The View From Penthouse B
Elinor Lipman
Newly single sisters share a Manhattan apartment and slowly rebuild. Gentle, funny, and very good company.
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★ 5Ms. Demeanor
Elinor Lipman
A lawyer under house arrest strikes up a romance with a neighbor in the same boat, and starts cooking. Breezy and charming, classic Lipman.
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
Elinor Lipman
A prickly, socially clueless surgical intern gets courted by a fast-talking charmer. Lipman is so good at awkward, funny people.
The Inn at Lake Devine (Vintage Contemporaries)
Elinor Lipman
A Jewish girl becomes quietly obsessed with a Vermont inn that won't take Jewish guests. Lipman turns prejudice into something wry and human without letting it off the hook.
★ 5Whistler
Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors for a reason; I couldn't put this down.
★ 5Heart the Lover
Lily King
A college love triangle from the '80s reignites decades later when crisis pulls the three back together. Turns out it's Casey from Writers & Lovers all grown up, and King just keeps getting better.