A couple of pre-1975 titles on my TBR pile are Passing by Nella Larsen and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I also want to re-read The Bell Jar (I used to read it like every year back in high school/college).
I found you through your comment on Anne Helen Petersen's "What are you reading?" thread. Happy to be here with fellow book lovers! It's so hard to pick a pre-1975 favorite, but I think I would go with "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" or "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Does a book like The Nickel Boys count for pre-1975 fiction? I have also been reading a fair amount of WWII fiction -that’s before 1975. Most recently in that genre would be “The Dressmaker’s Gift” by Fiona Valpy
You were highlighted a few times during the June 2 Substack Shoutout Thread - including by me! - so hopefully that brought you some new readers. Keep up the awesome work!
Currently reading Boyfriend Material and it is the perfect romance/escape/beach read novel that I needed.
Rec for memoir(?)/nonfiction: "Know my name" by Chanel Miller. Best nonfiction book I've read this year, by far.
Yay! The sequel Husband Material just came out.
A couple of pre-1975 titles on my TBR pile are Passing by Nella Larsen and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I also want to re-read The Bell Jar (I used to read it like every year back in high school/college).
Excellent picks. Last year, I read a YA true-crime themed retelling of Rebeccas. It was ... surprisingly good.
I finished Lessons in Chemistry last week and loved it! So worth the hype, and it is set before 1975!
I got the audiobook and I'm very excited to dive in!
I found you through your comment on Anne Helen Petersen's "What are you reading?" thread. Happy to be here with fellow book lovers! It's so hard to pick a pre-1975 favorite, but I think I would go with "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" or "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Hard to go wrong with those two!
The Great Gatsby. Not an original choice, but still a favorite.
Cheers to that!
Does a book like The Nickel Boys count for pre-1975 fiction? I have also been reading a fair amount of WWII fiction -that’s before 1975. Most recently in that genre would be “The Dressmaker’s Gift” by Fiona Valpy
Nickel Boys definitely counts!
You were highlighted a few times during the June 2 Substack Shoutout Thread - including by me! - so hopefully that brought you some new readers. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you!
Oh! That's so lovely! Emilie is the greatest!