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Local Book Group Choices 2002-2008, by Month

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Updated February 2009

Non-fiction titles are in Bold.Children's titles have a juv after the title and Young Adult has a YA .

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2008 Choices, by month

December 2008

Author Title
Ackerman, Diane Zookeeper's Wife
Amirrezvani, Anita The Blood of Flowers
Ashworth, John Overhead the Sun
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Brookner, Anita Leaving Home
Butler, Octavia Kindred
Crossley-Holland, Kevin Crossing to Paradise YA
Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime
Englander, Nathan Ministry of Special Cases
Enright, Anne The Gathering
Garcia-Marquez, Gabriel The General in His Labyrinth
Gregory, Phillipa Constant Princess
Gutman, Dan Homework Machine juv
Haigh, Jennifer The Condition
Henkes, Kevin Bird Lake Moon juv
Marton, Kati The Great Escape
McEwan, Ian On Chesil Beach
Petterson, Per Out Stealing Horses
Setterfield, Kim The Thirteenth Tale
Shreve, Anita A Wedding in December
Strauss, Darin Chang & Eng
Toole, John Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Zola, Émile Germinal

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November 2008

Author Title
Banks, Russell Sweet Here After
Binchy, Maeve Nights of Rain and Stars
Brokaw, Tom Boom
Cleary, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle juv
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bucking The Sarge
Eggers, Dave What is What
Foer, Jonathan Estremely Loud &Incredibly Close
Grimbert, Philippe Memory
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Infidel
Lavigne, Michael Not Me
McCarthy, Cormac The Road
Messud, Claire The Emperor's Children
Roth, Philip American Pastoral
Shriver, Lionel The Post-Birthday World
Tyler, Anne Digging to America

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October 2008

Author Title
Bauer, Joan Peeled juv
Bloom, Amy Away
Brookner, Anita Hotel du Lac
Coomer, Joe Pocketful of Names
Díaz, Junot Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Fulton, Alice The Nightingales of Troy
Gaines, Ernest A Lesson Before Dying
Goodman, Allegra Intuition
Hall, Meredith Without a Map
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Infidel
Kidd, Sue Monk The Mermaid Chair
Kidder, Tracy Mountains Beyond Mountains
Lively, Penelope Moon Tiger
Murasaki Shikibu The Tale of Genji
Umrigar, Thrity The Space Between Us
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited

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September 2008

Author Title
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun
Banks, Melissa The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Collins, Wilkie Woman in White
Deasi, Kiran Inheritance of Loss
Díaz, Junot Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Erie, Carlos Waiting For Snow in Havanna
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
Frey, James Brigth Shiny Morning
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Oz, Amos To Know a Woman
Pastan, Rachel Lady of the Snakes
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Shriver, Lionel Post-Birthday World
Truong, Monique Book of Salt
Wodehouse, P.G. Carry On, Jeeves
Zusak, Martus The Book Thief

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August 2008

Author Title
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun
Doig, Ivan Whistling Season
Epstein, Joseph Fabulous Small Jews
Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair
Graboys, Thomas Life in the Balance
Livesey, Margot Missing World
Lurie, Alison Foreign Affairs
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Petterson, Per Out Stealing Horses
Rubinstein, Julian Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
Vapnyar, Lara There Are Jews in My House

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July 2008

Author Title
Eggers, Dave What is What
Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End
Gruen, Sara Water For Elephants
Krakauer, Jon Under the Banner of Heaven
Larsen, Eric The Devil in the White City
Livesey, Margot Eva Moves the Furniture
MacFarland, Dennis Letter From Point Clear
Mason, Daniel Piano Tuner
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief

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June 2008

Author Title
Anouilh, Jean Antigone
Banville, John The Sea
Calvino, Italo If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Dean, Debra The Madonnas of Leningrad
Gleeson, Janet The Thief Taker
Grisham, John The Innocent Man
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants
Horan, Nancy Loving Frank
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Matar, Hisham In the Country of Men
Maynard, Joyce At Home in the World
Mehta, Gita A River Sutra
Mitford, Nancy The Pursuit of Love
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Mortensen, Greg Three Cups of Tea
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise
Petterson, Per Out Stealing Horses
Roth, Philip Everyman
Schwartz, John Burnham The Commoner
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Vida, Vendela Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
Zimmerman, Jean The Women of the House

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May 2008

Author Title
Amirrezvani, Anita The Blood of Flowers
Dean, Debra The Madonnas of Leningrad
Ferber, Edna So Big
Gavalda, Anna Hunting and Gathering
Gordimer, Nadine The Pickup
Gruen, Sara Water For Elephants
Jin, Ha Waiting
Jones, Edward The Known World
Larsen, Eric The Devil in the White City
Lavigne, Michael Not Me
Lessing, Doric The Fifth Child
McCarthy, Cormac The Road
Orwell, George 1984
Powell, Anthony A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement
Robinson, Marilyn Gilead
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Russell, Mary Doria A Thread of Grace
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sofer, Dalia The Septembers of Shiraz
Vaite, Célestine Hitiura Frangipani
Wildgen, Michelle You're Not You

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April 2008

Author Title
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun
Aswany, Alaa Al Yacoubian Building
Belli, Gioconda The Country Under My Skin
Berendt, John The City of Falling Angels
Byatt, A. S. Angels and Insects
Díaz, Junot The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrie
Follett, Ken The Pillars of the Earth
Gladwell, Malcolm Tipping Point
Glass, Julia The Whole World Over
Goodwin, Rebecca Keeper of the House
Hosseini, Kaled A Thousand Splendid Suns
Kertzer, David The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer
Lessing, Doris Fifth Child
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Pollen, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma
Powers, Richard Echo Maker
Saramago, Jose Blindness
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Shreve, Anita Body Surfing
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief

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March 2008

Author Title
Amirrezvani, Anita Blood of Flowers
Black, Benjamin Christine Falls
Boyle, T.C. Tortilla Curtain
Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone
Gardham, Jane Old Filth
Gruen, Sara Water For Elephants
Hicks, Robert Widow of the South
Jin, Ha A Free Life
Leitner, Isabella Fragements of Isabella
McEwan,Ian Atonement
Mortenson, Greg Three Cups of Tea
Némirovsky, Irène Suite Française
Obama, Barack The Audacity of Hope
Roth, Joseph Radetzky March
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Smiley, Jane Horse Heaven
Stewart, Chris Driving Over Lemons
Toole, John Kennedy Confederacy of Dunces
Updike, John Terrorist
Vickers, Salley Miss Garnet's Angel
Voltaire Candide

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February 2008

Author Title
Adichie, Chimamanda Nqozi Purple Hibiscus
Allende, Isabel Inés of My Soul
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
Conroy, Frank Body and Soul
Dean, Debra The Madonnas of Leningrad
Desai, Kiran Inheritance of Loss
Díaz, Junot Drown
Eliot, T.S. Murder in the Cathedral
Faulkner, William Light in August
Hamid, Mohsin The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Hazzard, Shirley The Great Fire
Lovell, Mary S. Sisters: the Saga of the Mitford Family
McDermott, Alice After This
Millard, Candice River of Doubt
Obama, Barack The Audacity of Hope
Robison, John Elder Look Me in the Eye
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Shafak, Elif The Bastard of Istanbul
Shreve, Anita A Wedding in December
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
Tolstoy, Leo The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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January 2008

Author Title
Cather, Willa Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Eggers, Dave What is the What
Ellison, Ralph Juneteenth
Grisham, John The Innocent Man
Gross, Gwendolen The Other Mother
Krakauer, Jon Under the Banner of Heaven
Mailer, Norman Tough Guys Don't Dance
Maynard, Joyce At Home in the World
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Française
Peace, David Tokyo Year Zero
Pessl, Marisha Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Soueif, Ahdaf The Map of Love
Strout, Elizabeth Abide With Me
Tóibin, Colm The Master
Tyler, Anne Amateur Marriage

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2007 Choices, by month

December, 2007

Author Title
Allende, Isabel Ines of my soul
Alverez, Julia Saving the World
Brennert, Alan Molokai
Brookner, Anaita The Rules of Engagement
Brown, Tina Diana Chronicles
Carey, Peter Oscar and Lucinda
Cather, Willa Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Dean, Debra Madonnas of Leningrad
Dumas, Alexander The Count of Monte Cristo
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Love in the Time of Cholera
Jones, Edward Known World
Lash, Joseph Eleanor: The Years Alone
McEwan, Ian On Chesil Beach
Moehringer, J. R. The Tender Bar
Nattel, Lilian The Singing Fire
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Française
O'Brien, Edna The Light of Evening
Shriver, Lionel We Need To Talk About Kevin
Stewart, Rory The Places in Between
Teresa, Mother Come Be My Light
Urban, Linda Crooked Kind of Perfect
Xinran Sky Burial

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November 2007

Author Title
Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Courtenay, Bryce Power of One
DeLillo, Don Libra
Didion, Joan Where I Was From
Englander, Nathan Ministry of Special Cases
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Hanauer, Cathi (ed.) The Bitch in the House
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes were Watching God
King, Florence Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
Kingslover, Barbara Animal Dreams
Lessing, Doris Love Again
Maynard, Joyce At Home in the World
Murakami, Haruki After the Quake: Stories
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Française
Penny, Stef Tenderness of Wolves
Shriver, Lionel Post-Birthday World
Stegner, Wallace The Spectator Bird
Steinbeck, John The Winter of Our Discontent
Trevor, William The Story of Lucy Gault

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October 2007

Author Title
Alderman, Naomi Disobedience
Amis, Kingsley Lucky Jim
Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey
Boyle, T. Coraghessan Tortilla Curtain
Brennert, Alan Moloka'i
Brooks, Geraldine March
Dean, Debra The Madonnas of Leningrad
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child
Haigh, Jennifer Mrs. Kimble
Hijuelos, Oscar The Mambo King Plays Songs of Love
Kennedy, William Legs
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Murakami, Haruki After the Quake: Stories
Rybczynski, Witold A Clearing in the Distance
Schwartz, Lynne Sharon Disturbances in the Field
Shteyngart, Gary Absurdistan
Tsukiyama, Gail Samurai's Garden
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five

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September 2007

Author Title
Brooks, Geraldine March
George, Elizabeth For the Sake of Elena
Gordon, Mary Pearl
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies
Lamb, Wally Couldn't Keep It To Myself
McGovern, Cammie Eye Contact
Messud, Claire The Emperor's Children
Messud, Claire The Last Life
Moehringer, J.R. Tender Bar
Niffenegger, Audrey Time Traveler's Wife
Smith, Zadie On Beauty
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
Yates, Richard Revolutionary Road

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August 2007

Author Title
Desai, Kiran The Inheritance of Loss
O'Brian, Patrick Master and Commander
Pamuk, Orhan Snow
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tyler, Anne Digging to America

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July 2007

Author Title
Auster, Paul Brooklyn Follies
Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
Hijuelos, Oscar The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Miyamoto, Teru Autumn Brocade=Kinshue
Reichl, Ruth Garlic and Sapphires
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle
Wilson, Robert A Small Death in Lisbon
Wolff, Tobias Old School

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June 2007

Author Title
Babel, Isaac Complete Works of Isaac Babel
Butler, Robert Olen They Whisper
Davis, Jill A. Ask Again Later
Gaiman, Neil American Gods
Gien, Pamela The Syringa Tree
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City
McCall Smith, Alexander The Sunday Philosophy Club
McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses
Munro, Alice Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Murphy, Louise The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Pamuk, Orhan My Name is Red
Pamuk, Orhan Snow
Schine, Cathleen She is Me
Steinbeck, John The Winter of Our Discontent

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May 2007

Author Title
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Albright, Madeleine The Mighty and the Almighty
Clark, Robert Mr. White's Confession
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee Siser of My Heart
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus
Frayn, Michael Copenhagen
Kundera, Milant The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Obama, Barack Dreams of My Father
Saramago, José All the Names
Saramago, José Blindness
Stegner, Wallace The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle

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April 2007

Author Title
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Auster, Paul The Book of Illusions
Brooks, Geraldine March
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
DuMaurier, Daphne Rebecca
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
Hardy, Thomas The Return of the Native
Khadra, Yasmina The Swallows of Kabul
Mayle, Peter A Good Year
McBride, James The Color of Water
McPhee, John Basin and Range
Irène Nemirovsky Suite Française
Ozick, Cynthia Heir to the Glimmering World
Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
Tremain, Rose Music and Silence
Trevor, William The Story of Lucy Gault
Whitaker, Robert The Mapmaker's Wife

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March 2007

Author Title
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Auster, Paul The Brooklyn Follies
Banville, John The Sea
Boyd, William The Blue Afternoon
Brooks, Geraldine March
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth
Canin, Ethan Carry Me Across the Water
Conway, Jill K. The Road From Coorain
DeBerières, Louis Birds Without Wings
Desai, Anita Clear Light of Day
Desai, Anita Journey to Ithaca
Goldreich, Gloria Walking Home
Gray, Francine du Plessix Them
Harr, Jonathan The Lost Painting
Harrison, Kathryn The Kiss
Jin, Ha Crazed
Jong, Erica Fear of Flying
Maugham, W. Somerset Of Human Bondage
McCullers, Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Parker, Robert B. Cold Service
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Zindel, Paul The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man–in–the–moon Marigolds

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February 2007

Author Title
Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey
Barnes, Julian A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Fessler, Ann The Girls Who Went Away
Frazier, Ian On the Rez
Fuentes, Carlos The Old Gringo
Gordon, Mary Final Payments
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Idliby, Ranya The Faith Club
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Lawson, Mary Crow Lake
Mann, Thomas Death in Venice
Maynard, Joyce At Home in the World
McCullough, David G. 1776
Pamuk, Orhan The New Life
Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping
Toibin, Colm The Master
Truong, Monique T.D. The Book of Salt
Updike, John Rabbit, Run
Waldman, Ayelet Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

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January 2007

Author Title
Allende, Isabel The Infinite Plan
Allende, Isabel Portrait In Sepia
Boyle, T. Coraghessan World's End
Danticat, Edwidge Breath, Eyes, Memory
Doig, Ivan Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Dunmore, Helen The Siege
Elderkin, Susan Sunset over Chocolate Mountains
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Forster, E. M. A Passage to India
Fuller, Alexandra Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Greene, Graham The Tenth Man
Hamilton, Jane When Madeline was Young
Harrison, Kathryn The Kiss
Harrison, Kathryn The Seal Wife
Levy, Andrea Small Island
Niemi, Mikael Popular Music From Vittula
Pamuk, Orhan Istanbul
Philbrick, Nathaniel Mayflower
Shriver, Lionel We Need to Talk About Kevin
Silber, Joan Lucky Us

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2006 Choices, by month

December

Author Title
Buchan, John The Thirty–nine Steps
Clark, Mary Higgins Kitchen Privileges
Dunant, Sarah Mapping the Edge
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Fraser, Antonia The Warrior Queens
Gordimer, Nadine The Pickup
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Learner, Tobsha The Witch of Cologne
Lelyveld, Joseph Omaha Blues
Mahfuz, Najib The Beginning and the End
Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner
Pouncey, Peter R. Rules For Old Men Waiting
Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping
Saramago, Jose Blindness
Sparks, Muriel The Finishing School
Stewart, Leah The Myth of You & Me
Tóibín, Colm The Blackwater Lightship

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November 2006

Author Title
Doctorow, E.L. The March
Ilibagiza, Immaculée Left to Tell
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Jin, Ha The Crazed
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Kerr, Philip A German Requiem
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Lewis, Sinclair Babbitt
Obama, Barack Dreams From My Father
Paley, Grace Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Perlman, Elliot Seven Types of Ambiguity
Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Tyler, Anne Digging to America
Wallach, Janet Seraglio
Wallance, Gregory Two Men Before the Storm

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October 2006

Author Title
Banville, John The Sea
Barnes, Julian Arthur & George
Buchan, John The Thirty–nine Steps
Chang, Jung Wild Swans
Cross, Donna Woolfolk Pope Joan
Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dearborn, Mary V. Mistress of Modernism
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Gregory, Philippa The Constant Princess
Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn
Mahfuz, Naguib Palace Walk
Mann, Thomas The Magic Mountain
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Munro, Alice Runaway: Stories
Roth, Philip American Pastoral
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Tsukiyama, Gail Women of the Silk
Vanderbes, Jennifer Easter Island
Wills, Garry What Jesus Meant

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September 2006

Author Title
Barnes, Julian Arthur & George
De Bernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
Gordimer, Nadine Get a Life
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
Lavigne, Michael Not Me
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Monette, Paul Borrowed Time: an AIDS Memoir
Morrison, Toni Beloved
O'Connor, Flannery Everything That Rises Must Converge
Ozick, Cynthia Heir to the Glimmering World
Pamuk, Orhan My Name is Red
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Stafford, Jean Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Winik, Jay April 1865

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August 2006

Author Title
Chandler, Raymond The Long Goodbye
Conlon, Edward Blue Blood
Gladwell, Malcolm Blink
Japrisot, Sébastien A Very Long Engagement
Trevor, William Felicia's Journey
Weiner, Jennifer Goodnight Nobody

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July 2006

Author Title
Brookner, Anita The Bay of Angels
Burroughs, Augusten Dry
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Sholokhov, Mikhail And Quiet Flows the Don

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June 2006

Author Title
Austen, Jane Persuasion
Cather, Willa My Ántonia
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Erdrich, Louise The Painted Drum
Gill, Anton Art Lover
Halter, Marek Sarah
Heller, Zoe What Was She Thinking?
Hornby, Nick A Long Way Down
Jones, Edward The Known World
Kidder, Tracy Home Town
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Obejas, Achy Days of Awe
Reichl, Ruth Garlic and Sapphires
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America
Shriver, Lionel We Need to Talk About Kevin
Twain, Mark A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle
Austen, Jane Persuasion
Wood, Monica Any Bitter Thing

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May 2006

Author Title
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Alvarez, Julia In the Time of Butterflies
Atkinson, Kate Case Histories
Bellow, Saul Seize the Day
Cather, Willa My Ántonia
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
García Márquez, Gabriel Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Guterson, David Our Lady of the Forest
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Kluger, Jeffrey Splendid Solution
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Ligocka, Roma Girl in the Red Coat
Lipsyte, Sam Home Land
McCullough, David G. 1776
McEwan, Ian Saturday
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos Shadow of the Wind
Smith, Zadie On Beauty
Stegner, Wallace Crossing to Safety
Wilson, Jonathan A Palestine Affair

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April 2006

Author Title
Addonizio, Kim Little Beauties
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Bezmozgis, David Natasha and Other Stories
Capote, Truman Breakfast at Tiffany's
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood
Finney, Jack Time and Again
García Márquez, Gabriel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Isaacson, Walter Benjamin Franklin
Jen, Gish The Love Wife
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Mahfouz, Nguib Wedding Song
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Morrison, Toni Beloved
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Perrotta, Tom Little Children
Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping
Roth, Joseph The Tale of the 1002nd Night
Russo, Richard Straight Man
Samuel, Wolfgang German Boy
Wallach, Janet Desert Queen

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March 2006

Author Title
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune
Borges, Jorge Luis Ficciones
Didion, Joan Play It As It Lays
Doctorow, E.L. The March
Dunant, Sarah Mapping the Edge
Garcia, Cristina Dreaming in Cuban
Hamill, Pete Downtown, My Manhattan
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Lee, Chang Rae Aloft
Mahfuz, Najib Palace Walk
Mahfuz, Najib Wedding Song
Maine, David Fallen
Meloy, Maile Liars and Saints
Morgan, Edmund Sears Benjamin Franklin
Munro, Alice Runaway: Stories
Murakami, Haruki A Wild Sheep Chase
Nabokov, Vladimir Pale Fire
Oates, Joyce Carol Missing Mom
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Reichl, Ruth Garlic and Sapphires
Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
Sasson, Jean P. Princess
Seierstad, Asne The Bookseller of Kabul
Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
Vargas Llosa, Mario Death in the Andes
Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway

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February 2006

Author Title
Aciman, Andre Out of Egypt
Bohjalian, Christopher A. Before You Know Kindness
Cahill, Thomas Pope John XXIII
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything Is Illuminated
GAines, Ernest J. A Gathering of Old Men
Hornby, Nick A Long Way Down
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Naslund, Sena Jeter Four Spirits
Ozick, Cynthia Heir to the Glimmering World
Pynchon, Thomas The Crying of Lot 49
Samuel, Wolfgang W.E. German Boy
Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
Suberman, Stella When It Was Our War
Twain, Mark Life on the Mississippi
Winn, Marie Red–Tails in Love

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January 2006

Author Title
Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace
Bellow, Saul Henderson the Rain King
Chang, Jung Wild Swans
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Idiot
Feiler, Bruce Walking the Bible
Greene, Graham The Captain and the Enemy
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Kafka, Franz The Trial
Lee, Chang–Rae Aloft
Lively, Penelope The Photograph
Mistry, Rohinton Family Matters
Robinson, Marilynn Gilead
Rosen, Jonathan Joy Comes in the Morning
Seierstad, Asne The Bookseller of Kabul
Shriver, Lionel We Need To Talk About Kevin
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom's Cabin
Tuck, Lily The News From Paraguay

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2005 Choices, by month

December, 2005

Author Title
Albright, Madeleine Madam Secretary
Cleage, Pearl What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Coelho, Paulo The Alchemist
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee Queen of Bees
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
Forster, E.M. Howards End
Gilman, Susan Jane Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Gur, Batya Bethlehem Road Murder
Holthe, Tess Uriza When the Elephants Dance
Jones, Edward The Known World
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping
Rosner, Bernat An Uncommon Friendship
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America
Shirer, William 20th Century Journey: v. 2 The Nightmare Years
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
Wolitzer, Meg The Wife

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November 2005

Author Title
Austen, Jane Persuasion
Diamant, Anita Good Harbor
Fast, Howard The Immigrants
Garcia, Cristina Dreaming in Cuban
Greer, Andrew Sean The Confessions of Max Tivoli
Kingsolver, Barbara Small Wonder
Lansky, Aaron Outwitting History
Maugham, W. Somerset The Razor's Edge
Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler's Wife
Ondaatje, Michael Anil's Ghost
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Shorto, Russell The Island at the Center of the World
Shreve, Anita The Weight of Water
Tuck, Lily The News from Paraguay
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Fathers and Sons
Warren, Robert Penn All the King's Men

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October 2005

Author Title
Beck, Martha Expecting Adam
Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March
Brooks, Geraldine March
Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Dunant, Sarah Mapping the Edge
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Finney, Jack Time and Again
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Kincaid, Jamaica The Autobiography of My Mother
Larson, Erik Devil in the White City
Levy, Andrea Small Island
Mathews, Jay Class Struggle
O'Faolain, Nuala Are You Somebody
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America

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September 2005

Author Title
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Conrad, Joseph The Secret Agent
Dickens, Charles Bleak House
Enger, Leif Peace Like a River
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud & Extremely Close
Fowler, Karen Joy The Jane Austen Book Club
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gildiner, Catherine Too Close to the Falls
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Leahy, Syrell Rogovin Family Ties
Lethem, Jonathan The Fortress of Solitude
Munro, Alice Runaway: Stories
Noble, Elizabeth The Reading Group
Oates, Joyce Carol Blonde
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America
Saint–Exupery, Antoine de Wind, Sand and Stars
Wolfe, Tom I am Charlotte Simmons

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August 2005

Author Title
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus
Hughes, Langston The Best of Simple
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Kinzer, Stephen All the Shah's Men
McCullers, Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Orlean, Susan The Orchid Thief
Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Yellow Dog

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July 2005

Author Title
Bellow, Saul Him With His Foot In His Mouth
Bezmozgis, David Natasha and Other Stories
Blum, Jenna Those Who Save Us
Danticat, Edwidge The Dew Breaker
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night–time
Leonard, Elmore Swag
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos The Shadow of the Wind
Spencer, Scott A Ship Made of Paper

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June 2005

Author Title
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
Burgess, Anthony Cyrano de Bergerac
Coetzee, J. M. Age of Iron
Dyja, Thomas Awake
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Heller, Zoe What Was She Thinking?
Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day
Lee, Chang-rae Aloft
Obama, Barack Dreams From My Father
Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper
Renault, Mary The Persian Boy
Ruff, Matt Set this House in Order
Chine, Cathleen She Is Me
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones
Wolff, Tobias Old School
Yohoshua, Abraham B. A Journey to the End of the Millennium

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May 2005

Author Title
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Armstrong, Karen The Spiral Staircase
Buchan, Elizabeth Revenge of the Middle-aged Woman
Chesterton, G.K. The Man who was Thursday
Danticat, Edwidge The Dew Breaker
Enger, Leif Peace Like a River
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything is Illuminated
Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldier
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Japrisot, Sebastien A Very Long Engagement
Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Mistry, Rohinton Family Matters
Roth, Philip Goodbye, Columbus
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Building the Earth
Toibin, Colm The Master
Welty, Eudora The Optimists Daughter
Wharton, Edith The Custom of the Country

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April 2005

Author Title
Atkinson, Kate Case Histories
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth
Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
De Bernières, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night
Fuller, Alexandra Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gregory, Philippa The Queen's Fool
Haruf, Keith Plainsong
Hendra, Tony Father Joe
Ishiguro, Kazuo When We Were Orphans
Kalfus, Ken Thirst
Landers, Ann A Life in Letters
Mahfuz, Najib Palace Walk
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Parker, Robert Small Vices
Parker, Robert Pastime
Parker, Robert Early Autumn
Parker, Robert A Catskill Eagle
Roth, Henry Call It Sleep
Russo, Richard Mohawk
Shapiro, Laura Something From the Oven
Shreve, Anita Sea Glass
Tropper, Jonathan The Book of Joe
Tuck, Lily The News from Paraguay
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich The Torrents of Spring
Updike, John Rabbit, Run
Wasserstein, Wendy The Heidi Chronicles and Other Plays
Waters, Sarah Tipping the Velvet
Whitaker, Robert The Mapmaker's Wife

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March 2005

Author Title
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Butler, Samuel The Way of All Flesh
Calof, Rachel Rachel Calof's Story
Cather, Willa Death Come for the Archbishop
Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Greene, Bette Summer of My German Soldier
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Langer, Adam Crossing California
Lawson, Mary Crow Lake
Mahfouz, Najib Palace Walk
Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler's Wife
Siddons, Anne Rivers Islands
Sontag, Susan In America
Stringer, Lee Sleepaway School
Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage
Welty, Eudora The Optimists Daughter
Whitaker, Robert The Mapmaker's Wife
Yates, Richard Easter Parade

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February 2005

Author Title
Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Brooks, David Bobos in Paradise
Buchan, Elizabeth Revenge of the Middle–aged Woman
Coetzee, J. M. Elizabeth Costello
Delman, Carmit Burnt Bread and Chutney
Dubner, Stephen J. Turbulent Souls
Gornick, Vivian Fierce Attachments
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night–time
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
Morgan, Marlo Mutant Message From Down Under
Nguyen, Kien The Unwanted
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine
Patchett, Ann The Patron Saint of Liars
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein
Tuck, Lily The News From Paraguay
Wells, H. G. The Invisible Man

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January 2005

Author Title
Allende, Isabel Portrait In Sepia
Brookhiser, Richard Alexander Hamilton, American
Conway, Jill K. The Road From Coorain
De Bernières, Louis Birds Without Wings
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus
Gogol, Nikolai Dead Souls
Harouf, Kent Eventide
Heaney, Seamus, trans. Beowulf
Hillerman, Tony A Thief of Time
Jile, Paulette Enemy Women
Kemelman, Harry Wednesday the Rabbi Slept Late
Larson, Erik Devil in the White City
Lee, Chang–rae Aloft
London, Joan Gilgamesh
Maguire, Gregory Wicked
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Maupin, Armistead The Night Listener
Murdoch, Iris Under the Net
Pye, Michael The Pieces From Berlin
Sasson, Jean P. Princess
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Steinbeck, John The Moon Is Down
Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage
Welty, Eudora The Optimist's Daughter

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2004 Choices, by month

December, 2004

Author Title
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Chandler, Raymond The Big Sleep
Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Eire, Carlos M.N. Waiting for Snow in Havana
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night–time
Hendra, Tony Father Joe
Hijuelos, Oscar Mr. Ives' Christmas
Horn, Dara In the Image
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jenny, Zoe The Pollen Room
Kelley, Douglas The Captain's Wife
Kowalski, William Eddie's Bastard
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Melville, Herman Typee

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November 2004

Author Title
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
Coelho, Paulo The Alchemist
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
Eire, Carlos M. N. Waiting For Snow In Havana
Greene, Graham The Honorary Consul
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Maalouf, Amin The Rock of Tanios
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine
Parkhurst, Carolyn The Dogs of Babel
Patchett, Ann Truth and Beauty: A Friendship
Russo, Richard The Whore's Child and Other Stories
Salzman, Mark The Laughing Sutra
Smith, Martin Cruz December 6
Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage

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October 2004

Author Title
Ali, Monica Brick Lane
Brombert, Victor Trains of Thought
Chevalier, Tracy Falling Angels
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee Sister of My Heart
Epstein, Daniel Mark What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Eugenides, Jeffrey The Virgin Suicides
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Maugham, W. Somerset Christmas Holiday
McCall Smith, Alexander The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Oates, Joyce Carol Middle Age: a Romance
Roth, Philip The Ghost Writer
Sacks, Oliver An Anthropologist on Mars
Seiffert, Rachel The Dark Room
Siegel, James Derailed
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Steinbach, Alice Without Reservations
Swift, Graham Waterland
Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair
Vanderbes, Jennifer Easter Island
Wharton, Edith Collected Stories

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September 2004

Author Title
Anson, Robert Sam Best Intentions
Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Spinster
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
Cisneros, Sandra Caramelo
Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havana
Gornick, Vivian Fierce Attachments
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit
Kingsolver, Barbara The Bean Trees
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner
Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler's Wife
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Simpson, Joe Touching the Void
Yezierska, Anzia Bread Givers

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August 2004

Author Title
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Novels and Stories, 1920-22
Greene, Graham Our Man in Havana
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Lehane, Dennis Shutter Island
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
Quindlen, Anna Blessings

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July 2004

Author Title
Austen, Jane Mansfield Park
Birmingham, Stephen The Rothman Scandal
Botsford, Gregory A Life of Privilege, Mostly
Burroughs, Augusten Running With Scissors
Coetzee, J.M. Life and Times of Michael K.
Grøndahl, Jens Christian Silence in October
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Kipling, Rudyard Kim
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Randall, Alice The Wind Done Gone
Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina

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June 2004

Author Title
Atwood, Margaret The Robber Bride
Bellow, Saul Herzog
Chesterton, G.K. St. Francis of Assisi
Chesterton, G.K. St. Thomas Aquinas
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
Hijuelos, Oscar The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Jin, Ha The Crazed
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Larson, Erik Devil in the White City
McCullers, Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
Naipaul, V.S. A House for Mr. Biswas
Pogrebin, Letty Cottin Three Daughters
Simpson, Joe Touching the Void
Trillin, Calvin Travels with Alice
Warren, Robert Penn All the King's Men

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May 2004

Author Title
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Di Robilant, Andrea A Venetian Affair
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Faulks, Sebastian Birdsong
Flagg, Fannie Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Fuller, Alexandra Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Koul, Sudha Tiger Ladies
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Lebrecht, Norman The Song of Names
Lee, Chang-Rae A Gesture Life
Lurie, Alison Foreign Affairs
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
O'Hara, John Appointment in Samarra
Patchett, Ann The Patron Saint of Liars
Phillips, Arthur Prague
Silva, Daniel The English Assassin
Steinfels, Peter A People Adrift
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
Yehoshua, Abraham The Liberated Bride

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April 2004

Author Title
Alvarez, Julia In the Name of Salome
Anderson, Walter Meant To Be
Appelfeld, Aharon The Conversion
Bellow, Saul Mr. Sammler's Planet
Coetzee, J.M. Elizabeth Costello
Delillo, Don The Names
Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss
Eugenides, Jeffrey The Virgin Suicides
Gleeson, Janet The Arcanum
Kipling, Rudyard Kim
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
McCall Smith, Alexander The #1 Ladies Detective Agency
McEwan, Ian Atonement
McGhee, Alison Shadow Baby
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
O'Connor, Flannery Wise Blood
Packer, Ann The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Volk, Patricia Stuffed
Waters, Mary Yukari The Laws of Evening
Wilder, Thornton Our Town

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March 2004

Author Title
Albright, Madeleine Madam Secretary
Berg, Elizabeth True to Form
Binchy, Maeve Circle of Friends
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
Greeley, Andrew The Great Mysteries
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd
Herriot, James The Lord God Made Them All
Hijuelos, Oscar A Simple Habana Melody
Johnson, Charles Middle Passage
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies
Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebook
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Nuland, Sherwin Lost in America
O'Faolain, Nuala Are You Somebody
Perrotta, Tom The Wishbones
Picoult, Jodi Plain Truth
Shields, Carol Unless
Wharton, Edith A Mother's Recompense

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February 2004

Author Title
Armstrong, Lance It's Not About the Bike
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Idiot
Essex, Karen Kleopatra
Fitzgerald, Penelope The Bookshop
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Frey, James A Million Little Pieces
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Hegi, Ursula Sacred Time
Jiles, Paulette Enemy Woman
Martin, Steve The Pleasure of my Company
Martin, Steve Shopgirl
McEwan, Ian Amsterdam
Nuland, Sherwin Lost in America
Pears, Iain The Dream of Scipio
Pogrebin, Letty Cottin Three Daughters
Pollan, Michael The Botany of Desire
Quindlen, Anna Blessings
Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican
Sebald, W.G. Austerlitz
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth

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January 2004

Author Title
Barker, Pat Regeneration
Boll, Heinrich Billiards at Half-past Nine
Bryson, Bill I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Chaon, Dan Among the Missing
Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Drabble, Margaret The Seven Sisters
Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrie
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Greene, Graham The Heart of the Matter
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Hammill, Pete Snow in August
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises
Kushner, Lawrence Honey From the Rock
Lurie, Alison Foreign Affairs
Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner
Mott, Daniel (trans.) The Essential Kabbalah
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Pagels, Elaine The Gnostic Gospels
Tan, Amy The Bonesetter's Daughter
Walker, Rebecca Black, White & Jewish
Weisgall, Deborah A Joyful Noise

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2003 Choices, by month

December, 2003

Author Title
Bloom, Stephen Postville
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Carroll, James Toward a New Catholic Church
Chabon, Michael The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One
Cross, Donna Woolfolk Pope Joan: a novel
Ford, Ford Madox The Good soldier
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Ishiguro, Kazuo When We Were Orphans
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies
Lamott, Anne Blue Shoe
Landvik, Lorna Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
McEwan, Ian Atonement
McEwan, Ian Enduring Love
Nuland, Sherwin Lost in America
O'Carroll, Brendan The Mammy
Orwell, George Homage to Catalonia
Twain, Mark Innocents Abroad

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November 2003

Author Title
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Cormier, Robert 8 Plus 1: Stories
Cunningham, Michael The Hours
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything is Illuminated
Haslett, Adam You Are Not A Stranger Here
Holme, Timothy Vile Florentines
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Minot, Susan Evening
O'Brien, Flann The Poor Mouth
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Schwarz, Christina Drwoning Ruth
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Suberman, Stella The Jew Store
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Trollope, Anthony The Warden
Tsukiyama, Gail Dreaming Water
Tsukiyama, Gail Night of Many Dreams
Wharton, Edith House of Mirth

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October 2003

Author Title
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Carter, Stephen L. The Emperor of Ocean Park
Crile, George Charlie Wilson's War
Dillard, Annie The Living
Fuller, Alexandra Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
Hustvedt, Siri What I Loved
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters
Murdoch, Iris The Red and the Green
Roth, Philip American Pastoral
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything is Illuminated
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
Suberman, Stella The Jew Store
Voltaire Candide

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September 2003

Author Title
Bayley, John Elegy for Iris
Blunt, Judy Breaking Clean
Boyle, T. Coraghessan If the River was Whiskey
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Dai, Sinjie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Glass, Julia Three Junes
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Kaplan, Hester The Edge of Marriage
Kawabata, Yasunari Sound of the Mountain
Kertesz, Imre Fateless
Lee, Chang-Rae Native Speaker
Quindlen, Anna Blessings
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
Tsukiyama, Gail The Samurai's Garden
Walbert, Kate The Gardens of Kyoto

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August 2003

Author Title
Adams, Henry The Education of Henry Adams
Brookner, Anita Altered States
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockinbird
Shields, Carol Unless

July 2003

Author Title
Harris, Joanne Five Quarters of the Orange
Waters, Mary Yukari The Laws of Evening: Stories

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June 2003

Author Title
Cahill, Thomas The Gifts of the Jews
Cisneros, Sandra Caramelo, or Puro Cuento
Diamant, Anita Good Harbor
Egan, Jennifer Look at Me
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Faber, Michael The Crimson Petal and the White
Garcia, Cristina Dreaming in Cuban
Lawson, Mary Crow Lake
Lee, Chang-Rae A Gesture Life
Lewis, Michael The New New Thing
McCall Smith, R.A. The #1 Ladies Detective Agency
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Patchett, Ann The Magician's Assistant
Quindlen, Anna Blessings
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Trollope, Anthony An Eye for an Eye
Wharton, Edith The Custom of the Country

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May 2003

Author Title
Anderson, Joan A Year by the Sea
Feiler, Bruce Walking the Bible
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Franklin, Benjamin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Maxwell, William So long, See you Tomorrow
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Pears, Iain The Dream of Scipio
Robbins, David Scorched Earth
Sebald, Winfired Georg Austerlitz
Seth, Vikram An Equal Music
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Vreeland, Susan The Passion of Artemisia

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April 2003

Author Title
Chabon, Michael Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Chevalier, Tracy Girl With a Pearl Earring
Enger, Leif Peace Like a River
Hahn-Beer, Edith The Nazi Officer's Wife
Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
King, Laurie Folly
Kundera, Milan Identity
Lewis, Bernard What Went Wrong
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
McDermott, Alice Charming Billy
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Oz, Amos The Same Sea
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader
Winchester, Simon The Map That Changed the World

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March 2003

Author Title
Alhadeff, Gini The Sun At Midday
Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin
Borges, Jorge Luis Labyrinths:Selected Stories
Carter, Stephen L. The Emperor of Ocean Park
Chang, Pang Mei Natasha Bound Feet and Western Dress
Dai, Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Davis, Sampson The Pact
Donoghue, Emma Slammerkin
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Kafka, Franz The Castle
McCullough, David John Adams
McDermott, Alice Child of My Heart
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
Packer, Ann The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Roiphe, Ann Lovingkindness
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Smith, Zadie White Teeth
Udall, Brady The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Williams, Niall Four Letters of Love

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February 2003

Author Title
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women
Gogol, Nicholai Dead Souls
Goodman, Allegra Kaaterskill Falls
Gordimer, Nadine Pickup
Gur, Batya Murder Duet
Japrisot, Sebastian A Very Long Engagement
Kennedy, William Roscoe
Lamott, Anne Rosie
McEwan, Ian Atonement
O'Faolain, Nuala My Dreams of You
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Ragen, Naomi The Sacrifice of Tamar
Sackville-West, Victoria All Passion Spent
Tyler, Anne Back When We Were Grownups

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January 2003

Author Title
Auchincloss, Louis The Book Class
Barker, Pat Regeneration
Berger, Joseph Displaced Persons
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire
Carter, Stephen The Emperor of Ocean Park
Cunningham, Michael The Hours
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections
Friedman, Samuel Jew vs. Jew
Gross, John J. A Double Thread
Herrera, Hayden Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Hogan, Susan Solar Storms
Mailer, Norman Gospel According to the Son
McCullough, David John Adams
McEwan, Ian Innocent
Min, Anchee Red Azalea
O'Brien, Tim In the Lake of the Woods
Packer, Ann The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Salzman, Mark Lying Awake
Tsukiyama, Gail The Samurai's Garden
Wiesenthal, Simon The Sunflower

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2002 Choices, by month

December, 2002

Author Title
Ansary, Tamin West of Kabul, East of New York
Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin
Beerbahm, Max Zuleika Dobson
Bellow, Saul Collected Stories 2001
Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog
Ford, Richard Sportswriter
Haruf, Kent Plainsong
Ishiguro, Kazuo When We Were Orphans
Maguire, Gregory Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
McEwan, Ian Atonement
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
O'Faolain, Nuala My Dream of You
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Waugh, Evelyn The Loved One

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November 2002

Author Title
Boyle, T. Coraghessan World's End
Carr, Caleb The Angel of Darkness
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections
Goldsmith, Martin The Inextinguishable Symphony
Hellenga, Robert Sixteen Pleasures
Henley, Patricia Hummingbird House
Hull, Jonathan Losing Julia
Patchett, Anne Bel Canto
Rushdie, Salman Shame
Sebald, Alice The Lovely Bones
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Tsukiyama, Gail The Samurai's Garden

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October 2002

Author Title
Cather, Willa Death Comes For the Archbishop
Chabon, Michael Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Dickens, Charles Martin Chuzzlewit
Graham, Katharine Personal History
Kingsolver, Barbara Small Wonder
Lee, Chang-rae A Gesture Life
McEwan, Ian Atonement
McEwan, Ian Enduring Love
Miller, Sue While I Was Gone
Morton, Brian Starting Out In The Evening
Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
Nouwen, Henri The Return of the Prodigal Son
O'Toole, John Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces
Packer, Ann The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Rich, Frank Ghost Light
Suri, Manil The Death of Vishnu
Tyler, Anne Back When We Were Grownups

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September 2002

Author Title
Aciman, Andre Out of Egypt
Auster, Paul Moon Palace
Calisher, Hortense Sunday Jews
Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop
Heilbrun, Carolyn The Last Gift of Time
Mann, Thomas Buddenbrooks
McLaughlin, Emma The Nanny Diaries
Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balance
O'Faolain, Nuala My Dream of You
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Pritchett, V.S., ed. Oxford Book of Short Stories
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Saramago, Jose Blindness
Schappell, Elissa Use Me
Trollope, Joanna Marrying the Mistress
Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatter
Winchester, Simon The Professor and the Madman

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August 2002

Author Title
Frayn, Michael Headlong
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying
Gaskell, Elizabeth Wives and Daughters
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Jewett, Sarah Orne The Country of the Pointed Firs
Marai, Sandor Embers
McEwan , Ian Amsterdam
Philbrick, Nat In The Heart Of The Sea

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July 2002

Author Title
Auster, Paul Moon Palace
Craig, Charmaine The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy
Hegi, Ursula Stones From the River
Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Naipaul, V. S. A House for Mr. Biswas
Orner, Pete Esther Stories
Pamuk, Orhan My Name Is Red
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Picoult, Jodi Pact
Reichl, Ruth Comfort Me With Apples
Trollope, Anthony The Warden

June 2002

Author Title
Bourdain, Anthony Kitchen Confidential
Bryson, Bill A Walk In The Woods
Colette Retreat From Love
Cooley, Martha The Archivist
Crafts, Hannah The Bondwoman's Narrative
Ford, Richard The Sportswriter
Haien, Jeannette All Of It
Hajdu, David Positively 4th Street
Huston, Nancy The Mark of the Angel
Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer
Kung, Hans The Catholic Church: A Short History
Maguire, Gregory Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Miller, Sue While I Was Gone
Pollan, Michael The Botany of Desire
Pym, Barbara Some Tame Gazelle
Sebald, Winifred Georg Austerlitz
Sebald, Winifred Georg Emigrants
Shields, Carol Swann
Tyler, Ann Back When We Were Grownups
Updike, John Gertrude and Claudius

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May 2002

Author Title
Suri, Manil The Death of Vishnu
Huddle, David La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
Baxter, Charles The Feast of Love
Bloom, Stephen G. Postville
Frazen, Jonathan The Corrections
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Oates, Joyce Carol We Were the Mulvaneys
Naipaul, V.S. A Bend in the River
Ishiguro, Kazuo The Unconsoled
O'Connor, Sandra Day Lazy B
DeBernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
Twain, Mark The Innocents Abroad
Hays, David Today I Am a Boy
Goldberg, Myra Bee Season
Melville, Herman Billy Budd
Bunting, Josiah All Loves Excelling
Neuhaus, Richard As I Lay Dying
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog
Fox, Paula Desperate Characters
Reichl, Ruth Tender at the Bone

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April 2002

Author Title
Stegner, Wallace Crossing to Safety
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited
Welty, Eudora The Optimist's Daughter
Pushkin, Aleksandr Complete Prose Tales of A. S. Pushkin
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
Roth, Philip The Human Stain
Karr, Mary The Liar's Club
Winchester, Simon The Professor and the Madman
DelBanco, Nicholas What Remains
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog
Howells, William Dean The Rise of Silas Lapham
Hershon, Joanna Swimming
Walker, Rebecca Black, White and Jewish
Fuller, Alexander Don't Let's Go to the Dogs
Zukav, Gary The Seat of the Soul

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