| What I'm Reading Now |
| Gerber, Merrill Joan.The victory gardens of Brooklyn |
| Morgan, Jude. Symphony |
| Spence, ALan. The pure land |
| Wagenstein, Angel. Farewell, Shanghai |
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| Best Books from 2007 |
| Diliberto, Gioia . The collection : a novel |
| Englander, Nathan. The Ministry of special cases |
Iggulden, Conn. Genghis : birth of an empire |
| Romano-Lax, Andromeda. The Spanish bow |
| Rosnay, Tatiana de. Sarah's key |
| Sofer, Dalia. Septembers of Shiraz |
| Vaite, Célestine Hitiura. Tiare in bloom |
| Vassanji, M. G . The assassin's song |
| Vreeland, Susan. Luncheon of the boating party |
| Wright, Richard Bruce. October |
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| Books I Loved |
| Adam, Paul. The Rainaldi Quartet |
| Adichi, Chimamanda Ngozi. Half of a yellow sun |
| Ali, Tariq. A sultan in Palermo |
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| Allende, Isabel. Ines of my soul |
| Arana, Marie. Cellophane. |
| Aw, Tash. The Harmony Silk Factory |
| Badami, Anita Rau. Can you hear the nightbird call? |
| Baldwin, Shauna Singh. What the body remembers |
| Baricco, Alessandro. Silk |
| Beauchemin, Yves. Charles the bold I. The dog years |
| Belozerskava, Marina. The Medici Giraffe |
| Bird, Sarah. The Flamenco Academy : a novel |
| Bordhin, Maria. The falcon of Palermo |
| Bradford, Sarah. Lucrezia Borgia: life, love and death in Renaissance Italy |
| Burnett, Allison. House beautiful: a novel of high ideals, low morals, and lower rent. |
| Camilleri, Andrea. Excursion to Tindari |
| Chabon, Michael. Gentlemen of the road : a tale of adventure |
| Chen, Da. Brothers : a novel |
| Child, Julia. My life in France |
| Doherty, P. C. Assassins of Isis |
| Domingues. Carlos Maria. The house of paper |
| Dunant, Sarah. The birth of Venus |
Enright, Tracey. Claire Fontaine, crime fighter: a novel of life and death and shoes |
| Essex, Karen. Leonardo’s swans |
| Fuentes, Carlos. The years with Laura Diaz |
| Fugard, Lisa. Skinner’s drift |
| Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the time of Cholera |
| Ginsberg, Debra. Blind submission : a novel |
| Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants |
| Guène, Faiza. Kiffe kiffe tomorrow |
| Hamilton-Paterson, James. Amazing disgrace |
| Holeman, Linda. The moonlit cage |
| Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner |
| José Latour. Havana best friends |
| Kalogridis, Jeanne. I, Mona Lisa |
| King, James. Pure inventions |
| Lahiri, Jhumpa. The namesake |
| Lahiri, Jhumpa. The interpreter of maladies |
| Lewycka, Marina. A short history of tractors in Ukrainian |
| Liss, David. The coffee trader |
| Macmillan, Margaret Olwen. Paris 1919: Six months that changed the world |
| O'Faolain, Nuala. My dream of you |
| O'Neill, Heather . Lullabies for little criminals |
| Patchet, Anne. Bel Canto |
| Pamuk, Orhan. Istanbul : memories and the city |
| Richler, Mordecai. Solomon Gursky was here |
| Rotchin, Glen. The rent collector |
| Ruiz Zafon, Carlos. The shadow of the wind. |
| See, Lisa. Snow flower and the secret fan |
| Seth, Vikram. A suitable boy |
| Shelton , Sandi Kahn. A piece of normal |
| Sherwood, Frances. Night of sorrows |
| Shteyngart, Gary. Absurdistan |
| Sierra, Javier. The secret supper |
| Smith, Zadie. White teeth |
| Solé, Robert. The photographer's wife |
| Straight, Susan. A million nightingales |
| Tallis, Frank. A death in Vienna |
| Umrigar, Thrity. The space between us |
| Vassanji. M.G. The in-between world of Vikram Lal |
| White, Jenny B. The Sultan’s seal |
| Widmer, Eleanor. Up from Orchard Street |
