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1. Ambrose, Stephen - Undaunted Courage,     (History, 1996)  11/97
2. Atkinson, Kate - Behind the Scenes at the Museum,      (Fiction, 1997)    9/01
3. Atwood, Margaret - Alias Grace,   (Fiction, 1996)  05/98
4. Austen, Jane - Emma,     (Fiction, 1816)  00/00
5. Austen, Jane - Persuasion,  (fiction, 1817)  01/08
6. Bach, Lisa - Her Fork in the Road.    (Non-fiction, 2001), . 3   03/05
7. Ball, Edward - Slaves in the Family,    (Non-fiction, 1998), National.  09/99
8. Barker, Pat,- Regeneration,    (Fiction, 1992)  10/98
9. Barreca, Regina - They Used to Call Me Snow White...but I Drifted,   (Non-fiction, 1992)  04/00

10. Barry, Sebastian - The Secret Scripture  (Hist. Fiction, 2008)  Lindsey 01/10

11. Berry, Wendell - Fidelity: Five Stories,   (Short Stories, 1993)  12/05

12. Berry, Wendell - Hannah Coulter     (fiction, 2004)  Mary  09/09
13. Benfey, Christopher - The Big Wave,   (Non-Fiction, 2003)  3/04
14. Berne, Suzanne - A Crime in the Neighborhood,   (Fiction, 1997)  10/01
15. Bloom, Amy - Away     (fiction)  Mary  09/08
16. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich - Letters and Papers from Prison,   (Non-Fiction, 1945) 02/01
17. Bowen, Elizabeth - The Last September,    (Fiction, 1929)  06/00
18. Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code,    (Fiction, 2003)  10/03
19. Brooks, Geraldine - Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague,  (Historical Fiction, 2001)  11/03
20. Brooks, Geraldine - March, (historical novel, 2005)  09/07
21. Brooks,  Geraldine - People of the Book    (hist. fiction, 2008)   Carolyn 10/09
22. Cambor, Kathleen - In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden    (Fiction, 2000)   05/02
23. Carter, Stephen - New England White,  (fiction, 2007), Lane  01/09
24. Chang, Jung. - Wild Swans,    (Non-Fiction, 1991)   05/03
25. Coetzee, J.M. - Disgrace,    (Fiction, 1999), Booker.  01/01

26. Collins, Suzanne -The Hunger Games,  (fic, 2008). Carolyn.  10/11

27. Conway, Jill Ker - Written by Herself : Autobiographies of American Women,  (non-fiction, 1992)  03/08

28. Corwin, Miles - And Still We Rise,    (Non-fiction, 2000)         01/05
29. Craig, Mary - Kundun,    (Non-fiction, 1997)         03/02
30. Cronin, Justin - The Summer Guest,    (Fiction, 2004)         09/05
31. Cunningham, Michael - The Hours,   (Fiction, 1998), Pulitzer, Faulkner.  05/00
32. discussion - What do you do with your old books? -  Nancy  05/09

33. Doig, Ivan - This House of Sky, (memoir, 1992), SusanL  03/12

34. Edwards, Kim  - Memory Keepers Daughter,    (Fiction, 2006)  4/07

35. Enger, Leif - Peace Like a River, (fiction, 2002)  Judy 03/10

36. Fadiman, Anne - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,  (Non-Fic, 1997), Critics' Circle. 04/01

37. Faulkner, William - As I Lay Dying,   (Fiction, 1932), Nobel.  11/99
38. Faulkner, William -  Light in August,   (Fiction, 1930), Nobel.  10/99
39. Fleming, Renee - The Inner Voice,    (Non-Fiction, 2004)  1/07
40. Flaubert, Gusatve - A Sentimental Education,   (Fiction, 1869),  2/03

41. French, Tana - In the Woods, (mystery 2004)  Jeanne. 01/11

42. Gaddis, Eugene - Magician of the Modern,   (Non-Fiction, 2000),  1/03

43. Gardham, Jane - Old Filth, (fiction, 2004), Nancy. 04/12

44. Ghosh, Amitav - The Hungry Tide,   (Fiction, 2006)  12/06

45. Gladwell, Malcolm - The Tipping Point,   (Non-Fiction, 2000),  6/03
46. Gladwell, Malcolm - Outliers: The Story of Success   (non-fiction, 2008), Carolyn  04/09
47. Gordimer, Nadine - The Pickup,   (Fiction, 200),  6/06
48. Gordon-Reed, Annette - The Hemingses of Monticello  (biography, 2008)   Lane 12/09
49. Graham, Katharine - Personal History,    (Autobiography, 1997), Pulitzer.  05/99
50. Greene, Graham - The End of the Affair,   (Fiction, 1951)  02/00
51. Greene, Graham - The Quiet American,   (Fiction, 1956)  04/03
52. Gregory, Philippa - The Other Boleyn Girl,   (Historical Fiction, 2002)  12/03
53. Gruen, Sara - Water for Elephants, (fiction, 2006)  11/07
54. Hamid, Mohsin - The Reluctant Fundamentalist,   Burch  07/09
55. Hazzard, Shirley - Transit of Venus,   (Historical Fiction, 1990)  06/04
56. Hegi, Ursula - Floating in My Mother's Palm,  (Fiction, 1990)  06/99
57. Hendra, Tony - Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul,  (Non-Fiction, 2004)  10/04

58. Hoffman, Alice - Blackbird House,  (fic, 2004). Mary.  09/11

59. Hill, Reginald - Exit Lines  (Mystery,  1991, reissue) 4/06

60. Hirsi Ali, Ayaan - Infidel     (memoir, 2008)   Jeanne 11/09
61. Hogan, Linda - Solar Storms,    (Fiction, 1997) 3/03
62. Hosseini, Khaled - The Kite Runner.     (Fiction, 2003). 4    12/04
63. Hosseini, Khaled - A Thousand Splendid Suns , (fiction, 2007) 12/07
64. Hurston, Nora Neale  - Their Eyes Were Watching God,    (Fiction, 1937) 2/07
65. Hyde, Catherine Ryan - Pay It Forward,    (Fiction, 1999) 11/00
66. James, Henry - The Wings of the Dove,   (Fiction, 1930)  02/98
67. Johnson, Diane - Le Divorce,  (Fiction, 1997)  03/99
68. Jones, Edward B. - The Known World, (fiction, 2003)  10/07

69. Jones, Lloyd - Mr. Pip, , (fiction, 2008)  05/10

70. Jordan, Hillary - Mudbound,  (non-fic, 2008). Jeanne. 11/11

71. Joyce, James - Ulysses,    (Fiction, 1922)  00/00

72. Juska, Jane - A Round-Heeled Woman.     (Non-Fiction, 2003).    06/05

73. Kidder, Tracy - Strength in What Remains, (nf ) Judy 03/11

74. Kingslover, Barbara  - Poisonwood Bible,   (Fiction, 1998) 10/00

75. Kingslover, Barbara  - Prodigal Summer,   (Fiction, 2000) 1/04

76. Krauss, Nicole - The History of Love, Lindsey 11/10

77. Lamotte, Anne - Operating Instructions,    (Fiction, 1993)  12/97

78. Lahiri, Jhumpa - Interpreter of Maladies,  (Fiction, 1999), Pulitzer. 04/02
79. Lahiri, Jhumpa - The Namesake,  (Fiction, 2003), Pulitzer.   4     02/05
80. Lawson, Mary  - Crow Lake,  (Fiction, 2002)   05/04
81. Lee, Harper  - To Kill A Mockingbird,  (Fiction, 1961)    4  11/06
82. Levy, Andrea  - Small Island,  (Fiction, 2004)    3  05/05
83. Lovell, Mary - The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford family,  (Biography, 2002)   09/02
84. Maguire, Gregory - Wicked: The Life and Times of he Wicked Witch of the West   (Fiction, 1995)  1/06
85. Marshall, Megan - The Peabody Sisters   (Non-Fiction, 2005)  10/05
86. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - One Hundred Years of Solitude,  (Fiction, 1970), Nobel. 05/01
87. Makine, Andrei - Dreams of My Russian Summers,  (Fiction, 1998) 01/02
88. McBride, James - The Color of Water,    (Biography, 1996)  03/98
89. McCall Smith, Alexander - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency,   (Fiction,  1998)  07/04
90. McCullers, Carson - The Heart is a Lonley Hunter     (fiction, 1940)  Lindsey  12/08
91. McCourt, Frank - Angela's Ashes,    (Autobiography, 1997), Pulitzer. 10/97
92. McEwan, Ian - Atonement,    (Fiction, 2002), Booker shortlist. 12/02
93. McEwan, Ian - Saturday,    (Fiction, 2005),  11/05
94. McGahern, John - By the Lake,    (Fiction, 2002), Booker shortlist. 09/04
95. Member favorites - Poetry Selections,   01/98

96. Merwin, W. S. - The Ends of the Earth, Mary 09/10

97. Mitchell, David - Black Swan Green,  (fiction, 2006)  05/08

98. Moore, Lorrie - Anagrams,    (Fiction, 1997)  03/00
99. Morrison, Toni - Beloved,    (Fiction, 1996), Pulitzer, Nobel.  11/98
100. Munro, Alice - Friend of My Youth,    (Fiction, 1990) 12/98
101. Munro, Alice - The Love of a Good Woman,   (Short Stories, 1998), Critics' Circle. 03/01
102. Murdoch, Iris - The Sea, The Sea,   (Fiction, 1973), Booker.  12/99
103. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich - Pale Fire,    (Fiction, 1962) 12/00
104. Nafisi, Azar - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,    (Non-Fiction, 2003)  4/04
105. O'Conner, Flannery - Everything That Rises Must Converge,    (Short Stories, 1956)  6/02
106. Ondaatje, Michael - Anil's Ghost,    (Fiction, 2000)  11/01
107. Otsuka, Julie - When the Emperor Was Divine  (Fiction,  2002)  02/06

108. Parker-Pope, Tara - For Better: Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage,  (nf, 2011). Judy 01/12

109. Patchett, Ann - Bel Canto,    (Fiction, 2002)  Pen/Faulkner  10/02

110. Pollan, Michael - The Botany of Desire,    (Non-fiction, 2001)  7/02
111. Power, Samantha - A Problem from Hell,    (Non-fiction, 2002)    Pulitzer  2/04
112. Proulx, Annie - Brokeback Mountain, (Novella,  1999) 5/06
113. Reichl, Ruth - Tender at the Bone,    (Fiction, 1998)  9/06
114. Roberts, Cokie - Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation,  (n-f 2009), Karen  03/09
115. Robinson, Marilynne - Housekeeping,    (Fiction, 1997)  10/01
116. Robinson, Marilynne - Gilead,    (Fiction, 2004)    Pulitzer, National Book Critics Circle  3/06
117. Rowling, J. K.- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,    (Fiction, 1998)  01/00
118. Roy, Arundhati - God of Small Things,  (Fiction, 1997), Booker.  06/98
119. Rybczynski, Witold  - A Clearing in the Distance,  (Non-Fiction, 1999),   06/01
120. Sacks, Oliver - Island of the Colorblind,    (Science, 1996)  02/99

121. Sackville-West, Vita - All Passion Spent, (fiction, 1931), Karen. 02/12

122. Sansom, C. J. - Dissolution, Nancy. 05/11

123. Santmyer, Helen Hoover - "..and ladies of the club",    (Fiction, ~1930)  09/97

124. Schlink, Bernhard - The Reader,    (Fiction, 1995)  02/02
125. Seierstad,  Asne - The Bookseller of Kabul  (non-fiction,  2002)non-fiction,  2002)  03/07
126. Shafak, Elif  - The Bastard of Istanbul,  (fiction, 2007)  02/08

127. Shapiro, Elena Mauli - 13 rue Therese, Karen  04/11

128. Shreve, Anita - The Weight of Water,     (Fiction, 1997)  01/99

129. Skloot, Rebecca - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, (non-fic, 2010). 0 6/11

130. Slovo, Gillian - Red Dust,     (Fiction, 2001)  11/04

131. Smiley, Jane - Duplicate Keys,    (Fiction, 1984)  09/98
132. Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone - Girls of Tender Age , (Memoir, 2005), 6/07

133. Solnit, Rebecca - A Field Guide to Getting Lost,  (essays, 2005). Sheryl.   12/11

134. Strout, Elizabeth - Olive Kitteridge,  Carolyn 10/10

135. Stockett, Kathryn - The Help, 06/10

136. Szymborska, Wislawa - Poems New and Collected,    (Poetry, ?)  04/05

137. Tannen, Deborah - You Just Don't Understand   (non-fiction) Judy  06/08
138. Tolen, Sandy - The Lemon Tree,  (non-fiction, 2007), Mary  02/09
139. Tolstoy, Leo - War and Peace,    (Fiction, 1869)  09/03
140. Tucker, Neely - Love in the Driest Season,   (fiction, 2006), Darcy  06/09
141. Undset, Sigrid - Kristin Lavransdatter,    (Fiction, 1928), Nobel. 09/00
142. Von Arnim Elizabeth  - The Enchanted April,  (Fiction, 1923)  04/99
143. Vaillant George  - Aging Well,  (Science, 2002)  11/02

144. Verghese, Abraham - Cutting for Stone  . Lane 12/10

145. Walls, Janette - The Glass Castle   (non-fiction, 2007)  04/08

146. Watts, Jonathan - When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind-Or Destroy It, Anna. 02/11

147. Wilder, Thornton - Our Town,  (play, 1938)  5/07

148. Wilkerson, Isabel - The Warmth of Other Suns, (nf, 2010), Darcy. 05/12

149. Winn, Marie - The Red-Tails in Love,    (Non-Fiction, 1997)  07/00

150. Woolf, Virginia - Mrs. Dalloway,    (Fiction, 1932)  04/98
151. Zakaria, Fareed - Post American World     (non-fiction, 2008)  Darcy (Anna's choice)  11/08
152. Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief     (fiction, 2007)  Jeanne  10/08

All here through 5/2012

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