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Book Group Choices 2002-2004, by Author

Updated January 12, 2005

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Author Title
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Aciman, Andre Out of Egypt
Adams, Henry The Education of Henry Adams
Albright, Madeleine Madam Secretary
Alhadeff, Gini The Sun At Midday
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
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Alvarez, Julia In the Name of Salome
Anderson, Joan A Year by the Sea
Anderson, Walter Meant To Be
Ansary, Tamin West of Kabul, East of New York
Anson, Robert Sam Best Intention
Appelfeld, Aharon The Conversion
Armstrong, Lance It's Not About the Bike
Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Spinster
Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin 
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Atwood, Margaret The Robber Bride
Auchincloss, Louis The Book Class
Austen, Jane Mansfield Park
Auster, Paul Moon Palace 
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Barker, Pat Regeneration 
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Baxter, Charles The Feast of Love
Bayley, John Elegy for Iris
Beerbahm, Max Zuleika Dobson
Bellow, Saul Collected Stories 2001
Bellow, Saul Mr. Sammler's Planet
Bellow, Saul Herzog
Berg, Elizabeth True to Form
Berger, Joseph Displaced Persons
Binchy, Maeve Circle of Friends
Birmingham, Stephen The Rothman Scandal
Bloom, Stephen G. Postville 
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Blunt, Judy Breaking Clean 
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Boll, Heinrich Billiards At Half-past Nine
Borges, Jorge Luis Labyrinths:Selected Stories
Botsford, Gardner A Life of Privelege, Mostly
Bourdain, Anthony Kitchen Confidential
Boyle, T. Coraghessan World's End
Boyle, T. Coraghessan If The River Was Whiskey
Brombert, Victor Trains of Thought
Brookner, Anita Altered States
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire 
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Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
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Bryson, Bill I'm a Stranger Here Myself
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Bunting, Josiah All Loves Excelling
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
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Cahill, Thomas The Gifts of the Jews
Calisher, Hortense Sunday Jews
Carr, Caleb The Angel of Darkness
Carroll, James Toward a New Catholic Church
Carter, Stephen L. The Emperor of Ocean Park 
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Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop 
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Cather, Willa My Antonia
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clayimage of a starimage of a starimage of a starimage of a star
Chabon, Michael The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Chandler, Raymond The Big Sleep
Chang, Pang Mei Natasha Bound Feet and Western Dress
Chaon, Dan Among the Missing: Stories
Chesterton, G.K, St. Francis of Assisi
Chesterton, G.K. St. Thomas of Aquinas
Chevalier, Tracy Girl With a Pearl Earring
Chevalier, Tracy Falling Angel
Cisneros, Sandra Caramelo, or Puro Cuento
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Coelho, Paulo The Alchemist
Colette Retreat From Love
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace 
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Coetzee, J.M. Elizabeth Costello
Coetzee, J.M. Life and Times of Michael K.
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
Cooley, Martha The Archivist
Cormier, Robert 8 plus 1: stories
Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One
Crafts, Hannah The Bondwoman's Narrative
Craig, Charmaine Charlie Wilson's War
Crile, George The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy
Cross, Donna Woolfolk Pope Joan: a novel
Cunningham, Michael The Hours 
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Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstressimage of a starimage of a starimage of a starimage of a star`image of a star
Davis, Sampson The Pact
DeBernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
DelBanco, Nicholas What Remains
Delillo, Don The Names
Diamant, Anita Good Harbor
Dickens, Charles Martin Chuzzlewit
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Dillard, Annie The Living
Di Robilant, Andrea A Venetian Affair
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee Sister of My Heart
Donoghue, Emma Slammerkin
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Idiot
Drabble, Margaret The Seven Sisters
Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrie
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog 
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Egan, Jennifer Look at Me
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havanaimage of a starimage of a starimage of a star
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed
Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss
Ellis, Joseph Founding Brothers
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Enger, Leif Peace Like a River
Epstein, Daniel Mark What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Essex, Karen Kleopatra
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex 
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Eugenides, Jeffrey The Virgin Suicides
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Faber, Michael The Crimson Petal and the White
Faulkner, William As I lay Dying
Faulks, Sebastian Birdsong
Feiler, Bruce Walking the Bible
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women 
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Novels and Short Stories, 1920-22
Fitzgerald, Penelope The Bookshop
Flagg, Fannie Wlcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything is Illuminated 
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Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldier
Ford, Richard The Sportswriter 
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Fox, Paula Desperate Characters
Franklin, Ben The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections 
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Frayn, Michael Headlong
Freedman, Samuel Jew vs. Jew
Frey, James A Million Little Pieces
Fuller, Alexander Don't Let's Go to the Dogs 
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G through I Back to top
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying
Garcia, Cristina Dreaming in Cuban
Gaskell, Elizabeth Wives and Daughters
Glass, Julia Three Junes 
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Gleeson, Janet The Arcanum
Gogol, Nikolai Dead Souls
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season 
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Goldsmith, Martin The Inextinguishable Symphony
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
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Gordimer, Nadine Pickup image of a star image of a star
Gordimer, Nadine July's People
Gornick, Vivian Fierce Attachments
Graham, Katharine Personal History
Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
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Greeley, Andrew The Great Mysteries
Greene, Graham The Heart of the Matter
Greene, Graham The Honorary Consul
Greene, Graham Our Man in Havana
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
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Grøndahl, Jens Christian Silence in October
Gross, John J. A Double Thread
Gur, Batya Murder Duet
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeimage of a starimage of a star
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Hahn-Beer, Edith The Nazi Officer's Wife
Haien, Jeannette The All Of It
Hajdu, David Positively 4th Street
Hamill, Pete Snow in August
Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd
Haruf, Kent Plainsong
Haslett, Adam You Are Not A Stranger Here
Hays, David Today I Am A Boy
Hegi, Ursula Stones From the River
Hegi, Ursula Sacred Time
Heilbrun, Carolyn The Last Gift of Time
Hellenga, Robert Sixteen Pleasures
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises
Hendra, Tony Father Joe
Henley, Patricia Hummingbird House
Herrera, Hayden Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Herriot, James The Lord God Made Them All
Hershon, Joanna Swimming
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha
Hijuelos, Oscar A Simple Habana Melody
Hijuelos, Oscar The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Hijuelos, Oscar Mr. Ive's Christmas
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit
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Hogan, Susan Solar Storms
Holme, Timothy Vile Florentines
Horn, Dara In the Imageimage of a starimage of a star
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Howells, William Dean The Rise of Silas Lapham
Huddle, David La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Hustvedt, Siri What I Loved
Irving, John Prayer for Owen Meany
Ishiguro, Kazuo When We Were Orphans 
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Ishiguro, Kazuo The Unconsoled
J through L Back to top
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
James, Henry What Maisie Knew
Japrisot, Sebastian A Very Long Engagement
Jenny, Zoe The Pollen Room
Jewett, Sarah Orne The Country of the Pointed Firs
Jiles, Paulette Enemy Women 
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Jin, Ha The Bridegroom
Jin, Ha The Crazed
Johnson, Charles Middle Passage
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
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Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Kafka, Franz The Castle
Kaplan, Hester The Edge of Marriage
Karr, Mary The Liar's Club
Kawabata, Yasunari The Sound of the Mountain
Kelley, Douglas The Captain's Wife
Kennedy, William Roscoe
Kertesz, Imre Fateless
Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees 
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King, Laurie Folly
Kingsolver, Barbara Small Wonder
Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer
Kingsolver, Barbara The Bean Trees
Kipling, Rudyard Kimimage of a starimage of a star
Koul, Sudha Tiger Ladies
Kowalski, William Eddie's Bastard
Kundera, Milan Identity
Kung, Hans The Catholic Church: A Short History
Kushner, Lawrence Honey from the Rock
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies image of a starimage of a starimage of a star
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake 
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Lamott, Anne Blue Shoe
Lamott, Anne Rosie
Landvik, Lorna Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Larson, Erik Devil in the White City
Lawson, Mary Crow Lake
Lebrecht, Norman The Song of Names
Lee, Chang-rae A Gesture Life 
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Lee, Chang-rae Native Speaker
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
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Lehane, Dennis Shutter Island
Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebook
Lewis, Bernard What Went Wrong
Lewis, Michael The New New Thing
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
Lurie, Alison Foreign Affairs
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Maalouf, Amin The Rock of Tanios
Maguire, Gregory Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister image of a starimage of a star
Mailer, Norman The Gospel According to the Son
Mann, Thomas Buddenbrooks
Marai, Sandor Embers
Martel, Yann Life of Pi 
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Martin, Steve The Pleasure of my Company
Martin, Steve Shopgirl
Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner 
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Maugham, W. Somerset Christmas Holiday
Maxwell, William So long, See you Tomorrow
McCall Smith, R A The #1 Ladies Detective Agency 
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McCullers, Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
McCullough, David John Adams 
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McDermott, Alice Child of My Heart
McDermott, Alice Charming Billy
McEwan , Ian Amsterdam
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McEwan, Ian Atonement 
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McEwan, Ian Innocent
McEwan, Ian Enduring Love 
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McGhee, Barbara Shadow Baby
McLaughlin, Emma The Nanny Diaries
Melville, Herman Billy Budd
Melville, Herman Typee
Miller, Sue While I Was Gone 
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Min, Anchee Red Azalea
Minow, Susan Evening
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance 
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Morton, Brian Starting Out In The Evening
Mott, Daniel (trans.) The Essential Kabbalah
Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters
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Murdoch, Iris The Red and the Green
Murdoch, Iris The Sea, The Sea
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
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Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Naipaul, V.S. A Bend in the River 
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Naipaul, V. S. A House for Mr. Biswas
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Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
Neuhaus, Richard As I Lay Dying
Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler's Wife
Nouwen, Henri The Return of the Prodigal Son
Nuland, Sherwin Lost In America
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Oates, Joyce Carol Middle Age: a Romance
O'Brien, Flann The Poor Mouth
O'Brien, Tim In the Lake of the Woods
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
O'Carroll, Brendan The Mammy
O'Connor, Flannery Wise Blood
O'Connor, Sandra Day Lazy B
O'Faolain, Nuala Are You Somebody
O'Faolain, Nuala My Dream of You 
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O'Hara, John Appointment in Samarra
O'Toole, John Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces
Oates, Joyce Carol We Were the Mulvaneys
Orner, Pete Esther Stories
Orwell, George Homage to Catalonia
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor was Divine
Oz, Amos The Same Sea
P through R Back to top
Packer, Ann The Dive From Clausen's Pier 
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Packhurst, Carolyn The Dogs of Babel
Pagels, Elaine The Gnostic Gospels
Pamuk, Orhan My Name Is Red
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto 
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Patchett, Ann The Magician's Assistant 
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Patchett, Ann The Patron Saint of Liars
Patchett, Ann Truth and Beauty: a Friendship
Pears, Iain The Dream of Scipio
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Perrotta, Tom The Wishbones
Philbrick, Nat In The Heart Of The Sea
Phillips, Arthur Prague
Picoult, Jodi The Pact
Picoult, Jodi Plain Truth
Pogrebin, Letty Cottin Three Daughters
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Pollan, Michael The Botany of Desire
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Pritchett, V.S., ed. Oxford Book of Short Stories
Pushkin, Aleksandr Complete Prose Tales of A. S. Pushkin
Pym, Barbara Some Tame Gazelle
Quindlen, Anna Blessings
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Ragen, Naomi The Sacrifice of Tamar
Randall, Alice The Wind Done Gone
Reichl, Ruth Tender at the Bone
Reichl, Ruth Comfort Me With Apples
Rich, Frank Ghost Light
Robbins, David Scorched Earth
Roiphe, Ann Lovingkindness
Roth, Philip American Pastoral
Roth, Philip The Ghost Writer
Roth, Philip The Human Stain 
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Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
Rushdie, Salman Shame
Russo, Richard Empire Falls 
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Russo, Richard The Risk Pool
Russo, Richard The Whore's Child and Other Stories
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Sackville-West, Victoria All Passion Spent
Sacks, Oliver An Anthropoligist on Mars
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Salzman, Mark The Laughing Sutra
Salzman, Mark Lying Awake
Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican
Saramago, Jose Blindness
Schappell, Elissa Use Me
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader
Schwarz, Christina Drowning Ruth
Sebald, Alice The Lovely Bones
Sebald, Winfired Georg Austerlitz 
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Sebald, Winifred Georg The Emigrants
Seiffert, Rachel The Dark Room
Seth, Vikram An Equal Music
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Shields, Carol Swann
Shields, Carol Unless 
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Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Siegel, James Derailed
Silva, Daniel The English Assassin
Simpson, Joe Touching the Void
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Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Martin Cruz December 6
Smith, Zadie White Teeth 
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Stegner, Wallace Crossing to Safety
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
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Steinbach, Alice Without Reservations
Steinfels, Peter A People Adrift
Suberman, Stella The Jew Store 
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Suri, Manil The Death of Vishnu 
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Swift, Graham Waterland
Tan, Amy The Bonesetter's Daughter
Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina
Trillin, Calvin Travels with Alice
Trollope, Anthony The Warden 
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Trollope, Anthony An Eye for an Eye
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Trollope, Joanna Marrying the Mistress
Tsukiyama, Gail Dreaming Water
Tsukiyama, Gail Night Of Many Dreams
Tsukiyama, Gail The Samurai's Garden 
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Twain, Mark The Innocents Abroad
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Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage
Tyler, Anne Back When We Were Grownups 
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Udall, Brady The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatter
Updike, John Gertrude and Claudius
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Vanderbes, Jennifer Easter Island
Volk, Patricia Stuffed
Voltaire Candide
Vreeland, Susan The Passion of Artemisia
Walbert, Kate The Gardens of Kyoto
Walker, Rebecca Black, White and Jewish 
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Warren, Robert Penn All the King's Men
Waters, Mary Yukari The Laws of Evening
Waugh, Evelyn The Loved One
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited
Weisgall, Deborah A Joyful Noise
Welty, Eudora The Optimist's Daughter
Wharton, Edity Collected Stories
Wharton, Edith The Custom of the Country
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth 
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Wharton, Edith The Mother's Recompense
Wiesenthal, Simon The Sunflower
Wilder, Thornton Our Town
Williams, Niall Four Letters of Love
Winchester, Simon The Professor and the Madman 
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Winchester, Simon The Map That Changed the World
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
Yehoshua, Abraham The Liberated Bride
Yezierska, Anzia Bread Givers
Zukav, Gary The Seat of the Soul

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