May Cobb earned her MA in literature from San Francisco State University, and her essays and interviews have appeared in the
Washington Post, the Rumpus, Edible Austin, and
Austin Monthly. Her debut novel,
Big Woods, won multiple awards. A Texas native, she lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.
Cobb's new novel is
The Hunting Wives.
At
Publishers Weekly she tagged ten favorite "page-turnery, propulsive reads that are also whip-smart with a side of social commentary that goes down like honey," including:
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
This gorgeous, sumptuous novel opens with Charlotte Perkins, 70 and long ago 
widowed, at her best friend’s funeral. With the passing of her friend, it seems that life might be drained of all adventure, but when Charlotte wins a “Become a Jetsetter” contest by submitting an essay about a long-ago love affair, she wins a 10-day cruise around the Mediterranean, inviting along her estranged adult children, in the hopes of patching the family back together. Both slyly funny and heart wrenching, this is the ultimate dysfunctional family vacation novel. It’ll make you cry and laugh at the same time, all while cruising through swoon-worthy coastal ports.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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