I occationally check out books for my grandma but am running out of ideas. She hates violence,sexual promiscuity, or any books that are super depressing. She likes mysteries and Christian fiction the best as well as the classics, including children's classics.
2007-02-04 12:43:46 · 19 answers · asked by Puff 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Praise the Lord she is still able to read and enjoy literature.Absalom, Absalom! by WIlliam Faulkner, The Caine Mutiny by: Herman Wouk Go Tell It on the Mountain by: James Baldwin, The Invisible Man byRalph Ellison; Utopia by Thomas More. I would also suggest books of history and drama such as 'The Diary of Anne Frank". There are many religious books and religious history books in softback copies. Contact the AARP also; they have much information available for seniors. Has she read the "Left Behind" series? How about any CD's and books on tapes? There is so much out there, and much also depends upon what she likes to do - such as gardening, cooking, puzzles, etc. Check your local stores for magazines that might also be of interest. When my mother was alive - she loved to spend hours and hours in the library surrounded by books and private areas where she could read in comfort and feel "away from home" for a short period of time - talking with others of her own age. They had a 'reading' group or what we call a "book club". I hope she will enjoy some of these. God bless her and you for taking such an interest in your grandmother.
2007-02-04 13:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Books For 80 Year Old Woman
2017-01-17 11:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest anything by L.M. Montgomery, she is the author of Anne of Green Gables, they are clean nastolgic and even though they are listed as a young adult book, they are very well written and the stories are great. Also I would recommend anything by the christian writer Jane Okie who has written the popular Love comes softly trilogy that just got made into movies on lifetime station. They have only made a few movies, but she has written many books. Nicolas Sparks would be great for her also great stories, but some can be a little depressing in a happy/sad endings. If she likes mysteries then Agatha Cristi would be great for her, once again nostalgic and challenging.
2007-02-04 12:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by dfische7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you like non-fantasy books then? Well, I can help you there. :D I read all kinds of books so this isn't hard for me. There are lots of books out there that you might enjoy but some you could read are: Girl, Missing - Sophie McKenzie Newes of the Dead - Mary Hooper Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer Long Way Home, Mr. Nobody's Eyes, The King in the Forest, The Ghost of Grania O'Malley, Red Eyes at Night, Billy the Kid, Toro! Toro!, Private Peaceful - All by MIchael Morpurgo. They are all very, very good books. :D And I'm sure there are pleanty more like it if you google similar books. :] Good luck book searching!
2016-05-24 08:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code, Angels And Demons, Deception Point, Digital Fortress), or anything by Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, JK Rowling, Dickens, Sebastian Faulks, and Zadie Smith.
2007-02-04 12:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
In Memoriam, The Lover's Tale and other poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
2007-02-04 12:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lillian Jackson Braun has written a series of mysteries that feature cats. They all have a title beginning with "The Cat Who .." You can find them in any bookstore or library. Older people love them.
2007-02-04 12:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like she has given you a good variety to go by. Ask the librarian for help, there should be lots of books that fit into those categories.
2007-02-04 12:48:35 · answer #8 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get her some Catherine Cookson (wholesome family stories) or Ruth Rendell (British mysteries)...keep reading!
2007-02-04 12:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is a classic. Or anything by Philip Gulley.
2007-02-04 17:11:33 · answer #10 · answered by Angelique 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋