Book recommendations for an upcoming vacation? Into smart, suspense novels, interesting nonfiction, or anything really. What have you read recently that you loved?

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Honestly I just finished The Handmaid's Tale and loved it. Its suspenseful and super intriguing, plus the whole dystopian mindfuck, I couldn't put it down. I actually want to go back and re read because the writing and prose is so beautiful, but I sped through it cause I wanted to know how it ended! I highly recommend :)

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Red Notice- Bill Browder. Based on a true story. He actually started his career with BCG. NY Times says this is the book that explains why the Russians wanted to meet with the Trump campaign. Finished it in a weekend.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Read The Expats by Chris Pavone! Sooo good and suspenseful. I liked handmaids tale like everyone is saying. The heart goes last (also my Margaret Atwood) is very good as well.

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The Circle - dave Eggers. Terrific book about the unintended consequences of social media

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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Little old but a compelling portrait of an American family

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Alchemist and the powee if habit, both amazzzing

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Playboy

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Handmaids tale is good. I recently read The Girl in Cabin 10 and enjoyed it; it's like The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl if you like that thing, so good vacation read.

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John Lee Carre's novels if you're into espionage

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If you like creepy I liked the butterfly garden by dot Hutchinson

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Sapiens by Yuval Harari

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Red Notice is great!! You cannot put it down

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Anything by Michael Lewis if you're into finance or economics. Malcolm Gladwell is good as well if you like pop-sci/ psychology, etc

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"The Orphan Master's Son" A novel set in North Korea that won a Pulitzer a few years back. Somewhat upsetting but very timely and interesting.

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Following. Red Notice sounds interesting.

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Oh and Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. I literally read it cover to cover on a random Saturday. So good and really makes you think.

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On a related note, do you believe audiobooks and reading are similar? Just started back on audiobooks. I'm reading outliers right now

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Atlus Shrugged or the Fountainhead

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Agreed on Handmaid's. That's what I'm on now and really enjoying the smart writing.

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