Books Recommended by Nancy Pearl
Set My Heart to Five
A Novel
Simon Stephenson
Source: "When I was reading this book, I just kept laughing and reading sections out loud to my husband." - Nancy Pearl
The Unquiet Dead
Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak Novels, Book 1
Ausma Zehanat Khan
Source: "One of the best mysteries that I've found in a long time." - Nancy Pearl
The Cactus League
A Novel
Emily Nemens
Source: "A baseball book for people who don't love baseball." - Nancy Pearl
The Quiet Americans
Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--a Tragedy in Three Acts
Scott Anderson
Source: "A book about the first 15 years of the CIA." - Nancy Pearl
All the Way to the Tigers
A Memoir
Mary Morris
Source: "One of my favorite books of [2020]." - Nancy Pearl
She Votes
How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next
Bridget Quinn
Source: "A wonderful, wonderful book." - Nancy Pearl
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