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Last updated June 26, 2015

Awards & Recognitions: IAA (Indiana Authors Award), NB (National Book Award), OBC (Oprah’s Book Club), PP (Pulitzer Prize). For discussion guides, see readinggroupguides.com or litlovers.com. Newly acquired titles are in red. Underlined titles link to the Novel Conversations blog. To SEARCH this list, use Ctrl + F.

GENERAL AND CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Title Author’s First Name

Author’s Last Name

Awards Copies

ACT OF WILL Barbara Taylor

Bradford 11 LP

AHAB’S WIFE OR, THE STAR-GAZER Sena Jeter Naslund 10

AIRFRAME Michael Crichton 13

ALCHEMIST, THE Paulo Coelho 14 + 6 LP

AMERICAN MUSIC Jane Mendelsohn 8

AMERICAN SNIPER Chris Kyle 20

ANATHEMA Colleen Coble IAA 8

ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS Lorrie Lundvik 9 (small print)+ 1LP

ANIMAL DREAMS Barbara Kingsolver 10

ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART Jane Green 8

ART OF HEARING HEARTBEATS, THE Jan-Philipp Sendker 20

ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, THE Garth Stein 34 + 3 LP + 2CDs

AT HOME IN MITFORD Jan Karon 24 + 2 CDs

ATONEMENT Ian McEwan 13

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS Anne Tyler 11 + 2 LP

BEAN TREES, THE Barbara Kingsolver 8

BEE SEASON Myla Goldberg 15 + 2 CDs

BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP S. J. Watson 14 + 3 LP

BEL CANTO Ann Patchett 10

BELL JAR, THE Sylvia Plath 14

BIG CITY EYES Delia Ephron 8

BIG FISH Daniel Wallace 9

BIG STONE GAP Adriana Trigiani 20

BLACK AND BLUE Anna Quindlen OBC 25

BLESS ME ULTIMA Rudolfo A. Anaya 16

BLESSINGS Anna Quindlen 14

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BLUE BOTTLE CLUB, THE Penelope J. Stokes 7 (small print)

BLUE WATER A. Manette Ansay 12

BLUEST EYE, THE Toni Morrison OBC 12

BONESETTER’S DAUGHTER, THE Amy Tan 15 + 1 LP

BOOK CLUB, THE Mary Alice Monroe 11

BOOK OF RUTH, THE Jane Hamilton OBC 20

BREATH, EYES, MEMORY Edwidge Dandicat OBC 14

BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, THE Junot Diaz 15 + 2 CDs

BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC, THE Julie Otsuka 8

CASCADE Maryanne O’Hara 17

CATCHER IN THE RYE, THE J.D. Salinger 16

CAT’S CRADLE Kurt Vonnegut 12

CAT’S TABLE, THE Michael Ondaatje 10

CHAPERONE, THE Laura Moriarty 15 LP

CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR, THE Thomas H. Cook 12

CHILDREN OF MEN, THE P.D. James 15

CHRISTMAS AT HARRINGTON’S Melody Carlson 9

CHRISTMAS BOX, THE Richard Paul Evans 11

CHRISTMAS IN HARMONY Philip Gulley 25

CHRISTMAS SECRET, A Anne Perry 4

CHRISTMAS TRAIN, THE David Baldacci 14 + 3 LP + 2CDs

CHRISTMAS WEDDING, THE James Richard

Patterson & DiLallo

14 LP

CIRCUS IN WINTER, THE Cathy Day 15

COLLECTIBLES, THE James J. Kaufman 12

COMPLETE SHORT STORIES Mark Twain 26 (small print)

CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER Gregory Maguire 10

CONSEQUENCES Aleatha Romig 14

COVINGTON CHRISTMAS, A Joan Medlicott 15

CRACKING INDIA Bapsi Sidhwa 8

CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER Tom Franklin 19

CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, THE

Mark Haddon 24

CUTTING FOR STONE Abraham Verghese 15 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

DANCE ON THE WATER Laura Lynn Leffers 21

DAYS OF GOLD Jude Deveraux 14 LP

DEADLOCK James Scott Bell 8

DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ, THE Carlos Fuentes 25

DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE Lauren Weisberger 8

DIGGING TO AMERICA Anne Tyler 11

DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD Rebecca Wells 15

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DOUBLE BIND, THE Chris Bohjalian 9

DROWNING TUCSON Aaron M. Morales IAA 11

ELLEN FOSTER Kaye Gibbons OBC 21

ENCHANTED APRIL, THE Elizabeth Von Arnim 15 (small print)+3LP

END OF THE AFFAIR, THE Graham Greene 6

EVENTIDE Kent Haruf 7

FAITHFUL WOMEN Barbara Shoup IAA 15

FAMILY TREE Barbara Delinsky 8 (good-sized type)

+ 2 LP

FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN Mitch Albom 10 + 4 LP + 2 CDs

FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE Joanne Harris 11

FLY AWAY HOME Jennifer Weiner 14 LP

FLYING FINISH Dick Francis 7

FORGOTTEN GARDEN, THE Kate Morton 15 + 2 CDs

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÉ

Fannie Flagg 28

GARRETT (McKettricks series) Linda Lael Miller 14 LP

GATHERING, THE Anne Enright 8

GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 21

GONE James Patterson 9 LP

GONE GIRL Gillian Flynn 20

GOOD DREAM, THE Donna VanLiere 20

GOOD SOLDIERS, THE David Finkel 15

GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, THE

Mary Ann Annie

Shaffer & Barrows

41 + 1 LP + 2 CDs

HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, THE Carson McCullers 19

HEARTWISHES Jude Deveraux 11 LP

HEIRLOOM BROOCH, THE Kate Nixon 8

HELL’S CORNER David Baldacci 11 LP

HELP, THE Kathryn Stockett 25 + 7 LP + 2CDs

HERE ON EARTH Alice Hoffman OBC 20 (good-sized

type)

HISTORIAN, THE Elizabeth Kostova 9

HISTORY OF LOVE, THE Nicole Krauss 11

HOME TO HARMONY Philip Gulley 44

HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS Jan Karon 25

HOMECOMING OF SAMUEL LAKE, THE Jenny Wingfield 8

HORSE WHISPERER, THE Nicholas Evans 11

HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, A V.S. Naipaul 8

HOUSE GIRL, THE Tara Conklin 15 LP

HOUSE MADE OF DAWN N. Scott Momaday PP 19

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HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, THE Sandra Cisneros 24 + 4 CDs

I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER Larry Doyle 11

IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY Clifford Garstang IAA 10

IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH Jean Shepherd 20

IN THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS Susan Neville IAA 10

IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS Tim O’Brien 9

INTERPRETER OF MALADIES Jhumpa Lahiri 30 + 2 CDs

INVINCIBLE, INDIANA Nate Dunlevy 18

INVISIBLE MAN Ralph Ellison NB 12

KITE RUNNER, THE Khaled Hosseini 20

LADIES AUXILIARY, THE Tova Mirvis 19

LADIES OF COVINGTON SEND THEIR LOVE, THE Joan Medlicott 7

LAMB IN LOVE Carrie Brown 11

LETTERS FROM SKYE Jessica Brockmole IAA 22

LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, THE M.L. Stedman 15

LIGHT ON SNOW Anita Shreve 9 + 1 LP

LIGHTKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, THE Colleen Coble 12

LION, THE Nelson DeMille 15 LP

LITTLE BEE Chris Cleave 14 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

LOOKING FOR SALVATION AT THE DAIRY QUEEN Susan Gregg Gilmore 15 + 2 CDs

THE LUCKY ONE Nicholas Sparks 12

MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS, THE Ann Howard Creel 10

MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND (set 1) Helen Simonson 14 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND (set 2) Helen Simonson 14

MATTER OF HONOR, A Jeffrey Archer 18

MAYTREES, THE Annie Dillard 6

ME BEFORE YOU Jojo Moyes 15 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, THE Kim Edwards 20

MIDDLESEX Jeffrey Eugenides OBC 14

MIDWIVES: A NOVEL Chris Bohjalian 11

MINARET Leila Aboulela 19 (good sized

print)

MISS JULIA SPEAKS HER MIND Ann B. Ross 15

MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE Robin Sloan 12 + 3 CDs

MRS. DALLOWAY Virginia Woolf 13

MUDBOUND Hillary Jordan 16 + 2 LP

NAMESAKE, THE Jhumpa Lahiri 23 + 4 CDs

NANNY DIARIES, THE Emma Nicola

McLaughlin, Kraus

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NOTEBOOK, THE Nicholas Sparks 14 + 2 CDs

OLIVE KITTERIDGE Elizabeth Strout PP 15 + 2 CDs

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ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS Sheila Roberts 12

ONCE UPON A RIVER

Bonnie Jo Campbell 10

ONE SUMMER David Baldacci 11 LP

ORDINARY PEOPLE Judith Guest 15

PARADISE Toni Morrison OBC 15

PARIS WIFE, THE Paula McLain 19

PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE, THE Aimee Bender 13

PATCHWORK PLANET, A Anne Tyler 8

PEACE LIKE A RIVER Leif Enger 16

PEDRO PARAMO Juan Rulfo 15

PENELOPIAD, THE Margaret Atwood 9

PENROD Booth Tarkington 8

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Geraldine Brooks 29

PEREZ FAMILY, THE Christine Bell 20

PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB, THE Sandra Dallas 13

PLAIN TRUTH Jodi Picoult 16 (small print)

PLAINSONG Kent Haruf 26 (good-sized

type)

POISONWOOD BIBLE, THE Barbara Kingsolver OBC 11

PONDER HEART, THE Eudora Welty 21 (good-sized

type)

PRAYERS AND LIES Sherri Wood Emmons IAA 24

PURSUIT OF LOVE/LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE Nancy Mitford 8

RAPTURE OF CANAAN, THE Sheri Reynolds OBC 13

RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE Mohsin Hamid 8

RETURN OF SIMPLE, THE Langston Hughes 10

ROOM Emma Donoghue 26

ROSIE PROJECT, THE Graeme Simsion 16 + 2 CDs

ROUND HOUSE, THE Louise Erdrich 12 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

RUN Ann Patchett 13 + 2 CDs

SAFE HAVEN Nicholas Sparks 12 LP

SAINT MAYBE Anne Tyler 11

SAM’S LETTERS TO JENNIFER James Patterson 15

SATURDAY Ian McEwan 9

SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT Beth Hoffman 22 + 12 LP + 2 CD

SECRET LIFE OF BEES, THE Sue Monk Kidd 24 (small print)

SHE’S COME UNDONE Wally Lamb OBC 15

SHOEMAKER’S WIFE, THE Adriana Trigiani 10 + 5 LP

SHOOT THE MOON Billie Letts 17

SHORT GIRLS Bich Minh Nguyen IAA 10

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE Kurt Vonnegut 16

SO COLD THE RIVER Michael Koryta 21

SOMETIMES DAUGHTER, THE Sherri Wood Emmons 13

SONGS IN ORDINARY TIME Mary McGarry

Morris OBC 14 (small print)

SONGS OF WILLOW FROST Jamie Ford 15 + 2 LP

STATE OF WONDER Ann Patchett 31 + 3 LP + 2CDs

STILL ALICE: A NOVEL Lisa Genova 20

STONES FROM THE RIVER Ursula Hegi OBC 10 (small print)

STORM CYCLE Iris & Roy Johansen 14 LP

STORYTELLER, THE Jodi Picoult 13 + 2 LP

STRANGE AS THIS WEATHER HAS BEEN Ann Pancake 8

SUMMONS, THE John Grisham 10

SURRENDER BAY Denise Hunter 9

SWEET HEREAFTER, THE Russell Banks 26

THIRTEENTH TALE, THE Diane Setterfield 17

THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, A Khaled Hosseini 8

TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE DOG Terry Kay 15

TURN IN THE ROAD, A Debbie Macomber 11 LP

TURN OF MIND Alice LaPlante 15 + 2 LP + 2 CDs

UNDRESSING MR. DARCY Karen Doornebos 9

VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK, THE Alice Munro 8

VIRTUOUS WOMAN, A Kaye Gibbons OBC 29

WAITING YEARS, THE Fumiko Enchi 9

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Sara Gruen 25 + 2 LP + 2 CDs

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE Shirley Jackson 12

WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 16 + 2 CDs

WE’RE IN TROUBLE Christopher Coake IAA 15

WHAT ALICE FORGOT Liane Moriarty 15

WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY

Pearl Cleage OBC

WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW Clifford Garstang IAA 8

WHAT THIS RIVER KEEPS Greg Schwipps IAA 11 (small print)

WHEN CRICKETS CRY Charles Martin 18

WHEN THE KILLING’S DONE T.C. Boyle 13

WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS Kazuo Ishiguro 8

WHERE THE HEART IS Billie Letts OBC 18

WHERE WE BELONG Emily Giffin 15 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

WHILE I WAS GONE Sue Miller OBC 10

WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD Susan Crandall 13 + 2 LP

WHITE TEETH Zadie Smith 12

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WINTER’S BONE Daniel Woodrell 20

WINGSHOOTERS Nina Revoyr 7

WISH YOU WELL David Baldacci 7

YELLOW BIRDS, THE Kevin Powers 20

YELLOW HOUSE, THE Patricia Falvey 6

YOU CAME BACK Christopher Coake 9

HISTORICAL AND PERIOD FICTION

84, CHARING CROSS ROAD Helene Hanff 15

AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE Edith Wharton PP 14 (small print)

AMERICAN TRAGEDY, AN Theodore Dreiser 7

AVIATOR’S WIFE, THE (Set 1) Melanie Benjamin 14

AVIATOR’S WIFE, THE (Set 2) Melanie Benjamin 14

ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, THE

M.T. Anderson 12

BELOVED Toni Morrison PP 15

BEST OF POE, THE Edgar Allan Poe 20 (small print)

BIRTH OF VENUS, THE Sarah Dunant 15

BONDWOMAN’S NARRATIVE, THE Hannah Crafts 10

BOOK THIEF, THE Markus Zusak 36

BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, THE John Boyne 15 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

CARRY ON, JEEVES P.G. Wodehouse 14

CELLIST OF SARAJEVO, THE Steven Galloway 24

CHOCOLAT Joanne Harris 15

CHRISTMAS CAROL, A Charles Dickens 30 LP + 2 CDs

COLD COMFORT FARM Stella Gibbons 15

CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT, A

Mark Twain 13

DEAR MRS. LINDBERGH Kathleen Hughes IAA 8

DEMOCRACY: AN AMERICAN NOVEL Henry Adams 10

DIARY OF MATTIE SPENSER, THE Sandra Dallas 13

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Boris Pasternak 6

DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA Joan Chase 14

EAST OF EDEN John Steinbeck 15

EXCELLENT WOMEN Barbara Pym 14

FIG EATER, THE Jody Shields 6

FINANCIER, THE Theodore Dreiser 10

FLOWERS OF WAR, THE Geling Yan 8

FOLLOW THE RIVER James Alexander

Thom 17

FRIDA: A NOVEL Barbara Mujica 21

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FRIENDLY PERSUASION, THE Jessamyn West 20

GAP CREEK Robert Morgan OBC 20

GILEAD Marilynne Robinson PP 14

GOING ALL THE WAY Dan Wakefield 10

GRACE Jane Wood 8

GRAPES OF WRATH, THE John Steinbeck PP 15

GREAT GATSBY, THE F. Scott Fitzgerald 12 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY, THE Edward Eggleston 15

HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER, THE Edward Eggleston 10

HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET Jamie Ford 39 + 2 LP

HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES, THE Meredith Nicholson 20

HOW THE WEST WAS WON Louis L’Amour 10

ICY SPARKS Gwen Hyman Rubio 15 + 1 LP

JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte 18 + 2 CDs

JOY LUCK CLUB, THE Amy Tan 9

KAATERSKILL FALLS Allegra Goodman 15

KILLER ANGELS, THE Michael Shaara PP 25

KITCHEN HOUSE, THE Kathleen Grissom 20 + 1 LP + 1 CD

LADY AND THE UNICORN, THE Tracy Chevalier 7

LAY THAT TRUMPET IN OUR HANDS Susan Carol McCarthy 12

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE Washington Irving 20

LESSON BEFORE DYING, A Ernest J. Gaines OBC 30

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE Laura Esquivel 22

LOST HORIZON James Hilton 14

LOVING FRANK Nancy Horan 19

MADAME BOVARY Gustave Flaubert 18

MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE Booth Tarkington PP 10

MARCH Geraldine Brooks PP 20

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA Arthur Golden 14 + 2 LP + 2 CDs

MONTANA 1948 Larry Watson 8

MY ANTONIA Willa Cather 38

NAKED AND THE DEAD, THE Norman Mailer 16

NAME OF HER OWN, A Jane Kirkpatrick 8

O PIONEERS Willa Cather 18

OF MICE AND MEN John Steinbeck 26

ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN Jim Fergus 18

ORPHAN TRAIN Christina Baker

Kline 28

OUABACHE David A. Lottes 8

PAINTED VEIL, THE W. Somerset Maugham 8

PASSION OF ARTEMISIA, THE Susan Vreeland 22

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PILLARS OF THE EARTH, THE Ken Follett 6

POSTMISTRESS, THE Sarah Blake 15 + 4 LP + 2 CDs

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen 14 + 3 LP

PROFESSOR’S HOUSE, THE Willa Cather 15 + 1 LP

REBECCA Daphne du Maurier 30 + 2 CDs

RED TENT, THE Anita Diamant 11

REDEEMING LOVE Francine Rivers 10

REMARKABLE CREATURES Tracy Chevalier 19

RULES OF CIVILITY Amor Towles 15

SAINT PATRICK’S BATTALION James Alexander

Thom IAA 10

SARAH’S KEY Tatiana De Rosnay 13 + 6 LP

SCARLET LETTER, THE Nathaniel Hawthorne 25

SCREWTAPE LETTERS, THE C.S. Lewis 14 + 2 CDs

SEPARATE PEACE, A John Knowles 14

SHANGHAI GIRLS Lisa See 17

SHILOH Shelby Foote 20

SUMMER Edith Wharton 13

SUN ALSO RISES, THE Ernest Hemingway 21

A TALE OF TWO CITIES & GREAT EXPECTATIONS Charles Dickens OBC 11

TESTAMENT OF MARY, THE Colm Tobin 8

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD Zora Neale Hurston 14 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

THINGS THEY CARRIED, THE Tim O’Brien 15

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Harper Lee PP 28

TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, A Betty Smith 11

UNVANQUISHED, THE William Faulkner 17

VIENNA Eva Menasse 12

WHIP, THE Karen Kondazian 12

WINESBURG, OHIO Sherwood Anderson 10

WUTHERING HEIGHTS Emily Bronte 16 (small print)+ 2LP

MYSTERIES

27 INGREDIENT CHILI CON CARNE MURDERS, THE

Nancy Pickard 22

ART THIEF, THE Noah Charney 13 + 2CDs

AUNT DIMITY’S DEATH Nancy Atherton 6

BAD DAY FOR SORRY, A Sophie Littlefield 14 + 3 LP

BLESSED IS THE BUSYBODY Emilie Richards 11

BLESSING WAY, THE Tony Hillerman 12

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BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, THE Jeane M. Dams 15

BONE GARDEN, THE Tess Gerritsen 14

CONSPIRACY OF PAPER, A David Liss 8

CROSS FIRE James Patterson 11 LP

DAUGHTER OF TIME Josephine Tey 13

DEATH BY DARJEELING Laura Childs 8

DECKED WITH FOLLY Kate Kingsbury 9

DEFENDING JACOB William Landay 25

DYING FOR CHOCOLATE Diane Mott Davidson 18

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE Stieg Larsson 16 + 3 LP +2 CDs

HEIRS AND PARENTS Ralph McInerny 9

HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE Nancy Martin 9 + 1 LP

LAST POLICEMAN, THE Ben H. Winters 8

LONG GOODBYE, THE Raymond Chandler 10

MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF Martha Grimes 11

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie 12

NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY, THE Alexander McCall

Smith 17 LP + 2 CDs

POET, THE Michael Connelly 15

PRIVATE James Maxine

Patterson & Paetro

12 LP

PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT James Maxine

Patterson & Paetro

12 LP

PROMISE NOT TO TELL Jennifer McMahon 19

PURITY IN DEATH J.D. Robb 13

RED HARVEST Dashiell Hammett 24

S IS FOR SILENCE Sue Grafton 13

SCRATCHGRAVEL ROAD Tricia Fields IAA 10 + 1 CD

SHADOW OF A DOUBT William J. Coughlin 20

SHE WALKS THESE HILLS Sharyn McCrumb 13

SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, THE Alan Bradley 25 + 3 LP + 2 CDs

TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, THE Stef Penney 18

TERRITORY, THE Tricia Fields IAA 13

WALKABOUT James Vance Marshall 8

WRECKED Carol H. Clark 15 LP

WRONG MOTHER, THE Sophie Hannah 8

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

1984 George Orwell 7

BLADE RUNNER Philip K. Dick 8

DUST Joan Frances Turner 15

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FAHRENHEIT 451 Ray Bradbury 26

FIRST IMMORTAL, THE James L. Halperin 14

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON Daniel Keyes 20

FRAIL Joan Frances Turner 19

GRAVE Joan Frances Turner 7

HANDMAID’S TALE, THE Margaret Atwood 19

KINDRED Octavia Butler 8

LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, THE Ursula K. Le Guin 8

SPARROW, THE Mary Doria Russell 12

TIME MACHINE, THE H.G. Wells 19

TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, THE Audrey Niffenegger 12

PLAYS & POETRY

DEATH OF A SALESMAN Arthur Miller PP 22

FINAL HARVEST Emily Dickinson 8

GLASS MENAGERIE, THE Tennessee Williams 30

LEAVES OF GRASS Walt Whitman 16

LIFE OF GALILEO, THE Berthold Brecht 15

PYGMALION/MY FAIR LADY George Bernard

Shaw 8 + 4 with Pymalion

RAISIN IN THE SUN, A Lorraine Hansberry 20

SWEETGRASS Micah Ling IAA 11

THREE ISLANDS Micah Ling IAA 10

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE Thomas Keneally 11

AIR RAID NIGHTS AND RADIO DAYS Don Schroeder 12

BENTO BOX IN THE HEARTLAND: MY JAPANESE GIRLHOOD IN WHITEBREAD AMERICA

Lisa Furiya 12

BLACK ELK SPEAKS John G. Neihardt 19

BODY OF WORK: MEDITATIONS ON MORTALITY FROM

HUMAN ANATOMY LAB Christine Montross IAA 10

CLEOPATRA: A LIFE Stacy Schiff 14 + 3 LP +2 CDs

CLOISTER WALK, THE Kathleen Norris 14

COLOR OF WATER, THE: A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO

HIS WHITE MOTHER James McBride 12

DEAR THEO Irving Stone 16

DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL, THE Anne Frank 6

DREAMS OF TRESPASS: TALES OF A HAREM GIRLHOOD

Fatima Mernissi 15

ELI LILLY: A LIFE, 1885-1977 James H. Madison IAA 8

12

FEEDING OUR FAMILIES Eleanor Arnold 18

FIRST LADIES: AN INTIMATE GROUP PORTRAIT Margaret Truman 15

GEORGE WASHINGTON: MAN AND MONUMENT

Marcus Cunliffe 12

GIRL NAMED ZIPPY, A Haven Kimmel 27

GIRLS FROM AMES, THE Jeffrey Zaslow 9

GOOD WAR, THE Studs Terkel PP 15

HARD TIMES Studs Terkel 21

HEART OF A WOMAN, THE Maya Angelou OBC 15

IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, THE Rebecca Skloot 19 + 4 LP

JAMES DEAN: REBEL WITH A CAUSE Wes Gehring 15

LADY CATHERINE, THE EARL, AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY

Fiona, Countess of

Carnavon 9

LET US EAT CAKE: ADVENTURES IN FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP

Sharon Boorstin 13

LINCOLN NOBODY KNOWS, THE Richard N. Current 22

LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE Anna Quindlen 15 LP + 2CDs

MAO’S LAST DANCER Li Cunxin 20

MARIA’S JOURNEY Ray & Trish Arredondo 20

MAUDE (1893-1993): SHE GREW UP WITH THE COUNTRY

Mardo Williams 19 (hard cover)

MEMORY PALACE, THE Mira Bartok 8

MIDAS OF THE WABASH, THE Robert Kriebel 11

MISTAKEN IDENTITY: TWO FAMILIES, ONE

SURVIVOR, UNWAVERING HOPE Don Van Ryn 20

MOTHERWIT: AN ALABAMA MIDWIFE’S STORY Onnie Lee Logan 21

MY LIFE IN FRANCE Julia Child 26 + 2 CDs

NIGHT Elie Wiesel OBC 24

ON HER OWN GROUND: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MADAM C.J. WALKER

A’Lelia Bundles 16

ORPHAN IN HISTORY, AN Paul Cowan 10

OTHER WES MOORE, THE Wes Moore 36 + 6 CDs

PERSEPOLIS: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD (graphic novel format)

Marjane Satrapi 40

PRIVATE HISTORY OF AWE, A Scott Russell Sanders IAA 9 (small print)

PRIVATE MARY CHESNUT, THE C. Vann Woodward 14

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN Azar Nafisi 16

READING PROMISE, THE: MY FATHER & THE BOOKS WE SHARED

Alice Ozma 11

ROCKET BOYS (OCTOBER SKY) Homer H. Hickam, Jr. 22 + 2 CDs

ROMMEL, THE DESERT FOX Desmond Young 19

ROSA PARKS: MY STORY Rosa Parks 19

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SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME Ron/Denver Hall/Moore 9

SHATTERED DREAMS: MY LIFE AS A POLYGAMIST’S WIFE

Irene Spencer 9

SHE GOT UP OFF THE COUCH Haven Kimmel 16

SOLOIST, THE Steve Lopez 10

STEVE JOBS Walter Isaacson 10

STITCHES: A MEMOIR (graphic novel) David Small 9

STORY OF MY LIFE, THE Helen Keller 16 LP

STRONG WEST WIND, A Gail Caldwell 6

SURVIVING THE ANGEL OF DEATH: THE TRUE

STORY OF A MENGELE TWIN Eva Mozes Lisa Rojany

Kor & Buccieri

7

TEMPORARY SORT OF PEACE, A Jim McGarrah 15

THAT WOMAN: THE LIFE OF WALLIS SIMPSON, DUCHESS OF WINDSOR

Anne Sebba 12

THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE, THE Jesse Stuart 13 (good-sized

type)

UNDER MAGNOLIA Frances Mayes 15 + 2LP + 2CDs

VIEW FROM THE PRESS SHACK: INDIANA

POLITICS FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF EDWARD H. ZIEGNER

Martha M. Ziegner 12

WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL

Cheryl Strayed OBC 15 + 2 CDs

WOMAN WARRIOR Maxine Hong Kingston 15

WOMAN WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT Lois Beachy Underhill 12 (small print)

WORKING Studs Terkel 11

YOU LET SOME GIRL BEAT YOU?: THE STORY OF

ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE Ann Meyers Drysdale 11

YOUNG TITAN: THE MAKING OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

Michael Shelden IAA 10

NONFICTION

ALWAYS A RIVER: THE OHIO RIVER AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Robert Reid (ed.) 6

AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH Neil Postman 8

ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A YEAR OF FOOD LIFE

Barbara Kingsolver 14

ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION: USING THE MYSTERIES OF AUTISM TO DECODE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

Temple Catherine

Grandin & Johnson

14

APRIL 1865: THE MONTH THAT SAVED AMERICA Jay Winik 9

APRON ANXIETY: MY MESSY AFFAIRS IN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN

Alyssa Shelasky 8

ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB, THE Lily Koppel 20

14

BOWLING ACROSS AMERICA: 50 STATES IN RENTED SHOES

Mike Walsh 12

BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND, THE William Kamkwamba 8

BRAIN WIDER THAN THE SKY, A: A MIGRAINE DIARY

Andrew Levy IAA 10 (good-sized

type)

COME BACK TO AFGHANISTAN Said Hyer Akbar 25

CONSERVATIONIST MANIFESTO, A Scott Russell Sanders IAA 10

COOK’S TOUR, A: GLOBAL ADVENTURES IN EXTREME CUISINES

Anthony Bourdain 15

CRAZY: A FATHER’S SEARCH THROUGH AMERICA’S MENTAL HEALTH MADNESS

Pete Earley 14

CREATING FROM THE SPIRIT Dan Wakefield 9

DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC: A TALE OF MEDICINE, MADNESS AND THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT

Candice Millard 8

DEWEY: THE SMALL-TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD

Vicki Myron 8

DOGS OF BEDLAM FARM, THE Jon Katz 12

EAT, PRAY, LOVE: ONE WOMAN’S SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS ITALY, INDIA AND INDONESIA

Elizabeth Gilbert 11 + 1 large print

ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON’S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE

Alfred Lansing 18

ENOUGH: WHY THE WORLD’S POOREST STARVE IN

AN AGE OF PLENTY Roger Scott

Thurow & Kilman 10

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AN INDIANA HARVEST David Hoppe 30

GAS BOOM OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA, THE James A. David

Glass & Kohrman 20

GREAT CRASH, THE : 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith 22

GREAT STAGNATION, THE: HOW AMERICA ATE

ALL THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT OF MODERN HISTORY, GOT SICK, AND WILL (EVENTUALLY) FEEL BETTER

Tyler Cowen 12

HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE Michael Greenberg 11

HEALING THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY Parker Palmer 8

HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON Barbara Kingsolver 22 + 1 LP

HIROSHIMA John Hersey 23

HOME AGAIN: ESSAYS AND MEMOIRS FROM iNDIANA

Tom Jim

Watson & McGarrah

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INDIANA SPORTING LIFE Ray E. Boomhower 10

INTO THIN AIR Jon Krakauer 16

KING’S SPEECH, THE: HOW ONE MAN SAVED THE BRITISH MONARCHY

Mark Peter

Logue & Conradi

15 + 2 CDs

LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE Dave Isay (ed.) 12

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LYNCHING IN THE HEARTLAND, A: RACE AND MEMORY IN AMERICA

James H. Madison IAA 10

MARLEY AND ME John Grogan 12 + 3 LP

MOLLY IVINS CAN'T SAY THAT, CAN SHE? Molly Ivins 13

NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA

Barbara Ehrenreich 27

NINE, THE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT

Jeffrey Toobin 11

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND Bill Bryson 13

ONCE UPON A TOWN: THE MIRACLE OF THE NORTH PLATTE CANTEEN

Bob Greene 10 (good-sized

type)

PEARL IN THE STORM, A: HOW I FOUND MY HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN

Tori Murden McMahon 10

PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Annie Dillard PP 16

PRICELESS: HOW I WENT UNDERCOVER TO RESCUE THE WORLD’S STOLEN TREASURES

Robert K. Wittman 17

QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING

Susan Cain 15

RIDE OF OUR LIVES,THE Mike Leonard 28 (small print)+2LP

ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND THE 1968 INDIANA PRIMARY

Ray E. Boomhower IAA 10

SEABISCUIT Laura Hillenbrand 16 + 1 LP

SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOL QUEENS, THE

Jack Weatherford 8

SHADOW DIVERS Robert Kurson 14

SHANTYBOAT: A RIVER WAY OF LIFE Harlan Hubbard 20

SHOPPING, SEDUCTION AND MR. SELFRIDGE Lindy Woodhead 13

SIN IN THE SECOND CITY: MADAMS, MINISTERS,

PLAYBOYS, AND THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA’S SOUL Karen Abbott 8

SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA Dean King 8

STAYING PUT Scott Russell Sanders 18 (good-sized

type)

STILL MISSING: AMELIA EARHART AND THE

SEARCH FOR MODERN FEMINISM Susan Ware 19

THREE CUPS OF TEA Greg David Oliver

Mortenson & Relin

16

TWO ROADS TO SUMTER William & Bruce

Catton 11

WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Henry David Thoreau 10

WAR COMES TO PLUM STREET, THE Bruce C. Smith 8

WE BOUGHT A ZOO: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY

OF A YOUNG FAMILY, A BROKEN DOWN ZOO, AND THE 200…

Benjamin

Mee 15 + 2 CDs

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WHAT AMERICANS REALLY WANT…REALLY: THE

TRUTH ABOUT OUR HOPES, DREAMS, AND FEARS Frank I. Luntz 11

WHERE AM I EATING? Kelsey Timmerman IAA 25

WHERE AM I WEARING? Kelsey Timmerman IAA 14

WHERE WE LIVE: ESSAYS ABOUT INDIANA David Hoppe (ed.) 8

WINE TO WATER: A BARTENDER’S QUEST TO

BRING CLEAN WATER TO THE WORLD Doc Hendley 14

WOMEN'S DIARIES OF THE WESTWARD JOURNEY

Lillian Schlissel 14 (small print)

WORST HARD TIME, THE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF

THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE AMERICAN DUST BOWL Timothy Egan 9

ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, THE Diane Ackerman 15 LP

ZOYA'S STORY Zoya 9

YOUTH

ASHEN WINTER Mike Mullin IAA 10

ASHFALL Mike Mullin IAA 16

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Alden R. Carter 11

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA Katherine Peterson 16

EVERYTHING YOU WANT Barbara Shoup 10

FAULT IN OUR STARS, THE (Set 1) John Green IAA 15 + 2 LP + 1 CD

FAULT IN OUR STARS, THE (Set 2) John Green IAA 15 + 1 LP + 1 CD

FEED M.T. Anderson 21

FRECKLES Gene Stratton-Porter 7

GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST, A Gene Stratton-Porter 12 + 3 LP

GOOD NIGHT, MR. TOM Michelle Magorian 21

HUNGER GAMES, THE Suzanne Collins 38

IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF Rose Zar 21

LIGHT IN THE FOREST, THE Conrad Richter 20

LIGHTNING THIEF, THE Rick Riordan 24

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

Ranson Riggs 18

MOVERS, THE Nancy Baxter 14

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Avi 17

PAPER TOWNS John Green IAA 10

ROT AND RUIN Jonathan Maberry 17

SECRET GARDEN, THE Frances Burnett 14 + 1 LP

SOURCES OF LIGHT Margaret McMullan IAA 15

STRANDED IN HARMONY Barbara Shoup IAA 15

VERMEER’S DAUGHTER Barbara Shoup IAA 15

WORLD’S TALLEST WOMAN Rita Rose 14

WHEN I CROSSED NO-BOB Margaret McMullan IAA 8

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