My Reading List – Michael Price Nelson

“Reading a good book while writing is the best encouragement of all.” – Me. Other than writing, I can think of no better better escape from the noise of life than a good read. (Are you with me?) Mostly, I prefer fiction, although I am occasionally taken by an interesting work of non-fiction. (Tim Miller’s “Why We Did It”, comes to mind.) Currently, I’m enjoying Mario Puzo’s American classic, “The Godfather.” It’s one of my favorite films, but it occurred to me lately that I’d never actually read the book! It’s an absorbing read with clean, descriptive prose and I am certainly savoring the author’s “voice” as he spins his tale. Here’s some of my other recommendation for your personal reading list:

CASTE, by Isobel Wilkerson (currently reading)
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, by Fannie Flagg
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, by Amor Towles
FALLING ANGELS by Tracy Chevalier
THE DOOR BEHIND US, John C. Houser
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL SOCIETY, Mary Ann Shaffer
OLIVER TWIST, Charles Dickens
MEMOIRS OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, by U.S. Grant
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, Andre Aciman
THE ART FORGER by Barbara A Shapiro
THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS, Ruth Hogan
WHILE ENGLAND SLEEPS, David Leavitt
HISTORY IS ALL YOUR LEFT ME, Adam Silvera
THE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM, Christopher Paul Curtis

LEE AND GRANT: A DUAL BIOGRAPHY, Gene Smith
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, Colsen Whitehead
IN FARLEIGH FIELD, Rhys Bowen
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, Philip Roth
DEFENDING JACOB, William Landay
MAGPIE MURDES, Anthoy Horowitz
A MAN CALLED OVE, Frederik Bakman
THE STRANGER’S CHILD, Alan Hollinghurst
PYOTO ILYISH, Adin Dalton
THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, Josephine Tey
THE JEKYLL REVELATION, Robert Masello
THE WHOLE TOWN IN TALKING, Fannie Flagg
TREASURE ISLAND, Robert Louis Stevenson
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, Anthony Doerr
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, John Irving
THE INVENTION OF WINGS, Sue Monk Kidd