WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

Discover the best books of the year, handpicked by the editors of The Wall Street Journal. From thought-provoking nonfiction to engrossing fiction, our Top Book Recommendations offer a curated list of exceptional reads that will inform, inspire, and entertain. Featuring titles from acclaimed authors and emerging voices, our selection spans genres and subjects, ensuring there's something for every reader. Dive into the world of ideas, stories, and perspectives that will change the way you think, feel, and see the world.
 

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1. The bookseller of Florence: the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance

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Author:
King, Ross, 1962-
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5 stars
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"Against the ... backdrop of Renaissance Florence, [this book] brings to light an extraordinary story about the city and its culture--that of Vespasiano da Bisticci, the 'king of the world's booksellers,' Florence's most indispensable and prolific merchant of knowledge. His bookshop in the heart of Florence was a gathering place for the city's most prominent poets and philosophers, and it was there that Vespasiano and his team of scribes created beautiful...

2. The enchanted April

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Author:
Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941
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3.4 stars
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Wake Forest Community - Adult Fiction
VONARNIM
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Escaping dreary London for the sunshine of Italy,four very different women take up an offer advertised in the Times for a small medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April.As each blossoms in the warmth of the Italian spring, quite unexpected changes occur.

3. Leonardo Da Vinci: the anti-biography

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Author:
Campbell, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1963-
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Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"An examination of the modern cultural mythology of Leonardo da Vinci that sheds light on the intersections of the academy, the commercial art world, and ideas about attribution and authorship"--

4. The villa

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Author:
Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-
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"As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974 it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon. In an attempt to reignite his creative spark, Noel invites...