5ers

I'm what is called an avid reader. I've come to understand that most people don't read an average of one novel a week. My 5ers list is a compilation of all the books I've reviewed on this blog and given a five-out-of-five, must-read rating.

If you only read one book this year, I highy recommend you try reading one of the following novels:

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• Larry's Party by Carol Shields
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Half Blood Blues  by Esi Edugyan
• The Antagonist by Lynn Coady
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
• Room by Emma Donaghue
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle
• Transgression by James W. Nichol
• I Remember Mommy's Smile by Dina Wolfman Baker
• Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott also known as Agatha Christie
• Spinsters by Pagan Kennedy
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• A Daughter's a Daughter by Mary Westmacott also known as Agatha Christie
• Whirl Away by Russell Wangersky

Happy Reading!