Now that nearly everyone in the world has finished The Goldfinch, we need some other book recommendations to get us through the summer.
Huff/Post50 turned to its Facebook community to find out what middle-aged readers have piled up on their bedside tables.
Here are seven books that come highly recommended.
1
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
Simon & Schuster
2
Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer by Heather Lende
Algonquin Books
3
The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout
Simon & Schuster
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4
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Fourth Estate Ltd.
5
The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown
Penguin Books
6
The Martian by Andy Weir
Broadway Books
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7
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Anchor