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For more good ideas, try Jim's Lists. Jim has lists of notable and prize-winning books from various sources. At the end of each Board and annual meeting, we share information on some of our readings. Here are the recent recommendations: Recommended reading from the Board:
Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo David Sax - Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen Jamie Ford - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Alice Schroeder - The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Dave Eggers - Zeitoun Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall : A Novel (Man Booker Prize) Daniel Levin - The Last Ember David Weinberger - Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder Andrew Lih - The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia Kathryn Stockett - The Help E. L. Doctorow - Homer & Langley: A Novel Pearl S. Buck - Peony Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina T.C. Boyle - The Women: A Novel Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind Leo Carrillo - The California I Love Michael Connelly - The Scarecrow Jeff Jarvis - What would Google Do? Abigail Yasgur & Joseph Lipner & Barbara Mendes illus. - Max Said YES! The Woodstock Story (picture book) Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers; the Story of Success Harry L. Freund - Love with Noodles; an Amorous Widower's Tale Barack Obama - Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance William Faulkner - Light in August Doris Lessing - The Grass is Singing Jeffrey Toobin - The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Dick Francis & Felix Francis - Silks Ildefonso Falcones - Cathedral of the Sea Bookmarks - magazine for avid readers Phyllis Lee Levin - Abigail Adams: A Biography Achy Obejas - Days of Awe (novel about Cuban-Americans and Cuba) James Frey - Bright Shiny Morning Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Harry Harrison - 50 in 50: Fifty Stories for Fifty Years! Joyce Cheney - Aprons: A Celebration James M. McPherson - "To the Best of My Ability:" The American Presidents Joyce Carol Oates - The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense Joanne Fluke - The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swenson Mysteries) Noah Gordon - The Last Jew Allegra Goodman - Intuition Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time E. L. Doctorow - Ragtime Mark Glamack - Littluns and the Book of Darkness (www.littluns.net)(for teens & above) Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen - The Book Lover's Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages that Feature Them Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia Diane Ackerman - Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Markus Zusak - The Book Thief Sophie Kinsella - Confessions of a Shopaholic Lauren Bacall - By Myself and Then Some Sherman Alexie - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Bill Boyarsky - Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics Michael Chabon - Gentlemen of the Road; A Tale of Adventure Robert Whitaker - The Mapmaker's Wife Ryszard Kapuscinski - Shadow of the Sun Vanora Bennett - Portrait of an Unknown Woman, a Novel Tim Clissold and Horacio Pons - Mr. China The Bible Jon Stewart - "The Daily Show" (Comedy Central) (TV) -- often interviews authors Thomas Mullen - Last Town on Earth (audiobook) James Bradley - Flyboys; A True Story of Courage (audiobook) J. K. Rowlings - Harry Potter series (audiobooks) Candace Bushnell - Lipstick Jungle Sara Gruen - Water for Elephants, A Novel John Bayley - Elegy for Iris Cokie Roberts - Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Phillippa Gregory - The Queen's Fool, A Novel Jhumpa Lahiri - The Namesake: A Novel Amy Tan - Bone Setter's Daughter Katharine Graham - Personal History Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking Albert Gore - An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Art Buchwald - Too Soon To Say Goodbye William Brodrick - 6th Lamentation, a Novel Alexander McCall Smith - Dream Angus: the Celtic God of Dreams Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare Ray Bradbury - Dandelion Wine (classic reissued) and sequel Farewell Summer Will Thomas - To Kingdom Come, Some Danger Involved, The LimeHouse Text Margaret Maron - Bootlegger's Daughter Winston Churchill - History of the English Speaking People (4 volumes) Michael Connelly - The Lincoln Lawyer John Dunning - On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio Kazuo Ishiguro - When We Were Orphans, Never Let Me Go Marjorie Fasman - The Diary of Henry Fitzwilliam Darcy Carrie Debris - Pride and Prescience (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries) Ruth Reichl - Tender at the Bone; Growing Up at the Table, Comfort Me With Apples, More Adventures at the Table Rachel Reichl - Garlic & Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise Lisa See - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan James L. Swanson - Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Doris Kearns Goodwin - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln James Bradley - Fly Boys: A True Story of Courage Julie Otsuka - When the Emperor Was Divine Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper Richard A. Clark - Scorpion's Gate Anne Rivers Siddons - Fault Lines
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