I just started His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik, which I’m enjoying so far. My husband suggested it.
Ready Player One on the recommendation of my sister. As a semi-geeky child of the 80’s, I absolutely loved it.
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Recommended by my Taekwondo instructor. I highly recommend it as well.
My entire family raved about Red Notice - mother, father and brother - but I didn’t like it as much, mainly because it’s more thriller than finance story.
*To the Bright Edge of the World * by Eowyn Ivey. Recommended by my friend Nancy.
The Martian, and I didn’t finish it. It just didn’t draw me in, and I never looked forward to picking it up and reading more.
The Hangman’s Son by Barry Longyear. A friend enthused over it, said it was the greatest thing ever, really praised it sky-high.
I didn’t like it as much as he liked it…but I definitely liked it! A thoughtful and emotionally gripping story.
I think some of the “police procedure” stuff in the book is total hokum. But the personal relationships are greatly endearing. It’s a great book about people and the need for emotional warmth.
‘The Sympathizer’, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Recommended to me by a friend who has visited Vietnam, as we’re considering visiting.
Outlander. Well, didn’t finish it… Won’t finish it… But I did start it. 
Steinbeck’s East of Eden. A Polish girl at my institute in Moscow gave it to me when she learned I was reading John D MacDonald’s Travis McGee series to pass the time.* ** ***
*Not that there’s anything wrong with that; she just thought Steinbeck would be a step up for me.
**Also given to me by another (American) classmate that same year.
***My group leader gave me Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel at around the same time.
Something by Terry Pratchett, read about 20 pages, took it back to the libary.
Guns Germs and Steel, I thought was over-rated. Way too repetitious, he had about enough material there for maybe a 100-page book, and Diamond is not a good enough writer to keep me riveted…
A fellow teacher recommended Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Person of Szechwan.”
Which was more interesting and more subtle than I usually expect from Brecht.
When I was back home in March, my mother, aunt and uncle were talking about books they’d enjoyed, and I made a note to look them up and give them a try. So based on that I recently read All the Light We Cannot See and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, both set during WWII. Enjoyed both of them.
In general, I’ve had very good luck with books recommended here on the SDMB. Someone here started me on the “Alan Lewrie” series of naval adventures by Dewey Lambdin, a series I have come to love. I wish I could remember who it was here, but, well… THANKS!