RECOMMENDED BOOKS

FICTION
Author               Title
Albom, Mitch  
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Allende, Isabel   Daughter of Fortune; Portrait in Sepia; Zorro
Alvarez, Julia  Saving the World
Archer, Jeffrey  Kane and Abel; False Impression
Atwood, Margaret  The Blind Assassin
Auchincloss, Louis  East Side Story
Auel, Jean  Clan of the Cave Bear, etc.
Austen, Jane  Pride and Prejudice
Beigbeder, Frederic  Windows on the World
Binchy, Maeve Tara Road
Box, C. J.  Open Season; Savage Run
Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Brown, Dan  The Da Vinci Code
Brown, Sandra Envy
Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth
Buckley, Christopher  No Way to Treat a First Lady
Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring; Falling Angels
Clavell, James Shogun
Colapinto, John About the Author
Collins, Wilkie    The Woman in White
Conroy, Pat  Beach Music
Cowell, Stephanie Marrying Mozart
Crichton, Michael State of Fear
Cronin, A.J.  The Citadel
Cusset, Catherine The Story of Jane
Dai, Sijie  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Davies, Robertson The Cunning Man
Davis, Amanda Wonder When They'll Miss Me
Deaver, Jeffrey The Blue Nowhere
De Haven, Tom It's Superman
Delderfield, R.F. God is an Englishman; To Serve Them All My Days
De Maria, Robert The White Road
Demille, Nelson The Gold Coast; The General's Daughter; The Charm School; Plum Island; The LionÕs Game; Night Fall
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus;In the Company of the Courtesan
Dunn, Mark Ella Minnow Pea
Edghill, Inda Queenmaker
Edwards, Louis Oscar Wilde Discovers America
Ephron, Amy One Sunday Morning
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Fast, Howard  The Immigrants
Faulks, Sebastian Charlotte Gray; Birdsong;   Human Traces
Fermine, Maxence The Black Violin
Fitch, Janet White Oleander
Follett, Ken Pillars of the Earth
Folsom, Allan The Day After Tomorrow
Freedman, Benedict Mrs. Mike
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying
George, Margaret The Autobiography of Henry VIII
Gold, Glen David Carter Beats the Devil
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Goldreich, Gloria Leah's Journey
Graver, Elizabeth The Honey Thief
Graves, Lucia The Memory House
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl; The Queen's Fool; The Constant Princess
Griesemer, John No One Thinks of Greenland
Grisham, John A Time To Kill; The Last Juror
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Halter, Marek Sarah; Zipporah, Wife of Moses; Lilah
Hamill, Pete Snow in August
Hartwick, Cynthia Ladies with Options
Hasseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Heller, Jane Female Intelligence
Hobson, Laura Gentleman's Agreement
Hoffman, Alice  The River King
Irving, John The World According to Garp; The Fourth Hand; A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kaye, M.M. The Far Pavilions
Kellerman, Jesse Sunstroke
Khoury, Raymond   The Last Templar
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees; The Mermaid Chair
King, Cassandra The Sunday Wife
King, Stephen Cell
King, Stephen & Peter Straub The Talisman
Kirschenbaum, Binnie Hester Among the Ruins
Koen, Kathleen Through a Glass Darkly
Koontz, Dean Odd Thomas; Life Expectancy
Kurzweil, Allen The Grand Complication
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Lipman, Eleanor The Inn at Lake Devine
Liss, David A Conspiracy of Paper
MacNeil, Robert Burden of Desire
Ludlum, Robert   The Bourne Identity
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Martin, Steve Shopgirl; The Pleasure of My Company
Matsuoka, Takashi Cloud of Sparrows
Maugham W. Somerset Of Human Bondage
McCullough, Colleen The Thornbirds
McEwan, Ian Atonement; Saturday
McGowen, Kathleen     The Expected One
McLaughlin, Emma & Nicola Kraus The Nanny Diaries
Mesce, Bill The Advocate
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Morrell, David The Protector
Newton, William The Two-Pound Tram
Niffenegger, Audrey  The Time Traveler's Wife
Packer, Ann The Dive from ClausenÕs Pier
Parker, Robert Double Play
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Patterson, James The Jester
Patterson, Richard North Protect and Defend
Pearson, Allison I Don't Know How She Does It
Perry, Thomas Death Benefits
Pilcher, Rosamunde Winter Solstice; The Shell Seekers
Plain, Belva Evergreen
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child The Cabinet of Curiosities; Brimstone; Dance of Death; The Book of the Dead
Prior, Lily La Cucina
Puzo, Mario The Godfather; The Family
Rash, Ron Saints at the River
Ray, Jeanne Julie and Romeo; Eat Cake
Richman, Alyson The Mask Carver's Son; Swedish Tango
Riley, Judith Merkle A Vision of Light; Ê In Pursuit of the Green Lion
Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
Rosenblatt, Roger Lapham Rising
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter Books
Salzman, Mark The Soloist
Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg Anya; The Madness of a Seduced Woman
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones
Sharratt, Mary Summit Avenue
Sherwood, Ben The Man who Ate the 747
Shreve, Anita Fortune's Rocks; Light on Snow; A Wedding in December
Stonich, Sarah These Granite Islands
Siegel, James Derailed
Silva, Daniel The English Assassin
Solomon, Nina Single Wife
Standiford, Les Black Mountain
Steinbeck, John East of Eden; Of Mice and Men
Suskind, Patrick   Perfume: the story of a Murderer
Tiffany, Grace My Father Had a Daughter
Trollope, Joanna Marrying the Mistress
Tsukiyama, Gail The Samurai's Garden
Uris, Leon Mila 18; Exodus
Vreeland, Susan Girl in Hyacinth Blue; The Passion of Artemisia; The Forest Lover
Wenner, Kate Dancing with Einstein
Whitelaw, Stella Pray and Die
Wickham, Madeleine The Gatecrasher
Wolk, Lauren Those Who Favor Fire

SERIES
Author Character(s) or Series
Cussler, Clive Dirk Pitt
Grafton, Sue Kinsey Milhone
James, P.D. Adam Dalgleish
Kellerman, Faye Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus
McCall Smith, Alexander The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Parker, Robert Spenser; Jesse Stone; Sunny Randall
Sanders, Lawrence Archie McNally
Saylor, Steven Giordanus The Finder


NON-FICTION
Albom, Mitch  Tuesdays with Morrie   B SCHWARTZ
Almond, Steve Candy Freak   338.4766 ALM
Bouchier, David The Song of Suburbia   817.5408 BOU
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods   917.4044 BRY
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid;  B BRYSON
Conover, Ted Newjack; Guarding Sing Sing   365.92 CON
Cooper, Sue Ellen The Red Hat Society   305.244 COO
Crystal, Billy 700 Sundays   B CRYSTAL
Cytowic, Richard The Man Who Tasted Shapes   152 CYT
Ephron, Nora   I Feel Bad About My Neck   814.54 EPH
Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl   B FRANK
Grandin, Temple Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports    B GRANDIN
Greenberg, Peter Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective    910.46 GRE
   The Travel Detective   910.202 GRE
Harris, Bob  Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy    791.4572HAR
Karr, Mary The Liar's Club   B KARR
Kun, Michael & Howard Bloom    The Baseball Uncyclopedia   796.357KUN
McBride, James The Color of Water    B MCBRIDE
McCourt, Frank  Angela's Ashes; 'Tis; Teacher Man   B MCCOURT
McCullough, David John Adams   B ADAMS
Pearl, Nancy Book Lust; More Book Lust   011.73 PEA
Pearlman, Jeff The Bad Guys Won   796.3576 PEA
Reichl, Ruth    Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Lige of a critic in Disguise   641.5092 REI
Romano, Marc Crossworld; One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession ;   793.732 ROM
Ryan, Terry The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio   B RYAN
Sacks, Oliver The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat    616.8 SAC
Steinbeck, John Travels with Charley     B STEINBECK
Truss, Lynn  Eats,Shoots and Leaves   428.2 TRU
        Talk to the Hand   395 TRU
Walls, Jeannette   The Glass Castle   B WALLS   
Wiesel, Elie Night (paperback)   PB WIE
Winchester, Simon   The Professor and the Madman 423 WIN