Book Selections

• Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken
• Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
• Rory Stewart, The Places In Between
• Kate Walbert, A Short History of Women
• Aimee Bender, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
• Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
• Michael Lewis, The Big Short
• Sue Miller, Lake Shore Limited
• Cara Black, Murder in the Palais Royal
• Craig Thompson, Blankets
• Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
• Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
• Kathryn Stockett, The Help, a novel
• Any John Steinbeck
• Ori Brafman, Sway: The Irresistable Pull of Irrational Behavior
• Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
• Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven
• Rose Tremain, The Road Home: A Novel
• Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
• J. D. Salinger, Nine Stories
• Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
• Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
• Elizabeth Berg, the day i ate whatever i wanted
• Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
• Tobias Wolff, Old School
• Billy Collins, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
• Darnell Arnoult, Sufficient Grace: A Novel
• Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
• Michael Dorris, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel
• Iren Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise
• Claire Messud, The Emperor’s Children 
• Lori Lansens,  The Girls
• Amanda Eyre Ward, How to be Lost
• Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
• Clare Morrall, Natural Flights of the Human Mind
• Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
• Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain 
• One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd – Jim Fergus 
• The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver 
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon 
• Brick Lane – Monica Ali 
• The Red Tent – Anita Diamant 
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir – Jeannette Walls 
• The Samurai’s Garden – Gail Tsukiyama 
• The History of Love – Nicole Krauss 
• Skinny Dip – Carl Hiaasen 
• Stones from the River – Ursula Hegi
• Reading Lolita in Tehran – Azar Nafisi