I need a few good reads. I’m headed to Norway for a cruise through the fjords and want to spend my downtime relaxing and absorbed in a page turner. I haven’t found one in years, but in all fairness, I also rarely take the time to read a book. I listen to podcasts, audible books, read short articles, but there’s nothing like a fabulous book. Please send me recommendations. Homecoming by Kate Morton and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus are my first two downloads.
Above photo was taken in 2018 on a previous cruise through the Norwegian Fjords. There’s not too many places I repeat but Norway is one of them. It’s beyond gorgeous. Follow me on Instagram to see the photos of my visit to Norway with a stop in Copenhagen.
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Janet
Loved Lessons in Chemistry and here’s a few that bring many hours of pleasure:
~Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
~Trust by Hernan Diaz
~Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Your trip sounds amazing. Please do a post on your itinerary & post pictures!
Karima
Thank you for the recommendations!!
Bethany Siggins
Reading Lessons in Chemistry right now. A friend recommends The Dream Daughter, which I’m about to start, and The Personal Librarian is in my queue. Earlier this year I enjoyed The Midnight Library.
Jodie
I endorse all of those selections!
Read them all.
Carol
I also enjoyed Pineapple Street.
The Latecomer, by Jean Korelitz is engrossing and entertaining.
Have a great trip!
Karima
Thank you!!!
Laing Rikkers
Two very different, but engaging books.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
And
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Lorraine
The Dry, Force of Nature and Exiles (in that order) by Jane Harper.
Heat 2 (watch Heat again before reading).
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Antony Doerr
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Anything by Emily St. John Mandel
East of the Mountains David Guterson
Random by Penn Jillette – for a hilarious, wild ride.
Beth Dial
I just finished American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins and The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah – both were page turners for me. Enjoy your trip!
Moira Fitzgerald
I was not crazy for Pineapple Street but liked Lessons in Chemistry. Hello Beautiful and A Likely Story ready after I finish As It Turns Out which is good. I recommend Upper Bohemians. Enjoy your cruise & please update us on Norway. Your packing tips are marvelous. Thank you!
Wendy
I loved Tomorrow Tomorrow & Tomorrow too as well as Lessons in Chemistry!!! Hello Beautiful was excellent too😍
Kathy Purser
Have a fantastic trip. Horse was really good
Molly Davin
I usually have one book I’m reading and one I’m listening to! Just finished listening to “I’ll Be You” by Janelle Brown, and before that a WW2 true story, “Three Sisters” by Heather Morris.
Been reading Marie Benedict’s historic fiction books, “The Only Woman in the Room” and “The Mystery of Mrs.Christie” were both great! She has several others too. Also recently read “The Maid”by Nita Prose.
Digging into my archived list, a few older favorites are:
“The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi
“The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michelle Richardson-true story
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Barrows and Shaffer
“Winter Garden” Kristen Hannah-one of her earlier books
“Three Junes” by Julia Glass
Lita DaSilva
Anything by Ann Patchett (State of Wonder especially good)
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
A Well-Behaved Woman – a novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Fowler
The Nightengale or The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Madeleine
I am loving “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. And, I’ll second the recommendations for “The Henna Artist” and “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”.
Barbara
All the Broken Places by John Boyne.
Thank you to your commenters for some great recommendations.
Colleen
This may be old, but The Silent Patient is excellent! I will second the Nightengale and Ordinary Grace!
JoAnn
Excellent book!
kara
LOVED You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
J Malik
I just finished reading The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. A wonderful book about the first woman sniper from Russia during the war. I highly recommend.
Ann
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver!
Claire
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell and the Jane Harper novels get my vote.
Cannot wait to see your Norway fjords cruise on Instagram but I will be hanging out for your Copenhagen recommendations. In 2019, Copenhagen was my last overseas destination before lockdown and I loved it so much, it is my first overseas trip post lockdown.
Have a wonderful trip!
Amy
Enjoy your cruise!
I am reading Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn and am enthralled.
Juliet
Pineapple Street is so good. I know Lessons in Chemistry is a best seller but I can’t get into it and after third try through in the towel. Happy travels. xo
Jennifer Cooper
Gentleman in Moscow
Cindy C. Taylor
Just finished “It was an ugly couch anyway” by Elizabeth Passarella. Wonderful, entertaining book of essays by a talented author.
Thanks for all the suggestions in comments.
SKS
Elizabeth Strout’s books are all great! “Lucy by the Sea” is her latest and I loved it.
“Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett is a must-read.
“Hello Beautiful” and “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano are both great.
Christina Bennett
Demon Copperhead!! Kingsolver knocks it out of the park with another terrific novel