FINE LITERATURE TO INSPIRE AND ENJOY
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Abuelaish, Izzeldin
Angelou, Maya
Beah, Ishmael
Boukreev, Anatoli
Brooks, Geraldine
Chang, Jung
Davis, Kenneth C.
Eggers, Dave
Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
Haley, Alex
Kahn, Leon
Krakauer, Jon
Krakauer, Jon
Krakauer, Jon
Levine, Noah
Mah, Adeline Yen
Mandela, Nelson
Mayes , Frances
McCourt, Frank
Mezrich, Ben
Mortenson, Greg
Osborne, Frances
Slovo, Gillian
Souad
Taylor (Ph.D.), Jill Bolte
Ung, Luong
Walls, Jeannette
Wright, Richard
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I Shall Not Hate
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Nine Parts of Desire
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Don’t Know Much About Geography
Zeitoun
The Motorcycle Diaries
Roots
No Time to Mourn
Into the Wild
Into Thin Air
Under the Banner of Heaven
Dharma Punx
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted
Chinese Daughter
A Long Walk to Freedom
Under the Tuscan Sun
Angela’s Ashes
Bringing Down the House: The True Story of Six
MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Three Cups of Tea
Lilla’s Feast
Every Secret Thing, My Family, My Country
Burned Alive: A Survivor of an “Honor Killing”
Speaks Out
My Stroke of Insight
First They Killed My Father
The Glass Castle
Black Boy
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Half of a Yellow Sun
The White Tiger
Brick Lane
City of the Beasts
Daughter of Fortune
Inés of my Soul
Island Beneath the Sea
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
In the Time of the Butterflies
The Blood of Flowers
Kane and Abel
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Penelopiad
1960s/Nigeria/Biafra War
Caste System/Corruption/India
Romance/Arranged Marriage/England
Fantasy/Amazon River
Adventure/Gold Rush
16th C/South America/Immigrantss
18th C/Caribbean/Adventure
Coming of Age/Immigrantss/Siblings
1800s/Dominican Republic
17th C/Persia/Family
Family/Revenge
Classic/SF/Dystopia
Classic/Greek Myth retold
FICTION
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Adichi, Chimamanda Ngozi
Adiga, Aravind
Ali, Monica
Allende, Isabel
Allende, Isabel
Allende, Isabel
Allende, Isabel
Alvarez, Julia
Alvarez, Julia
Amirrezvani, Anita
Archer, Jeffrey
Atwood, Margaret
Atwood, Margaret
September 2012
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Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
Bacon, Charlotte
Badami, Anita Rau
Badami, Anita Rau
Badami, Anita Rau
Barbery, Muriel
Boyden, Joseph
Boyden, Joseph
Bray, Libba
Brockmeier, Kevin
Brontë, Anne
Brontë, Charlotte
Brontë, Emily
Brooks, Geraldine
Brooks, Martha
Brown, Dan
Brown, Dan
Brown, Dan
Brown, Dan
Camus, Albert
Caroll, Lewis
Chaon, Dan
Chevalier, Tracy
Chevalier, Tracy
Chevalier, Tracy
Choy, Wayson
Christie, Agatha
Cleave, Chris
Coelho, Paulo
Coelho, Paulo
Collins, Wilkie
Coupland, Douglas
Coupland, Douglas
Davidson, Andrew
Davies, Robertson
Day, Frank Parker
DeLillo, Don
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Donnelly, Jennifer
Donnelly, Jennifer
du Maurier, Daphne
Dumas, Alexandre
Dunant, Sarah
Dunant, Sarah
Findley, Timothy
Findley, Timothy
Finlay, Jamieson
Fitch, Janet
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flagg, Fannie
Flaubert, Gustave
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Ford, Jamie
Forman, Gayle
Forster, E.M.
Fowles, John
September 2012
Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
There is Room for You
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
Hero’s Walk
Tell it to the Trees
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Three Day Road
Through Black Spruce
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Brief History of the Dead
Agnes Grey
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
Angels and Demons
Da Vinci Code
Digital Fortress
The Lost Symbol
The Outsider
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Await Your Reply
Burning Bright
The Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Jade Peony
And Then There Were None
Little Bee
The Alchemist
The Valkyries
The Woman in White
Girlfriend in a Coma
Hey Nostradamus!
The Gargoyle
Fifth Business
Rockbound
End Zone
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
A Northern Light
Revolution
Rule Britannia
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Birth of Venus
In the Company of the Courtesan
Not Wanted on the Voyage
The Wars
The Blue Roan Child
White Oleander
The Great Gatsby
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
Madame Bovary
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Everything is Illuminated
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
If I Stay
A Room with a View
The Collector
Classic/Victorian Era/Romance
Classic/Victorian Era/Sisters
Classic/Victorian Era/Romance
Travel/India/Grieving
Immigrants/Sikh
India/Orphans
Murder/Child Abuse
Paris/Humour
WW II/Snipers
First Nations/Canadian Wilderness
Mystery/Victorian/Supernatural
Fantasy/Afterlife
Classic/Governess/19th C/England
Classic/Governess/19th C/England
Classic/Romance/19th C/England
England/17th C/Friendship
Teen/Drama/Coming of Age
Mystery/Action/Adventure/Thriller
Mystery/Action/Adventure/Thriller
Action/Adventure/Techno Thriller
Mystery/Action/Adventure/Thriller
Classic/Murder/Existentialism
Classic/Fantasy/Alternate World
Mystery/Suspense
Teen/London/18th C
Netherlands/17th C/Art
Belguim/15th C/Tapestry
Family/Chinatown/Vancouver
Mystery/Murder/British
Nigeria/Refugees/Friendship
Allegory
Angels
Classic/Mystery/19th C
Teen/Coming of Age/Death
Teen Pregnancy/Relationships
Drama/Reincarnation/Romance
Classic/Coming of Age
20th C/Nova Scotia/Survival
Football/War/Destruction
French Revolution/Father & Daughter
19th C/England/Coming of Age
Mystery/1900s/NY/Coming of Age
French Revolution/Diary
SF/Family
Classic/Pirates/19th C
Forbidden Love/15th C/Florence
Venice/16th C/Prostitution
Classic/Noah’s Ark
WW I/Psychological Drama
Fantasy/Orphans/Horses
Murder/Family/Foster Care
Classic/20th C/Relationships
Friendship/Drama
Classic/Forbidden Love/19th C/France
Family/Sept 11/Grief & Loss
WW II/Ukraine/Jewish Families
WW II/Japanese Americans
Teen/Afterlife/Death/Relationships
Classic/19th C/Romance
Classic/Thriller/Kidnapping
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Galloway, Steven
García Márquez, Gabriel
García Márquez, Gabriel
Garcia, Christina
Garcia, K & M. Stohl
Gavin, Jamila
Ghosh, Amitav
Gibb, Camilla
Gibb, Camilla
Gibbons, Kaye
Golden, Arthur
Goto, Hiromi
Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
Grahame, Kenneth
Gregory, Philippa
Gruen, Sara
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Love in the Time of Cholera
Dreaming in Cuban
Beautiful Creatures
The Blood Stone
The Glass Palace
Sweetness in the Belly
The Beauty of Humanity Movement
Ellen Foster
Memoirs of a Geisha
Half World
Secret Daughter
The Wind in the Willows
The Other Boleyn Girl
Water for Elephants
Yugoslavia War/Snipers
Revenge/Murder/Colombia
Drama/Romance/Colombia
Drama/Cuba/Family Relationships
Fantasy/Supernatural
Teen/Adventure/17th C India/Venice
Burma/20th C/Colonialism
Friendship/Islam/Ethiopia
War/Vietnam/Friendship
Coming of Age/Orphans
Japan/20th C/Coming of Age
Fantasy/Mother & Daughter
Adoption/Family
Classic/Fantasy/Animal
16th C/England/King Henry VIII
Circus/20th C/Romance
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Hamilton, Jane
Hill, Lawrence
Hobb, Robin
Hobb, Robin
Hobb, Robin
Hornby, Nick
Hornby, Nick
Hosseini, Khaled
Ibbotson, Eva
Irving, John
Irving, John
Jacobs, Kate
Jinks, Catherine
Johnston, Wayne
Jordan, Robert
Kalogridis, Jeanne
Kayson, Susanna
Khadra, Yasmina
King, Thomas
Kingsolver, Barbara
Kingsolver, Barbara
Kingsolver, Barbara
Kinsella, W.P.
Kwok, Helen
L’Engle, Madeleine
Laurence, Margaret
Lawrenson, Deborah
Lawson, Mary
Lee, Sky
Levy, Andrea
Livingstone, Lesley
Loh, Vyvyanne
Lynch, Jim
MacDonald, Ann-Marie
MacLeod, Alistair
Maguire, Gregory
Book of Ruth
The Book of Negroes
Ship of Magic (1)
Mad Ship (2)
Ship of Destiny (3)
How to be Good
Slam
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Morning Gift
A Widow for One Year
The World According to Garp
The Friday Night Knitting Club
Evil Genius
Navigator of New York
The Eye of the World
The Borgia Bride
Girl, Interrupted
Swallows of Kabul
Medicine River
The Bean Trees
The Poisonwood Bible
Prodigal Summer
Shoeless Joe
The Concubine’s Daughter: A Hong Kong Story
The Moon by Night
The Stone Angel
The Lantern
Crow Lake
Disappearing Moon Café
Small Island
Wondrous Strange
Breaking the Tongue
The Highest Tide
Fall on your Knees
No Great Mischief
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch
of the West
Life of Pi
A Game of Thrones (1)
A Clash of Kings (2)
A Storm of Swords (3)
I Am Legend
Cut
Mother & Daughter/Small Town Life
Coming of Age/18th C/Slavery
Fantasy/Magic/Sea Adventure
Fantasy/Magic/Sea Adventure
Fantasy/Magic/Sea Adventure
Family Relations/Humour
Teen/Pregnancy
Afghanistan/Families
Teen/Romance/Holocaust
Drama/Romance/Grief
Humour/Mother & Son/USA
Friendship/Family
Adventure/Crime/High School
Adventure/Polar Exploration
Fantasy/Adventure/Magic
Family/15th C/Italy
Mental Illness/Coming of Age
Women/Afghanistan
Drama/First Nations
Coming of Age/Adoption
Missionaries/Congo/Abuse
Family Relationships
Sports/Baseball
Drama/Immigrants
Teen/Adventure
Coming of Age
Gothic Romance/Jealousy
Coming of Age/Family
Racism/19th C/Vancouver
Immigrants/England
Fantasy/Faeries/Acting
Coming of Age/WW II/Singapore
Teen/Coming of Age/Environment
Family/Child Abuse (MACD)
Family/Brothers (MACL)
Fantasy/Witches/Coming of Age
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Survival/Sea Adventure/Fantasy
Fantasy/Magic/Adventure
Fantasy/Magic/Adventure
Fantasy/Magic/Adventure
SF/Horror
Teen/Mental Illness (MACC)
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Martel, Yann
Martin, George R.R.
Martin, George R.R.
Martin, George R.R.
Matheson, Richard
McCormick, Patricia
September 2012
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McIntosh, Fiona
McIntosh, Fiona
McIntosh, Fiona
McKay, Ami
McKay, Sharon E.
McMillan, Terry
Meloy, Colin
Messud, Claire
Mistry, Rohinton
Mitchell, W.O.
Mones, Nicole
Moore, Lisa
Morgan, Robert
Morgenstern, Erin
Morrissey, Donna
Morrisson, Toni
Morton, Kate
Mosionier, Beatrice
Mosse, Kate
Murakami, Haruki
Murakami, Haruki
Némirovsky, Irène
Niffenegger, Audrey
Niffenegger, Audrey
Olsen, Sylvia
Ondaatje, Michael
Ondaatje, Michael
Ondaatje, Michael
Ondaatje, Michael
Palma, Felix, J.
Paolini, Christopher
Paolini, Christopher
Paolini, Christopher
Patchett, Ann
Peet, Mal
Picoult, Jodi
Picoult, Jodi
Picoult, Jodi
Pullinger, Kate
Pullman, Philip
Pullman, Philip
Pullman, Philip
Puzo, Mario
Redfield, James
Renault, Mary
Renault, Mary
Rhys, Jean
Ricci, Nino
Roberts, Gregory David
Robertson, Ray
Robinson, Eden
Rozan, S.J.
Ruiz Zafòn, Carlos
Ruiz Zafòn, Carlos
Salvatore, R.A.
Saramago, José
Schlink, Bernhard
Scott, Michael
Sebold, Alice
September 2012
Myrren’s Gift (1) (The Quickening)
Blood and Memory (2) (The Quickening)
Bridge of Souls (3) (The Quickening)
The Birth House
Thunder over Kandahar
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1
The Emperor’s Children
Family Matters
Who Has Seen the Wind
The Last Chinese Chef
Alligator
Gap Creek
The Night Circus
Downhill Chance
Beloved
The Forgotten Garden
In Search of April Raintree
Labyrinth
A Wild Sheep Chase
Sputnik Sweetheart
Suite Française
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Her Fearful Symmetry
White Girl
Anil’s Ghost
Divisadero
The English Patient
The Cat’s Table
The Map of Time
Eragon (1)
Eldest (2)
Brisingr(3)
Bel Canto
Tamar
Handle with Care
My Sister’s Keeper
Nineteen Minutes
The Mistress of Nothing
The Golden Compass (1)
The Subtle Knife (2)
The Amber Spyglass (3)
The Godfather
Celestine Prophecy
The Bull from the Sea
The Last of the Wine
Wide Sargasso Sea
Lives of the Saints
Shantaram
What Happened Later
Monkey Beach
China Trade
The Angel’s Game
The Shadow of the Wind
Homeland
Blindness
The Reader
The Alchemyst (1) (The Secrets of the Immortal
Nicholas Flamel)
The Lovely Bones
Fantasy/Adventure (MACI)
Fantasy/Adventure (MACI)
Fantasy/Adventure (MACI)
Family/Nova Scotia (MACK)
Afghanistan/War/Drama (MACK)
Romance/Jamaica (MACM)
Fantasy/Action/Adventure
Friendship/NY
Family/India
Coming of Age/Prairies/20th C
Romance/China/Cooking
Coming of Age/Family
Relationships/Marriage
Fantasy/Romance
WW II/Newfoundland
Slaves/African American Women
Gothic Mystery/Orphans
Child Abuse/Sisters
Fantasy/Mystery
Magic Realism/Japanese Fiction
Magic Realism/Japanese Fiction
WW II/France
Romance/Time Travel
Supernatural/Family
Teen/Stepfamilies/Bullying/Racism
Sri Lanka/Forensic Anthropologist
France/Coming of Age/Family
Romance/WW II
Sea Adventure/1950s/Friendship
SF/Fantasy/Mystery/Jack the Ripper
Fantasy/Dragons/Adventure
Fantasy/Dragons/Adventure
Fantasy/Dragons/Adventure
Terrorism/Hostages/Romance
WW II/Netherlands/Resistance
Motherhood/Family/Medical Issue
Sisters/Mother & Daughter/Legal Issue
School Shooting/Family/Bullying
19th C/Egypt/Women/Travel
Fantasy/Adventure/Magic
Fantasy/Adventure/Magic
Fantasy/Adventure/Magic
Mafia/Crime/Action
Adventure/Self Discovery/Spirituality
Greek Myth retold/Adventure
Peloponnesian War/Greece
19th C/Mental Illness/Jane Eyre
Family/20th C/Italy/Social Outcast
Autobiographical/Crime/Bombay
Coming of Age
Coming of Age/Drug Abuse/Siblings
Chinese Gangs/Crime/NY
Gothic Mystery/Supernatural/Spain
Gothic Mystery/Supernatural/Spain
Fantasy/Dark Elf/Adventure
Dystopia/Thriller/Epidemic
Holocaust/Relationships/Love
Fantasy/Magic/Mythology
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See, Lisa
Setterfield, Diana
Shaffer, M & A. Barrows
Shelley, Mary
Shinn, Sharon
Sidhwa, Bapsi
Simon, Rachel
Slade, Arthur
Slipperjack, Ruby
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Stevenson, R.L.
Stoker, Bram
Strasser, Todd
Sundaresan, Indu
Swarup, Vikas
Tan, Amy
Tan, Amy
Tepper, Sheri
Thal, Lilli
Tiffany, Grace
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tsukiyama, Gail
Tyler, Anne
Van Camp, Richard
Van De Ruit
Vanderbes, Jennifer
Vantrease, Brenda R.
Verne, Jules
Vonnegut, Kurt
Vonnegut, Kurt
Walker, Alice
Waters, Sarah
Waters, Sarah
Wells, Rebecca
Willis, Connie
Yoshimoto, Banana
Zamyatin, Yevgeny
Zusak, Markus
September 2012
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Thirteenth Tale
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Frankenstein
The Shape-Changer’s Wife
Water
The Story of Beautiful Girl
Megiddo’s Shadow
Honour the Sun
East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Treasure Island
Dracula
Give a Boy a Gun
The Twentieth Wife
Slumdog Millionaire
The Kitchen God’s Wife
Saving Fish from Drowning
Gate to Women’s Country
Mimus
My Father had a Daughter
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring (1)
The Two Towers (2)
The Return of the King (3)
The Samurai’s Garden
Digging to America
The Lesser Blessed
Spud
Easter Island
The Illuminator
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Cat’s Cradle
The Color Purple
The Little Stranger
The Night Watch
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Passage
Goodbye Tsugumi
We
The Book Thief
19th C/Chinese Culture/Coming of Age
Mystery/Gothic/Friendship
Post WW II/Friendship/England
Scientists/Monsters/Horror
Fantasy/Wizards/Love
Ashrams/India/Widows
Classic/Romance/Disabilities
Teen/WW I/Adventure
Coming of Age/1960s/First Nations
Classic/Siblings/Family/20th C/USA
Classic/Poverty/Depression Era/USA
Classic/Pirates/Action/Adventure
Classic/19th C/Fantasy/Vampires
Teen/School Shooting/Bullying
16th Century/India/Romance
Poverty/Quiz Show/India
Mother & Daughter/Immigrants/China
Kidnapping/Travel/Myanmar
SF/Dystopia/Gender Roles
Teen/Middle Ages/Court Jester
Shakespearan England/Family
Classic/Fantasy/Good vs Evil
Classic/Fantasy/Good vs Evil
Classic/Fantasy/Good vs Evil
Classic/Fantasy/Good vs Evil
WW II/China/Japan/Coming of Age
Family/Immigrants/Multicultural
Teen/Humour/Coming of Age
Humour/Boarding School/South Africa
WW I/Relationships/Anthropology
Middle Ages/England/Romance
Classic/SF/Adventure/Action
Classic/Satire/SF/Humour
Classic/Satire/SF/Humour
African Americans/Abuse/Friendship
Ghost Story/Family/1940s/England
WW II/Friendship/Love
Coming of Age/Southern US/Family
SF/Near Death Experience
Romance/Family/Japan
SF/Dystopia/Russia
WW II/Survival/Holocaust
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