My favorite. In January I read seventeen books for compassion. I am so very grateful for all the authors who open their hearts through the printed word. (See "Compassionate Reading" for details.)
The Glass Castle, Annette Walls
Half Broken Horses, Annette Walls
The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van, Alan Bennett
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance
The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar
Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
Astrid & Veronika, Linda Olsson
Tolystoy and the Purble Chair, by Nina Sankovitch
Eleven Hours, by Pamela Erens
The Lake, by Banana Yoshimoto
Books for Living, by Will Schwalbe
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
Letters from Rifka, by Karen Hess
Upstream, by Mary Oliver
The Glass Castle, Annette Walls
Half Broken Horses, Annette Walls
The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van, Alan Bennett
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance
The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar
Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
Astrid & Veronika, Linda Olsson
Tolystoy and the Purble Chair, by Nina Sankovitch
Eleven Hours, by Pamela Erens
The Lake, by Banana Yoshimoto
Books for Living, by Will Schwalbe
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
Letters from Rifka, by Karen Hess
Upstream, by Mary Oliver