Tina Nole's Favorite Books

a list by Tina Nole, New York City Transplant and avid reader

Flashlight Worthy says:
Here at Flashlight Worthy Headquarters we've enjoyed reading Tina's blog, The Only Living Girl in New York -- her humorous tales of adjusting to life in New York City make for a good workday break. With her love of books became apparent in her writing, it was time to ask her for a list of her favorites.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Fine_Balance');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/140003065X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Fine_Balance');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/140003065X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Undeniably flashlight-worthy, I loved this book; the story is delicately unraveled before you, exposing the intricacies of life in India, surviving and sometimes defying the caste system... oh gosh and so much more. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Fine_Balance');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Fine_Balance');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/140003065X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 624 page paperback \|$10.85 \|550 reviews This book also appears on Oprah's Book Club


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/East_of_Eden');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142004235'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/East_of_Eden');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142004235'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">East of Eden by John Steinbeck Ohhh it’s a meaty tale, this one and sometimes feels like an epic soap opera slash biblical journey slash coming of age slash well... it’s great, trust me. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/East_of_Eden');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/East_of_Eden');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142004235'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 601 page paperback \|$11.56 \|212 reviews This book also appears on: Clarisse Perrette's Favorite Novels Ernie Chen's Favorite Fiction Oprah's Book Club The Octogenarian's 10 Favorite Novels


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/The_Glass_Castle');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/074324754X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/The_Glass_Castle');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/074324754X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls This is a common story of tragic poverty and crazy parents... but I think it's the way Walls tells it with such nonjudgmental innocence that I like. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/The_Glass_Castle');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/The_Glass_Castle');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/074324754X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page paperback \|$10.20 \|1,097 reviews This book also appears on Hannah Bomze's Favorite Books


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Beloved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400033411'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Beloved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400033411'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Beloved by Toni Morrison I think this is her best book, although that could be argued... she's pretty amazing. Another dark and tragic tale, both heart-wrenching and oddly inspiring. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Beloved');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Beloved');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400033411'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 352 page paperback \|$10.17 \|79 reviews This book also appears on Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Interpreter_of_Maladies');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/039592720X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Interpreter_of_Maladies');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/039592720X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri I think this title is soooo fantastic, it just says it all... Lahiri here does quite a bit of interpreting maladies on this collection of short stories. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Interpreter_of_Maladies');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/Interpreter_of_Maladies');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/039592720X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 208 page paperback \|$9.64 \|454 reviews This book also appears on: Every Book by Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/I_Was_Told_Thered_Be_Cake');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159448306X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/I_Was_Told_Thered_Be_Cake');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159448306X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley There's everything to love about Sloane, she’s charming and witty and a great writer. I laughed out loud while reading this in the subway and had no care that I looked like a crazy person. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/I_Was_Told_Thered_Be_Cake');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/I_Was_Told_Thered_Be_Cake');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159448306X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 240 page paperback \|$11.20 \|64 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Wolf_at_the_Table_A_Memoir_of_My_Father');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312342020'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Wolf_at_the_Table_A_Memoir_of_My_Father');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312342020'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs This one had my head spinning for a few days, so if you have a crappy father, beware... this is one of his darkest books, not at all the funny Burroughs. This exposes some of what makes him a deeper writer -- I read it in only 2 days and I'm a very slow reader. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Wolf_at_the_Table_A_Memoir_of_My_Father');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Wolf_at_the_Table_A_Memoir_of_My_Father');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312342020'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 256 page hardcover \|$16.47 \|91 reviews This book also appears on Every Book by Augusten Burroughs


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Widow_for_One_Year');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345424719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Widow_for_One_Year');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345424719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Widow for One Year by John Irving I'm in the middle of this book now and it's fan-freaking-tastic -- and sometimes feels like I shouldn't be reading it in public as it gets a little racy at times -- but is funny and sad and strange. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Widow_for_One_Year');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Tina_Noles_Favorite_Books/A_Widow_for_One_Year');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345424719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 576 page paperback \|$10.52 \|581 reviews This book also appears on: 10 Books That'll Make You Wish Your Flight Would Never End Every Book by John Irving

Know any books we should add to the list above? .