More to Be Thankful For

I’ve been perusing best-ofs lists for a number of years, online. I like them, and as you might know, I like making my own or building to-do lists from others’ best-of lists. One of the lists that I have come to like the best is from Oprah Magazine. The following list of Thanksgiving reads and Thanksgiving movies leans heavily on Oprah Magazine, but I looked at plenty of other sources and, to be frank, they all seem to draw on each other and therefore repeat a whole lot.

There are more Thanksgiving options for both reading and viewing than I would have guessed. (And remember, I haven’t read or seen most of these. I will provide links and zero-two stars once I read/watch them.)

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There There, Tommy OrangeHome Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen, Laurie ColwinThe Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix SweeneyStill Life, Louise PennyHow to Bake the Perfect Pecan Pie, Gina CalanniThe Book of Delights, Ross GayThe Harrowing, Alexandra Sokoloff (too scary?)The Ice Storm, Rick MoodyA Patchwork Planet, Anne Tyler“Turkey Remains and How to Inter Them,” F. Scott FitzgeraldThree Thanksgivings, Charlotte Perkins GilmanThanksgiving Night, Richard BauschOldtown Folks, Harriet Beecher StoweThe Ghost at the Table, Suzanne BerneThe Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman CapoteStrangers at the Feast, Jennifer VanderbesBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben FountainThanksgiving, Janet Evanovich (?)American Pastoral, Philip RothCourting Disaster, Julie EdelsonNothing with Strings, Bailey WhiteThe Holiday Season, Michael Knight

Picture Books:

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Balloons Over Braodway, Melissa SweetWe Are Grateful, Traci Sorell1621: A New Look at ThanksgivingGiving Thanks, Chief Jake SwampThanks a Million, Nikki GrimesThe Accidental Tourist, Anne TylerAn Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Louisa May AlcottAnkle Soup, Maureen SullivanFat Chance Thanksgiving, Patricia LakinMolly’s Pilgrim, Barbara Cohen

Movies:

The Day After Halloween: The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Jim Henson’s Turkey Hallow (2015)The War at Home (1996)The Myth of Fingerprints (1996)The Oath (2018)The House of Yes (1997)Alice’s Restaurant (1969)Home for the Holidays (1995)Funny People (2009)The Vicious Kind (2009)Holidaysburg (2016)Tadpole (2002)Avalon (1990)The Ice Storm (1997)Pieces of April (2003)Scent of a Woman (1992)Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)Krisha (2016)A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew (2018)Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary (2015)Free Birds (2013)Tower Heist (2011)The Blind Side (2009)Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)You’ve Got Mail (1998)Garfield’s Thanksgiving (1996)Nobody’s Fool (1994)Grumpy Old  Men (1993)Addams Family Values (1993)Son-in-Law (1993)Scent of a Woman (1992)Curly Sue (1991)The Big Chill (1983)Rocky (1976)Babes in Toyland (1934)Dutch (1991)Soul Food (1997)What’s Cooking? (2000)Dan in Real Life (2007)The Daytrippers (1997)She’s Gotta Have It (1986)The New World (2005)Prisoners (2013)