Book recommendations from the Biblioracle

John Warner tells you what to read next based on the last five books you’ve read.

1. “Dietland” by Sarai Walker

2. “Sunburn” by Laura Lippman

3. “Calypso” by David Sedaris

4. “Fatal” by John Lescroart

5. “Robin” by Dave Itzkoff

— Barbara P., Pingree Grove

There’s a movie version of this book, which looks excellent, but it will have to be truly great to match the book: “The Wife” by Meg Wolitzer. 1. “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward 2. “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 3. “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles 4. “The Radium Girls: The Dark Stories of America’s Shining Women” by Kate Moore 5. “Theft by Finding: Diaries (19772002)” by David Sedaris — Glenda M., Harvard I’m wondering if Glenda has yet dipped into Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels. If not, she can start with the first volume, “My Brilliant Friend.”

1. “Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education” by Michael Pollan

2. “The Orchid Thief” by Susan Orlean

3. “Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation” by Andrea Wulf

4. “The Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World’s Grandest Garden” by Alan Baraton

5. “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren

— Donnaruth S., Barrington

Not only is this a request for a book club, it’s for the 4 Seasons Garden Club of Barrington book club, and as you can tell from the list, the books are garden themed. Here’s a novel about a botanist with a fine personal story set in a broad sweep of history: “The Signature of All Things” by Elizabeth Gilbert.