R = review available
L = was in last year's Best Reads list
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Dan Leno & The Limehouse Golem, Peter Ackroyd (R)
I The Divine, Rabih Alameddine
Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Alborn
West of Kabul, East of New York, Tamim Ansary
A Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (R)
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood (x2) (R)
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood (x2) (R)
Every Man for Himself, Beryl Bainbridge
Lives of the Monster Dogs, Kirsten Bakis (R)
Inversions, Iain M. Banks
Coldheart Canyon, Clive Barker (x3) (R)
Sacrament, Clive Barker
True to Form, Elizabeth Berg (x2)
Tiger! Tiger!, Alfred Bester (R)
Serpent in Paradise, Dea Birkett (R)
Forty Words for Sorrow, Giles Blunt (x3)
The Law of Similars, Chris Bohjalian (R)
Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
The New Thought Police, Tammy Bruce (R)
Bitteroot, James Lee Burke
Margaret Thatcher: Vol 1. The Grocer's Daughter, John Campbell (R)
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
The Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter (R)
La Ragazza di Bube, Carlo Cassola
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Pearl Cleage
Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee (R, L)
About the Author, John Colapinto (R)
The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins (R)
Places In The Dark, Thomas H. Cook
The Loop, Joe Coomer
The Devil's Larder, Jim Crace (R)
The Diary of Mattie Spenser, Sandra Dallas (x2) (R)
Winter Range, Claire Davis
The Lion's Game, Nelson DeMille (x2)
Up Country, Nelson DeMille (R)
The Summerhouse, Jude Deveraux
Paris Trout, Pete Dexter
Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue (R)
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
Booked To Die, John Dunning (R)
Kant and the Platypus, Umberto Eco
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Peace Like a River, Leif Enger (x2)
The Last Report of the Mircles at Little No Horse, Louise Erdrich
What She Means, Clayton Eshleman (R)
Swift As Desire, Laura Esquivel
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (x3)
Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
Standing in the Rainbow, Fannie Flagg
Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett (R)
The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas Friedman
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (R)
American Gods, Neil Gaiman (L)
Complications, Atul Gawande
Counting Coup, G. D. Gearino (x3) (R)
Three Junes, Julia Glass
Used and Rare, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (R)
Wizard's First Rule, Terry Goodkind (x2) (R, L)
Stone of Tears, Terry Goodkind (R, L)
Temple of the Winds, Terry Goodkind (R, L)
Faith of the Fallen, Terry Goodkind (x2) (R, L)
Leadership, Rudy Giuliani
The Painted House, John Grisham (R, L)
84 Charing Cross Rd, Helene Hanff (x2) (L)
God Save the Queen?, Johann Hari (R)
Chocolat, Joanne Harris
Manhatten Nocturne, Colin Harrison (R, L)
Plainsong, Kent Haruff (R, L)
The Treatment, Mo Hayder
Birdman, Mo Hayder
River Town, Peter Hessler (R)
Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand (x4) (R, L)
Inside: One Man's Experience of Prison, John Hoskison (R)
A Parchment of Leaves, Silas House
The Day Before Midnight, Stephen Hunter
Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
Old Dogs and Children, Robert Inman
When We Were Orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro
Black House, Stephen King and Peter Straub
Everything's Eventual, Stephen King (x2) (R)
Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver (R, L)
Wine & War, Don & Petie Kladstrup
Straydog, Kathe Koja (R)
Whispers, Dean Koontz
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (R)
A Debt to Pleasure, John Lanchester (R)
The House on Bloodhound Lane, Virginia Lanier
The Two Bear Mambo, Joe R. Lansdale
Crow Lake, Mary Lawson (x2)
Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, Jane Leavy
Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (R, L)
Lost Nation, Jeffrey Lent
The Good Terrorist, Doris Lessing
Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathon Lethem (R)
Small World, David Lodge (R)
The Giver, Lois Lowry (R)
The Aquitaine Progression, Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum
Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maass
The Natural, Bernard Malamud
Handling Sin, Michael Malone
The Fifth Woman, Henning Mankell (R)
The Life of Pi, Yann Martel (x2)
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (x3) (R, L)
A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (R, L)
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (R, L)
The Doorkeepers, Graham Masterton (R)
Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham
Canone Inverso, Paolo Maurensig (R)
The October Horse, Colleen McCullough
Child of my Heart, Alice McDermott
Atonement, Ian McEwan (x2) (R)
The Comfort of Strangers, Ian McEwan (R, L)
Enduring Love, Ian McEwan (L)
Home Comforts : The Art and Science of Keeping House, Cheryl Mendelson
Perdido Street Station, China Mieville (R)
The World Below, Sue Miller
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry
A Time to Die, Robert Moore
The Dreamthief's Daughter, Michael Moorcock (R)
Elric: Song of the Black Sword, Michael Moorcock
London Bone, Michael Moorcock (R)
Vanished, Mary McGarry Morris
The F**K UP, Arthur Nersesian
Red Meat Cures Cancer, Starbuck O'Dwyer
The Best a Man Can Get, John O'Farrell (R)
Wish You Were Here, Stewart O'Nan (x3)
The Dive from Clausen's Pier, Ann Packer
Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
Early Autumn, Robert B. Parker (R)
God Save the Child, Robert B. Parker (R)
A Season With Verona, Tim Parks (R)
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (R)
The Magician's Assistant, Ann Patchett (R)
Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
A Draft of Shadows, Octavio Paz (R)
Time and Chance, Sharon Kay Penman
Ulysses S. Grant, Geoffrey Perret
Deeds of the Disturber, Elizabeth Peters
Hidden Agendas, John Pilger
The Golden Compass, Pullman (R, L)
Balsamic Dreams, Joe Queenan (R)
The Holy, Daniel Quinn
Bodega Dreams, Ernesto Quinonez
The Book of Shadows, James Reece (R)
Dance Upon the Air, Nora Roberts
Them: Adventures with Extremists, Jon Ronson (R)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
Empire Falls, Richard Russo (R)
Straight Man, Richard Russo (x6) (R)
Lying Awake, Mark Salzman (x2) (R)
Beyond the Sea of Ice, William Sarabande
Magician's Law : Tales of the Bard, Michael Scott
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (R)
Un Italiano in America, Beppe Severgnini
The Glorious Cause, Jeff Shaara
The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
The flag of childhood poems from the middle east, Naomi Shihab
At Paradise Gate, Jane Smiley
Hamlet's Dresser, Bob Smith
Report from Ground Zero, Dennis Smith
A Series of Unfortunate Events, vols. 1-9, Lemony Snicket
Where Rivers Change Direction, Mark Spragg (R)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Perfume, Patrick Susskind
The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
The Little Friend, Donna Tartt (x2)
The Family Tree, Sheri S Tepper
The Fresco, Sheri Tepper
The Trust, Susan Tifft and Alex Jones
The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor
Milk Glass Moon, Adriana Trigianni
Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook, Dr. Douglas Ubelaker and Henry Schammel
The Mircle Life of Edgar Mint, Brady Udall (x3)
Losing Nelson - Barry Unsworth
Miss Garnet's Angel, Sally Vickers (R)
The Holy Spirit of my Uncle's Cojones, Marcos McPeek Villatoro (R)
The Gardens of Kyoto, Kate Walbert
The Sea-Rabbit, or, The Artist of Life, Wendy Walker (R)
The Secret Service, Wendy Walker (R)
Knowledge of Angels, Jill Paton Walsh
The Ice House, Minette Walters (R)
Savior, Marvin and Mark Werlin
Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
The Collected Short Stories, Richard Yates (R)
Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
Krokodil Tears, Jack Yoevil (R)
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler
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