Every time I hear of a book that piques my interest I write it down. Some are new, some are old, some are completely random. Some I read and some I don’t. There’s always another one to try because one book leads to another! Check back as I will update this throughout the year. p.s. get ready to scroll, this is a long list
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning
The Hare with the Amber Eyes
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (my friend Debbie tried to get me to read this years ago. I recently saw the trailer for the movie and finally decided to give it a try. Currently on hold at the library.)
Hidden Pictures
The Cult of Trump by Dr. Steven Hassan
Israel’s Moment: by Jeffrey Herf
On Color by David Scott Kastan
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes
Room (another book my friend Debbie tried and tried to get me to read. Sometimes you’re just not ready for a book.)
The Day of the Jackal
Flood by Andrew Vachss
Redirect by Timothy Wilson
Picturing the Space Shuttle: The Early Years
(From an interview) Maniscalco: I’m a huge romance junkie, so basically anything in that genre that I can get my hands on during my downtime! A few I adore are:
- Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
- The Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas
- Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- Mating the Huntress (novella) by Talia Hibbert
The Kind Worth Killing (recommended by my friend Ally)
Fifth Avenue Style
Gloria Vanderbilt by Wendy Goodman
I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown (a twins story!)
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Bloodlands by Timothy Snider
Mama’s Boy by Dustin Lane Black
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Pete McBride – Colorado river, etc.
Possession by Erin Thompson
Victoria Magazine books
The Judges List by John Grisham
Child Zero by Chris Holm
Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah
Recommendations from Ingrid Fetell Lee (who wrote a book about joy)
- More Than Just a House by Alex Eagle
- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
- An Organized Home by Remodelista
- Every Room Should Sing by Beata Herman
- Absolutely Beautiful Things by Anna Spiro
- A Life in Pattern
- Maison: Parisian Chic at Home
- Making Living Lovely by Russell Whitehead and Jordan Curoe
- Decorating is Fun! by Dorothy Draper
- Hill House Living by Paula Sutton
From various Best Art Books of 2021 lists
- Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern by Charles Dellheim
- The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz by Thomas Gore
- The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
- Tattoo 1730s-1970s by Hank Schiftmacher
Everything is Beautiful by Alwa W. Thomas
The Startup Wife by T. Anam
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Tat by Andy Attman
The Chinese Zodiac by Anita Mangan
The Sky is Everywhere
A Sailor’s Bookshelf
The Ministry of the Future
The Long-winded Lady by Maeve Brennan
A Simple Favor
Shadowman
This Might Hurt
American Gods
The Calling Dream
Pod – Laline Paul
Beautiful Dreamer – Bill Frisell
What a Beautiful World -Isabelle d’ornaro
The Good Dinosaur
When Art Meets Design – Hunt Slonem
Living With Color – Rebecca Atwood
Flower Flash – Lewis Miller
Modern Mix – Eddie Ross
Homes for Nomads – Demeulemeester
Gatekeeper: World of Folly
Afrosurf
Mid-Century Ads – Tashen
The Life and Love of the Sea
Zuber – Brian D. Coleman
The Violence Project – James Densley
New Kid – Jerry Craft
Zabar’s – Lori Zabar
Running Man – Richard Bachman (SK)
Boldly Go – William Shatner
The Latecomer – Jean Hanff Korelitz
Carre: A Vintage Scarf Collection – Benoit-Pierre Emey
Up, Down and Other Opposites
The Shallows – Nicholas Carr
Cimino: The Deer
Heaven’s Gate and the Prices of a Vision – Charles Elton
Killers of the Flower Moon
Story of Your Life – Ted Chiang (Arrival?)
Making a Psychopath
All This Could Be Different – Sara Thankam Matthews
Ohio: a novel – Stephen Markley
The Calling – Dror A. Mishani
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
The Overstory
In Praise of Shadows – Junichiro Tanizaki
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer
How to Have a Good Day – Caroline Webb
Fooled by Randomness
The Look of the Book: Mendelsund and Alworth
Gloria Vanderbilt book on collage
Hutton Wittinson? More Is More
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Personal Assistant – Kimberly Belle
Emma Who Saved My Life (rec from my friend Amy)
Crowds and Power
Jo Berryman
I Am A Camera
The Big Book of Logos
Van Halen: A Visual History
The Paris Library
The Memory Keeper of Kyiv
Trust the Plan – Will Sommier
Indigineous Continent – Pekka Hamakainen
Of Boys and Men – Richard V. Reeves
How to Invest: Masters of the Craft (David M. Rubenstein – WSJ)
Henry Tajfel – bio
Real Easy
They Live – based upon the short story – Eight O’Clock in the Morning – Ray Nelson
Vanity Fair – 17 of the season’s best art books
- Great Women Painters
- How to Live with Objects
- Sight Unseen magazine
- Recreation – Mitch Epstein
- New Canvas – Daniel Gordon
The Architect’s Newspaper – book gift guide
- Bold Ventures – Charlotte Van den Broeck
- How to Live with Objects (again!)
- If Walls Could Speak – Moshe Safdie
- Inventor of the Future (held 1/8)
- Olmstead Trees – Stanley Greenberg
- The Intimate City – Michael Kimmelman
- The Story of the Country House – Clive Aslet
- The Office of Good Intentions – Lee Ann Suen
- Stalin’s Architecture – De Yan Sudjic
By a Thread – Lucy Score (rec from my friend Sara)
The Space Shuttle
Trust – Hernan Diaz
The Bald Eagle – Jack E. Davis
The Sea of Tranquility
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Dress Your Best Life by Karen Dawnn
Your Next Level Life
- This giant list spans the last couple of years. Last update: 2.13.2023
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