Today is another freebie on Top Ten Tuesday, this time related to a holiday gift-giving guide. I decided to highlight diverse reads, and rounded out to a full dozen. Here are some great books to get if your recipient loves:
Classics: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Contemporary YA: The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Fantasy YA: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Literary Fiction: The Untelling by Tayari Jones
Historical Fiction: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Mystery: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fantasy: Nekropolis by Maureen McHugh
Magical Realism: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Horror: Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Nonfiction: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Middle Grade: Sold by Patricia McCormick
Short Stories: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg. Happy buying!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
The Zen Leaf 
Reading Lolita in Tehran had me transfixed. It’s one of those books that I no longer own because when I lend it out it doesn’t come home – about time I bought my third copy I guess 😉
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Ha! I can imagine people keeping it. 😀
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I have been meaning to read Reading Lolita in Tehran forever. I keep forgetting about it. Must remedy that!
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It’s so good!
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ooh I recently read Interpreter of Maladies and loved it. Great pick.
http://runwright.net
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I remember trying so many short stories one year and feeling like there weren’t so many good ones, until I stumbled on that collection.
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