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1brenpike
Back for a fifth year. . .
January, 2015
1. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire Peter Stark
2. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
3. Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Carl Hoffman
4. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
5. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
6. Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger
7. Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of An Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II Vicki Constantine Croke
8. The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
9. Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford
10. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
11. The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy
12. An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro
13. The Photograph Penelope Lively
14. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
February, 2015
15. Washington Square Henry James
16. Vile Bodies Evelyn Waugh
17. The Turn of the Screw Henry James
18. Fingersmith Sarah Waters
19. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Kara Cooney
20. When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II Molly Guptill Manning
21. Moon Tiger Penelope Lively
22. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Jeff Hobbs
23. The Loved One Evelyn Waugh
24. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
25. Scoop Evelyn Waugh
March, 2015
26. My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier
27. Canada Richard Ford
28. The City & The City China Mieville
29. Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island Will Harlan
30. Us David Nicholls
31. Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters Jane Dunn
32. The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Alexandra Fuller
33. Strange Fruit Lillian Smith
34. Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller
35. How to be both Ali Smith
36. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Scott Douglas
April, 2015
37. The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich
38. A God in Every Stone Kamila Shamsie
39. The Game of Silence Louise Erdrich
40. The Paying Guests Sarah Waters
41. The Lie Helen Dunmore
42. The Porcupine Year Louise Erdrich
43. The Master Butcher's Singing Club Louise Erdrich
44. Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Glenn Kurtz
45. Theatre W.Somerset Maugham
46. Chickadee Louise Erdrich
47. The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter
May, 2015
48. Euphoria Lily King
49. I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith
50. Time's Arrow Martin Amis
51. The Millstone Margaret Drabble
52. Outline Rachel Cusk
53. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
54. Outlaws Javier Cercas
55. The Bees Laline Paull
56. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Erik Larson
57. Main Street Sinclair Lewis
58. Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis
59. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Jon Krakauer
60. Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis
June, 2015
61. The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress Beryl Bainbridge
62. The Gravity of Birds Tracy Guzeman
63. The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner
64. The Architect's Apprentice Elif Safak
65. These Hands Margaret Mason & Floyd Cooper
66. The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time Jonathan Kozol
67. Spark of Life Erich Remarque
68. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past Jennifer Teege, Nikola Sellmair
69. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History Cynthia Barnett
70. Earthly Powers Anthony Burgess
July, 2015
71. The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald
72. Albert Angelo B.S. Johnson
73. The Nightingale Kristen Hannah
74. A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson
75. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
76. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Brian Murphy
77. Orhan's Inheritance Aline Ohanesian
78. Green on Blue Elliot Ackerman
79. Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Jill Leovy
80. The Dog Stars Peter Heller
81. Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
82. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf
83. in the Unlikely Event Judy Blume
84. The Stranger Albert Camus
85. The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud
86. The Watch Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
87. The Wright Brothers David McCullough
88. Grandma Gatewood's Walk Ben Montgomery
89. To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
August, 2015
90. The Green Road Anne Enright
91. The Illuminations Andrew O'Hagan
92. Something Special Iris Murdoch
93. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry Mc Murtry
94. The Moor's Account Laila Lalami
95. Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene
96. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
97. Inside the O'Briens Lisa Genova
98. The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma
99. Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee
100. Sleeping on Jupiter Anuradha Roy
101. Deaths on Pleasant Street Giles Fowler
102. The Year of the Runaways Sunjeev Sahota
103. No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes Anand Gopal
104. A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
105. A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
September, 2015
106. The Nature of the Beast Louise Penny
107. Did You Ever Have a Family Bill Clegg
108. Lila Marilynne Robinson
109. Man V. Nature Diane Cook
110. The Long Song Andrea Levy
111. The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream Katharine Norbury
112. The Iceberg Marion Coutts
113. Oreo Fran Ross
114. Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie
115. Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O'Connor
116. The Chimes Anna Smaill
October, 2015
117. Blood Done Sign My Name Timothy Tyson
118. The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman
119. The Arrival - Shaun Tan
120. Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
121. The Betrayal - Helen Dunmore
122. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland Sarah Moss
123. The Small Backs of Children Lidia Yuknavitch
124. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
125. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Henry Marsh
126. Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher
127. M Train Patti Smith
128. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
129. The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis Simon Goodman
130. Robert Frost's New England Betsy & Tom Melvin
November, 2015
131. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
132. Any Human Heart William Boyd
133. The Ministry of Pain Dubravka Ugrešić
134. For Rouenna Sigrid Nunez
135. My Age of Anxiety Scott Stossel
136. The Blue Guitar John Banville
136. Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
137. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Svetlana Alexievich
138. Sweet Caress William Boyd
139. Until Further Notice, I Am Alive Tom Lubbock
140. The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster
141. Bodies of Light Sarah Moss
142. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
143. The Nobodies Album Carolyn Parkhurst
144. Undermajordomo Minor Patrick deWitt
145. Bird Cloud Annie Proulx
December, 2015
146. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson
147. Homer & Langley E.L. Doctorow
148. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante
149. A Damsel in Distress P.G. Wodehouse
150. Giving Up the Ghost Hilary Mantel
151. Fifteen Dogs André Alexis
152. The Orenda Joseph Boyden
153. Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love Simran Sethi
154. Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Svetlana Alexievich
155. The Martian Andy Weir
January, 2015
1. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire Peter Stark
2. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
3. Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Carl Hoffman
4. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
5. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
6. Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger
7. Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of An Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II Vicki Constantine Croke
8. The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
9. Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford
10. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
11. The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy
12. An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro
13. The Photograph Penelope Lively
14. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
February, 2015
15. Washington Square Henry James
16. Vile Bodies Evelyn Waugh
17. The Turn of the Screw Henry James
18. Fingersmith Sarah Waters
19. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Kara Cooney
20. When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II Molly Guptill Manning
21. Moon Tiger Penelope Lively
22. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Jeff Hobbs
23. The Loved One Evelyn Waugh
24. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
25. Scoop Evelyn Waugh
March, 2015
26. My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier
27. Canada Richard Ford
28. The City & The City China Mieville
29. Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island Will Harlan
30. Us David Nicholls
31. Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters Jane Dunn
32. The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Alexandra Fuller
33. Strange Fruit Lillian Smith
34. Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller
35. How to be both Ali Smith
36. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Scott Douglas
April, 2015
37. The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich
38. A God in Every Stone Kamila Shamsie
39. The Game of Silence Louise Erdrich
40. The Paying Guests Sarah Waters
41. The Lie Helen Dunmore
42. The Porcupine Year Louise Erdrich
43. The Master Butcher's Singing Club Louise Erdrich
44. Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Glenn Kurtz
45. Theatre W.Somerset Maugham
46. Chickadee Louise Erdrich
47. The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter
May, 2015
48. Euphoria Lily King
49. I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith
50. Time's Arrow Martin Amis
51. The Millstone Margaret Drabble
52. Outline Rachel Cusk
53. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
54. Outlaws Javier Cercas
55. The Bees Laline Paull
56. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Erik Larson
57. Main Street Sinclair Lewis
58. Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis
59. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Jon Krakauer
60. Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis
June, 2015
61. The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress Beryl Bainbridge
62. The Gravity of Birds Tracy Guzeman
63. The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner
64. The Architect's Apprentice Elif Safak
65. These Hands Margaret Mason & Floyd Cooper
66. The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time Jonathan Kozol
67. Spark of Life Erich Remarque
68. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past Jennifer Teege, Nikola Sellmair
69. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History Cynthia Barnett
70. Earthly Powers Anthony Burgess
July, 2015
71. The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald
72. Albert Angelo B.S. Johnson
73. The Nightingale Kristen Hannah
74. A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson
75. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
76. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Brian Murphy
77. Orhan's Inheritance Aline Ohanesian
78. Green on Blue Elliot Ackerman
79. Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Jill Leovy
80. The Dog Stars Peter Heller
81. Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
82. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf
83. in the Unlikely Event Judy Blume
84. The Stranger Albert Camus
85. The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud
86. The Watch Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
87. The Wright Brothers David McCullough
88. Grandma Gatewood's Walk Ben Montgomery
89. To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
August, 2015
90. The Green Road Anne Enright
91. The Illuminations Andrew O'Hagan
92. Something Special Iris Murdoch
93. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry Mc Murtry
94. The Moor's Account Laila Lalami
95. Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene
96. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
97. Inside the O'Briens Lisa Genova
98. The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma
99. Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee
100. Sleeping on Jupiter Anuradha Roy
101. Deaths on Pleasant Street Giles Fowler
102. The Year of the Runaways Sunjeev Sahota
103. No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes Anand Gopal
104. A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
105. A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
September, 2015
106. The Nature of the Beast Louise Penny
107. Did You Ever Have a Family Bill Clegg
108. Lila Marilynne Robinson
109. Man V. Nature Diane Cook
110. The Long Song Andrea Levy
111. The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream Katharine Norbury
112. The Iceberg Marion Coutts
113. Oreo Fran Ross
114. Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie
115. Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O'Connor
116. The Chimes Anna Smaill
October, 2015
117. Blood Done Sign My Name Timothy Tyson
118. The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman
119. The Arrival - Shaun Tan
120. Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
121. The Betrayal - Helen Dunmore
122. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland Sarah Moss
123. The Small Backs of Children Lidia Yuknavitch
124. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
125. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Henry Marsh
126. Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher
127. M Train Patti Smith
128. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
129. The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis Simon Goodman
130. Robert Frost's New England Betsy & Tom Melvin
November, 2015
131. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
132. Any Human Heart William Boyd
133. The Ministry of Pain Dubravka Ugrešić
134. For Rouenna Sigrid Nunez
135. My Age of Anxiety Scott Stossel
136. The Blue Guitar John Banville
136. Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
137. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Svetlana Alexievich
138. Sweet Caress William Boyd
139. Until Further Notice, I Am Alive Tom Lubbock
140. The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster
141. Bodies of Light Sarah Moss
142. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
143. The Nobodies Album Carolyn Parkhurst
144. Undermajordomo Minor Patrick deWitt
145. Bird Cloud Annie Proulx
December, 2015
146. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson
147. Homer & Langley E.L. Doctorow
148. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante
149. A Damsel in Distress P.G. Wodehouse
150. Giving Up the Ghost Hilary Mantel
151. Fifteen Dogs André Alexis
152. The Orenda Joseph Boyden
153. Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love Simran Sethi
154. Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Svetlana Alexievich
155. The Martian Andy Weir
8Donna828
Found you, Brenda, not that you were hiding! I will be watching your list grow. If you like/love a book, could you give me a little clue? Otherwise, how will I know which ones to read? ;-)
9brenpike
Hey Donna. . . I really liked Station Eleven, but wait, you've already read that one :0
10billiejean
Happy New Year!
12ronincats
I bought Station Eleven on New Year's Day and will undoubtedly be reading it soon, so I'm glad you liked it.
13sjmccreary
Happy New Year, Brenda!
15AnneDC
Hi Brenda and thanks for finding my thread! You've read some wonderful books in January, including a couple of my all-time favorites and several that are waiting patiently for attention.
16Whisper1
Thanks!!!!!!!! A wonderful package arrived yesterday. I cannot tell you how much it cheered me! I'm struggling with pain issues for the last few weeks.
I thank you in deep appreciation. You know me so well!
I thank you in deep appreciation. You know me so well!
