In the spring, the staff here at PFL turn our thoughts to reading (which is maybe not surprising, because it’s at the top of most of our minds all year round). Check out the list below to see the titles we are turning to as we brave late spring storms and look for flowers peeking through.
“Listening again.”
Jamie Attenberg
We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
“So well written!”
The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare
“We just picked up our copy of and we’re fighting over who gets to read it first!”
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
“A great audiobook and fun addition to the Hunger Games series.”
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
John Muir: To the Heart of Solitude written and illustrated by Lomig
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
“One of the most propulsive audiobooks (with a talented full-cast) that I’ve ever listened to! Highly recommend.”
Emily Fridlund
Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff
“I’m a latecomer to the Groff fan club, but now that I’ve arrived, I am here to stay.”
Feminism Against Progress by Mary Harrington
“A snappy polemic calling into question the liberatory potentials of technology.”
Twentieth Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Dead Money by Jakob Kerr
“An entertaining ride.”
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
“April PFL Book Group pick!”
The Lost Dresses of Italy by M.A. McLaughlin
Twist by Colum McCann
“A literary and philosophical thriller with a fascinating setting.”
Rabbit Island, by Elvira Navarro
“Fever-dream short fiction from a contemporary Spanish surrealist writer, heavy on both strangeness and social conscience.”
The Antidote by Karen Russell
“Excellent!”
A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America by Richard Slotkin
“April PFL Book Group pick!”
Yellow Rain by Mai Der Vang
“Poet’s reckoning with the chemical weapons testing inflicted on the Hmong people by the US government during the Vietnam War.”
