My wife's book group recently read "The Book Thief" by Zusak and thought it was the best-written book they had read in years. Also, if you want to read a gripping and unusual story -- a mystery, but not in the usual sense -- try "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Hoeg.

Chasing China by Kay Bratt was a book I really enjoyed.

I was surprised to find Judy Lewis' memoir, Uncommon Knowledge, quite fascinating. Judy was the secret daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable. She died late last year. She was a good writer, and had a Masters in Psychology. She shared a lot of insight into a wicked situation.

Just finished The Witness, by Dee Henderson. It.s a cop/mystery type, which is what I like. Very good story, and free download from amazon.

I read Micro by Michael Crighton and Chard Preston and it was very interesting......about teeny tiny humans and an evil person who made them that way. It takes place on Oahu and has a lot to do with insects and plants. My kind of book but not for everyone.
I also finished a non fiction written by a brain surgeon/researcher who was an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
It was Becoming Dr. Q written by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD. It was a very inspirational book and well worth reading.
I also read Ice Shelf, a mystery about a sheriff in Northern Michigan.......easy reading. I just downloaded another on my the author, Aaron Stander called Summer People. It was 99 cents on Kindle. The first one was free because I am a Prime member.

I checked Amazon about The Witness by Dee Henderson.....I didn't see the free download....it was around 9 dollars.
Sounds like something I would like to read but not for that price.

For great selection of free kindle books updated daily definitely check out WWW.pixelofink.com. I have signed up for the daily list sent to my email and have found at least one I wanted a day. But you have to get them quick because these do not stay free long, they also list 99c finds.

Sorry here is the link

Here is a link that might be useful: pixelofink

You can probably borrow millions of books from your public library; I can from mine. Not all titles are available, but almost all I've wanted are. It is an excellent way to get books...Free! I love it!

I forgot to say I recently borrowed Richard Russo's "Bridge of Sighs" and loved it. Wonderful.

I've read two book recently that were so good I didn't want to stop reading them. One was "Before I go to Sleep" by S J Watson. The other was "1963" by Steven King. The last book by Steven King that I started was "Under the Dome" and I didn't even finish it, but his new book really held my attention.

Another book I read that isn't new is called "Replay" by Ken Grimwood. It is one of my favorite books.

My husband and I got a Kindle Fire from our son for Christmas. We fight over it. LOL We both have been reading like crazy. I read Breaking Twig, really liked it and am reading Bent Creek now. Of course not right now. DH is hogging the Kindle. Both books are 2.99. I read others but the above two are my favorites.

"The One You Love" by Paul Pilkington (free Kindle download) was a fun read. The writing may not have been the absolute best, but the plot was astounding--so many twists, turns and suprises right up to the last word. I see he has another free Kindle book--have downloaded it, but not gotten to it yet.

Currently am reading Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard series (am up to book 4 of 5). They're an odd bunch of books, very different and at times disturbing, but they're certainly interesting. Not sure they're still in print, though--I found most of them at a used bookstore, and bought the other from the Kindle store.

I am also reading 1963 by Stephen King and it is very good, hubby read it already and liked it too.

I just finished My Antonia by Willa Cather for my book club. It's an old book, but I enjoyed it so much.

I got Stephen Kings 11/22/63 on my Kindle. Enjoying it a lot!!!

I just finished People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. It was great!

New here and first post...so not sure if it's okay to jump right in. I hope so!

SeeingJane....welcome to the KT. Always nice to see new people.

I love the book posts, Sounds like some good recommendations here. I have a Nook, and usually download from the library. It is annoying though, that often the library will scan the books into digital format, but not in order of the series. When I find an author I like, and there is a series, I like to read them in order. :(
Just downloaded Grisham's latest The Litigators. Haven't started it yet, DH is reading it first! I also like J.A. Jance. Finishing the Joanna Brady series. Right now I have 15 hardbacks by my bedside. I read a lot, and NO i do not retain most of it. haha. I do read fast and read for pleasure.
The books I read for research, like the latest" Foods that Fight Pain, by Neal Barnard... I read those slowly and try to absorb.
E Readers like Nook and Kindle are awesome! Don'e even have to go out of the house to get something new.
thank you all for the recommendations.

Jenna- you'll find this link helpful in your quest for chronological orders of books. :) About 3800 authors are covered!

Stop, You're Killing Me is the name of the website. I've found it really handy.

I love threads like this one, I've just gone and put several books on my wish list at my library. It's like jotting a note that I can't lose! :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Chronological lists of books

I loved "People of the Book", too. Recommend it!!

flamingo thanks so much for that link! One I had never seen or heard of but will be very useful. I keep having to do google searches for my authors to find the order of the series because we like to read them in order too when we can.

I love learning something new!

Has anyone read "The Tiger's Wife". I enjoyed *parts* of it.

You're very welcome, ravencajun. I think someone that posts here actually told me about it, but I can't remember who.

wanted to mention that today for free listed on pixelofink are some nice cookbooks for download in kindle format.
and some good books too I picked up several.

Just finished The Help, which was very goood....Also, another I just finished was The Litigators by John Grisham, excellent......
A couple of cute ones are, Christmas Wedding by Andrew Greely, Irish Dreams and Sullivan's woman by Nora Roberts.....

I'm an avid reader and have about 4-5 books going all the time......

flamingo, thank you so much for that link!! That is amazing. I have been doing like ravencajun, looking up authors on Google, or trying to find the series order on barnes & noble. this is great!

The other things I like about Stop You're Killing me website are the book reviews (not just recent publications) and the various award winners. I have chosen many of my books from this site.

I just started Stephen King's "Bag of Bones". I was hoping to have something the kids could read. Not going to happen with this one. Lots of sexual references so far.

The Hunger Games series is good if you haven't read it yet.

SeeingJane I saw the reading thread you were new here. Pleae tell us about yourself. I am from a real little town in SD.

I loved The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. I am meaning to locate a copy of The White City which has been recommended to me for some time. It is about Chicago and the building of the World's Fair and politics there, if I remember rightly.

Sheila, both books are a bit of historical fiction and I think you will really enjoy them. I know I did.

The title of the second book is ...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson.

Jodi-

Jodi: I have been an avid reader of everything Erik Larson has written. The Devil in White City is not fiction; I think that's part of what makes it so fascinating. All his books also contain very interesting historical aspects of what he's writing about.

LOVE Erik Larson.

Maxmom, I agree, The Devil in the White City is not fiction. It is what is what I call "historical fiction". Though based on history (and a lot of it for sure) there are obviously things in the storyline that are unknown to the author, especially in the serial killer's private life. What makes this story a little less like a true historical fiction is the fact that all of the main characters were real, not created in the author's mind, but I still see it as historical fiction. Regardless, the story was fascinating.

Jodi-

Another place to find series, etc. is from http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
What I like about it is that you can put in the author's name and get listings, including year published, of his/her books.

Just finished "One For the Money" by Janet Evanovich. I saw that the movie will be out soon and wanted to read the book first. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I began reading it years ago and just couldn't get into it. This time around it was different. An hilarious read, and yet there was some serious murder and mayhem involved. I plan to read the rest of the books in the series soon (there are 18 at present).

I loved all of the Stephanie Plum books....all 18 if them but didn't like the in between ones as much. I read them when I was dealing with all of the cancer stuff and Janet Evanovich had me laughing so much with all of the stupid antics and descriptions. It really helped. Loved these books. I do want to see this movie.