Ayelet Waldman's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “A Really Good Day” maybe isn’t a fan of the “nurse romance” genre. But “come to think of it, ‘Atonement,’ by Ian McEwan, is one of my favorite contemporary novels, and what is that if not a nurse romance?”

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By the Book: Ayelet Waldman (2017)

NYT By the Book column (2017-01-19).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Yiyun Li · Buy on Amazon

"Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life, by Yiyun Li — the book that's currently breaking my heart."

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid · 2017 · Buy on Amazon

"Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid, which I consumed in one frantic gulp a day or two after the election. It blew the top off my head. It's at once terrifying and, in the end, oddly hopeful."

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis · Buy on Amazon

"The Queen's Gambit, by Walter Tevis. I have exactly zero interest in chess, and yet I adore this book. It's suspenseful and heartbreaking and just wonderful."

Loving Day

Mat Johnson · Buy on Amazon

"Loving Day, by Mat Johnson, about a man who describes himself as a racial optical illusion. Among other fine moments is a particularly delicious one featuring a broken condom."

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander · 2010 · Buy on Amazon

"I was enraged when I read The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander, but with a productive fury. The book is a fierce dissection of the American justice system."

Atonement

Ian McEwan · 2001 · Buy on Amazon

"Atonement, by Ian McEwan, is one of my favorite contemporary novels."

Half Magic

Edward Eager · Buy on Amazon

"My very favorite book was Half Magic, by Edward Eager."

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