Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Intra-friendship dynamics! The strange intricacies of academias! The glories of Vermont! The cruelty of time! The benevolence of time! This novel has it all, plus it's written with such breezy elegance that you'll never stumble. Pack it for a long weekend.
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Enchanting real-life stories that grapple with whether people can actually be understood through their psychiatric diagnoses. Stellar writing.
Georgia O'Keefe's Pantry
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Spanning generations and continents but still utterly devoted to the details of daily life.
