“The Complete Stories,” Flannery O’Connor I first heard about Flannery O’Connor while at university, but hadn’t read anything by her…
“On Beauty,” Zadie Smith A few months ago, I read Smith’s “White Teeth” and loved it, so of course I…
“Torch,” Cheryl Strayed If you know anything about Cheryl Strayed, it’s that they made that movie based off of…
“Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own,” Kate Bolick Bolick’s book is half-memoir half-advice: she uses her own life…
“Her Fearful Symmetry,” Audrey Niffenegger This novel is Niffenegger’s second; you probably know her more for her first novel, “The…