Lisa Gardner's Reading List

“Witty dialogue, great characters, steamy sex,” says the novelist Lisa Gardner, whose latest thriller is “One Step Too Far”: “What’s not to like?”

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By the Book: Lisa Gardner (2022)

NYT By the Book column (2022-02-24).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Dark Horse

Gregg Hurwitz · Buy on Amazon

"Hurwitz is one of my must-reads."

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao · Buy on Amazon

"I really loved it and stayed up till 3 a.m. to finish."

Still Missing

Chevy Stevens · Buy on Amazon

"Chevy Stevens's Still Missing, Riley Sager's Final Girls and Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter all stopped me in my tracks."

Final Girls

Riley Sager · Buy on Amazon

"Chevy Stevens's Still Missing, Riley Sager's Final Girls and Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter all stopped me in my tracks."

The Marsh King's Daughter

Karen Dionne · Buy on Amazon

"Chevy Stevens's Still Missing, Riley Sager's Final Girls and Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter all stopped me in my tracks."

The Far Pavilions

M. M. Kaye · Buy on Amazon

"I read the historical saga for the first time when I was 12 and was totally transfixed. That kind of narrative power...left me awed."

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou · 1969 · Buy on Amazon

"Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was one of those definitive works that pierced my heart and opened my eyes."

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman · Buy on Amazon

"Fredrik Backman is one of my new fave authors from A Man Called Ove to Anxious People. His sense of humor, but more importantly, his uncanny knack for capturing human nature in all its imperfect glory, captivates me."

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman · Buy on Amazon

"Fredrik Backman is one of my new fave authors from A Man Called Ove to Anxious People."

The House in the Cerulean Sea

T. J. Klune · Buy on Amazon

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · Buy on Amazon

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas · Buy on Amazon

"I've read the entire Throne of Glass series by Maas three times. I cry each and every time, then contemplate starting again."

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