The Hermit Philosopher apologizes for the delay, but has been busy with family activities, playing duplicate bridge, and writing the 10th edition of The Law of Healthcare Administration.
But he has managed to read 100 books already this year, a
personal record, so he wants to share the names of a few favorites:
Nonfiction
- Nicole Hannah-Jones (ed)., The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
- Todd L. Savitt, Race and Medicine in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century America
- Paul Lombardo, Three Generations, No Imbeciles
- Edward
Dolnic, The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
- Bill Browder, Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
- Joshual
Kendall, The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the
Creation of an American Culture
- Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of our Discontent
Historical
Fiction
- Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls, Lost Roses, and Sunflower Sisters – based on true stories, the trilogy follows three generations of women of the Farriday family during the US Civil War, WWI, and WWII
- Emma Donaghue, The Pull of the Stars
Fiction
- Ann Patchett, The Dutch House
- Gilly Macmillan, To Tell You the Truth
- Mary Stewart, Thornyhold
If you have some you recommend, please let me know. ■
