For my 2009 Reading Challenges, I wanted a separate page to list the completed books for each of the challenges that I’m participating in. The list will reference the books & their reviews…
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Desire & Deceit by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
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Peony In Love by Lisa See
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The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
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This One is Mine by Maria Semple
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Undress Me In The Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
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This is Water by David Foster Wallace
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Keeper of Light and Dust by Natasha Mostert
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Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
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Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
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Follow Me by Joanna Scott
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8th Confession by James Patterson
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B as in Beauty by Alberto Ferreras
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Up At The College by Michele Andrea Bowen
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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
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Disquiet by Julia Leigh
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The Prosecution Rests by The Mystery Writers of America and Linda Fairstein
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa Se
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Edgewise by Jan Stites
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Fire Me by Libby Malin
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Who Made You a Princess? by Shelley Adina
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Five Things I Can’t Live Without by Holly Shumas
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Atonement by Ian McEwan
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
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The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
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Finding Grace by Donna Van Liere
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Mrs. Perfect by Jane Porter
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The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
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Cradle and All by James Patterson
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Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham/Bill Surie
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Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton
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It’s All About Us by Shelley Adina
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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
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Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter
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A Total Waste of Makeup by Kim Gruenenfelder
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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April & Oliver by Tess Callahan
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Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life & Love in Paris by Vanina Marsot
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Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home by Thelma A. Meyer
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20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
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Misery Loves Cabernet by Kim Gruenenfelder
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The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
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The Host by Stephanie Meyer
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Coventry by Helen Humphreys
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The Miracle Girls by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
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Sunnyside Blues by Mary Carter
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The Frog Prince by Jane Porter
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The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina
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Be Strong & Curvaceous by Shelley Adina
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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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Beach Trip by Cathy Holton
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Easy On The Eyes by Jane Porter
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The Lie by Fredrica Wagman
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Somebody Else’s Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
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Girls In Trucks by Katie Crouch
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The Adventures of Snip In Oregon by Betty S. Moir
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
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The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes
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Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen
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Hollywood Is Like High School With Money by Zoey Dean
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The Wish Maker by Ali Sethi
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows
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Mommywood by Tori Spelling
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Still Alice by Lisa Genova
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The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark
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Center of the Universe by Nancy Bachrach
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Beach House by Jane Green
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I’m So Happy For You by Lucinda Rosenfeld
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Tour de Force: A Love Story by Elizabeth White
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This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
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The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven
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Wife of The Gods by Kwei Quartey
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The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
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The Embers by Hyatt Bass
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House & Home by Kathleen McCleary
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The Magicians by Lev Grossman
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Italian For Beginners by Kristen Harmel
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The PeTA Practical Guide to Animal Rights by Ingrid Newkirk
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More Than It Hurts You by Darin Strauss
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Love The One You’re With by Emily Giffin
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Just Between You and Me by Jenny B. Jones
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The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
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The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha
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Lottery by Patricia Wood
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Tidings of Great Boys by Shelley Adina
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
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After You by Julie Buxbaum
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
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Spice Up Your Life by Bindu Grandhi
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Tidings of Great Boys by Shelley Adina
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Karma For Beginners by Jessica Blank
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She’ll Take It by Mary Carter
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Woof! edited by Lee Montgomery
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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
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Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
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DreamFever by Karen Marie Moning
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Miracle Girls #3: A Little Help From My Friends by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
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A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer
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Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart
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What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
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Something Blue by Emily Giffin
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Pretty In Plaid by Jen Lancaster
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The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah
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Eat Your Feelings: Recipes For Self Loathing by Heather Whaley
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Fall to Pieces by Mary Forsberg Weiland
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Last Night In Twisted River by John Irving
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Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
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The 6-Week Cure for the Middle Aged Middle by Drs. Eade
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When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
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The Liars Club
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Everything Sucks!
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The Secret Garden
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SuperFreakanomics
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Hotel On The Corner of Bitter & Sweet
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The Opposite of Love
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A Year of Cats & Dogs
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Everything Sucks
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Roses by Leila Meacham
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Book of Matthew
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Book of Mark
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Book of Luke
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Book of John
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Acts
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Peony in Love by Lisa See
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Atonement by Ian McEwan
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The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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Mommywood by Tori Spelling
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Love The One You’re With by Emily Giffin
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Lottery by Patricia Wood
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Cathching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
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Something Blue by Emily Giffin
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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
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DreamFever by Karen Marie Moning
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Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart
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Pretty In Plaid by Jen Lancaster
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
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Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
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The Secret Garden
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SuperFreakanomics
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The Opposite of Love
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2. Wuthering Heights
3. East of Eden
4. Bel Canto
5. Little Women
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1. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. Gilead
3. Beloved
4. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. East of Eden
6. Half of A Yellow Sun
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COMPLETED CHALLENGES
THE RULES OF THE CHALLENGE: 1. Challenge runs from September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. 2. Read 5 books/pieces of literature that have been made into movies. 3. Then watch at least 2 of the movie adaptations of the works you read.
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Love In the Time of Cholera - Read, watched film & reviewed both
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The Kite Runner - Read, watched film and reviewed.
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The Road - Read and reviewed.
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The Reader - Read and reviewed. Watched movie & reviewed.
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates – Read and reviewed
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Love in the The Time of Cholera (August) Nobel Prize
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (September) Nobel Prize & Chubb Fellowship Award
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The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (December) Boeke Prize & Alex Award
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The Glass Castle: Jeannette Walls (December) Alex Award
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The Road, Cormac McCarthy - (December) James Tait Black Memorial Prize & Pulitzer Prize
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Life of Pi, Yann Martell (January) Man Booker Prize
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (January) National Book Critics Circle Award & Pulitzer Prize
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Of Mice & Men, J. Steinbeck (February) Nobel Prize
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Feburary) Pulitzer Prize, Public Library Literary Award & Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Atonement by Ian McEwan (National Book Critics Circle Award)
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt (National Book Critics Circle Award & Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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Desire & Deceit by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
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Peony In Love by Lisa See
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The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
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This One is Mine by Maria Semple
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Undress Me In The Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
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This is Water by David Foster Wallace
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Keeper of Light and Dust by Natasha Mostert
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Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
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Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
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Follow Me by Joanna Scott
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8th Confession by James Patterson
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B as in Beauty by Alberto Ferreras
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Up At The College by Michele Andrea Bowen
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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
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Disquiet by Julia Leigh
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The Prosecution Rests by The Mystery Writers of America and Linda Fairstein
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
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Edgewise by Jan Stites
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Fire Me by Libby Malin
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Who Made You A Princess? by Shelley Adina
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Five Things I Can’t Live Without by Holly Shumas
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Atonement by Ian McEwan
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
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The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
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Finding Grace by Donna VanLiere
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Mrs. Perfect by Jane Porter
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The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
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Cradle and All by James Patterson
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Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham/Bill Surie
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Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton
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