Top Fiction Picks 2009
1. Cutting for Stone; Abraham Verghese
1. The Help; Kathryn Stockett
2. Little Bee; Chris Cleave
3. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County; Tiffany Baker
4. The Weight of Heaven; Thrity Umrigar
5. That Old Cape Magic; Richard Russo
6. Still Alice; Lisa Genova
7. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt; Beth Hoffman
8. Half Broke Horses; Jeanette Walls
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie; Alan Bradley
10.The Book of Bright Ideas; Sandra Kring
Top Non Fiction Picks 2009
1. Christian the Lion; Bourke and Rendall
2. The Time of My Life; Patrick Swayze and Lisa Neimi
3. The House on Sugar Beach; Helene Cooper
4. Have a Little Faith; Mitch Albom
5. The Four Agreements; Don Miguel Ruiz
Top 10 Book Picks for 2008
Top 10 (FICTION) of 2008
- Tomato Girl; Jane Pupek
- The Art of Racing in the Rain; Garth Stein (audio)
- Molokai; Richard Brennert
- Every Last Cuckoo; Kate Maloy
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle; David Wroblewski
- Purple Hibiscus; Adichie (audio)
- Testimony; Shreve
- Skeletons at the Feast; Bohjalian
- Unaccustomed Earth; Lahari (audio)
- The Commoner; Schwartz (audio)
Top 10 (NON FICTION) of 2008
- Chosen By a Horse; Richards
- Alex and Me; Pepperberg (audio)
- The Last Lecture; Pausch
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid; Bryson (audio)
- Dreams of My Father; Obama
- Predictably Irrational; Arieley
- Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age & other Adventures; Lindberg
- Do Dead People Watch You Shower; Bertoldi
- Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World; Myron
- The Numerati; Baker
Favorite Books of 2007
187 Books Read
Top 10 fiction and non fiction
FICTION
- Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name; Vida
- A Thousand Splendid Suns; Hussini
- The Double Bind; Chris Bohjalian
- Summers at Blue Lake; Althouse
- The Book Thief; Zusak
- Night Fall; Nelson DeMille
- Gold Coast; Nelson DeMille
- The Loop; Joe Coomer
- The Rest of Her Life; Moriarty
- Promise Not To Tell; Jennifer McMahon
- Eat, Pray, Love; Gilbert
- Here If You Need Me; Braestrup
- Feline Mystique; Simons
- Good Dog Stay; Quindlen
- Wall Street Guide To Identity Theft
- Memoirs of a Misfit; Peck
- Karma 101; Mack
- The Little Guide To Your Well Read Life; Leveen
- Big Pappi; David Ortiz
- Rescuing Sprite; Levin
Favorite Books of 2006
187 Books Read
TOP 10 FICTION
- Water For Elephants; Sarah Gruen
- The Crimes of Jordan Wise; Pronzini
- The Things They Carried; O'Brien
- The Road; Comac McCarthy
- Cage of Stars; Mitchard
- The Thirteenth Tale; Setterfield
- The Analyst; Jon Katzenbach
- Wild Fire; Nelson DeMille
- Slay Ride; Grabenstein
- Book of Lost Things; Connolly
- Wisdom of Our Fathers; Tim Russert
- The Great Hurricane; Burns
- How Reading Changed My Life; Quindlen
- The Blessing of the Animals; Gonzalez
- In Cold Blood; Capote
- Freakonomics; Leavitt
- From Baghdad With Love; Kopelmann
- I Feel Bad About My Neck; Ephron
- Found Dogs; Lufkin
- Three Weeks With My Brother; Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Books of 2005
190 Books Read
Top 10 Favorites
Top 10 FICTION
- Snow Flower & the Secret Fan; Lisa See
- Kite Runner; Husinni
- Bright Forever; Lee Martin
- Myth of You & Me; Stewart
- Half Broken Things; Morag Joss
- Red Leaves; Thomas Cook
- My Sister's Keeper; Jodi Picoult
- Writing on the Wall; Schwartz
- Rapture of Canaan; Reynolds
- Follow Your Heart; Tamaro
- The Glass Castle; Wall
- Autobiography of a Face; Grealey
- A Paper Life; Tatum O'Neil
- Marley & Me; Grogan
- The Feline Mystique; Simons
- Making a Good Brain Great; Amen
- The Rescue Artist; Dolnick
- A Year of Magical Thinking; Didon
- Never Have Your Dog Stuff; Alan Alda
- Down Came the Rain; Brooke Shields
Favorite Books of 2004
READ 134 BOOKS
Top 10 favorites were:
- Middlesex; Jeffrey Eugendies
- Between Two Rivers; Daniel Rinaldi
- An Inconvenient Wife; Megan Chance
- Sudden Sea; Scotti
- An Almost Perfect Murder; Kirshbaum
- The Christmas Shoes; Donna Van Liere
- Joy Comes in the Morning; Rosen
- Island Walkers; Bemrose
- The Usual Rules; Joyce Maynard
- A Redbird Christmas; Fannie Flagg
Favorite Books of 2003
Read 118 Books
Top 10 favorites
- Life of Pi; Martel
- Crow Lake; Maryann Lawson
- Second Glance; Jodi Picoult
- All He Ever Wanted; Anita Shreve
- Learning Joy From Dogs Without Collars; Lauralee Summer
- Old School; Tobias Wolff
- Lake of Dead Language; Carol Goodman
- Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night; Mark Haddon
- Beachcomber; Karen Robards
- The Center of Everything; Laura Moriarty
Favorite Books of 2002
Read 87 books
Top 10 favorites
- The Lovely Bones; Alice Sebold
- Eden Close; Anita Shreve
- Blindness; Jose Saramago
- Tuesdays With Morrie; Mitch Albom
- Whispers & Lies; Joy Fielding
- Snow Island; Susan Towler
- Gold Coast; Nelson DeMille
- Salem Fall; Jodi Picoult
- All the Names; Jose Saramago
- Chasing the Dime; Michael Connelly
Favorite Books of 2001
Read 66 Books
Top 10 favorites:
- The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
; Amy Tan
- Strange Fits of Passion: A Novel
; Anita Shreve
- Resistance: A Novel
; Anita Shreve
- The Inn at Lake Devine
; Eleanor Lipman
- The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)
; Toni Morrison
- The Law of Similars
; Chris Bohjalian
- I Know This Much Is True: A Novel (P.S.)
; Wally Lamb
- Good Harbor: A Novel
;Anita Diamant
- L.A. Dead (Stone Barrington Novels)
; Stuart Woods
- Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
; Frank McCourt
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