EvCC Reads!: In Love with Reading

As we approach mid February and Valentine's Day, readers' thoughts may turn to love, sex and romance.  With those themes in mind, the BBC chose these ten works of fiction, as part of their 100 Novels that Shaped Our World.  

1. Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
2. Forever – Judy Blume
3. Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
4. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
5. Riders – Jilly Cooper
6. The Far Pavilions – M. M. Kaye
7. The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak
8. Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
9. The Passion – Jeanette Winterson
10. The Slaves of Solitude – Patrick Hamilton

Learn more about each title and the author by clicking here and connecting to the BBC website. 

Now that you've reviewed the BBC list. what novel might you add? Take just a few minutes to click here and contribute to the EvCC Readers booklist. Check back in 24 hours and see what's been added!

Don't miss the opportunity to hear the extraordinary writer, Tayari Jones, talk about her book An American Marriage on February 15th, 7:00 p.m. at the Everett Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.  "“This novel is peopled by vividly realized, individual characters and driven by interpersonal drama, but it is also very much about being black in contemporary America. This is, at its heart, a love story, but a love story warped by racial injustice. And, in it, Jones suggests that racial injustice haunts the African-American story." [from Kirkus Reviews]. For a sneak peek, watch the brief interview below. 

An American Marriage was named a notable book by The New York Times and The Washington Post and was awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction.