I read a lot. I also get asked for book recommendations a lot. This is an incomplete list of some of my favorite books to push upon people. Not necessarily “if you like my writing, you might try…” suggestions, but all books I love. (My tastes tend to run toward the fantastical with a literary/mystery/horror bent, but not always.) I will update this list occasionally.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Rathbones by Janice Clark
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Locke & Key by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Vermillion Sands by J.G. Ballard
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Speak by Louisa Hall
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson