The books listed below are recommended by the people listed at the end of each line. The links go to Google Books, which is a fairly non-denominational source of information about the books, most of the time offering an opportunity to sample the text of the book online.
- How Lucky, Will Leitch (Mari S.)
- The Best State Ever, Dave Barry (Mari S.)
- Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi (Mari S.)
- Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens (Caroline and Tim M.)
- Beach Music, Pat Conroy (Caroline and Tim M.)
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo (Jordy M.)
- Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari (Jordy M.)
- This House of Sky, Ivan Doig (Mike M.)
- All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr (Mike M.)
- Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie (Mike M.)
- The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Mike M.)