Monday, November 23, 2009

Commonwealth Writers Prize

1987 - Olive Senior, Summer Lightning
1988 - Festus Iyayi, Heroes
1989 - Janet Frame, The Carpathians
1990 - Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
1991 - David Malouf, The Great World
1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey,
1993 - Alex Miller The Ancestor Game
1994 - Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
1995 - Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin*
1996 - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
1997 - Earl Lovelace, Salt
1998 - Peter Carey, Jack Maggs
1999 - Murray Bail, Eucalyptus
2000 - John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace
2001 - Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang*
2002 - Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
2003 - Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
2004 - Caryl Phillips, A Distant Shore
2005 - Andrea Levy, Small Island
2006 - Kate Grenville, The Secret River
2007 - Lloyd Jones, Mr. Pip
2008 - Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (U.S. title: Someone Knows My Name)*
2009 - The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas
2010 - Solo, Rana Dasgupta
2011 - The Memory of Love, Aminatta Forna
2012 - Chinaman, Shehan Karunatilaka
2013 -

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Stephen King Books

  • 1960 - People, Places, And Things - Volume 1 (limited edition with Chris Chelsey)
  • 1964 - The Star Invaders (limited edition)
  • 1974 - Carrie
  • 1975 - Salem's Lot
  • 1977 - The Shining
  • 1978 - Night Shift (stories)
  • 1978 - The Stand
  • 1979 - The Dead Zone
  • 1980 - Firestarter
  • 1981 - Cujo
  • 1981 - Danse Macabre (nonfiction about horror)
  • 1981 - Roadwork
  • 1982 - Creepshow (comic book, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson)
  • 1982 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
  • 1982 - Different Seasons (novellas)
  • 1983 - Christine
  • 1983 - Pet Sematary
  • 1983 - Cycle of the Werewolf
  • 1984 - The Talisman (written with Peter Straub)
  • 1985 - Skeleton Crew (stories)
  • 1985 - The Bachman Books (novel collection)
  • 1986 - It
  • 1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon
  • 1987 - Misery
  • 1987 - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
  • 1988 - The Tommyknockers
  • 1988 - Nightmares in the Sky (Photo book with text by King)
  • 1988 - Dark Visions
  • 1989 - The Dark Half
  • 1989 - Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition)
  • 1989 - My Pretty Pony (limited edition)
  • 1990 - The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition
  • 1990 - Four Past Midnight (stories)
  • 1991 - Needful Things
  • 1991 - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
  • 1992 - Gerald's Game
  • 1993 - Dolores Claiborne ?
  • 1993 - Nightmares & Dreamscapes (stories)
  • 1994 - Insomnia??
  • 1995 - Rose Madder??
  • 1995 - Umney's Last Case
  • 1996 - The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile)
  • 1996 - Desperation
  • 1997 - Six Stories (stories)
  • 1997 - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
  • 1998 - Bag of Bones??
  • 1999 - Storm of the Century
  • 1999 - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon??
  • 1999 - The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition)
  • 1999 - Hearts in Atlantis
  • 1999 - Blood and Smoke (audio book)
  • 2000 - Riding the Bullet (electronically published novella)
  • 2000 - The Plant(electronically published)
  • 2000 - Secret Windows
  • 2000 - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (nonfiction autobiography)
  • 2000 - Dreamcatcher??
  • 2001 - Black House (written with Peter Straub)
  • 2002 - From a Buick 8
  • 2002 - Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
  • 2003 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised edition)
  • 2003 - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
  • 2004 - The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
  • 2004 - The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
  • 2004 - Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
  • 2005 - The Colorado Kid
  • 2006 - Cell
  • 2006 - Lisey's Story
  • 2008 - Duma Key (2013)
  • 2008 - Just After Sunset (2014)
  • 2009 - UR (e-novella available only on Amazon.com's Kindle) (2013)
  • 2009 - Throttle (with Joe Hill)
  • 2010 - Under the Dome
  • 2010 - Full Dark, No Stars (2011)
  • 2010 - Blockade Billy (novella) (2011)
  • 2011 - 11/22/63
  • 2012 - The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower)
  • 2013 - Doctor Sleep
  • 2014 - Mr Mercedes
  • 2014 - Revival
  • 2015 - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
  • 2015  - Finders Keepers (audiobook) 2015
  • 2016  - End of Watch (audiobook)  2016

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Printz Prize

2016
Winner:  Laura Ruby Bone Gap  audiobook 2016

 Ashley Hope Pérez Out of Darkness Honor
Marcus Sedgwick The Ghosts of Heaven Honor

2015
Winner: Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun 2016

 Jessie Ann Foley The Carnival at Bray 
 Jenny Hubbard And We Stay 
Andrew Smith Grasshopper Jungle  2016
Mariko Tamaki This One Summer


2014
Winner: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell; 2016
Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal;  
MAGGOT MOON by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch;  
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

2013
Winner: In Darkness by Nick Lake

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz;
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein;  
Dodger by Terry Pratchett;  
The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna

2012
Winner: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Why We Broke Up, written by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman;  
The Returning, written by Christine Hinwood;  
Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey;  
The Scorpio Races, written by Maggie Stiefvater

2011
Paolo Bacigalupi Ship Breaker  Winner

Lucy Christopher Stolen
A.S. King  Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Marcus Sedgwick Revolver
Janne Teller Nothing

2010
Libba Bray Going Bovine

Deborah Heiligman Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Rick Yancey The Monstrumologist
Adam Rapp Punkzilla
John Barnes Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973

2009
Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta 2016
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart  2016
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan

2008
The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet, by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day, by Judith Clarke
Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, by Stephanie Hemphill

2007
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Volume I: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson
An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

2006
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan
I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge
A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson

2005
how i live now, by Meg Rosoff
Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
Chanda’s Secrets, by Allan Stratton
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt

2004
The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly
Keesha’s House, by Helen Frost
Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler

2003
Postcards from No Man’s Land, by Aidan Chambers
The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Hole in My Life, by Jack Gantos

2002
A Step From Heaven, by An Na
The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, by Jan Greenberg
Abrams Freewill, by Chris Lynch
True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff

2001
Kit’s Wilderness, by David Almond
Many Stones, by Carolyn Coman
The Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison April 09
Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman

2000
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
Skellig, by David Almond April 09
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hard Love, by Ellen Wittlinger

Thursday, March 26, 2009

NY Times Notable Books 2005 - 2008

I totally stole this list from 3M. I let her do the hard work, then I just copy and paste - she's such a good friend to let me mooch from here. I like this idea, keeping track of the NY Times recommended books for the year. Some have been good, some not so good. I've bolded the ones I've already read, I've italicized the books I own and am waiting to read, and the little star* beside the ones that I am interested in, some day. Here's the link to the most recent list, and past years.

2009 ( 5 of 45)
  1. Amatuer Barbarians by Robert Cohen
  2. American Rust by Philipp Meyey
  3. The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
  4. The Art Student's War by Brad Leithauser
  5. Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuchelli
  6. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
  7. Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
  8. The Case Book of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
  9. Chronic City by Johnathan Letham
  10. The Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie Martin
  11. Dearest Creature by Amy Grestler
  12. Do Not Deny Me: Stories by Jean Thompson
  13. Don't Cry:Stories by Mary Gaitskill
  14. Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
  15. Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
  16. Family Album by Penelope Lively
  17. Follow Me by Joanna Scott
  18. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorri Moore DNF
  19. Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
  20. Half- Broke Horses: A True Life Novel by Jeannette Walls
  21. How It Ended: New and Collected Stories by Jay McInerney
  22. In Other Rooms, In Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
  23. Invisible by Paul Auster
  24. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
  25. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
  26. Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
  27. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
  28. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
  29. Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksander Hemon
  30. Love and Summer by William Trevor
  31. The Museum of Innocence by Orham Pamuk
  32. My Father's Tears: And Other Stories by John Updike
  33. Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazou Ishiguro
  34. Nothing Right: Short Stories by Antonya Nelson
  35. Once the Shore: Stories by Paul Yoon
  36. One DOA, One on the Way by Mary Robison
  37. Sag Harbour by Colson Whitehead
  38. A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
  39. The Sky Below by Stacey D'Arasmo
  40. The Song is You by Arthur Phillips
  41. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
  42. Typhoon by Charles Cumming
  43. A Village Life by Louise Gluck
  44. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
  45. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

2008 ( 4 of 48 read)

  1. AMERICAN WIFE. By Curtis Sittenfeld.
  2. ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES. By Rivka Galchen.
  3. BASS CATHEDRAL. By Nathaniel Mackey.
  4. BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. By Charles Bock.
  5. BEIJING COMA. By Ma Jian. Translated by Flora Drew.
  6. A BETTER ANGEL: Stories. By Chris Adrian.
  7. BLACK FLIES. By Shannon Burke.
  8. THE BLUE STAR. By Tony Earley.
  9. THE BOAT. By Nam Le.
  10. BREATH. By Tim Winton.
  11. DANGEROUS LAUGHTER: Thirteen Stories. By Steven Millhauser.
  12. DEAR AMERICAN AIRLINES. By Jonathan Miles.
  13. DIARY OF A BAD YEAR. By J. M. Coet­zee.
  14. DICTATION: A Quartet. By Cynthia Ozick.
  15. ELEGY: Poems. By Mary Jo Bang.
  16. THE ENGLISH MAJOR. By Jim Harrison.
  17. FANON. By John Edgar Wideman.
  18. THE FINDER. By Colin Harrison.
  19. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS: Wyoming Stories 3 . By Annie Proulx.
  20. *THE GOOD THIEF . By Hannah Tinti.
  21. HALF OF THE WORLD IN LIGHT: New and Selected Poems. By Juan Felipe Herrera.
  22. HIS ILLEGAL SELF. By Peter Carey.
  23. HOME. By Marilynne Robinson.
  24. INDIGNATION. By Philip Roth.
  25. THE LAZARUS PROJECT. By Aleksandar Hemon.
  26. LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. By David Vann.
  27. LIFE CLASS. By Pat Barker.
  28. LUSH LIFE. By Richard Price.
  29. A MERCY. By Toni Morrison.
  30. MODERN LIFE: Poems . By Matthea Harvey.
  31. A MOST WANTED MAN . By John le Carré.
  32. MY REVOLUTIONS. By Hari Kunzru.
  33. *NETHERLAND. By Joseph O’Neill.
  34. OPAL SUNSET: Selected Poems, 1958-2008. By Clive James.
  35. THE OTHER. By David Guterson.
  36. OUR STORY BEGINS: New and Selected Stories. By Tobias Wolff.
  37. THE ROAD HOME. By Rose Tremain.
  38. THE SACRED BOOK OF THE WEREWOLF. By Victor Pelevin. Translated by Andrew Bromfield.
  39. THE SCHOOL ON HEART’S CONTENT ROAD. By Carolyn Chute.
  40. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: A New Verse Translation. By Simon Armitage.
  41. SLEEPING IT OFF IN RAPID CITY: Poems, New and Selected. By August Kleinzahler.
  42. TELEX FROM CUBA. By Rachel Kushner.
  43. 2666. By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.
  44. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH. By Jhumpa Lahiri.
  45. THE UNFORTUNATES. By B. S. Johnson.
  46. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? By Kate Atkinson.
  47. THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK. By John Updike.
  48. YESTERDAY’S WEATHER. By Anne Enright.
2007 ( 12 of 50 read)

  1. *THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER. By Tom Perrotta.
  2. AFTER DARK. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin.
  3. THE BAD GIRL. By Mario Vargas Llosa. Translated by Edith Grossman.
  4. BEARING THE BODY. By Ehud Havazelet.
  5. THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS. By Dinaw Mengestu.
  6. *BRIDGE OF SIGHS. By Richard Russo.
  7. *THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. By Junot Díaz.
  8. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. By André Aciman.
  9. CHEATING AT CANASTA. By William Trevor.
  10. THE COLLECTED POEMS, 1956-1998. By Zbigniew Herbert. Translated by Alissa Valles.
  11. DANCING TO “ALMENDRA.” By Mayra Montero. Translated by Edith Grossman.
  12. EXIT GHOST. By Philip Roth.
  13. FALLING MAN. By Don DeLillo.
  14. FELLOW TRAVELERS. By Thomas Mallon.
  15. A FREE LIFE. By Ha Jin.
  16. THE GATHERING. By Anne Enright.
  17. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. By J.K. Rowling.
  18. HOUSE LIGHTS. By Leah Hager Cohen.
  19. HOUSE OF MEETINGS. By Martin Amis.
  20. IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN. By Hisham Matar.
  21. THE INDIAN CLERK. By David Leavitt.
  22. KNOTS. By Nuruddin Farah.
  23. *LATER, AT THE BAR: A Novel in Stories. By Rebecca Barry.
  24. LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME. By Vendela Vida.
  25. LIKE YOU’D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY: Stories. By Jim Shepard.
  26. MAN GONE DOWN. By Michael Thomas.
  27. *MATRIMONY. By Joshua Henkin.
  28. THE MAYTREES. By Annie Dillard.
  29. THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES. By Nathan Englander.
  30. MOTHERS AND SONS: Stories. By Colm Toibin.
  31. NEXT LIFE. By Rae Armantrout.
  32. ON CHESIL BEACH. By Ian McEwan.
  33. OUT STEALING HORSES. By Per Petterson. Translated by Anne Born.
  34. THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. By Mohsin Hamid.
  35. REMAINDER. By Tom McCarthy.
  36. THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES. By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.
  37. SELECTED POEMS. By Derek Walcott.
  38. *THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ. By Dalia Sofer.
  39. SHORTCOMINGS. By Adrian Tomine.
  40. SUNSTROKE: And Other Stories. By Tessa Hadley.
  41. THEN WE CAME TO THE END. By Joshua Ferris.
  42. THROW LIKE A GIRL: Stories. By Jean Thompson.
  43. TIME AND MATERIALS: Poems, 1997-2005. By Robert Hass.
  44. *TREE OF SMOKE. By Denis Johnson.
  45. TWENTY GRAND: And Other Tales of Love and Money. By Rebecca Curtis.
  46. VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE: Stories. By Lydia Davis.
  47. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK: Stories. By Alice Munro.
  48. WHAT IS THE WHAT. The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel. By Dave Eggers.
  49. WINTERTON BLUE. By Trezza Azzopardi.
  50. THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION. By Michael Chabon.
2006 (13/50 read)

  1. ABSURDISTAN. By Gary Shteyngart.
  2. AFTER THIS. By Alice McDermott.
  3. AGAINST THE DAY. By Thomas Pynchon.
  4. ALENTEJO BLUE. By Monica Ali.
  5. ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN. By Edward P. Jones.
  6. APEX HIDES THE HURT. By Colson Whitehead.
  7. ARTHUR AND GEORGE. By Julian Barnes.
  8. AVERNO. By Louise Glück.
  9. BEASTS OF NO NATION. By Uzodinma Iweala.
  10. BLACK SWAN GREEN. By David Mitchell.
  11. BROOKLAND. By Emily Barton.
  12. COLLECTED POEMS, 1947-1997. By Allen Ginsberg.
  13. THE COLLECTED STORIES OF AMY HEMPEL.
  14. THE DEAD FISH MUSEUM. By Charles D’Ambrosio.
  15. DIGGING TO AMERICA. By Anne Tyler.
  16. THE DISSIDENT. By Nell Freudenberger.
  17. THE DREAM LIFE OF SUKHANOV. By Olga Grushin.
  18. EAT THE DOCUMENT. By Dana Spiotta.
  19. THE ECHO MAKER. By Richard Powers.
  20. *THE EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. By Claire Messud.
  21. EVERYMAN. By Philip Roth.
  22. FORGETFULNESS. By Ward Just.
  23. GALLATIN CANYON: Stories. By Thomas McGuane.
  24. GATE OF THE SUN. By Elias Khoury. Translated by Humphrey Davies.
  25. GOLDEN COUNTRY. By Jennifer Gilmore.
  26. HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
  27. HIGH LONESOME: New & Selected Stories, 1966-2006. By Joyce Carol Oates.
  28. THE INHABITED WORLD. By David Long.
  29. *THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS. By Kiran Desai.
  30. INTUITION. By Allegra Goodman. (2012)
  31. THE KEEP. By Jennifer Egan.
  32. LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH. By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Chris Andrews.
  33. THE LAY OF THE LAND. By Richard Ford.
  34. LISEY’S STORY. By Stephen King.
  35. NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, 1964-2006. By Ishmael Reed.
  36. OLD FILTH. By Jane Gardam.(2012)
  37. ONE GOOD TURN. By Kate Atkinson.
  38. ONLY REVOLUTIONS. By Mark Z. Danielewski.
  39. THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND. By Michel Houellebecq. Translated by Gavin Bowd.
  40. THE ROAD. By Cormac McCarthy.
  41. SKINNER’S DRIFT. By Lisa Fugard.
  42. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS. By Marisha Pessl.
  43. THE STORIES OF MARY GORDON. By Mary Gordon.
  44. STRONG IS YOUR HOLD. By Galway Kinnell.
  45. SUITE FRANÇAISE. By Irène Némirovsky. Translated by Sandra Smith.
  46. TERRORIST. By John Updike.
  47. THE TRANSLATOR. By Leila Aboulela.
  48. TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES. By Deborah Eisenberg.
  49. THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT. By Heidi Julavits.
  50. *A WOMAN IN JERUSALEM. By A. B. Yehoshua. Translated by Hillel Halkin.
2005 (3/39 read)

  1. BEYOND BLACK. By Hilary Mantel.
  2. A CHANGED MAN. By Francine Prose.
  3. COLLECTED POEMS, 1943-2004. By Richard Wilbur.
  4. EMPIRE RISING. By Thomas Kelly.
  5. ENVY. By Kathryn Harrison.
  6. EUROPE CENTRAL. By William T. Vollmann.
  7. FOLLIES: New Stories. By Ann Beattie.
  8. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. By J. K. Rowling.
  9. HOME LAND. By Sam Lipsyte.
  10. THE HOT KID. By Elmore Leonard.
  11. HOW WE ARE HUNGRY: Stories. By Dave Eggers.
  12. IN CASE WE’RE SEPARATED: Connected Stories. By Alice Mattison.
  13. INDECISION. By Benjamin Kunkel.
  14. KAFKA ON THE SHORE. By Haruki Murakami.
  15. LUNAR PARK. By Bret Easton Ellis.
  16. MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS. By Nadeem Aslam.
  17. THE MARCH. By E. L. Doctorow.
  18. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES. By Gabriel García Márquez.
  19. MIGRATION: New and Selected Poems. By W. S. Merwin.
  20. MISSING MOM. By Joyce Carol Oates.
  21. MISSION TO AMERICA. By Walter Kirn.
  22. MOTHER’S MILK. By Edward St. Aubyn.
  23. NATURAL HISTORY: Poems. By Dan Chiasson.
  24. NEVER LET ME GO. By Kazuo Ishiguro.
  25. *NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. By Cormac McCarthy.
  26. *ON BEAUTY. Zadie Smith.
  27. OVERLORD: Poems. By Jorie Graham.
  28. THE PAINTED DRUM. By Louise Erdrich.
  29. PLEASE DON’T COME BACK FROM THE MOON. By Dean Bakopoulos.
  30. PREP. By Curtis Sittenfeld.
  31. *SATURDAY. By Ian McEwan.
  32. THE SEA. By John Banville.
  33. SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY. By Elliot Perlman.
  34. SHALIMAR THE CLOWN. By Salman Rushdie.
  35. SLOW MAN. By J. M. Coetzee.
  36. STAR DUST. Frank Bidart.
  37. THE SUCCESSOR. By Ismail Kadare.
  38. TOWELHEAD. By Alicia Erian.
  39. VERONICA. By Mary Gaitskill.
2004 (4/42 read)

  1. ALOFT. By Chang-rae Lee.
  2. *THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE. By Anne Tyler.
  3. AMERICAN SMOOTH: Poems. By Rita Dove.
  4. BANDBOX. By Thomas Mallon.
  5. A BIT ON THE SIDE. By William Trevor.
  6. CLOUD ATLAS. By David Mitchell.
  7. COLLECTED POEMS. By Donald Justice.
  8. THE CURSE OF THE APPROPRIATE MAN. By Lynn Freed.
  9. THE DARLING. By Russell Banks.
  10. THE FALLS. By Joyce Carol Oates.
  11. THE FIRST DESIRE. By Nancy Reisman.
  12. FOUR SOULS. By Louise Erdrich.
  13. GILEAD. By Marilynne Robinson.
  14. THE HAMILTON CASE. By Michelle de Kretser.
  15. HARBOR. By Lorraine Adams.
  16. HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD. By Cynthia Ozick.
  17. I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS. By Tom Wolfe.
  18. THE INNER CIRCLE. By T. Coraghessan Boyle.
  19. THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB. By Karen Joy Fowler.
  20. JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL. By Susanna Clarke.
  21. THE LEMON TABLE: Stories. By Julian Barnes.
  22. THE LINE OF BEAUTY.By Alan Hollinghurst.
  23. LITTLE CHILDREN. By Tom Perrotta.
  24. MAGIC SEEDS. By V. S Naipaul.
  25. *THE MASTER. By Colm Toibin.
  26. MEN AND CARTOONS: Stories. By Jonathan Lethem.
  27. NATASHA: And Other Stories. By David Bezmozgis.
  28. OBLIVION: Stories. By David Foster Wallace.
  29. OUR KIND. By Kate Walbert.
  30. THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY. By Tony Eprile.
  31. THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA. By Philip Roth.
  32. THE PRODIGAL. By Derek Walcott.
  33. *RUNAWAY. By Alice Munro.
  34. *SNOW. By Orhan Pamuk.
  35. *THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED. By Madison Smartt Bell.
  36. SWEET LAND STORIES. By E. L. Doctorow.
  37. TRANSMISSION. By Hari Kunzru.
  38. THE TYRANT’S NOVEL. By Thomas Keneally.
  39. AN UNFINISHED SEASON. By Ward Just.
  40. VILLAGES. By John Updike.
  41. WAKE UP, SIR! By Jonathan Ames.
  42. WAR TRASH. By Ha Jin.