The Reading List (#1,210) by Sara Nisha Adams is a wonderful book. It contains not one, but two reading lists within its pages.
In the neighborhood around Wembley Stadium in London, a number of isolated people come across neat, hand-written lists of book titles, with the heading "In Case You Need It". Although they don't know it yet, they do have a common connection: the local library, perennially in danger of being closed down by the Civic Council. As each person embarks on their own journey by reading through the list, we meet them in their struggles and heartaches and see how the act of reading lifts them out of themselves and into a greater community. But the question remains: who wrote this particular reading list, and why? We do find out in the end in a thoroughly satisfying conclusion.
Maybe I related to this book because I've read all but one of the novels on the "In Case You Need It" list. I plan to remedy that omission in the near future. This is a debut novel from Ms. Adams. I hope we hear more from this talented writer.
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