tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19756332653633629662023-06-20T05:35:59.239-07:00Series Lists and Projectsraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-36891761798691979922018-12-30T07:17:00.001-08:002022-02-13T15:38:54.655-08:00Women's Prize for Fiction 2017, 2018, 2019<div>
2019 Winner:</div>
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<b>An American Marriage Tayari Jones</b></div>
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The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker</div>
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<b>My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite</b></div>
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<b>Milkman Anna Burns</b></div>
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<b>Ordinary People Diana Evans</b></div>
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Circe Madeline Miller</div>
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Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton<br />The Pisces Melissa Broder<br /><b>Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi</b><br />Swan Song Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott<br /><b>Number One Chinese Restaurant Lillian Li</b><br />Bottled Goods Sophie van Llewyn<br /><b>Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli</b><br />Praise Song for the Butterflies Bernice L. McFadden<br />Ghost Wall Sarah Moss<br /><b>Normal People by Sally Rooney</b><div>
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2018 Winner:</div>
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<b>Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie </b></div>
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The Idiot by Elif Batuman </div>
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The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar<br />
Sight by Jessie Greengrass </div>
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<b>When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy</b></div>
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<b>Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward</b></div>
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H(a)ppy by Nicola Barker <br />
<b>Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon <br />Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig <br />Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan <br />Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman </b><br />
Elmet by Fiona Mozley <br />
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy <br />
<b>See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt </b><br />
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert <br />
The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal<br />
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2017 Winner: </div>
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<b>The Power, Naomi Alderman</b></div>
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<b>Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo </b></div>
The Dark Circle, Linda Grant<br />
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The Sport of Kings, C.E. Morgan</div>
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First Love, Gwendoline Riley<br />
Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Madeleine Thien</div>
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<b>Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood</b><br />
Little Deaths, Emma Flint<br />
The Mare, Mary Gaitskill<br />
The Lesser Bohemians, Eimear McBride<br />
Midwinter, Fiona Melrose<br />
<b>The Woman Next Door, Yewande Omotoso</b><br />
<b>The Lonely Hearts Hotel, Heather O’Neill</b><br />
The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry<br />
Barkskins, Annie Proulx<br />
The Gustav Sonata, Rose Tremain</div>
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-37825144726316361722018-12-04T19:34:00.001-08:002022-02-13T15:40:25.633-08:00NYT Notable Books 2018<ul><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 2em 0px 1em;">
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*An American Marriage by Tayari Jones</b><br />
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday<br />
Brown by Kevin Young<br />
Cherry by Nico Walker<br />
Crudo by Olivia Laing<br />
Early Work by Andrew Martin<br />
Eternal Life by Dara Horn<br />
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson<br />
*The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer<br /><b>
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi</b><br />
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<br />
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez<br />
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck<br />
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai<br />
<b>The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea</b><br />
Immigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar<br />
Improvement by Joan Silber<br />
In Every Moment We Still Are Alive by Tom Malmquist<br />
The Kites by Romain Gary<br />
Kudo by Rachel Cusk<br />
Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart<br />
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson<br />
Last Stories by William Trevor<br />
Macbeth by Jo Nesbø<br />
<b>The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner</b><br />
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors<br />
My Struggle: Book 6 by Karl Ove Knausgaard<br />
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh<br />
The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa<br />
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson<br />
Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Lawrence Osborne<br />
The Overstory by Richard Powers<br /><b>
*The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat</b><br />
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani<br />
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole<br />
Property by Lionel Shriver<br />
Pure Hollywood by Christine Schutt<br />
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso<br />
Severance by Ling Ma<br />
Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau<br />
The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst<br />
*Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik<br />
A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee<br /><b>
*There There by Tommy Orange</b><br />
A View of the Empire at Sunset by Caryl Phillips<br />
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith<br /><b>
*Warlight by Michael Ondaatje<br />
*Washington Black by Esi Edugyan</b><br />
*The Witch Elm by Tana French<br />
Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg<br />
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<b>Nonfiction</b></div>
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Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig<b><br /></b>American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis<br />
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson<br />
American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer<br />
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold<br />
Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault<br />
<b>Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou</b><br />
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis by Sam Anderson<br />
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War by Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple<br />
Calypso by David Sedaris<br />
Churchill: Walking With Destiny by Andrew Roberts<br />
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt<br />
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy<br />
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze<br />
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey<br />
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin<br />
The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams<br />
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy<br /><b>
Educated by Tara Westover</b><br />
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker<br />
Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther and the Fight for the Western Mind by Michael Massing<br />
Feel Free by Zadie Smith<br />
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman<br />
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis<br />
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien<br />
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight<br />
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 by Ramachandra Guha<br />
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright<br />
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon<br />
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan<br />
In Pieces by Sally Field<br />
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade<br />
<b>The Library Book by Susan Orlean</b><br />
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry<br />
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown<br />
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America by Darnell L. Moore<br />
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid<br />
Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown by Lauren Hilgers<br />
The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum<br />
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman<br />
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer<br />
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs<br />
The Souls of Yellow Folk by Wesley Yang<br />
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen<br />
There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald<br />
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore<br />
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler<br />
What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha<br />
Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere by Hillary Chute<br />
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas<br />
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-47704349668497261282018-02-28T16:59:00.002-08:002018-07-21T11:37:33.617-07:00Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction 2014, 2015, 2016<br />
2016 The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney<br />
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<b>Cynthia Bond, Ruby<br />Anne Enright, The Green Road</b><br />
Elizabeth McKenzie, The Portable Veblen<br />
Hannah Rothschild, The Improbability of Love<br />
Hanya Yangihara, A Little Life</div>
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<b>A God In Ruins by Kate Atkinson</b><br />
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett<br />
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks<br />
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers<br />
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton<br />
Whispering Through a Megaphone by Rachel Elliot<br />
The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah<br />
Gorsky by Vesna Goldsworthy<br />
The Anatomist’s Dream by Clio Gray<br />
At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison<br />
Pleasantville by Attica Locke<br />
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<b>Girl at War by Sara Nović (US)</b><br />
The House on the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester<br />
<b>My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout</b><br />
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<b>2015 </b><b>How to Be Both - Ali Smith</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>The Bees - Laline Paull</b><br />
<b>A Spool of Blue Thread - Anne Tyler</b><br />
<b>The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters</b><br />
A God in Every Stone - Kamila Shamsie<br />
<b>Outline - Rachel Cusk</b><br />
<b><br />Crooked Heart - Lissa Evans</b><br />
Aren't We Sisters? - Patricia Ferguson<br />
I Am China - Xiaolu Guo<br />
Dear Thief - Samantha Harvey<br />
<b>Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Healey</b><br />
<b>Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel</b><br />
The Offering - Grace McCleen<br />
The Country of Ice Cream Star - Sandra Newman<br />
<b>The Girl Who Was Saturday Night - Heather O'Neill</b><br />
<b>The Table of Less Valued Knights - Marie PHillips</b><br />
The Walk Home - Rachel Seiffert<br />
The Shore - Sara Taylor<br />
After Before - Jemma Wayne<br />
The Life of a Banana - PP Wong<br />
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<b>2014</b><br />
<b> </b>Eimear McBride, A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing<br />
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<b>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah </b>2013<br />
<b>Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch </b>2014<br />
<b>Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland</b> 2014<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Hannah Kent, Burial Rites </b>2014<br />
Audrey Magee, The Undertaking<br />
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<b>Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam 2014</b><br />
Suzanne Berne, The Dogs of Littlefield<br />
Fatima Bhutto, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon<br />
<b>Claire Cameron, The Bear</b> 2014<br />
Lea Carpenter, Eleven Days<br />
M.J. Carter, The Strangler Vine<br />
Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries<br />
Deborah Kay Davies, Reasons She Goes to the Woods<br />
Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things<br />
Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers<br />
Charlotte Mendelson, Almost English<br />
<b>Anna Quindlen, Still Life with Bread Crumbs</b> 2014<br />
<b>Elizabeth Strout, The Burgess Boys </b>2014<br />
Evie Wyld, All The Birds, Singing <b> </b></div>
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-76907980827545602492018-02-28T16:55:00.004-08:002018-02-28T16:55:50.431-08:00Women's Prize for Fiction 2017The Power, Naomi Alderman<br />
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<b>Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo </b><br />
The Dark Circle, Linda Grant<br />
The Sport of Kings, C.E. Morgan<br />
First Love, Gwendoline Riley<br />
Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Madeleine Thien<br />
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<b>Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood</b><br />
Little Deaths, Emma Flint<br />
The Mare, Mary Gaitskill<br />
The Lesser Bohemians, Eimear McBride<br />
Midwinter, Fiona Melrose<br />
<b>The Woman Next Door, Yewande Omotoso </b><br />
<b>The Lonely Hearts Hotel, Heather O’Neill </b><br />
The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry<br />
Barkskins, Annie Proulx<br />
The Gustav Sonata, Rose Tremainraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-20332814710307659102017-11-26T17:28:00.003-08:002018-11-30T08:06:24.728-08:00NYT NOTABLE BOOKS 2017<b>Fiction & Poetry</b><br />
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AMERICAN WAR. By Omar El Akkad.<br />
*ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. By Elizabeth Strout. <br />
AUTUMN. By Ali Smith. <br />
BAD DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES. By Tessa Hadley.<br />
BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. By Lawrence Osborne.<br />
THE BOOK OF JOAN. By Lidia Yuknavitch.
A BOY IN WINTER. By Rachel Seiffert.
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THE CHANGELING. By Victor LaValle.
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CHRISTMAS DAYS: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days. By Jeanette Winterson. </div>
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DANCE OF THE JAKARANDA. By Peter Kimani. </div>
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THE DARK FLOOD RISES. By Margaret Drabble. </div>
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*THE DINNER PARTY: And Other Stories. By Joshua Ferris. </div>
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*THE ESSEX SERPENT. By Sarah Perry.</div>
<b>EXIT WEST. By Mohsin Hamid. </b><br />
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FAST. By Jorie Graham. </div>
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FIVE-CARAT SOUL. By James McBride.</div>
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FOREST DARK. By Nicole Krauss.</div>
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4 3 2 1. By Paul Auster. </div>
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FRESH COMPLAINT: Stories. By Jeffrey Eugenides.</div>
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FUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD. By Louise Erdrich.</div>
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GIVING GODHEAD. By Dylan Krieger.</div>
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HISTORY OF WOLVES. By Emily Fridlund. </div>
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<b>HOME FIRE. By Kamila Shamsie. </b></div>
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HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD. By Ottessa Moshfegh. </div>
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A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR. By David Grossman. Translated by Jessica Cohen.</div>
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THE IDIOT. By Elif Batuman. </div>
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ILL WILL. By Dan Chaon.</div>
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A KIND OF FREEDOM. By Margaret Wilkerson Sexton.</div>
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LESS. By Andrew Sean Greer. </div>
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<b>LINCOLN IN THE BARDO. By George Saunders.</b></div>
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<b>MANHATTAN BEACH. By Jennifer Egan. </b></div>
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MRS. OSMOND. By John Banville. </div>
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MY ABSOLUTE DARLING. By Gabriel Tallent.</div>
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NEW PEOPLE. By Danzy Senna.</div>
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THE NINTH HOUR. By Alice McDermott.</div>
<b>PACHINKO. By Min Jin Lee.</b><br />
<b>THE POWER. By Naomi Alderman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span><br />
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THE REFUGEES. By Viet Thanh Nguyen. </div>
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SELECTION DAY. By Aravind Adiga. </div>
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A SEPARATION. By Katie Kitamura. </div>
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<b>SING, UNBURIED, SING. By Jesmyn Ward.</b></div>
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SIX FOUR. By Hideo Yokoyama. Translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies.</div>
<b>STAY WITH ME. By Ayobami Adebayo</b>.<br />
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THE STONE SKY: The Broken Earth: Book Three. By N.K. Jemisin. </div>
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TIES. By Domenico Starnone. Translated by Jhumpa Lahiri. </div>
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*TRANSIT. By Rachel Cusk. </div>
WAKING LIONS. By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Translated by Sondra Silverston.<br />
WHEREAS. By Layli Long Soldier.<br />
WHITE TEARS. By Hari Kunzru.<br />
WHO IS RICH? By Matthew Klam. Illustrated by John Cuneo.
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AGE OF ANGER: A History of the Present. By Pankaj Mishra. <br />
AMERICAN FIRE: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. By Monica Hesse. <br />
ANIMALS STRIKE CURIOUS POSES: Essays. By Elena Passarello.<br />
THE BLOOD OF EMMETT TILL. By Timothy B. Tyson.<br />
*BORN A CRIME: Stories From a South African Childhood. By Trevor Noah.<br />
BUNK: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News. By Kevin Young.<br />
CHURCHILL AND ORWELL: The Fight for Freedom. By Thomas E. Ricks.<br />
THE COLLECTED ESSAYS OF ELIZABETH HARDWICK. Selected and with an introduction by Darryl Pinckney.<br />
A COLONY IN A NATION. By Chris Hayes.<br />
THE COLOR OF LAW: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. By Richard Rothstein.<br />
THE CRISIS OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS CONSTITUTION: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic. By Ganesh Sitaraman.<br />
THE DAWN WATCH: Joseph Conrad in a Global World. By Maya Jasanoff.<br />
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES. By Dan Egan.<br />
DESTINED FOR WAR: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? By Graham Allison.<br />
DEVIL’S BARGAIN: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency. By Joshua Green.<br />
THE EVANGELICALS: The Struggle to Shape America. By Frances FitzGerald.<br />
THE EVOLUTION OF BEAUTY: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World — and Us. By Richard O. Prum.<br />
FASTING AND FEASTING: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray. By Adam Federman.<br />
FLÂNEUSE: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London. By Lauren Elkin.<br />
FRIENDS DIVIDED: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. By Gordon S. Wood. THE FUTURE IS HISTORY: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. By Masha Gessen.<br />
GENERATION REVOLUTION: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East. By Rachel Aspden.<br />
*THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars. By Dava Sobel.<br />
GRANT. By Ron Chernow.<br />
GREATER GOTHAM: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919. By Mike Wallace.<br />
THE GULF: The Making of an American Sea. By Jack E. Davis.<br />
HAMLET GLOBE TO GLOBE: Two Years, 190,000 Miles, 197 Countries, One Play. By Dominic Dromgoole.<br />
HENRY DAVID THOREAU: A Life. By Laura Dassow Walls.<br />
THE HOUSE OF GOVERNMENT: A Saga of the Russian Revolution. By Yuri Slezkine.<br />
THE INVENTION OF ANGELA CARTER: A Biography. By Edmund Gordon.<br />
JANESVILLE: An American Story. By Amy Goldstein.<br />
<b>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. By David Grann.</b><br />
KRAZY: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White. By Michael Tisserand.<br />
LENIN: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror. By Victor Sebestyen.<br />
LETTERMAN: The Last Giant of Late Night. By Jason Zinoman.<br />
LOCKING UP OUR OWN: Crime and Punishment in Black America. By James Forman Jr.<br />
LOOKING FOR “THE STRANGER”: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic. By Alice Kaplan.<br />
*THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD: A True Story. By Douglas Preston.<br />
NOMADLAND: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. By Jessica Bruder.<br />
NOTES ON A FOREIGN COUNTRY: An American Abroad in a Post-American World. By Suzy Hansen.<br />
*PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder.By Caroline Fraser.<br />
PRIESTDADDY: A Memoir. By Patricia Lockwood.<br />
THE SONGS WE KNOW BEST: John Ashbery’s Early Life. By Karin Roffman.<br />
TENEMENTS, TOWERS & TRASH: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City. By Julia Wertz.<br />
TO SIRI WITH LOVE: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines. By Judith Newman.<br />
THE UNDOING PROJECT: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds. By Michael Lewis.<br />
WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER: An American Tragedy. By Ta-Nehisi Coates.<br />
WHAT HAPPENED. By Hillary Rodham Clinton. <br />
WORLD WITHOUT MIND: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. By Franklin Foer.<br />
YOU SAY TO BRICK: The Life of Louis Kahn. By Wendy Lesser. <br />
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<br />raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-33095101319035873742016-11-27T19:06:00.002-08:002022-02-13T15:35:57.796-08:00New York Times 100 Notable Books 2016<br />
<b>Fiction & Poetry</b><br />
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ALL THAT MAN IS. By David Szalay.<br />
ANOTHER BROOKLYN. By Jacqueline Woodson.<br />
THE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL BOMBS. By Karan Mahajan.<br />
BARKSKINS. By Annie Proulx.<br />
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<b>BEFORE THE FALL. By Noah Hawley.</b><br />
BEHOLD THE DREAMERS. By Imbolo Mbue.<br />
BLACK WATER. By Louise Doughty.</div>
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CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD. By Alexander Weinstein.<br />
COLLECTED POEMS 1950-2012. By Adrienne Rich.<br /><b>
*COMMONWEALTH. By Ann Patchett</b>.<br />
DO NOT SAY WE HAVE NOTHING. By Madeleine Thien.<br />
DON’T LET MY BABY DO RODEO. By Boris Fishman.<br />
<b>END OF WATCH. By Stephen King.</b><br />
EVERYBODY’S FOOL. By Richard Russo.<br />
THE FORTUNES. By Peter Ho Davies.<br />
A GAMBLER’S ANATOMY. By Jonathan Lethem.<br />
THE GLOAMING. By Melanie Finn.<br />
GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS. By Max Porter.<br />
HERE COMES THE SUN. By Nicole Dennis-Benn.<br />
HERE I AM. By Jonathan Safran Foer.<br />
HOMEGOING. By Yaa Gyasi.<br />
HOT MILK. By Deborah Levy.<br />
HOUSE OF LORDS AND COMMONS. By Ishion Hutchinson.<br />
I MUST BE LIVING TWICE: New and Selected Poems, 1975-2014. By Eileen Myles.<br />
IZA’S BALLAD. By Magda Szabo. Translated by George Szirtes.<br />
LAROSE. By Louise Erdrich..<br />
THE LIFE-WRITER. By David Constantine.<br />
<b>THE LITTLE RED CHAIRS. By Edna O’Brien.</b><br />
LOOK: Poems. By Solmaz Sharif.<br />
THE MIRROR THIEF. By Martin Seay.<br />
MISCHLING. By Affinity Konar.<br />
MISTER MONKEY. By Francine Prose.<br />
*MOONGLOW. By Michael Chabon.<br />
THE MORTIFICATIONS. By Derek Palacio.<br />
<b>MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON</b>.<b> By Elizabeth Strout.</b><br />
NINETY-NINE STORIES OF GOD. By Joy Williams.<br />
THE NIX. By Nathan Hill.<br />
THE NORTH WATER. By Ian McGuire.<br />
NUTSHELL. By Ian McEwan.<br />
REPUTATIONS. By Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Translated by Anne McLean.<br />
*THE SPORT OF KINGS. By C. E. Morgan.<br />
STILL HERE. By Lara Vapnyar.<br />
SWING TIME. By Zadie Smith.<br /><b>
*TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT. By Maria Semple.</b><br />
<b>THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. By Colson Whitehead.</b><br />
VALIANT GENTLEMEN. By Sabina Murray.<br />
THE VEGETARIAN. By Han Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith.<br />
WAR AND TURPENTINE. By Stefan Hertmans. Translated by David McKay.<br />
WEATHERING. By Lucy Wood.<br />
ZERO K. By Don DeLillo.</div>
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*ALL THE SINGLE LADIES:Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. By Rebecca Traister.<br />
*AMERICAN HEIRESS: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst. By Jeffrey Toobin.<br />
AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFÉ: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails. By Sarah Bakewell.<br />
BLOOD AT THE ROOT: A Racial Cleansing in America.By Patrick Phillips.<br />
*BLOOD IN THE WATER: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. By Heather Ann Thompson.<br />
*BORN TO RUN. By Bruce Springsteen.<br />
CITY OF DREAMS: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York. By Tyler Anbinder.<br />
DARK MONEY: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. By Jane Mayer.<br />
THE DEFENDER: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America From the Age of the Pullman Porters to the Age of Obama. By Ethan Michaeli.<br />
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: The War Years and After. Volume Three: 1939-1962. By Blanche Wiesen Cook.<br />
THE ENGLISH AND THEIR HISTORY. By Robert Tombs.<br />
EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City. By Matthew Desmond.<br />
THE FACE OF BRITAIN: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits. By Simon Schama.<br />
FAR AND AWAY. REPORTING FROM THE BRINK OF CHANGE: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years. By Andrew Solomon.<br />
FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO THE WAR ON CRIME: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America.By Elizabeth Hinton.<br />
*THE GENE: An Intimate History. By Siddhartha Mukherjee.<br />
GHETTO: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea. By Mitchell Duneier.<br />
HERO OF THE EMPIRE: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill. By Candice Millard.<br />
HIS FINAL BATTLE: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt. By Joseph Lelyveld.<br />
HITLER: Ascent 1889-1939. By Volker Ullrich. Translated by Jefferson Chase.<br />
HOW EVERYTHING BECAME WAR AND THE MILITARY BECAME EVERYTHING: Tales From the Pentagon. By Rosa Brooks.<br />
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. By David France.<br />
<b>I CONTAIN MULTITUDES: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. By Ed Yong.</b><br />
IN THE DARKROOM. By Susan Faludi.<br />
IN GRATITUDE. By Jenny Diski.<br />
AN IRON WIND: Europe Under Hitler. By Peter Fritzsche.<br />
<b>LAB GIRL. By Hope Jahren.</b><br />
THE LIMOUSINE LIBERAL: How an Incendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America. By Steve Fraser.<br />
THE MAN WHO KNEW: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan. By Sebastian Mallaby.<br />
NEW ENGLAND BOUND: Slavery and Colonization in Early America. By Wendy Warren.<br />
ORSON WELLES. Volume 3: One-Man Band. By Simon Callow.<br />
THE PEOPLE AND THE BOOKS: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature. By Adam Kirsch.<br />
PLAYING TO THE EDGE: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. By Michael V. Hayden.<br />
PRETENTIOUSNESS: Why It Matters. By Dan Fox.<br />
<b>PUMPKINFLOWERS: A Soldier’s Story. By Matti Friedman.</b><br />
A RAGE FOR ORDER: The Middle East in Turmoil, From Tahrir Square to ISIS. By Robert F. Worth.<br />
THE RETURN: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between.By Hisham Matar.<br />
THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN GROWTH: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War. By Robert J. Gordon.<br />
SECONDHAND TIME: The Last of the Soviets. By Svetlana Alexievich. Translated by Bela Shayevich.<br />
SHIRLEY JACKSON: A Rather Haunted Life. By Ruth Franklin.<br />
SING FOR YOUR LIFE: A Story of Race, Music, and Family. By Daniel Bergner.<br />
STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. By Arlie Russell Hochschild.<br />
TRUEVINE. Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South. By Beth Macy.<br />
UNFORBIDDEN PLEASURES. By Adam Phillips.<br />
<b>WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. </b>By Cathy O’Neil.<br />
<b>WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR. By Paul Kalanithi.</b><br />
WHEN IN FRENCH: Love in a Second Language. By Lauren Collins.<br />
WHITE RAGE: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. By Carol Anderson.<br />
WHITE TRASH: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. By Nancy Isenberg.<br />
YOU’LL GROW OUT OF IT. By Jessi Klein.<br />
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-12338842026453318552015-12-07T11:11:00.001-08:002017-11-26T17:31:38.302-08:00A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys Bowen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1. <b>Her Royal Spyness <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2. A Royal Pain <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3. Royal Flush <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4. Royal Blood </b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5. Naughty in Nice </b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6. The Twelve Clues of Christmas</b><br />
<b> 7. Heirs and Graces</b><br />
<b>8. Queen of Hearts</b><br />
<b> 9. Malice at the Palace</b><br />
<b>10. Crowned and Dangerous</b><br />
<b>11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service</b><br />
12. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding<br />
<b><br /></b>raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-80177628964787797082015-12-06T18:58:00.001-08:002017-07-07T17:52:46.220-07:002015 New York Times Notable Books<br />
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BEATLEBONE. By Kevin Barry. <br />
THE BEAUTIFUL BUREAUCRAT. By Helen Phillips.<br />
BEAUTY IS A WOUND. By Eka Kurniawan. <br />
CITIZEN: An American Lyric. By Claudia Rankine. <br />
CITY ON FIRE. By Garth Risk Hallberg. <br />
THE COMPLETE STORIES. By Clarice Lispector. Edited by Benjamin Moser. <br />
DELICIOUS FOODS. By James Hannaham. <br />
THE DOOR. By Magda Szabo. <br />
DRAGONFISH. By Vu Tran.<br />
<b>FATES AND FURIES. By Lauren Groff. </b><br />
THE FIFTH SEASON. The Broken Earth: Book One.By N.K. Jemisin.<br />
FINALE: A Novel of the Reagan Years. By Thomas Mallon. <br />
THE FIRST BAD MAN. By Miranda July. <br />
THE FISHERMEN. ByChigozie Obioma.<br />
FORTUNE SMILES: Stories. By Adam Johnson. <br />
FROM THE NEW WORLD: Poems 1976-2014. By Jorie Graham. <br />
GOD HELP THE CHILD. By Toni Morrison. <br />
HARRIET WOLF’S SEVENTH BOOK OF WONDERS. By Julianna Baggott. <br />
HERE. By Richard McGuire. <br />
THE HOLLOW LAND. By Jane Gardam.<br />
HONEYDEW: Stories. By Edith Pearlman.<br />
<b>HOW TO BE BOTH. By Ali Smith</b><br />
THE INCARNATIONS. By Susan Barker.<br />
LEAVING BERLIN. By Joseph Kanon.<br />
A LITTLE LIFE. By Hanya Yanagihara. <br />
THE LOVE OBJECT: Selected Stories. By Edna O’Brien. <br />
LOVING DAY. By Mat Johnson.<br />
MAN AT THE HELM. By Nina Stibbe.<br />
A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: Selected Stories. By Lucia Berlin.<br />
THE MARE. By Mary Gaitskill.<br />
*THE MEURSAULT INVESTIGATION. By Kamel Daoud. Translated by John Cullen. <br />
<b>MISLAID. By Nell Zink. </b><br />
MY STRUGGLE: Book 4. By Karl Ove Knausgaard.<br />
NIGHT AT THE FIESTAS: Stories. By Kirstin Valdez Quade.<br />
<b>OUTLINE. By Rachel Cusk</b>.<br />
PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE. By Atticus Lish.<br />
PURITY. By Jonathan Franzen.<br />
THE SELLOUT. By Paul Beatty.<br />
S O S: Poems 1961-2013. By Amiri Baraka.<br />
*THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD. Book 4, The Neapolitan Novels: “Maturity, Old Age.” By Elena Ferrante.<br />
THE STORY OF MY TEETH. By Valeria Luiselli.<br />
SUBMISSION. By Michel Houellebecq.<br />
THE SYMPATHIZER. By Viet Thanh Nguyen.<br />
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING: Fiction. By Colum McCann.<br />
THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES. By Sascha Arango.<br />
<b>THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO: Stories. By Anthony Marra.</b><br />
THE TURNER HOUSE. By Angela Flournoy.<br />
*VANESSA AND HER SISTER. By Priya Parmar.<br />
THE VISITING PRIVILEGE: New and Collected Stories. By Joy Williams.<br />
THE WHITES. By Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt.<br />
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AMERICA’S BITTER PILL: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. By Steven Brill. </div>
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<b>THE ARGONAUTS. By Maggie Nelson.</b></div>
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AUGUSTINE: Conversions to Confessions. By Robin Lane Fox.</div>
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BARBARIAN DAYS: A Surfing Life. By William Finnegan.</div>
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BECOMING NICOLE: The Transformation of an American Family. By Amy Ellis Nutt.</div>
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*BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. By Ta-Nehisi Coates.</div>
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PRIMO LEVI. Edited by Ann Goldstein.</div>
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THE CRIME AND THE SILENCE: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne. By Anna Bikont. Translated by Alissa Valles.</div>
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DAUGHTERS OF THE SAMURAI: A Journey From East to West and Back. By Janice P. Nimura. </div>
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DESTINY AND POWER: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. By Jon Meacham.</div>
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DO NO HARM: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery. By Henry Marsh.</div>
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THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe. By Michael Pye.</div>
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EMPIRE OF COTTON: A Global History. By Sven Beckert.</div>
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THE FLY TRAP. By Fredrik Sjoberg. Translated by Thomas Teal.</div>
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THE FOLDED CLOCK: A Diary. By Heidi Julavits.</div>
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THE GAY REVOLUTION: The Story of the Struggle. By Lillian Faderman.</div>
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THE GERMAN WAR: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945. By Nicholas Stargardt.</div>
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GHETTOSIDE: A True Story of Murder in America. By Jill Leovy.</div>
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GIVE US THE BALLOT: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. By Ari Berman. </div>
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GUANTÁNAMO DIARY. By Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Edited by Larry Siems. </div>
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*H IS FOR HAWK. By Helen Macdonald.</div>
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HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A Memoir. By Carrie Brownstein.</div>
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THE INVENTION OF NATURE: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World. By Andrea Wulf. </div>
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JONAS SALK: A Life. By Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs.</div>
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KATRINA: After the Flood. By Gary Rivlin. </div>
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KILLING A KING: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel. By Dan Ephron. </div>
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LETTERS TO VÉRA. By Vladimir Nabokov. Edited and translated by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd.</div>
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LISTENING TO STONE: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi. By Hayden Herrera.</div>
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LOITERING: New and Collected Essays. By Charles D’Ambrosio.</div>
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MODERNITY BRITAIN: 1957-62. By David Kynaston.</div>
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THE MONOPOLISTS: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game. By Mary Pilon.</div>
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NEGROLAND: A Memoir. By Margo Jefferson.</div>
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NEUROTRIBES: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. By Steve Silberman. </div>
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OBJECTIVE TROY: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone. By Scott Shane.</div>
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THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY: A Memoir. By Vivian Gornick.</div>
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ON THE MOVE: A Life. By Oliver Sacks.</div>
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ONE OF US: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway. By Asne Seierstad. Translated by Sarah Death.</div>
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ORDINARY LIGHT: A Memoir. By Tracy K. Smith.</div>
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THE OTHER PARIS. By Luc Sante. </div>
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THE PRIZE: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? By Dale Russakoff.</div>
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THE SHAPE OF THE NEW: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World. By Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot.</div>
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SKYFARING: A Journey With a Pilot. By Mark Vanhoenacker. </div>
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SPINSTER: Making a Life of One’s Own. By Kate Bolick.</div>
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. By Mary Beard.</div>
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STALIN’S DAUGHTER: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. By Rosemary Sullivan.</div>
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STRANGERS DROWNING: Grappling With Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices and the Overpowering Urge to Help. By Larissa MacFarquhar</div>
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$2.00 A DAY: Living on Almost Nothing in America. By Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer. </div>
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THE UNRAVELING: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq. By Emma Sky.</div>
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THE WEATHER EXPERIMENT: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future. By Peter Moore. </div>
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WITCHES OF AMERICA. By Alex Mar..</div>
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-29300570663658248872015-07-22T19:47:00.001-07:002022-02-13T15:33:30.518-08:00NY Times Notable Books 2014<br />
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<b>FICTION &POETRY</b><br />
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ALL OUR NAMES. By Dinaw Mengestu. <br />
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING. By Evie Wyld. <br />
<b>ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE.</b> By Anthony Doerr.<br />
AMERICAN INNOVATIONS. By Rivka Galchen. <br />
THE ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER: Stories. By Hilary Mantel.<br />
THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER. By Lawrence Osborne. <br />
BARK: Stories. By Lorrie Moore. <br />
THE BLAZING WORLD. By Siri Hustvedt. <br />
THE BONE CLOCKS. By David Mitchell. <br />
THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS. By Michel Faber.<br />
THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS. By Cristina Henríquez. <br />
BOY, SNOW, BIRD. By Helen Oyeyemi. <br />
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS. By Marlon James. <br />
CAN’T AND WON’T. By Lydia Davis.<br />
THE COLD SONG. By Linn Ullmann. Translated by Barbara J. Haveland.<br />
COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel. <br />
<b>DEPT. OF SPECULATION.</b> By Jenny Offill. <br />
THE DOG. By Joseph O’Neill. <br />
EUPHORIA. By Lily King. <br />
<b>EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU.</b> By Celeste Ng. <br />
F. By Daniel Kehlmann. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. <br />
FAITHFUL AND VIRTUOUS NIGHT. By Louise Glück. <br />
FAMILY LIFE. By Akhil Sharma. <br />
FOURTH OF JULY CREEK. By Smith Henderson. <br />
A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING. By Eimear McBride. <br />
I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT. By Zachary Lazar. <br />
THE LAUGHING MONSTERS. By Denis Johnson. <br />
LENA FINKLE’S MAGIC BARREL. Written and illustrated by Anya Ulinich. <br />
LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU: A Frank Bascombe Book. By Richard Ford. <br />
LILA. By Marilynne Robinson. <br />
LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932. By Francine Prose. <br />
THE MAGICIAN’S LAND. By Lev Grossman. <br />
THE MOOR’S ACCOUNT. By Laila Lalami. <br />
MOTHERLAND FATHERLAND HOMELANDSEXUALS. By Patricia Lockwood. <br />
MY STRUGGLE. Book 3: Boyhood. By Karl Ove Knausgaard. Translated by Don Bartlett. <br />
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH. By Richard Flanagan. <br />
NORA WEBSTER. By Colm Toibin. <br />
PANIC IN A SUITCASE. By Yelena Akhtiorskaya. <br />
<b>THE PAYING GUESTS</b>. By Sarah Waters.<br />
THE POETRY OF DEREK WALCOTT 1948-2013. Selected by Glyn Maxwell. <br />
REDEPLOYMENT. By Phil Klay. <br />
REMEMBER ME LIKE THIS. By Bret Anthony Johnston.<br />
A REPLACEMENT LIFE. By Boris Fishman. <br />
SONG OF THE SHANK. By Jeffery Renard Allen. <br />
10:04. By Ben Lerner.<br />
THIRTY GIRLS. By Susan Minot. <br />
T<b>HOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY: Book 3, The Neapolitan Novels: “Middle Time.” By Elena Ferrante. Translated by Ann Goldstein. </b><br />
THE WALLCREEPER. By Nell Zink. <br />
WE ARE NOT OURSELVES. By Matthew Thomas. <br />
WHEN MYSTICAL CREATURES ATTACK! By Kathleen Founds.<br />
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AMERICAN MIRROR: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell. By Deborah Solomon.<br />
BEING MORTAL: Medicine and What Matters in the End. By Atul Gawande.<br />
BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone). By Elizabeth Green. <br />
<b>CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?</b> Written and illustrated by Roz Chast.<br />
CHINA’S SECOND CONTINENT: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa. By Howard W. French.<br />
CUBED: A Secret History of the Workplace. By Nikil Saval.<br />
DEEP DOWN DARK: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free. By Héctor Tobar. <br />
DEMON CAMP: A Soldier’s Exorcism. By Jennifer Percy. <br />
DUTY: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. By Robert M. Gates. <br />
DYING EVERY DAY: Seneca at the Court of Nero. By James Romm. <br />
EICHMANN BEFORE JERUSALEM: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer. By Bettina Stangneth. Translated by Ruth Martin.<br />
ELEPHANT COMPANY: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II. By Vicki Constantine Croke. <br />
EMBATTLED REBEL: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief. By James M. McPherson. <br />
THE EMPATHY EXAMS: Essays. By Leslie Jamison.<br />
FACTORY MAN: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local — and Helped Save an American Town. By Beth Macy. <br />
THE FAME LUNCHES: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags. By Daphne Merkin.<br />
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES: A Memoir. By Charles M. Blow. <br />
FORCING THE SPRING: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality. By Jo Becker.<br />
GANDHI BEFORE INDIA. By Ramachandra Guha. GEEK SUBLIME: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty. By Vikram Chandra.<br />
HOTEL FLORIDA: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War. By Amanda Vaill. <br />
THE HUMAN AGE: The World Shaped by Us. By Diane Ackerman. <br />
THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. By Rick Perlstein. <br />
THE INVISIBLE FRONT: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War. By Yochi Dreazen. <br />
THE INVISIBLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. By Christine Kenneally. <br />
JUST MERCY: A Story of Justice and Redemption. By Bryan Stevenson. <br />
LIMONOV. By Emmanuel Carrère. Translated by John Lambert.LITTLE FAILURE: A Memoir. By Gary Shteyngart.THE MADWOMAN IN THE VOLVO: My Year of Raging Hormones. By Sandra Tsing Loh. <br />
NAPOLEON: A Life. By Andrew Roberts.<br />
NO GOOD MEN AMONG THE LIVING: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes. By Anand Gopal. <br />
NOT I: Memoirs of a German Childhood. By Joachim Fest. Translated by Martin Chalmers. <br />
ON IMMUNITY: An Inoculation. By Eula Biss. <br />
ON THE RUN: Fugitive Life in an American City. By Alice Goffman. <br />
100 ESSAYS I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater. By Sarah Ruhl. <br />
THE PARTHENON ENIGMA. By Joan Breton Connelly. <br />
PAY ANY PRICE: Greed, Power, and Endless War. By James Risen. <br />
PENELOPE FITZGERALD: A Life. By Hermione Lee. <br />
PRO: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. By Katha Pollitt. <br />
THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League. By Jeff Hobbs. <br />
THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: An Unnatural History. By Elizabeth Kolbert. <br />
A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal. By Ben Macintyre. <br />
STUFF MATTERS: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World. By Mark Miodownik. <br />
THE TEACHER WARS: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession. By Dana Goldstein. <br />
THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David. By Lawrence Wright.<br />
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Capitalism vs. the Climate. By Naomi Klein.<br />
THROWN. By Kerry Howley. <br />
THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING: On Writers and Drinking. By Olivia Laing. <br />
THE TRUE AMERICAN: Murder and Mercy in Texas. By Anand Giridharadas.<br />
WORLD ORDER. By Henry Kissinger. raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-35723726686822864302015-03-28T14:47:00.001-07:002015-07-22T19:23:32.981-07:00Miss Marple by Agatha Christie<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;"> (audiobooks)</span></span><br />
<strike>Murder at the Vicarage <br /> The Body in the Library </strike><br />
The Moving Finger<br />
<strike>A Murder is Announced<br /> They Do It With Mirrors<br /> A Pocket Full of Rye</strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">4.50 From Paddington</span></span></strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side</span></span></strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">A Caribbean Mystery </span></span></strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">At Bertram's Hotel</span></span></strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;"> (not audio)</span></span><strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nemesis</span></span></strike><br />
<strike><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sleeping Murder</span></span></strike><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Tuesday Club Murders (short stories) </span></span>raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-26729824736683199372014-04-13T16:40:00.003-07:002017-11-26T17:33:00.296-08:00Maggie Hopeby Susan Elia MacNeal<br />
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<b>1. Mr Churchill's Secretary</b> (audiobook) 2013<br />
<b>2. Princess Elizabeth's Spy</b> (audiobook) 2014<br />
<b>3. Her Majesty's Hope</b> (audiobook) 2014<br />
<b>4. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent </b>(audiobook) 2014<br />
5. <b>Mrs Roosevelt's Confidente</b> (audiobook) 2016<br />
<b>6. The Queen's Accomplice </b>(audiobook) 2017<br />
<b>7. The Paris Spy </b>(audiobook) 2017<b><br /></b><br />
8. The Prisoner in the Castle raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-20254666615484927772014-04-13T16:38:00.000-07:002014-06-14T15:40:22.597-07:00Mistress of the Art of Deathby Ariana Franklin<br />
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<b>1. Mistress of the Art of Death</b><br />
<b>2. The Serpent's Tale</b><br />
<b>3. Grave Goods (audiobook)</b><br />
<b>4. A Murderous Procession (audiobook)</b><br />
<br />raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-2537696439827947222014-01-19T11:45:00.000-08:002014-08-30T17:16:27.020-07:00NYT Notable Books 2013<div itemprop="articleBody">
<b>FICTION & POETRY (read 7/50)</b></div>
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THE ACCURSED. <i>By Joyce Carol Oates. </i></div>
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ALL THAT IS. <i>By James Salter. </i></div>
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<b>AMERICANAH</b>.<b> </b><i>By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.</i></div>
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BLEEDING EDGE. <i>By Thomas Pynchon. </i></div>
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CHILDREN ARE DIAMONDS: An African Apocalypse. <i>By Edward Hoagland. </i></div>
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THE CIRCLE. <i>By Dave Eggers. </i></div>
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CLAIRE OF THE SEA LIGHT. <i>By Edwidge Danticat. </i></div>
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THE COLOR MASTER: Stories. <i>By Aimee Bender.</i></div>
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A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA. <i>By Anthony Marra.</i></div>
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THE DINNER. <i>By Herman Koch. </i></div>
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DIRTY LOVE. <i>By Andre Dubus III. </i></div>
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DISSIDENT GARDENS. <i>By Jonathan Lethem. </i></div>
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DOCTOR SLEEP. <i>By Stephen King. </i></div>
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DUPLEX. <i>By Kathryn Davis. </i></div>
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THE END OF THE POINT. <i>By Elizabeth Graver. </i></div>
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THE FLAMETHROWERS. <i>By Rachel Kushner. </i></div>
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<b>THE GOLDFINCH. <i>By Donna Tartt. </i></b>2014<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
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THE GOOD LORD BIRD. <i>By James McBride. </i></div>
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A GUIDE TO BEING BORN: Stories. <i>By Ramona Ausubel. </i></div>
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HALF THE KINGDOM. <i>By Lore Segal. </i></div>
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I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE: Stories.<b> </b><i>By Jamie Quatro. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE IMPOSSIBLE LIVES OF GRETA WELLS. <i>By Andrew Sean Greer. </i></div>
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THE INFATUATIONS. <i>By Javier Marías.</i></div>
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THE INTERESTINGS.<b> </b><i>By Meg Wolitzer. </i></div>
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<b>LIFE AFTER LIFE. </b><i>By Kate Atkinson. 2013</i></div>
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LOCAL SOULS: Novellas. <i>By Allan Gurganus. </i></div>
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<b>LONGBOURN</b>. <i>By Jo Baker. 2014</i></div>
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LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH.<b> </b><i>By David Rakoff. </i> </div>
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<b>THE LOWLAND.</b> <i>By Jhumpa Lahiri. </i></div>
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THE LUMINARIES. <i>By Eleanor Catton. </i></div>
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<b>MADDADDAM.</b> <i>By Margaret Atwood. 2014</i></div>
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A MARKER TO MEASURE DRIFT. <i>By Alexander Maksik. </i></div>
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METAPHYSICAL DOG. <i>By Frank Bidart. </i></div>
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OUR ANDROMEDA. <i>By Brenda Shaughnessy. </i></div>
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SCHRODER. <i>By Amity Gaige.</i></div>
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS. <i>By Elizabeth Gilbert. </i></div>
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SOMEONE. <i>By Alice McDermott.</i></div>
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THE SON. <i>By Philipp Meyer. </i></div>
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THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING. <i>By Juan Gabriel Vásquez. </i></div>
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SUBMERGENCE. <i>By J. M. Ledgard.</i></div>
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SUBTLE BODIES. <i>By Norman Rush. </i></div>
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<b>TENTH OF DECEMBER: Stories. <i>By George Saunders.(audiobook)</i></b></div>
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THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE. <i>By Ayana Mathis. </i></div>
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THE TWO HOTEL FRANCFORTS. <i>By David Leavitt. </i></div>
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THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT. <i>By Amy Tan. </i></div>
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WANT NOT. <i>By Jonathan Miles. </i></div>
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<b>WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES</b>. <i>By Karen Joy Fowler.2014</i></div>
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*WE NEED NEW NAMES. <i>By NoViolet Bulawayo.</i> </div>
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WOKE UP LONELY. <i>By Fiona Maazel. </i></div>
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<b>THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS. </b><i>By Claire Messud. </i>(audiobook) 2013<i><br /></i></div>
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<b>NONFICTION </b> </div>
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AFTER THE MUSIC STOPPED: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead. <i>By Alan S. Blinder. </i></div>
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THE AMERICAN WAY OF POVERTY: How the Other Half Still Lives. <i>By Sasha Abramsky. </i></div>
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THE BARBAROUS YEARS. The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675. <i>By Bernard Bailyn. </i></div>
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THE BILLIONAIRE’S APPRENTICE: The Rise of the Indian-American Elite and the Fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund. <i>By Anita Raghavan.</i> </div>
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THE BLOOD TELEGRAM: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. <i>By Gary J. Bass. </i></div>
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BOOK OF AGES: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. <i>By Jill Lepore. </i></div>
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THE BOY DETECTIVE: A New York Childhood. <i>By Roger Rosenblatt. </i></div>
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THE BULLY PULPIT: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. <i>By Doris Kearns Goodwin. </i></div>
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THE CANCER CHRONICLES: Unlocking Medicine’s Deepest Mystery. <i>By George Johnson. </i></div>
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CATASTROPHE 1914: Europe Goes to War. <i>By Max Hastings. </i></div>
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COMMAND AND CONTROL: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. <i>By Eric Schlosser.</i></div>
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COUNTRY GIRL: A Memoir. <i>By Edna O’Brien. </i></div>
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DAYS OF FIRE: Bush and Cheney in the White House. <i>By Peter Baker.</i></div>
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ECSTATIC NATION: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877. <i>By Brenda Wineapple. </i> </div>
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EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. <i>By Jung Chang. </i></div>
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THE FARAWAY NEARBY. <i>By Rebecca Solnit.</i></div>
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FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital. <i>By Sheri Fink. </i></div>
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GOING CLEAR: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. <i>By Lawrence Wright. </i></div>
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THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945. <i>By Rick Atkinson. </i></div>
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THE HEIR APPARENT: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince. <i>By Jane Ridley. </i></div>
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A HOUSE IN THE SKY. <i>By Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett. </i></div>
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JONATHAN SWIFT: His Life and His World. <i>By Leo Damrosch. </i></div>
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KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR: The Path to a Better Way of Death. <i>By Katy Butler. </i></div>
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LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East. <i>By Scott Anderson. </i></div>
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<b>LEAN IN: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. </b><i><b>By Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell.</b> (audiobook)</i></div>
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LOST GIRLS: An Unsolved American Mystery. <i>By Robert Kolker.</i></div>
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MADNESS, RACK, AND HONEY: Collected Lectures. <i>By Mary Ruefle.</i> </div>
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MANSON: The Life and Times of Charles Manson. <i>By Jeff Guinn. </i></div>
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MARGARET FULLER: A New American Life. <i>By Megan Marshall. </i></div>
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MEN WE REAPED: A Memoir. <i>By Jesmyn Ward. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
MISS ANNE IN HARLEM: The White Women of the Black Renaissance. <i>By Carla Kaplan. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
MY BELOVED WORLD. <i>By Sonia Sotomayor.</i></div>
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MY PROMISED LAND: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. <i>By Ari Shavit. </i></div>
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PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR: An Adventure. <i>By Artemis Cooper. </i></div>
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THE RIDDLE OF THE LABYRINTH: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code. <i>By Margalit Fox. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE SKIES BELONG TO US: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking. <i>By Brendan I. Koerner. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE SLEEPWALKERS: How Europe Went to War in 1914. <i>By Christopher Clark. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE SMARTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD: And How They Got That Way. <i>By Amanda Ripley. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. <i>By David Finkel. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE THIRD COAST: When Chicago Built the American Dream. <i>By Thomas Dyja. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THIS TOWN: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital. <i>By Mark Leibovich. </i></div>
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THOSE ANGRY DAYS: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941. <i>By Lynne Olson. </i></div>
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TO SAVE EVERYTHING, CLICK HERE: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. <i>By Evgeny Morozov. </i></div>
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TO THE END OF JUNE: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care. <i>By Cris Beam.</i>. </div>
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UNTHINKABLE: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy. <i>By Kenneth M. Pollack. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE UNWINDING: An Inner History of the New America. <i>By George Packer. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
THE WAR THAT ENDED PEACE: The Road to 1914. <i>By Margaret MacMillan. </i></div>
<div itemprop="articleBody">
WAVE. <i>By Sonali Deraniyagala. </i></div>
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WILD ONES: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America. <i>By Jon Mooallem. </i></div>
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YEAR ZERO: A History of 1945. <i>By Ian Buruma. </i></div>
raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-26063712497074595132013-12-05T18:20:00.002-08:002015-07-22T19:50:45.038-07:00Anne Perry's Christmas Novellas<b>1. A Christmas Journey</b>
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<b>2. A Christmas Visitor</b> audiobook 2013<br />
3. A Christmas Guest
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<b>4. A Christmas Secret</b> audiobook 2013<br />
<b>5. A Christmas Beginning</b> audiobook 2014<br />
<b>6. A Christmas Grace </b>audiobook 2014<br />
<b>7. A Christmas Promise</b> audiobook 2013<br />
8. A Christmas Odyssey<br />
9. A Christmas Homecoming<br />
10. A Christmas Garland<br />
11. A Christmas Hope: A Novel
raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-79344703105175465502012-12-22T20:59:00.000-08:002017-08-01T21:00:50.930-07:00NY Times Notable Books 2012<div itemprop="articleBody">
<b>FICTION & POETRY</b></div>
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ALIF THE UNSEEN. <i>By G. Willow Wilson. </i> </div>
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ALMOST NEVER. <i>By Daniel Sada. </i> </div>
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AN AMERICAN SPY. <i>By Olen Steinhauer. </i></div>
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ARCADIA. <i>By Lauren Groff. </i></div>
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AT LAST. <i>By Edward St. Aubyn. </i></div>
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<b>BEAUTIFUL RUINS. <i>By Jess Walter. </i></b></div>
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BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK. <i>By Ben Fountain. </i> </div>
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BLASPHEMY. <i>By Sherman Alexie. </i></div>
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THE BOOK OF MISCHIEF: New and Selected Stories. <i>By Steve Stern. </i></div>
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BRING UP THE BODIES. <i>By Hilary Mantel. </i></div>
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BUILDING STORIES. <i>By Chris Ware. </i> </div>
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BY BLOOD. <i>By Ellen Ullman. </i></div>
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CANADA. <i>By Richard Ford. </i></div>
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CARRY THE ONE. <i>By Carol Anshaw. </i> </div>
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CITY OF BOHANE. <i>By Kevin Barry. </i></div>
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COLLECTED POEMS. <i>By Jack Gilbert. </i></div>
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DEAR LIFE: Stories. <i>By Alice Munro. </i> </div>
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THE DEVIL IN SILVER. <i>By Victor LaValle.</i><i> </i></div>
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ENCHANTMENTS. <i>By Kathryn Harrison. </i></div>
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<b>FLIGHT BEHAVIOR. <i>By Barbara Kingsolver.</i></b> </div>
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FOBBIT. <i>By David Abrams.</i><i> </i></div>
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THE FORGETTING TREE. <i>By Tatjana Soli. </i></div>
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GATHERING OF WATERS. <i>By Bernice L. McFadden.</i></div>
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GODS WITHOUT MEN. <i>By Hari Kunzru.</i></div>
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HHhH. <i>By Laurent Binet. Translated by Sam Taylor. </i></div>
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A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING. <i>By Dave Eggers. </i></div>
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HOME. <i>By Toni Morrison. </i></div>
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HOPE: A TRAGEDY. <i>By Shalom Auslander. </i></div>
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HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE? <i>By Sheila Heti.</i></div>
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IN ONE PERSON. <i>By John Irving. </i></div>
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A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME. <i>By Wiley Cash. </i></div>
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MARRIED LOVE: And Other Stories. <i>By Tessa Hadley. </i></div>
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<b>NW. <i>By Zadie Smith.</i></b> </div>
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ON THE SPECTRUM OF POSSIBLE DEATHS. <i>By Lucia Perillo. </i></div>
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PURE. <i>By Julianna Baggott. </i></div>
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THE RIGHT-HAND SHORE. <i>By Christopher Tilghman. </i></div>
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THE ROUND HOUSE.<i> By Louise Erdrich. </i> </div>
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SALVAGE THE BONES. <i>By Jesmyn Ward. </i></div>
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SAN MIGUEL. <i>By T. Coraghessan Boyle. </i></div>
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SHINE SHINE SHINE. <i>By Lydia Netzer. </i></div>
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SHOUT HER LOVELY NAME. <i>By Natalie Serber. </i></div>
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SILENT HOUSE. <i>By Orhan Pamuk. Translated by Robert Finn. </i></div>
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THE STARBOARD SEA. <i>By Amber Dermont. </i></div>
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SWEET TOOTH. <i>By Ian McEwan.</i></div>
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SWIMMING HOME. <i>By Deborah Levy. </i></div>
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TELEGRAPH AVENUE. <i>By Michael Chabon. </i></div>
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<b>THE TESTAMENT OF MARY. </b><i><b>By Colm Toibin</b>. </i> </div>
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THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER. <i>By Junot Díaz.</i></div>
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THREE STRONG WOMEN. B<i>y Marie NDiaye. Translated by John Fletcher. </i></div>
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TOBY’S ROOM. <i>By Pat Barker.</i><i> </i></div>
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WATERGATE. <i>By Thomas Mallon. </i></div>
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<b>WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK: Stories. <i>By Nathan Englander. </i></b></div>
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THE YELLOW BIRDS. <i>By Kevin Powers.</i><i> </i><br />
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<b>NONFICTION</b> </div>
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ALL WE KNOW: Three Lives. <i>By Lisa Cohen. </i></div>
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AMERICAN TAPESTRY: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama. <i>By Rachel L. Swarns. </i></div>
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AMERICAN TRIUMVIRATE: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf. <i>By James Dodson. </i></div>
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ARE YOU MY MOTHER? A Comic Drama. <i>By Alison Bechdel. </i></div>
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BARACK OBAMA: The Story. <i>By David Maraniss. </i></div>
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<b>BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. </b><i><b>By Katherine Boo.</b> </i></div>
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BELZONI: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate. <i>By Ivor Noël Hume. </i></div>
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THE BLACK COUNT: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. <i>By Tom Reiss. </i></div>
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BREASTS: A Natural and Unnatural History. <i>By Florence Williams. </i></div>
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COMING APART: The State of White America, 1960-2010. <i>By Charles Murray. </i></div>
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DARWIN’S GHOSTS: The Secret History of Evolution. <i>By Rebecca Stott. </i></div>
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A DISPOSITION TO BE RICH: How a Small-Town Preacher’s Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States. <i>By Geoffrey C. Ward. </i></div>
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FAR FROM THE TREE: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity. <i>By Andrew Solomon. </i></div>
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FLAGRANT CONDUCT. The Story of Lawrence v. Texas: How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans. <i>By Dale Carpenter. </i></div>
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THE FOLLY OF FOOLS: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life. <i>By Robert Trivers. </i></div>
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THE GREY ALBUM: On the Blackness of Blackness. <i>By Kevin Young. </i></div>
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HAITI: The Aftershocks of History. <i>By Laurent Dubois. </i></div>
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HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. <i>By Paul Tough. </i></div>
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HOW MUSIC WORKS. <i>By David Byrne. </i></div>
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IRON CURTAIN: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956. <i>By Anne Applebaum. </i></div>
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KAYAK MORNING: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats. <i>By Roger Rosenblatt. </i></div>
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LINCOLN’S CODE: The Laws of War in American History. <i>By John Fabian Witt. </i> </div>
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LITTLE AMERICA: The War Within the War for Afghanistan. <i>By Rajiv Chandrasekaran. </i></div>
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MEMOIR OF A DEBULKED WOMAN: Enduring Ovarian Cancer. <i>By Susan Gubar. </i></div>
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MY POETS. <i>By Maureen N. McLane. </i></div>
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THE OBAMAS. <i>By Jodi Kantor. </i></div>
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ODDLY NORMAL: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms With His Sexuality. <i>By John Schwartz. </i></div>
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ON A FARTHER SHORE: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson. <i>By William Souder. </i></div>
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ON SAUDI ARABIA: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines — and Future. <i>By Karen Elliott House. </i> </div>
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THE ONE: The Life and Music of James Brown. <i>By RJ Smith. </i></div>
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THE PASSAGE OF POWER: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. <i>By Robert A. Caro. </i></div>
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THE PATRIARCH: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy. <i>By David Nasaw. </i></div>
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PEOPLE WHO EAT DARKNESS: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of Tokyo — and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up. <i>By Richard Lloyd Parry. </i></div>
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RED BRICK, BLACK MOUNTAIN, WHITE CLAY: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival. <i>By Christopher Benfey. </i></div>
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RULE AND RUIN. The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party: From Eisenhower to the Tea Party. <i>By Geoffrey Kabaservice.</i></div>
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SAUL STEINBERG: A Biography. <i>By Deirdre Bair. </i></div>
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SHOOTING VICTORIA: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy. <i>By Paul Thomas Murphy.</i></div>
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SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. <i>By Timothy Egan. </i></div>
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THE SOCIAL CONQUEST OF EARTH. <i>By Edward O. Wilson. </i></div>
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SOMETIMES THERE IS A VOID: Memoirs of an Outsider. <i>By Zakes Mda. </i></div>
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SPILLOVER: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. <i>By David Quammen. </i></div>
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THE TASTE OF WAR: World War II and the Battle for Food. <i>By Lizzie Collingham. </i></div>
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THOMAS JEFFERSON: The Art of Power. <i>By Jon Meacham. </i></div>
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VICTORY: The Triumphant Gay Revolution. <i>By Linda Hirshman. </i></div>
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WHEN GOD TALKS BACK: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God. <i>By T. M. Luhrmann. </i></div>
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WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL? <i>By Jeanette Winterson.</i></div>
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WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST? An Existential Detective Story. <i>By Jim Holt. </i></div>
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raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-27955233695236459562012-10-10T13:39:00.003-07:002012-10-10T13:39:59.230-07:00Matthew Shardlake by CJ Sansom<b>Dissolution</b><br />
Dark Fire<br />
Sovereign<br />
Revelation<br />
Heartstoneraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-19618706710779575882012-03-28T15:12:00.001-07:002017-05-23T16:13:54.608-07:00Deon Meyer<ul>
<li>(1994) <i>Wie met vuur speel</i></li>
<li>(1996) <i>Feniks</i> ( <b>English title</b>: <b>Dead Before Dying</b>)</li>
<li>(1997) <i>Bottervisse in die jêm: 13 kortverhale</i> (A collection of thirteen short stories)</li>
<li>(2000) <i>Orion</i> (also dramatized for television) (English title: Dead at Daybreak)</li>
<li>(2002) <i>Proteus</i> (English title: Heart of the Hunter)</li>
<li>(2004) <i>Infanta</i> (<b>English title: Devil's Peak)</b></li>
<li>(2007) <i>Onsigbaar</i> (<b>English title: Blood Safari)</b></li>
<li>(2009) "Transito" (series written for television)</li>
<li>(2009) <i>13 Uur</i> <b>(English title: Thirteen Hours</b>)</li>
<li>(2010) <i>Karoonag en ander verhale</i> (A collection of short stories)</li>
<li>(2010) <i>Spoor</i> (<b>English title: Trackers</b>)</li>
<li>(2011) <i>7 Dae </i>(<b>English title: Seven Days</b>)<i></i></li>
<li> (2014) <i> </i><b>(English title: Cobra)</b></li>
<li>(2016) <b>English Title: Icarus</b></li>
</ul>
raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-8515627078342071572012-03-01T18:56:00.000-08:002012-03-01T18:56:38.757-08:00Mrs Pollifaxby Dorothy Gilman<br />
<br />
<b>1. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax</b><br />
2. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax<br />
3. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax<br />
4. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax<br />
5. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari<br />
6. Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station<br />
7. Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha<br />
8. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle<br />
9. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish<br />
10. Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief<br />
11. Mrs. Pollifax Pursued<br />
12. Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer<br />
13. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist<br />
14. Mrs. Pollifax Unveiledraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-30631823426916314582012-02-28T08:21:00.002-08:002022-02-13T15:29:22.372-08:00MRE: Kate Atkinson<b>Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995)</b><br />
Human Croquet (1997)<br /><b>
Emotionally Weird</b> (2000) 2019<br />
<b>Not the End of the World</b> (2002) 2014<br />
<b>Life After Life </b>(2013) 2013<div><b>A God in Ruin</b> (2015) 2016<br /><div><b>Transciption</b> (2018) 2018<br /><div><br />
<br />
<br />
Featuring Jackson Brodie <br />
<b>Case Histories</b> (2004)<br />
<b>One Good Turn</b> (2006)<br />
<b>When Will There Be Good News?</b> (2008)<br />
<b>Started Early, Took My Dog</b> (2010)</div><div><b>Big Sky</b> (2020) 2021</div></div></div>raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-13013584506198773792012-02-18T13:42:00.000-08:002012-02-18T13:42:46.260-08:00Commissario Guido Brunettiby Donna Leon<br />
<br />
<b>1. Death at La Fenice</b><br />
2. Death in a Strange Country<br />
3. The Anonymous Venetian / Dressed for Death<br />
<b>4. A Venetian Reckoning /</b><b> Death and Judgement</b><br />
5. Acqua Alta / Death in High Water<br />
6. The Death of Faith / Quietly in Their Sleep<br />
7. A Noble Radiance<br />
8. Fatal Remedies<br />
9. Friends in High Places<br />
10. A Sea of Troubles<br />
11. Wilful Behaviour<br />
12. Uniform Justice<br />
13. Doctored evidence<br />
14. Blood from a Stone<br />
15. Through a glass, darkly<br />
16. Suffer the Little Children<br />
17. The Girl of His Dreams<br />
18. About Face<br />
19. A Question of Belief<br />
20. Drawing Conclusionsraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-89270551244870127482012-02-12T07:57:00.001-08:002016-11-27T19:23:31.566-08:00MRE: Douglas Coupland<u>Fiction</u> <br />
<b>Generation X</b> (1991) slight<a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2009/12/list-canada-reads-2010.html"> review</a><br />
<b>Shampoo Planet </b>(1992)<br />
Life After God (1994)<br />
Microserfs (1995)<br />
Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)<br />
Miss Wyoming (2000)<br />
<b>All Families are Psychotic</b> (2001) before blogging<br />
God Hates Japan (2001) only in Japanese<br />
<b>Hey Nostradamus!</b> (2003) before blogging (loved!)<br />
<b>Eleanor Rigby</b> (2004) <a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2008/01/book-eleanor-rigby-by-douglas-coupland.html">review</a><br />
jPod (2006) longlisted Giller<br />
<b>The Gum Thief</b> (2007)<a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2007/10/book-gum-thief-by-douglas-coupland.html"> review</a><br />
<b>Generation A</b> (2009) <a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2010/06/book-generation-by-douglas-coupland.html">review</a><br />
Player One (2010)<br />
Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People (2011) (with Graham Roumieou)<br />
<br />
<u>Non-Fiction</u><br />
Polaroids from the Dead (1996)<br />
Lara's Book:Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider Phenomenom<br />
City of Glass (2001) updated version (2010)<br />
<b>Souvenir of Canada</b> (2002) <a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2009/10/book-souvenir-of-canada-by-douglas.html">review</a><br />
School Spirit (2002)<br />
Souvenir of Canada 2 (2004)<br />
<b>Terry</b> (2005)<br />
Extraordinary Canadians: Marshall McLuhan (2009)raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-68635727705159512172012-02-12T07:38:00.002-08:002022-02-13T15:25:57.207-08:00MRE: Tracy Chevalier<b>The Virgin Blue</b> (1997) <a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-virgin-blue-by-tracy-chevalier.html">review</a><br />
<b>The Girl With the Pearl Earring</b> (1999) read before blogging<br />
<b>Falling Angels</b> (2001) <a href="http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-falling-angels-by-tracy-chevalier.html">revie</a><br />
<b>The Lady and the Unicorn</b> (2003) read before blogging<br />
<b>Burning Bright</b> (2007) read in 2013<br />
<b>Remarkable Creatures</b> (2009) read in 2015<br />
The Last Runaway (2012)<br />
<b>At the Edge of the Orchard </b>(2016) read in 2016<div><b>New Boy </b>2017<br /><div><b>A Single Thread </b>2019</div></div>raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-30334370967728428682011-11-27T14:32:00.000-08:002016-11-27T19:26:01.363-08:00Flavia de Luce Mysteriesby Alan Bradley<br />
<br />
<b>1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie</b><br />
<b>2. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag</b> oct 12 <br />
<b>3. A Red Herring Without Mustard </b>nov 12 <br />
<b>4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows </b>dec 12 <br />
<b>5. Speaking From Among the Bones</b> feb 13 <br />
<b>6. Dead in Their Vaulted Arches</b> feb 14<br />
<b>7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust </b>feb 15<br />
<b>8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd</b> nov 16raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-2815375343341810862011-11-23T15:12:00.002-08:002022-02-13T15:24:02.472-08:00NYT Notable Books 2011<b> </b><b>FICTION AND POETRY (2/45)</b><br />
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THE ANGEL ESMERALDA: Nine Stories.By Don DeLillo.<br />
THE ART OF FIELDING. By Chad Harbach.<br />
THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES. By Héctor Tobar.<br />
BIG QUESTIONS. Or, Asomatognosia: Whose Hand Is It Anyway? Written and illustrated by Anders Brekhus Nilsen.<br />
<b>THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC. By Julie Otsuka</b>. April 2012<br />
CANTI. By Giacomo Leopardi. Translated by Jonathan Galassi.<br />
THE CAT’S TABLE. By Michael Ondaatje.<br />
CHANGÓ’S BEADS AND TWO-TONE SHOES. By William Kennedy.<br />
COME ON ALL YOU GHOSTS. By Matthew Zapruder.<br />
*11/22/63. By Stephen King.<br />
THE FREE WORLD. By David Bezmozgis.<br />
GHOST LIGHTS. By Lydia Millet.<br />
THE GRIEF OF OTHERS. By Leah Hager Cohen.<br />
GRYPHON: New and Selected Stories. By Charles Baxter.<br />
HOUSE OF HOLES: A Book of Raunch. By Nicholson Baker.<br />
THE LAST WEREWOLF. By Glen Duncan.<br />
<b>THE LEFTOVERS. By Tom Perrotta. 2016</b><br />
LIFE ON MARS. By Tracy K. Smith.<br />
THE LONDON TRAIN. By Tessa Hadley<br />
LONG, LAST, HAPPY: New and Selected Stories. By Barry Hannah.<br />
LOST MEMORY OF SKIN. By Russell Banks.<br />
THE MARRIAGE PLOT. By Jeffrey Eugenides.<br />
A MOMENT IN THE SUN. By John Sayles.<br />
MR. FOX. By Helen Oyeyemi.<br />
MY NEW AMERICAN LIFE. By Francine Prose.<br />
1Q84. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.<br />
OPEN CITY. By Teju Cole.<br />
THE PALE KING: An Unfinished Novel. By David Foster Wallace.<br />
PARALLEL STORIES. By Peter Nadas. Translated by Imre Goldstein.<br />
SAY HER NAME. By Francisco Goldman.<br />
SCENES FROM VILLAGE LIFE. By Amos Oz. Translated by Nicholas de Lange<br />
<b>THE SENSE OF AN ENDING. By Julian Barnes.</b><br />
SEVEN YEARS. By Peter Stamm. Translated by Michael Hofmann.<br />
SHARDS. By Ismet Prcic.<br />
SPACE, IN CHAINS. By Laura Kasischke.<br />
STONE ARABIA. By Dana Spiotta.<br />
THE STRANGER’S CHILD. By Alan Hollinghurst.<br />
THE SUBMISSION. By Amy Waldman.<br />
SWAMPLANDIA! By Karen Russell.<br />
TALLER WHEN PRONE: Poems. By Les Murray.<br />
TEN THOUSAND SAINTS. By Eleanor Henderson.<br />
THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE. By Helen Schulman.<br />
THE TIGER’S WIFE. By Téa Obreht.<br />
THE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR. By Arthur Phillips.<br />
TRAIN DREAMS. By Denis Johnson.<br />
<br />
<b>NON-FICTION</b><br />
<br />
AND SO IT GOES. Kurt Vonnegut: A Life. By Charles J. Shields. <br />
ARGUABLY: Essays. By Christopher Hitchens. <br />
THE ART OF CRUELTY: A Reckoning. By Maggie Nelson. <br />
ASSASSINS OF THE TURQUOISE PALACE. By Roya Hakakian. <br />
THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY: Explanations That Transform the World. By David Deutsch. <br />
BELIEVING IS SEEING: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography. By Errol Morris. <br />
THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: Why Violence Has Declined. By Steven Pinker. <br />
BLOOD, BONES AND BUTTER: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef. By Gabrielle Hamilton. <br />
BLUE NIGHTS. By Joan Didion. <br />
THE BOY IN THE MOON: A Father’s Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son. By Ian Brown. <br />
CARAVAGGIO: A Life Sacred and Profane. By Andrew Graham-Dixon. <br />
CATHERINE THE GREAT: Portrait of a Woman. By Robert K. Massie. <br />
CLARENCE DARROW: Attorney for the Damned. By John A. Farrell. <br />
COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS. By Alexandra Fuller. <br />
DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President. By Candice Millard. <br />
THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE: Nonfictions, Etc. By Jonathan Lethem. <br />
1861: The Civil War Awakening. By Adam Goodheart. <br />
EXAMINED LIVES: From Socrates to Nietzsche. By James Miller. <br />
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. By Charles C. Mann. <br />
GEORGE F. KENNAN: An American Life. By John Lewis Gaddis. <br />
GREAT SOUL: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India. By Joseph Lelyveld. <br />
HARLEM IS NOWHERE: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America. By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. (Little, Brown, $24.99.)<br />
HOLY WAR: How Vasco da Gama’s Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations. By Nigel Cliff. <br /><b>
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin. By Erik Larson. </b><br />
INFERNO: The World at War, 1939-1945. By Max Hastings. <br />
THE INFORMATION: A History. A Theory. A Flood. By James Gleick. <br />
INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion. By Janet Reitman. <br />
IS THAT A FISH IN YOUR EAR? Translation and the Meaning of Everything. By David Bellos.<br />
JERUSALEM: The Biography. By Simon Sebag Montefiore. <br />
THE KEATS BROTHERS: The Life of John and George. By Denise Gigante. <br />
*KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World. By Lisa Randall. <br />
MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention. By Manning Marable. <br />
THE MEMORY CHALET. By Tony Judt. <br />
MIDNIGHT RISING: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War. By Tony Horwitz. <br />
MOBY-DUCK: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them. By Donovan Hohn. <br />
MY SONG: A Memoir. By Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson. <br />
THE NET DELUSION: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. By Evgeny Morozov.<br />
ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE: A Memoir. By Binyavanga Wainaina.<br />
THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution. By Francis Fukuyama. <br />
PAULINE KAEL: A Life in the Dark. By Brian Kellow. <br />
PULPHEAD. By John Jeremiah Sullivan. <br />
THE QUEST: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. By Daniel Yergin. <br />
RIGHTS GONE WRONG: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality. By Richard Thompson Ford. <br />
*RIN TIN TIN: The Life and the Legend. By Susan Orlean. <br />
[SIC]: A Memoir. By Joshua Cody. <br />
THE STORM OF WAR: A New History of the Second World War. By Andrew Roberts. <br />
THE SWERVE: How the World Became Modern. By Stephen Greenblatt. <br />
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW. By Daniel Kahneman. <br />
TO A MOUNTAIN IN TIBET. By Colin Thubron. <br />
TO END ALL WARS: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. By Adam Hochschild. <br />
A TRAIN IN WINTER: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France. By Caroline Moorehead.<br />
VAN GOGH: The Life. By Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. <br />
WHO’S AFRAID OF POST-BLACKNESS? What It Means to Be Black Now. By Touré. <br />
WHY THE WEST RULES — FOR NOW: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future. By Ian Morris. <br />
A WORLD ON FIRE: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War. By Amanda Foreman.raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975633265363362966.post-67591272960387708492011-11-20T18:12:00.000-08:002013-03-24T07:52:20.534-07:00Inspector Darko Dawsonby Kwai Quartey<br />
<br />
<b>1. The Wife of the Gods</b><br />
<b>2. Children of the Street</b><br />
3. Murder at Cape Three Points (march 2014?)raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.com0