Some books I recommended to a book group:
Starry Messenger by Neil DeGrasse Tyson - written by an active author and astronomer. Views of our lives today
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - a novel about the life of Shakespeare
Incognito by David Eagleman - a mind is limited and the conscious brain is only one part
Seven and a Half Lessons About Your Brain by Lisa Feldman Barret - your brain does far more than allow you to think
Beloved by Toni Morrison - a novel about slavery in the American South
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris - a murder mystery about life in Arab lands, especially women's lives
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach - Brach is a teacher and philosopher of acceptance of life's gifts and challenges
A Place for Everything by Judith Flanders - a history of alphabetical order. How can alphabetical order have a history?
Breath by Breath by Larry Rosenberg - breath can take you to joy, calm and acceptance of what comes
Dead Frenzy by Victoria Houston - Houston is a Wisconsin author who has written novels about a small Wisconsin town
All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum - one view of the basics.