The snow’s falling, the temperature’s dropping, and it’s the perfect time of year to curl up on the couch in front of a fire (if you’re lucky) with a good book. And with just weeks left to go in 2010, it’s time to take stock of the best
books of the year. Thursday is Vermont Edition’s winter reading show. We’ll hear the voices of local authors reading from their new books and get the scoop from some local booksellers about what’s flying off the shelves. Ana McDaniel, manager of The Book Cellar in Brattleboro and Stan Hynds of Northshire Bookstore will join us.
And we want to hear
from you. What new books did you devour this year? What are you recommending to anyone who will listen?
Help us continue to build our winter reading list by posting below.
Ana’s favorites of 2010:
Skippy Dies, Paul Murray
The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall
The Wave, Susan Casey
At Home,
Bill Bryson
First Family,
Joseph Ellis
Stan’s favorite novels of 2010:
Solar, Ian McEwan
Nemesis, Philip Roth
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin
The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
The Bells, Richard Harvell
Jane’s favorites of 2010:
The Tiger,
John Vaillant
Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving
Insectopedia,
Hugh Raffles
Bury Your Dead,
Louise Penny
Recommendations from the 2010 book show:
The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Harriet E. Smith, et al
Breakfast with Buddha, Roland Merullo
Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff
Washington, A Life, Ron Chernow
Young Vermonters – Not an Endangered Species, Joe Sherman and Martina Tesarova
Death by Laughter, Harry Bliss
The Wake of Forgiveness, Bruce Machart
The Left Behind series, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
How Lucky You Can Be, Buster Olney
The Dispossessed and Always Coming Home,
Ursula LeGuin
Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers, Vincent Feeney
Life in a Jar, Jack Mayer
The Revolutionary War in Bennington County, Richard B. Smith
Ethan Allen and the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Richard B. Smith
World Without End, Ken Follett
Cuba Run, David Schaefer
The Unknown Rockwells, James "Buddy" Edgerton and Nan
O’Brien
Holiness and the Feminine Spirit, Susan Perry