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Every Book Val Has Ever Recommended to Someone - Page 11

In 30 years of being a book nerd and 9 years of being a bookseller, these are the books I can remember reading and telling someone else that they should read. Arranged in reverse alphabetical order by age group: picture books, middle grade, young adult, adult nonfiction, adult fiction.
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (Yannis Veroufakis)
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
401
Yannis Veroufakis
Symphony for the City of the Dead:  Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (Margarita Engle)
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
402
Margarita Engle
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism (James W. Loewen)
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
403
James W. Loewen
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
404
Helen Keller
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
405
Ibram X. Kendi
Spook (Mary Roach)
Spook
406
Mary Roach
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From Th
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From Th
407
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
408
Rachel Carson
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy (Paul Thomas Murphy)
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
409
Paul Thomas Murphy
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
410
Naomi Klein
Sex and World Peace (Valerie M. Hudson)
Sex and World Peace
411
Valerie M. Hudson
Severed (Frances)
Severed
412
Frances
Seven Skeletons (Lydia Pine)
Seven Skeletons
413
Lydia Pine
The Secret Lives of Color (Kassia St. Clair)
The Secret Lives of Color
414
Kassia St. Clair
The Science of Good Cooking (Editors of America's Test Kitchen)
The Science of Good Cooking
415
Editors of America's Test Kitchen
The Sacred Hoop (Paula Gunn Allen)
The Sacred Hoop
416
Paula Gunn Allen
Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation (John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger)
Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation
417
John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It
418
Mark Twain
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
419
Virginia Woolf
The Rest Is Noise
The Rest Is Noise
420
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (Eric Foner)
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
421
Eric Foner
Rawhide Down (Del Quentin Wilber)
Rawhide Down
422
Del Quentin Wilber
Ratf**Ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy (David Daley)
Ratf**Ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
423
David Daley
Queer There and Everywhere: 22 People Who Changed the World (Sarah Prager)
Queer There and Everywhere: 22 People Who Changed the World
424
Sarah Prager
The Pluto Files (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
The Pluto Files
425
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Pillar of Fire (Taylor Branch)
Pillar of Fire
426
Taylor Branch
Pictures at a Revolution (Mark Harris)
Pictures at a Revolution
427
Mark Harris
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
428
Marjane Satrapi
Periodic Tales (Hugh Aldersey-Williams)
Periodic Tales
429
Hugh Aldersey-Williams
A Perilous Path (Sherrilyn Ifill)
A Perilous Path
430
Sherrilyn Ifill
The People's History of the United States
The People's History of the United States
431
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963
432
Taylor Branch
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
433
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
434
Mary Roach
Obama: An Intimate Portrait (Pete Souza)
Obama: An Intimate Portrait
435
Pete Souza
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers (Lillian Faderman)
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
436
Lillian Faderman
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
437
Alexander
Never Caught (Erica Armstrong Dunbar)
Never Caught
438
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Negroland (Margo Jefferson)
Negroland
439
Margo Jefferson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
440
Frederick Douglass
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