I’m giving a Kindle to an Ethiopian friend of mine, and I’d like to put a nice library of books on there that he’ll be excited to read. He wants to develop his English reading skill; I think the best way to do that is through lots of reading for fun.
I’m looking for books that have the “gotcha”, that force you to keep turning the page. However, he doesn’t really connect with scifi or fantasy, as they aren’t big parts of his culture. And his knowledge of Western history is obviously not as thorough as many English readers, so I don’t want something that he’ll be lost with.
Any recommendations would be helpful! What’s the last book that you just couldn’t put down?
by daily_refutations