As usually I read about two books per month, mostly when baseball was not being played. I am pretty pleased with my choices and those of my wife and daughter. I could have done without Ancestor Trouble though. I met David Goodrich at a book signing event and was glad I did. His On Freedom Road raised my awareness of the underground railroad in north central New York State through which I bike toured in June. The Winners, the final (I suspect) book in Fredrik Bachman’s hockey town series didn’t do much for me.
My top ten are in bold. Small Mercies was pretty good too.
American Lion: John Meacham
The Winners: Fredrik Bachman
Riverman – An American Odyssey: Ben McGrath
Dickens and Prince: Nick Hornby
Station 11: Emily St. John Mandel
The Secret Life of Bees: Sue Monk Kidd
Educated: Tara Westover
On Freedom Road: David Goodrich
Rough Sleepers: Tracy Kidder
A Hole in the Wind: David Goodrich
A Voyage Across and Ancient Ocean: David Goodrich
The Great Bridge: David McCullough
Your Inner Fish: Neil Shubin
American Ramble: Neil King, Jr.
Killers of the Flower Moon: David Grann
Small Mercies: David Lahane
Ancestor Trouble: Maud Newton
Crooked: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
The Way Out: Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv
The Wager: David Grann
The Last Devil to Die: Richard Osman
An Immense World: Ed Yong
Brave Companions: David McCullough
The Path Between the Seas: David McCullough
A Truck Full of Money: Tracy Kidder
Mornings on Horseback: David McCullough
On the Street: Bill Cunningham
The Mystery Guest: Nita Prose.
A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel 