Book talk

Five books I've recently read, in the order that I would recommend them:

• Little Bee by Chris Cleave (must read the other book he wrote)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (want to do for book club)
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (what Her Fearful Symmetry was trying to be)
• A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
• Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (just don't read his newest, Tell-All. It's godawful. I made it to page 18.)

Books I plan to read next, in no particular order:

Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (loved the movie. Want to read the book, then watch the movie again)

Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy (I don't remember where I heard about this one.)

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (recommended by Tish, my librarian friend, who has very similar taste to me and rarely steers me wrong, although she has a weird thing for Pete Hamill that I don't get.)

One Day by David Nicholls (Tish, I'm reading it now)

This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (Tish)

The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst (Tish)

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Tish)

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (Tish)

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (Tish)

What have y'all been reading that's good?