Raisa's Must Reads

The titles below are some of my favorite books.


Fiction:

1. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2. The Island by Victoria Hislop
3. The Secret History by Donna Tart
4. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
5. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
6. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Historical Fiction:

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
3. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Non-Fiction:

1. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
2. Maus by Art Spiegelman
3. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson


Science/ Medicine:

1. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
2. The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Children's/ Young Adult Books:

1. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
2. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
3. Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher
4. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
5. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
6. Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
7. Faith and the Electric Dogs by Patrick Jennings
8. El Rey Colibri: Una Leyenda Guatemalteca por Argentina Palacios

Must Read Book Titles in Spanish/French:

1. L'Amant pour Marguerite Duras
2. Le Petit Prince pour Antoine de Saint- Exupéry
3. El Amante Japonés por Isabel Allende
4. Cien Años de Soledad por Gabriel García Márquez
5. El Amor en Los Tiempos Del Cólera por Gabriel García Márquez
6. Retrato en Sepia por Isabel Allende