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The Most Read Books on Goodreads in August
What's popular right now? Memoirs, books available on Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading, and the latest from big authors, including Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Here at Goodreads we like to know what people are reading. From peeking at the books of our fellow commuters to not-so-surreptitiously checking out the stacks on our coworkers' desks, we embrace our curious nature. That's why we're rounding up what Goodreads members around the world are currently reading. These are the top books, ranked by the number of people who have read them this month.
Browse the books below and add what looks good to your Want to Read shelf.
Here at Goodreads we like to know what people are reading. From peeking at the books of our fellow commuters to not-so-surreptitiously checking out the stacks on our coworkers' desks, we embrace our curious nature. That's why we're rounding up what Goodreads members around the world are currently reading. These are the top books, ranked by the number of people who have read them this month.
Browse the books below and add what looks good to your Want to Read shelf.
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What are you currently reading? Tell us in the comments!
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Cultural Amnesia, by Clive James
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I have read 11 of the 20 books listed. Currently, I am reading, The Woman Who Talked to Spirits by Alys Clare. It is really good.
Just finished Goodnight Stranger by Miciah Bay Gault. Couldn’t put it down.
Currently reading The shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Currently reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin and it's AWESOME!!!
The Supreme Macaroni Company and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
I'm finally reading A Gentleman in Moscow. I might have to take a short break from reading after I'm finished just to savor it.
Courtney wrote: "I just finished Good Omens. SO GOOD and really quite hilarious. TV show was great, too.Currently reading The Goldfinch. A masterpiece so far."
I'm also reading "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt and I'm enjoying it too. For non-fiction, I'm currently reading Brené Brown's "Dare To Lead", "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra, and "Change Your Questions, Change Your Life" by Marilee Adams. All three are good and insightful reads so far!
P.S. I also watched the "Good Omens" TV show and loved it!
Ask again, yes by Mary Beth Keane, The Familiars by Stacey Hall and A Stranger City by Linda Grant. Three hardbacks with stunning covers and all different styles of writing. That’s my bank holiday sorted!
I'm listening to "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" by Matthew Henson who went with Commander Peary on several expeditions. Did they make it to the actual location? It's still being debated, but this book is quite interesting and I like hearing this man's perspective. The narrator is good, but I don't know why an African American didn't narrate it first. I'm going around the world with books this summer and next up is "Islam and the Future of Tolerance" by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz.
Currently reading Rage by Jonathan Mayberry Pine Deep Series.
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The Walking Book Club is getting ready to start The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek in September. Anyone is welcome to join. In some ways this book is akin to Where the Crawdads Sing. Both authors weave interesting facts into story line. Nature for WTCS and history of Appalachia and blue people of Kentucky in Book Woman. We're wrapping up Small Great Things now.
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Julie wrote: "The Walking Book Club is getting ready to start The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek in September. Anyone is welcome to join. In some ways this book is akin to Where the Crawdads Sing. Both authors ..."I heard about this from one of the booktubers I watch and thought it sounded really interesting. I might join in if I can get hold of a copy of it. Thanks for mentioning it :)
Reading..A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles..So delightful!
Currently reading "With the Fire on Hugh" by Elizabeth Acevedo.
I am reading Someone We Know by Shari Lapena and Midnight At The Bright Ideas Bookstore.
I’m reading The Library Book by Susan Orlean. NF. The Los Angeles central library fire and the story of how libraries became icons of communities small and large.
I just finished Inheritance and i just started The Summer We Read Gatsby. Good reads!!
Running Blind by Lee Child, I love his books!
I just finished Wish You Well by David Baldacci. I've been really interested in reading books by Kristin Hannah lately. Great author!
Right now I am currently reading and hope to finish soon The girl king by Mimi you, evvie Drake starts over and heart of mist book 1 of the oremire Chronicles trilogy. They are all pretty good and I hope to finish them soon.
I am currently reading Man’s Search for Meaning. It is a powerful story of a man who survives a concentration camp by continuing to think of his love and in seeing her soon.
I am reading Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor.
Reading The Ghosts Of Eden Park, by Karen Abbott. A fascinating and surprising account of the prohibition era. Non-fiction that reads like a crime novel.
Currently re-reading the HP series and am about to start "Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince" as my main read.I'm also partway through #20 in L E Modesitt's "Recluce" series, "Outcasts of Order", as my "when I have a few minutes" book as I enjoyed it so much the first time around..
Courtney wrote: "I just finished Good Omens. SO GOOD and really quite hilarious. TV show was great, too.Currently reading The Goldfinch. A masterpiece so far."
The Goldfinch. Perhaps the best book I will ever read.
Εvdokia wrote: "I’m reading Tidelands"John W is so under represented here in US - and he writes such great books!
Currently reading Solitary by Albert Woodfox and loving it!
Would also recommend The Sun Also Shines by Anthony Ray Hinton. One of the best books I read in a long time. Mr. Hinton was on Alabama’s death row for 30 years for a crime he did not commit!
I just finished reading the whole Harry Potter series and I loved it. I still wanted morec
Read Bernard Burgess's Burt and Norah's " The Nickel Dime Murders" and loved it, looking forward to more of his books. The coywolf really gave his story a different twist!
"Empty Nesters" and fighting my way through "Say Nothing".
I found "The House of Broken Angels" by Luis Alberto Urrea to be a wonderful read. Who knew a story about a death in the family could be so entertaining? It's meaningful, cross-cultural, funny, observant, and told in Urrea's unique voice. Highly recommended.
Currently reading Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the first definitive biography of the guitar legend.
Currently reading plain truth by Jodi picoult & trying to find some similarities between Amish village I visited in philly in 2015 & the one mentioned in the book . I feel the under currents & the longings already but not the fulfillment of a simple life yet
