No. of Recommendations: 4
LurkerMom: Will follow the 'Lincoln Highway' for several days.
Look it up, it's quite interesting.
I grew up a couple of miles from Lincoln Highway and crossed it every single day going back and forth to high school. And then drove it after high school to work in the steel mill to earn money for college. While I do not have any nostalgia for the small town America where I grew up or for Lincoln Highway -- for me, it was an unspectacular road in a very poor town -- I do recommend the Amor Towles novel, "The Lincoln Highway," one of the better written books of 2021.
If you're a vacation reader, I'd also recommend "A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II" by Sonia Purcell, "The Dutch House" by Ann Patchett, "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan (small town life in Ireland... although her book "Foster" may actually be a better small town book), "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus, "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt, "Trust" by Hernan Diaz, "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout (or any of her 'Lucy' novels), "Hello, Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano and "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver (a retelling of 'David Copperfield' in small town America in opioid-ravaged rural Tennessee). Each title is available as an audio book, perfect for car travel. And you can check them for trigger warnings on Goodreads.
For some remarkably enjoyable science fiction that will appeal even to those who do not like science fiction, read the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
