Biblioracle Recommends

By The Biblioracle Recommends

Books Recommended - 2021

These are the books recommended in my Chicago Tribune column and at my Biblioracle Recommends Substack. All affiliate income goes to Open Books Chicago, a charity dedicated to getting books in the hands of kids.

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

$17.99
$16.73
The Writing Class

The Writing Class

Jincy Willett

$21.00
$19.53
Heat and Light

Heat and Light

Jennifer Haigh

$14.99
$13.94
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

$18.00
$16.74
The Chain

The Chain

Adrian McKinty

$17.99
$16.73
What Are We Doing Here?: Essays

What Are We Doing Here?: Essays

Marilynne Robinson

$18.00
$16.74
Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful Ruins

Jess Walter

$16.99
$15.80
The End of Vandalism

The End of Vandalism

Tom Drury

$17.00
$15.81
Sweet Lamb of Heaven

Sweet Lamb of Heaven

Lydia Millet

$15.95
$14.83
The Trees

The Trees

Percival Everett

$16.00
$14.88
The Report

The Report

Jessica Francis Kane

$15.00
Subdivision

Subdivision

J Robert Lennon

$16.00
$14.88
Hopscotch

Hopscotch

Julio Cortazar

$18.00
$16.74
The Turner House

The Turner House

Angela Flournoy

$15.99
$14.87
Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann

$18.00
$16.74
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry

$16.95
$15.76
Lexicon

Lexicon

Max Barry

$18.00
$16.74
Matrix

Matrix

Lauren Groff

$28.00
$26.04
Orphan Train

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

$16.99
$15.80
Shaky Town

Shaky Town

Lou Mathews

$28.95
$26.92
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Min Jin Lee

$18.99
$17.66
My Name Is Lucy Barton

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Elizabeth Strout

$17.00
$15.81
Kindred (Anniversary)

Kindred (Anniversary)

Octavia E. Butler

$16.00
$14.88
The Age of Miracles

The Age of Miracles

Karen Thompson Walker

$17.00
$15.81
Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

$8.00
$7.44