Book Recommendations

May 2024 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for April 29, 2024

Washington Through A Purple Veil by Lindy Boggs

Widow; long-reigning Louisiana congresswoman; ambassador to the Vatican.

Book of the Week for April 22, 2024

Tad Lincoln’s Father by Julia Taft Bayne

A little girl remembers the presidential family with love.

Book of the Week for April 15, 2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit And Glamour Of An Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

An acclaimed child star grows into an early activist for HIV/AIDS.

Book of the Week for April 08, 2024

Second Acts:
Presidential Lives And Legacies After The White House by Mark K. Updegrove

After Washington DC: careers from Harry Truman through Bill Clinton.

Book of the Week for April 01, 2024

Pentimento by Lillian Hellman

Portraits of women who influenced the playwright.

April 2024 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for March 22, 2024

The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

The talented–and promising–writer, Nathan Zuckerman, becomes fascinated with a woman at the house of his idol, author, E.I. Lonoff.

Book of the Week for March 18, 2024

Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor

A 1938 novel–written all in letters–between two friends– predicts the rise of the Nazi party.

Book of the Week for March 11, 2024

Memoirs by Tennessee Williams

In 1975, the playwright revealed his life as a gay man–and former mental patient–addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Book of the Week for March 04, 2024

Now You Know by Kitty Dukakis and Jane Scovell

An “almost” first lady’s thoughts about her childhood, the campaign trail, and horrific depression.

Book of the Week for March 01, 2024

March 2024 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.