The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: Even if you aren’t a racing fan or a dog lover, it’s a wonderful, amazing book.
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter: Extremely funny, and very sad. The author’s story is interesting. He wrote racist speeches for politicians, then changed his name and wrote this incredible book about tolerance and love. It is not, as it was originally promoted, and autobiography. He also wrote “The Outlaw Josie Wales,” which was made into a movie starring Clint Eastwood. There’s a movie version of “Little Tree” as well but it sucks.
The Passage by Justin Cronin: Huge, fantastic story about how mankind is nearly wiped out by vampires. Not handsome, romantic vampires…nasty, mindless killing machine vampires. It’s a very long book, but the story is so good you can’t stop turning pages. It’s the first in a trilogy, and I can’t wait until the next book comes out!