| What I'm Reading Now |
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Favorites |
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| Eugenides, Jeffrey. The
Marriage Plot |
| Marston, Edward. The
Trip to Jerusalem |
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| Best Books from 2011 |
| Allen, Sarah Addison. The
Peach Keeper * |
| Dalton, John. The Inverted
Forest |
| Genova, Lisa. Left Neglected
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| Lee, Linda Francis. Emily
and Einstein * |
| McCleary, Carol. The
Illusion of Murder |
| Obreht, Téa. The
Tiger's Wife * |
| Pasricha, Neil. The Book
of (Even More) Awesome |
| Rich, Roberta. The Midwife
of Venice * |
| See, Lisa. Dreams of
Joy * |
| Senior, Olive. Dancing
Lessons |
| Tanner, Haley. Vaclav
and Lena * |
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| Books I Loved |
| Fiction |
| Adiga, Aravind. The White
Tiger |
| Allende, Isabel. Island
Beneath the Sea * |
| Badami, Anita Rau. Can
You Hear the Nightbird Call? |
| Balogh, Mary. More Than
a Mistress |
| Berry, Steve. The Alexandria
Link |
| Binchy, Maeve. Tara Road
|
| Bohjalian, Chris. Midwives
* |
| Bronte, Charlotte. Jane
Eyre * |
| Brooks, Geraldine. People
of the Book * |
| Buck, Pearl S. The
Good Earth |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster. A
Civil Campaign |
| Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason. The
Rule of Four |
| Carroll, Susan. Midnight
Bride |
| Child, Lee. Running Blind
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| Collins, Wilkie. The
Moonstone |
| Connelly, Michael. Angels
Flight |
| Cookson, Catherine. A
Grand Man * |
| Cookson, Catherine. The
Lord and Mary Ann * |
| Coyle, Cleo. Murder Most
Frothy |
| Crummey, Michael. Galore |
| Davidson, Andrew. The
Gargoyle |
| Deaver, Jeffery. The
Coffin Dancer |
| Dershowitz, Alan M. Just
Revenge |
| Deveraux, Jude. The Duchess
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| Echlin, Kim. The Disappeared
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| Edwards, Kim. The
Memory Keeper's Daughter |
| Eliot, George. Middlemarch:
a Study of Provincial Life * |
| Enahoro, Carole. Doing
Dangerously Well |
| Erickson, Carolly. The
Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots |
| Faber, Michel. The
Crimson Petal and the White * |
| Felber, Edith. Queen
of Shadows * |
| Frey, Stephen. The Chairman
|
| Gaskell, Elizabeth. North
and South * |
| Genova, Lisa. Still Alice
|
| Gibb, Camilla. The Beauty
of Humanity Movement |
| Girardi, Robert. Gorgeous
East |
| Gissing, George. New
Grub Street |
| Glass, Julia. The Widower's
Tale * |
| Golden, Arthur. Memoirs
of a Geisha * |
| Goodman, Allegra. The
Cookbook Collector |
| Gowda, Shilpi Somaya. Secret
Daughter |
| Green, Jane. Bookends |
| Gruen, Sara. Water
for Elephants * |
| Haddon, Mark. Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| Hardy,Thomas. Return
of the Native * |
| Hill, Lawrence. The Book
of Negroes * |
| Holman, Sheri. Dress
Lodger * |
| Hosseini, Khaled. The
Kite Runner * |
| Kalotay, Daphne. Russian
Winter * |
| King, Laurie R.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice * |
| Klein, William. The Woman
Who Would be Pharaoh |
| Kostova, Elizabeth. The
Historian * |
| Lewycka, Marina. A Short
History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| Maguire, Gregory. Confessions
of an Ugly Stepsister
* |
| Maguire, Gregory. Wicked:
the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West |
| Martel, Yann. Beatrice
& Virgil * |
| Martel, Yann. Life of
Pi |
| Maynard, Joyce. The Good
Daughters |
| McNaught, Judith. Remember
When |
| Monk Kidd, Sue. The
Secret Life of Bees |
| Moser, Elise. Because
I Have Loved and Hidden it |
| Myers, Tamar. No Use
Dying Over Spilled Milk * |
| Nicholls, David. One
Day * |
| O'Neill, Heather. Lullabies
for Little Criminals * |
| Orringer, Julie. The
Invisible Bridge |
| Orwell, George. Down
and Out in Paris and London * |
| Palmer, Michael. The
Fifth Vial |
| Patterson, James. London
Bridges |
| Pullinger, Kate. The
Mistress of Nothing * |
| Quick, Amanda. Second
Sight * |
| Ragen, Naomi. Sotah |
| Rollins, James. Map of
Bones |
| Rosnay, Tatiana de. Sarah's
Key * |
| Rothman, Claire Holden. The
Heart Specialist * |
| See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls
* |
| See, Lisa. Snow Flower
and the Secret Fan * |
| Silva, Daniel. The Messenger |
| Simonson, Helen. Major
Pettigrew's Last Stand * |
| Stockett, Kathryn. The
Help * |
| Stuart, Julia. The Tower,
the Zoo and the Tortoise * |
| Toews, Miriam. A
Complicated Kindness |
| Trofimuk, Thomas. Waiting
for Columbus |
| Umrigar, Thrity. The
Space Between Us * |
| Verghese, Abraham. Cutting
for Stone |
| Walters, Minette. The
Ice House |
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| Non-fiction |
| Bennett, Judith. Sex
Signs: Every Woman's Astrological and Psychological Guide to Love,
Men, Sex, Anger, and Personal Power |
| Brooks, Andrée Aelion. Russian
Dance |
| Dawkins, Richard. The
Greatest Show on Earth: the Evidence for Evolution * |
| Dosa, David. Making Rounds
With Oscar |
| Douglas, Susan J. Enlightened
Sexism: the Seductive Message that Feminism's Work is Done * |
| Eckler, Rebecca. How
to Raise a Boyfriend: or Any Other Clueless Guy in Your Life
|
| Hagens, Gunther von. Gunther
Von Hagens' Body Worlds: the Anatomical Exhibition of Real
Human Bodies * |
| Joel, Mitch. Six Pixels
of Separation: Everyone is Connected: Connect Your Business to Everyone |
| Johnson, Marilyn. This
Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians can Save Us All
* |
| Levitan, Daniel J. The
World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature |
| Levitan, Daniel J. This
is Your Brain on Music |
| Maier, Corinne. No Kids:
40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children |
| Manguel, Alberto. The
Library at Night |
| Mead, Rebecca. One
Perfect Day: the Selling of the American Wedding
* |
| Moalem, Sharon. How Sex
Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, and Act the Way We Do
* |
| Myron, Vicki. Dewey:
the Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World * |
| O'Brien, Stacey. Wesley
the Owl: the Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl * |
| Pasricha, Neil. The Book
of Awesome * |
| Pepperberg, Irene M. Alex
& Me: "How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden
World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process"
* |
| Rankin, Lissa. What's
Up Down There? |
| Roach, Mary. Bonk:
the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex * |
| Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia:
Tales of Music and the Brain * |
| Sadie, Stanely. Mozart:
the Early Years, 1756-1781 |
| Siblin, Eric. The Cello
Suites * |
| Skloot, Rebecca. The
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks * |
| Vanderbilt, Tom. Traffic:
Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About Us) |
| Wolf, Naomi. The
Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women * |
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| Children's Books |
| Callaghan, Morley. Luke
Baldwin's Vow |
| Dahl, Roald. The
Twits * |
| DiCamillo, Kate. Because
of Winn-Dixie |
| Ellis, Deborah. The
Breadwinner * |
| King-Smith, Dick. A
Mouse Called Wolf |
| London, Jack. The
Call of the Wild |
| McNamee, Graham. Acceleration
* |
| Montgomery, L.M. Anne
of Green Gables (whole series) * |
| Montgomery, L.M. Emily
of New Moon (whole series) * |
| Montgomery, L.M. Mistress
Pat : a Novel of Silver Bush * |
| Montgomery, L.M.
The Story Girl * |
| Montgomery, L.M. A
Tangled Web * |
| Oppel, Kenneth. Silverwing |
| Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
|
| Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's
Home for Peculiar Children * |
| Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter
series * |
| White, E. B. Charlotte's
Web * |
| Wilson, Budge. Before
Green Gables * |
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| Audiobooks |
| Allende, Isabel. Daughter
of Fortune |
| Barbery, Muriel. The
Elegance of the Hedgehog * |
| Boyne, John. The Boy
in the Striped Pajamas * |
| Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable
Creatures |
| Donoghue, Emma. Room |
| Ferguson, Will. Spanish
Fly |
| Grahame-Smith, Seth. Pride
and Prejudice and Zombies * |
| Harris, Charlaine. Sookie
Stackhouse Novels * |
| Harris, Charlaine. A
Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse: the Complete Stories * |
| Lee, Janice Y.K. The
Piano Teacher |
| Liss, Davis. The Coffee
Trader * |
| Newmark, Elle. The Book
of Unholy Mischief * |
| Sijie, Dai. Balzac and
the Little Chinese Seamstress |
| Tóibín, Colm. Brooklyn |
| Winters, Ben H. Sense
and Sensibility and Sea Monsters * |
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