The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs runs a series of goofy life experiments — outsourcing his life, radical honesty — and reports back. Light and funny.
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★ 5The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs spends a year trying to follow every rule in the Bible literally. Funny and genuinely thoughtful.
★ 5The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
The protagonist of this beautiful novel is a 73-year-old woman processing her life — and regrets — through letters. It’s poignant but not saccharine, specific but universally appealing. I dare you not to cry.
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Ann Patchett
An older woman tells her daughters about the summer she spent performing alongside — and falling in love with — a now-famous actor. My friend Anna said her husband adored this book just as much as she did — impressive, considering he typically reads business non-fiction.