*Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
*Girl with the dragon tattoo; girl who kicked the hornets nest and girl who played with fire, Steig Larson
*Little Bee by Chris Cleave
*Sarah's Key, Jodi Piccoult
*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
*The Christmas Box Miracle by Richard Paul Evans
*Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
A Fatal Grace - by Louise Penny
A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans
A Still Life - by Louise Penny
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon
A Touch of Frost by R.D. Wingfield
Abigail Adams - A Life - Woody Holton
Absalom, Absalom! The Corrected Text by William Faulkner
Always Looking Up, Michael J Fox
An Irish Country Doctor - by Patrick Taylor
An island called home; returning to Jewish Cuba
Atlas shrugged, Ayn Rand
Books by Kathy Reichs
Books written by Leo Buscaglia.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Born to Run by Christopher McDougal
Bowling Across America by Mike Walsh
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, by Bruce Pegg. A well researched biography of Chuck Berry. It details how a poor black man from the mid-West invented rock and roll and changed culture forever. Along the way, it sheds light on his financial and legal problems, as well as his sexual perversions. Brilliant and true!
Chasing the Dragon – Autobiography of Jackie Pullinger, evangelist in Hong Kong – inspiring
Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman
Churchill’s Wit, Richard M. Langworth <
Copper Bracelet - Jeffrey Deaver et al
Corporate by Guy Cranswick (http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/GuyCranswickCorporate.htm
Country Driving by Peter Hessler. Drivers and roads in China and life in a village and a factory town.
Crazy Love - by Francis Chan
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin
Elegance Kathleen Tessaro
Eleven Minutes: A Novel by Paulo Coelho
Elizabeth George / PD James phase
Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Faerie Door by B.E. Maxwell- I read it to the kids every night at bedtime.
FATHERS AND SONS, Turgenev. I remember enjoying the character of Bazarov (sp?) a great deal.
Field notes from a catastrophe, Elizabeth Kolbert
FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk. I loved that. I might read it again.
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
Forgotten Garden by Kate Moreton. It was awesome! It is about 500 pages. It is written from three different time periods, from a little 4 year old girl left alone on a dock to the girl being a grandmother and her granddaughter taking over the search for finding her roots. I loved the whole thing!
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Frost at Christmas by R.D. Wingfield
Half-Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls. The author of The Glass Castle tells the story of her grandmother who grew up in the West and became a schoolteacher at 15.
Hard Frost by R.D. Wingfield
He loves me – Wayne Jabobsen – about living in and really knowing Gods love (not a novel…)
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
House Rules, Jodi Piccoult
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - This should be required reading for every human being.
I think I love you; by Allison Pearson
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Paperback)~ Michael Pollan
Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious F
June Bug by Chris Fabry
Just Cause by John Katzenbach
Lake of Sorrows and Haunted Ground by Erin Hart; these involve the bogs in Ireland which I found especially fascinating!
Last Chance Saloon, Marion Keyes
Last Words
Lift - Kelly Corrigan
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Men and other mammals, Jim Keeble
Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax bios both by Jane Leavey
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Moab is my washpot, Stephen Fry
Mum on the Run, Fiona Gibson
My Sisters Keeper, Jodi Piccoult
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Piccoult
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton.
Patriot Games, Tom Clancy. Interesting story but quite heavy going.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett,
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pyrrates by George McDonald Fraser
Queenan Country, by Joe Queenan
Ravenscar Trilogy by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Recipes for a perfect marriage: a novel by Morag Prunty.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers – a novel, based loosely on the book of Hosea. Good for conversation – we did it in our book club. It is a love story and although does refer to conversations with God is not so full on! I loved it though…
Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. I think it is a must read for all Catholics!
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards
Restoring Grade, Katie Fforde
Rock of Ages, (History of Rock n Roll)
Room for Love, Andrea Meyer
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us
Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
Stupid White Men, MIchael Moore.
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /by Steven D. Levitt
Survival of the sickest by Sharon Moalem. He is an evolutionary biologist and neurogeniticist. Pretty interesting twist on things with an easily digestible style.
Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult.
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
The American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Baptism of Billy Bean by Roger Allen Skipper was a great read.
The Beach House by James Patterson. It's a perfect summer read! It's a murder mystery that takes place in the Hamptons
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. By Junot DÃaz
The Brutal Telling - by Louise Penny
The Chopin Manuscript - Jeffrey Deaver et al
The Cross & The Switchblade – about a pastor who helps drug addicts in New York, totally inspiring
The Debutante: A Novel by Kathleen Tessaro
The Flirt by Kathleen Tessaro
'The Gate House', Nelson DeMille. a ten year or so sequel to 'The Gold Coast', although I still think DeMille's best was 'Up Country'.
The Girls Guide to Homemaking, Amy Bratley
The Happiness Project: Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Immortal LIfe of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Slkoot
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington - Jennet Conant
The Island of adventure, Enid Blyton
The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Lady in the Van– Alan Bennet
The Letter by Richard Paul Evans
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The lost art of walking by Geoff Nicholson
The Lost City of Z by David Grann a journalist discovers the secret of the disappearance of an English archaeologist and his son who disappeared in Brazil in the 1920s.
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
The Piano Teacher, Jodi Piccoult
The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie O’Martian
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
The Shack – William P Young – awesome! And a good read for people who are on the edge of faith too
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer
The To-Do List – Mike Gayle
The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennet
The year 1000: what life was like at the turn of the first millennium: an Englishman's world /by Lacey, Robert.
Those who save us, Jenna Blum
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
Truth about Melody Browne, Lisa Jewell
Twilight saga, Stephanie Meyer
Vox by Nicholson Baker
War of Flowers by Tad Williams
Wish you were here, Mike Gayle.
Wounded Warrior by Lawrence Glazer. Biography of Michigan's youngest elected governor who lost both legs in World War II.
All of these I thought were worthwhile. I also like the Bad Girls of the Bible study series by Liz Curtis Higgs.....Very Bad Girls of the Bible was my favorite followed closely by Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible. That's my list :)!
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
*Girl with the dragon tattoo; girl who kicked the hornets nest and girl who played with fire, Steig Larson
*Little Bee by Chris Cleave
*Sarah's Key, Jodi Piccoult
*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
*The Christmas Box Miracle by Richard Paul Evans
*Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
A Fatal Grace - by Louise Penny
A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans
A Still Life - by Louise Penny
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon
A Touch of Frost by R.D. Wingfield
Abigail Adams - A Life - Woody Holton
Absalom, Absalom! The Corrected Text by William Faulkner
Always Looking Up, Michael J Fox
An Irish Country Doctor - by Patrick Taylor
An island called home; returning to Jewish Cuba
Atlas shrugged, Ayn Rand
Books by Kathy Reichs
Books written by Leo Buscaglia.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Born to Run by Christopher McDougal
Bowling Across America by Mike Walsh
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, by Bruce Pegg. A well researched biography of Chuck Berry. It details how a poor black man from the mid-West invented rock and roll and changed culture forever. Along the way, it sheds light on his financial and legal problems, as well as his sexual perversions. Brilliant and true!
Chasing the Dragon – Autobiography of Jackie Pullinger, evangelist in Hong Kong – inspiring
Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman
Churchill’s Wit, Richard M. Langworth <
Copper Bracelet - Jeffrey Deaver et al
Corporate by Guy Cranswick (http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/GuyCranswickCorporate.htm
Country Driving by Peter Hessler. Drivers and roads in China and life in a village and a factory town.
Crazy Love - by Francis Chan
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin
Elegance Kathleen Tessaro
Eleven Minutes: A Novel by Paulo Coelho
Elizabeth George / PD James phase
Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Faerie Door by B.E. Maxwell- I read it to the kids every night at bedtime.
FATHERS AND SONS, Turgenev. I remember enjoying the character of Bazarov (sp?) a great deal.
Field notes from a catastrophe, Elizabeth Kolbert
FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk. I loved that. I might read it again.
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
Forgotten Garden by Kate Moreton. It was awesome! It is about 500 pages. It is written from three different time periods, from a little 4 year old girl left alone on a dock to the girl being a grandmother and her granddaughter taking over the search for finding her roots. I loved the whole thing!
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Frost at Christmas by R.D. Wingfield
Half-Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls. The author of The Glass Castle tells the story of her grandmother who grew up in the West and became a schoolteacher at 15.
Hard Frost by R.D. Wingfield
He loves me – Wayne Jabobsen – about living in and really knowing Gods love (not a novel…)
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
House Rules, Jodi Piccoult
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - This should be required reading for every human being.
I think I love you; by Allison Pearson
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Paperback)~ Michael Pollan
Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious F
June Bug by Chris Fabry
Just Cause by John Katzenbach
Lake of Sorrows and Haunted Ground by Erin Hart; these involve the bogs in Ireland which I found especially fascinating!
Last Chance Saloon, Marion Keyes
Last Words
Lift - Kelly Corrigan
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Men and other mammals, Jim Keeble
Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax bios both by Jane Leavey
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Moab is my washpot, Stephen Fry
Mum on the Run, Fiona Gibson
My Sisters Keeper, Jodi Piccoult
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Piccoult
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton.
Patriot Games, Tom Clancy. Interesting story but quite heavy going.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett,
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pyrrates by George McDonald Fraser
Queenan Country, by Joe Queenan
Ravenscar Trilogy by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Recipes for a perfect marriage: a novel by Morag Prunty.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers – a novel, based loosely on the book of Hosea. Good for conversation – we did it in our book club. It is a love story and although does refer to conversations with God is not so full on! I loved it though…
Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. I think it is a must read for all Catholics!
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards
Restoring Grade, Katie Fforde
Rock of Ages, (History of Rock n Roll)
Room for Love, Andrea Meyer
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us
Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
Stupid White Men, MIchael Moore.
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /by Steven D. Levitt
Survival of the sickest by Sharon Moalem. He is an evolutionary biologist and neurogeniticist. Pretty interesting twist on things with an easily digestible style.
Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult.
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
The American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Baptism of Billy Bean by Roger Allen Skipper was a great read.
The Beach House by James Patterson. It's a perfect summer read! It's a murder mystery that takes place in the Hamptons
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. By Junot DÃaz
The Brutal Telling - by Louise Penny
The Chopin Manuscript - Jeffrey Deaver et al
The Cross & The Switchblade – about a pastor who helps drug addicts in New York, totally inspiring
The Debutante: A Novel by Kathleen Tessaro
The Flirt by Kathleen Tessaro
'The Gate House', Nelson DeMille. a ten year or so sequel to 'The Gold Coast', although I still think DeMille's best was 'Up Country'.
The Girls Guide to Homemaking, Amy Bratley
The Happiness Project: Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Immortal LIfe of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Slkoot
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington - Jennet Conant
The Island of adventure, Enid Blyton
The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Lady in the Van– Alan Bennet
The Letter by Richard Paul Evans
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The lost art of walking by Geoff Nicholson
The Lost City of Z by David Grann a journalist discovers the secret of the disappearance of an English archaeologist and his son who disappeared in Brazil in the 1920s.
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
The Piano Teacher, Jodi Piccoult
The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie O’Martian
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
The Shack – William P Young – awesome! And a good read for people who are on the edge of faith too
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer
The To-Do List – Mike Gayle
The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennet
The year 1000: what life was like at the turn of the first millennium: an Englishman's world /by Lacey, Robert.
Those who save us, Jenna Blum
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
Truth about Melody Browne, Lisa Jewell
Twilight saga, Stephanie Meyer
Vox by Nicholson Baker
War of Flowers by Tad Williams
Wish you were here, Mike Gayle.
Wounded Warrior by Lawrence Glazer. Biography of Michigan's youngest elected governor who lost both legs in World War II.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
In Our Backyard by Nita Belles (this one is on domestic human trafficking and I've actually met the author--she's from Oregon)
Growing Grateful Kids by Susie Larson Six Ways to Keep the Little in Your Girl by Dannah Gresh
All of these I thought were worthwhile. I also like the Bad Girls of the Bible study series by Liz Curtis Higgs.....Very Bad Girls of the Bible was my favorite followed closely by Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible. That's my list :)!
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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