- The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
\n - The Weather in Berlin, by Ward Just
\n - Pagan Babies, by Elmore Leonard
\n - (sections of) Boys & Girls Forever: Children’s Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter, by Alison Lurie
\n - (sections of) Don’t Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children’s Literature, by Alison Lurie
\n - The Daughter in Law, by Diana Diamond
\n - California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker
\n - The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room), by Paul Auster
\n - Witch Hunt, by Ian Rankin
\n - Mrs. Satoris, by Elke Schmitter
\n - The Final Solution, by Michael Chabon
\n - The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby
\n - Lucky Girls, by Nell Freudenberger
\n - Shadow Baby, by Alison McGhee
\n - The Girl Who Played Go, by Shan Sa
\n - Never Mind the Pollacks, by Neal Pollack
\n - Don’t Think of an Elephant, by George Lakoff
\n - The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
\n - Stars and Bars, by William Boyd
\n - How to Get into Law School, by Susan Estrich
\n - The Rotters Club, by Jonathan Coe
\n - The Armies of the Night, by Norman Mailer
\n - The Evening of the Holiday, by Shirley Hazzard
\n - Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
\n - The Adventures of Flash Jackson, by William Kowalski
\n - Marriage: A Duet, by Anne Taylor Fleming
\n - The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
\n - Twice Shy, by Dick Francis
\n - The Gunslinger, Dark Tower Part I, by Stephen King
\n - Macbeth, by Shakespeare (reread)
\n - Men in the Off Hours, by Anne Carson
\n - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
\n - The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell
\n - Blood of Victory, by Alan Furst
\n - Eva Moves the Furniture, by Margot Livesey
\n - Rainlight, by Alison McGhee
\n - The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory
\n - Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
\n - The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (reread)
\n - Light of the Moon, by Elizabeth Buchan
\n - Chasing Shakespeare, by Sarah Smith
\n - The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
\n - Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell
\n - Daughter of God, by Lewis Perdue
\n - Flashman, by George Macdonald Fraser
\n - French Lessons, by Alice Kaplan
\n - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
\n - Gallows View, by Peter Robinson
\n - The Houdini Girl, by Martyn Bedford
\n - Uniform Justice, by Donna Leon
\n - The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
\n - The Photograph, by Penelope Lively
\n - The Game, by Laurie R. King
\n - The Big Love, by Sarah Dunn
\n - Truth & Beauty, by Ann Patchett
\n - The Winshaw Legacy, by Jonathan Coe
\n - The Black Book, by Ian Rankin
\n - Hopscotch, by Julio Cortazar
\n - Something Rising (Light and Swift), by Haven Kimmel
\n - Hearing Birds Fly, by Louisa Waugh
\n - The Long Firm, by Jake Arnott
\n - Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin
\n - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by Helen Fielding
\n - Faceless Killers, by Henning Mankell
\n - Decider, by Dick Francis
\n - Rat Race, by Dick Francis
\n - Driving Force, by Dick Francis
\n - To the Hilt, by Dick Francis
\n - Abandon, by Pico Iyer
\n - Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
\n - The Epicure’s Lament, by Kate Christensen
\n - Let It Bleed, by Ian Rankin
\n - Fox River, by Emilie Richards
\n - New Spring: The Novel, by Robert Jordan
\n - Strip Jack, by Ian Rankin
\n - Mortal Causes, by Ian Rankin
\n - Angelica, by Sharon Shinn
\n - Mrs. Kimble, by Jennifer Haigh
\n - The Fall, by Simon Mawer
\n - Tooth and Nail, by Ian Rankin
\n - The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, by Louise Erdrich
\n - Final Target, by Iris Johansen
\n - The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
\n - A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep, by Rumer Godden
\n - What I loved, by Siri Hustvedt
\n - The Solace of Leaving Early, by Haven Kimmel
\n - Little Children, by Tom Perrotta
\n - Wild Horses, by Dick Francis
\n - Wedding Season, by Darcy Cosper
\n - Bringing Down the House, the Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, by Ben Mezrich
\n - A Fistful of Rain, by Greg Rucka
\n - The Last Detective, by Robert Crais
\n - Hide and Seek, by Ian Rankin
\n - Trial Run, by Dick Francis
\n - The New Confessions, by William Boyd
\n - Straight, by Dick Francis
\n - Dead Aim, by Iris Johansen
\n - Isn’t It Romantic, by Ron Hansen
\n - The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
\n - Remember Me, by Trezza Azzopardi
\n - Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin
\n - On Love, by Alain de Botton
\n - I Wish Someone Were There Waiting for Me, by Anna Gavalda
\n - Untangling my Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
\n - The Well of Lost Plots, [Thursday Next book 3] by Jasper Fforde
\n - Any Human Heart, by William Boyd
\n - Blood Brothers, by Richard Price
\n - Picture Palace, by Paul Theroux
\n - Giving Up the Ghost, a Memoir, by Hilary Mantel
\n - The Good Doctor, by Damon Galgut
\n - Perfume, by Patrick Susskind
\n - Nothing Remains the Same; Rereading and Remembering, by Wendy Lesser
\n - Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
\n - Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken<\/UL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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