MODERN READS I RECOMMEND

HERMIT: A NOVELLA

by Joel Dennstadt

 

ONE SECOND AFTER

by William R. Forstchen

 

THE ROAD

by Cormac McCarthy

 

THE STAND

by Stephen King

 

DUE FOR DISCARD

by Sharon St. George

 

A GIFT OF GHOSTS

by Sarah Wynde

 

CRASH

by Michael Robertson

 

ASHES

by Kathryn Lasky

 

IN COLD BLOOD

(non fiction)

by Truman Capote

 

WORLD WAR Z

by Max Brooks

 

THE SHELL SEEKERS

by Rosamunde Pilcher

 

CARRIE

by Stephen King

 

THE OTHER SIDE OF CARRIE CORNISH

by Kate Jay-R

 

THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE

by Chantelle Atkins

 

BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN

by Glendon Swarthout

 

 

CAPOTE

by Gerald Clarke

 

JOHN ADAMS

by David McCullough

 

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

by Harlow Giles Unger

 

THE ROMANOVS

by Lindsay Hughs

1776

by David McCullough

 

THE BLACK DEATH

by Sean Martin

 

A CRACK AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

by Simon Winchester

 

DEAD WAKE

by Erik Larson

 

FIRESTORM AT PESHTIGO: A Town, It's People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History

By William Lutz, Denise Gess

 

THE GREAT DELUGE

by Douglas Brinkley

(Best ever book about Hurricane Katrina!)

 

THE GREAT INFLUENZA

by John M. Barry

 

ISAAC'S STORM

by Erik Larson

 

ORDEAL BY HUNGER: THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY

 by George R. Stewart

(1972 Edition)

 

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY

OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION- HOW COMMON PEOPLE SHAPED THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE

by Ray Rafael

 

IN PURSUIT OF LIBERTY -

COMING OF AGE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

by Emmy E. Werner

 

UNITED WE CAME -

A PERSONAL ACCOUNT FROM GROUND ZERO

by Mary Stephens, R.N.

Red Cross Volunteer

(About the search, rescue, and aftermath of the terrorist act at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.)

IN COLD BLOOD

by Truman Capote

 

A VENOM IN THE BLOOD

by Eric van Hoffmann

(warning: graphic!)

 

THE ONION FIELD

by Joseph Wambaugh

AVA GARDNER

"LOVE IS NOTHING"

by Lee Server

 

BIX: MAN AND LEGEND

by Phillip R. Evans

and Richard Sudhalter

(first bio of Bix Beiderbecke)

 

LOUISE BROOKS -

A BIOGRAPHY

by Barry Paris

 

PIAF

by Monique Lange

 

POPS - PAUL WHITEMAN,

KING OF JAZZ

by Thomas A. Delong

(1983 - hard to find)

 

THEY CALLED HIM AL - THE MUSICAL LIFE OF AL BOWLLY

by Ray Pallet

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE - A Memoir of War, Disasters and Survival

by Anderson Cooper

 

LULU IN HOLLYWOOD

by Louise Brooks