Book Recommendations - Best Books of 2010 for Women
GiftLit announces our choices for the Best Books of 2010 for Women, with stories of wisdom, humor, and love from award-winning authors.
Best Books of 2010 for Women
Cleopatra: A Life
by Stacy Shiff – Pulitzer Prize winner Schiff excavates truth from myth in this eloquent biography that brings to life a charismatic and remarkably complex woman who spoke eight languages fluently and for 22 years, until her gruesome death, ruled a glittering city-state of astronomical wealth. Get more book recommendations for women.
Room
by Emma Donoghue – This brilliant novel, told by five-year-old Jack who has spent his entire life in one room with his mother, is a stunning portrait of survival in captivity and a celebration of the bonds between parent and child. Get more book recommendations for women.
Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart – In his hilarious and heartfelt new novel, critically acclaimed author Shteyngart envisions a deliciously dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. Get more book recommendations for women.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan – From one of today's boldest writers comes a sly, surprising, and exhilarating novel about time, survival, and the electrifying sparks ignited at the seams of our lives by colliding destinies. Get more book recommendations for women.
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
by Helen Simonson – The unlikely hero of this witty debut novel set in the English countryside is the very embodiment of British aristocracy, but his life takes an unexpected turn when he finds his soul-mate in a Pakistani shopkeeper. Get more book recommendations for women.
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