Senior Sleuths

A Cry From the Dark by Barnard
Retirement Homes Are Murder by Befeler
A Slight Trick of the Mind by Cullin
A Christmas Guest by Perry
Murder in Gray and White by Sawyer

Series
Jessica Fletcher/Murder, She Wrote by Bain
Yooper by Baker
Agatha Raisin by Beaton
Biggie Weatherford* by Bell
Mrs. Pargeter by Brett
Mrs. Jeffries by Brightwell
Sister Jane Arnold* by Brown
Kate Kennedy by Charles
Miss Marple by Christie
Morgue Mama by Corwin
Dr. Siri Paiboun by Cotterill
Dorothy Martin by Dams
Ophelia and Abby by Damsgaard
Needlecraft by Ferris
Bryant and May by Fowler
Linda Haggerty by Freydont
Southern Sisters by George
Mrs. Pollifax by Gillman
Gregor DeMarkian by Haddam
Cora Felton by Hall
Puzzle Lady by Hall
Esbeth Walters by Hall
Henry O by Hart
Maxie and Stretch by Henry
Mas Arai by Hirahara
Jeremy Ransom and Emily Charters by Hunter
Passport to Peril by Hunter
Gladdy Gold by Lakin
Rumpole of the Bailey by Mortimer
Antonia Darcy by Raichev
Country House Crime by Raichev
May List by Richard
Martha’s Vineyard by Riggs
Miss Julia by Ross
Thistle and Twigg by Saums
MacLaren Yarbrough by Sprinkle
Thoroughly Southern by Sprinkle
Deets Shanahan by Tierney

Election 2008

A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama, Why He Can't Win by Steele, Shelby (328.73 Ste)
American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama: A Primer by Olive, David (327.73 Oli)
Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle: 366 Ways He Really Cares by Honan, Matthew (817 Hon)
Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics by Dupuis, Martin (B Obama Dup)
Barack Obama: this improbable quest by Wilson, John (328.73 Wil)
Choosing the President 2008: A Citizen's Guide to the Electoral Process (324.7 Cho)
Citizen McCain by Drew, Elizabeth (B McCain)

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Obama, Barack (B Obama)
Election 2008: A Voter's Guide by Foer, Franklin & editors of The New Republic (324.973 Ele)

Faith of My Fathers by McCain, John (B McCain)
Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the New Do-nothing Congress, Companies That Help by Morris, Dick (320.973 Mor)
Free Ride: John McCain and the Media by Brock, David (B McCain Bro)
John McCain: An American Odyssey by Timberg, Robert (B McCain Tim)

Man of the People: the Life of John McCain by Alexander, Paul (B McCain Ale)
Mike's Election Guide 2008 by Moore, Michael (973.9 Moo)
Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality by Corsi, Jerome R. (324.973 Cor)
Obama: From Promise to Power by Mendell, David (B Obama Men)
Promises to Keep by Biden, Joseph (328.73 Bid)
Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down
by Johnson, Kaylene (B Palin Johnson)
The Audacity of Hope: Reclaiming the American Dream by Obama, Barack (306 Oba)
The Case Against the Rise of Barack Obama: the Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate by Freddoso, David (B Obama Fre)
The Faith of Barack Obama by Mansfield, Stephen (B Obama Man)
The Presidential Election Process (324.6 Pre)
The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust him, and Why Independents Shouldn't by Schecter, Cliff (973.9 Sch)
The Rise of Barack Obama by Souza, Pete (B Obama Sou)
Third Term: Why John McCain is Really Just More George W. Bush by Begala, Paul (973.9 Beg)
What it Takes: the Way to the White House by Cramer, Richard Ben (329 Cra)
What's Wrong with Obamamania?: Black America, Black Leadership, and the Death of Political Imagination by Jones, Ricky L. (973.0496 Jon)
Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir by McCain, John (B McCain)

True Crime

Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (345.73 Gri)
The Good Rat: A True Story (364 Bre)
McMafia: A Journey through the Global Underworld (364.1 Gle)
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (364.1 Ven)
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (364.15 Lar)
Bitter Harvest: a Woman’s Fury, A Mother’s Sacrifice (364.15 Rul)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective (364.152 Sum)
Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob (B Delaney Del)
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (B Douglas Dou)
Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, and Basketball (B Juette Jue)

Medical Thrillers

Deception by Altman
Marker by Cook
The Anatomy of Deception by Goldstone
The River Sorrow by Holden
Midnight Plague by Keizer
The Sanctuary by Khoury
The Oath by Lescroart
Germ by Liparulo
A Plea of Insanity by Masters
Skinny-Dipping by Matturro
Critical Judgment by Palmer
Mount Dragon by Preston
Flawless by Spanogle
The Blood Doctor by Vine
Critical Conditions by White

Legal Thrillers

Split Second by Baldacci, David
Bleedout by Brady, Joan
Missing Witness by Campbell, Gordon
Runaway Heart by Cannell, Stephen
Absolute Certainty by Connors, Rose
The Jury Master by Dugoni, Robert
Eye of the Beholder by Ellis, David
Bad Blood by Fairstein, Linda
The Namedropper by Freemantle, Brian
The Color Of Law by Gimenez, Mark
The Letter of the Law by Green, Tim
The King of Torts by Grisham, John
The King of Lies by Hart, John
Last Witness by Hoffman, Jilliane
Innocence by Hosp, David
Magic Time by Marlette, Doug
Lady Killer by Scottoline, Lisa

GLBT-Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender

All Titles are Young Adult

Baby Be-Bop by Block
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Cameron
Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List by Cohn
My Heartbeat by Freymann-Weyr
Geography Club by Hartinger
The Order of the Poison Oak Hartinger by Hartinger
The Bermudez Triangle by Johnson
Boy Girl Boy by Koertge
Talk by Koja
Absolutely, Positively Not by La Rochelle
Wide Awake by Levithan
Boy Meets Boy by Levithan
Crush by Mac
Twelve Long Months by Malloy
Kissing Kate by Myracle
Keeping You a Secret by Peters
Between Mom and Jo by Peters
Empress of the World by Ryan
Freak Show by St. James
Getting It by Sanchez
Rainbow Boys series by Sanchez
So Hard to Say by Sanchez
Tale of Two Summers by Sloan
Not the Only One by Summer (ed.)
7 Days at the Hot Corner by Trueman
True Believer by Wolff

Famous Woman in Historical Fiction

Alias, Grace (Grace Marks, accused murderess) by Atwood, M.
Mr. Emerson's Wife by Brown, A.
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Chessman, H.
Too Great a Lady: The Notorious, Glorious Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton (mistress of Horatio “Hornblower” Nelson) by Elyot, A.
The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon’s Bird of Paradise by Erickson, C.
Lucy (Lucy Mercer & FDR) by Feldman, E.
Lady’s Maid (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) by Forster, M.
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles by George, M.
Stone Heart (Sacajawea) by Glancy, D.
The Boleyn Inheritance by Gregory, P.
The Constant Princess (Catherine of Aragon) by Gregory, P.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Gregory, P.
The Emancipator’s Wife by Hambly, B.
Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers by Hambly, B.
Widow of the South (Carrie McGavock) by Hicks, R.
Loving Frank (Mamah B. Cheney, mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright) by Horan, N.
Sister (Emily Dickinson) by Kaufmann, P.
Lady MacBeth by King, S.
Afternoons With Emily (Dickinson) by Macmurray, R.
An Army of Angels (Joan of Arc) by Marcantal, P.
The Wild Irish (Grace O’Malley, Pirate Queen) by Maxwell, R.
Antony and Cleopatra by McCullough, C.
I, Elizabeth (Elizabeth I) by Miles, R.
Empress Orchid (Tsu Hsi, China’s Last Empress) by Min, A.
Nefertiti by Moran, M.
Just Jane ( Austen) by Moser, N.
Frida (Kahlo) by Mujica, B.
Signed, Mata Hari by Murphy, Y.
Abundance (Marie Antoinette) by Naslund, S.
Harriet and Isabella (Harriet Beecher Stowe) by O’Brien, P.
Time and Chance (Eleanor of Aquitaine) by Penman, S.
Gatsby’s Girl (Ginevra King & F. Scott Fitzgerald by Preston, C.
Farewell, My Queen (Marie Antoinette) by Thomas, C.
The Passion of Artemisia (Artemisia Gentileschi) by Vreeland, S.
The Lady Elizabeth by Weir, A.
Fanny (Fanny Wright, utopian feminist, & Mrs. Frances Trollope) by White, E.

Edwardian England Fiction Set from 1901-1910

Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Albert
· The Tale of Hill Top Farm
· The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood
· The Tale of Holly How
· The Tale of Hawthorn House
· The Tale of Briar Bank
Crippen
by Boyne
The Ravenscar Dynasty by Bradford
Falling Angels by Chevalier
Edwardian Mystery series by Chesney
· Snobbery with Violence
· Hasty Death
· Sick of Shadows
· Our Lady of Pain
Kate Hannigan
by Cookson
The Shape of Sand by Eccles
Matchmaker trilogy by Feather
· The Bachelor List
· The Bride Hunt
· The Wedding Game
Howard’s End
by Forster
A Room With a View by Forster
Consequences of Sin by Langley-Hawthorne
Blood on the Wood by Linscott
The Blackpool Highflyer by Martin
Charles and Kate Sheridan series by Paige
· Death at Bishops Keep
· Death at Gallow’s Green
· Death at Daisy’s Folly
· Death at Devil’s Bridge
· Death at Rottingdean
· Death at Whitechapel
· Death at Epsom Downs
· Death at Dartmoor
· Death at Glamis Castle
· Death at Hyde Park
· Death at Blenheim Palace
· Death on the Lizard
The Piper’s Tune
by Stirling
Vanquished by Tarr
Anna’s Book by Vine

Chick Lit

Killer Deal by Anderson
Killer Heels by Anderson
Spa Girls series by Billerbeck
Little Lady Agency and the Prince by Browne
Little Lady, Big Apple by Browne
Four Blondes by Bushnell
Boy Meets Girl by Cabot
Queen of Babble series by Cabot
Because She Can by Clark
Faking It by Crusie
Welcome to Temptation by Crusie
The Next Big Thing by Edwards
Second Thyme Around by Fforde
Bridget Jones Diary by Fielding
The Beach House by Green
Bookends by Green
Austenland: a novel by Hale
Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Harbison
Charm! by Hart
Sushi for Beginners by Keyes
This Charming Man by Keyes
Remember Me? by Kinsella
Shopaholic series by Kinsella
Undomestic Goddess by Kinsella
She’s Come Undone by Lamb
You Could Do Better by Lehmann
Where the Heart Is by Letts
The Chocolate Lovers’ Club by Matthews
Fourth Comings by McCafferty
The Nanny Diaries by McLaughlin
How Stella Got her Groove Back by McMillan
I Don’t Know How She Does It by Pearson
Sealed with a Kiss by Phillips
Debutante Divorcee by Sykes
Dirty Girls Social Club by Valdes-Rodriguez
Good in Bed by Weiner
Chasing Harry Winston by Weisberger
Everyone Worth Knowing by Weisberger
The Devil Wears Prada by Weisberger

Book Group Favorites

Fiction
Before you Know Kindness by Bohjalian
The Alchemist by Coelho
The Inheritance of Loss by Desai
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Edwards
Middlesex by Eugenides
The Other Boleyn Girl by Gregory
Water for Elephants by Gruen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon
Loving Frank by Horan
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Hosseini
Life of Pi by Martel
Atonement by McEwan
Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky
The Time Traveler's Wife by Niffenegger
Bel Canto by Patchett
My Sister's Keeper by Picoult
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by See
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Shriver
Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie
Prep: A Novel by Sittenfeld
The Book Thief (YA) by Zus
ak

Non-fiction
Under the Banner of Heaven (289.3 Kra Krakauer)
The Devil in the White City (364.15 Lar Larson)
Three Cups of Tea (371.82 Mor Mortenson)
The Omnivore’s Dilemma (641 Pol Pollan)
Reading Lolita in Tehran (820.9 Naf Nafisi)
All Over but the Shoutin' (B Bragg Bragg)
Eat, Pray, Love (B Gilbert Gilbert)
Into the Wild (B McCandle Krakauer)
The Glass Castle: A Memoir (B Walls Walls)

2008 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian (Fict Ale YA Alexie)
Before I Die (Fict Dow YA Downham)
Mister Pip (Fict Jon Jones)
Skulduggery Pleasant (Fict Lan YA Landy)
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal (Fict Pee YA Peet)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel (J Fict Sel Selznick)


Non-fiction
The Arrival (741 Tan YA Tan)
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China (796.8 Pol Polly)
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath (811 Plah YA Hemphill)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (B Beah Bea Beah)

2007 Alex Award Books Best Adult Books for Teens

Fiction:
The Book of Lost Things by Connolly
The Whistling Season by Doig
Water for Elephants by Gruen
Color of the Sea by Hamamura
The Floor of the Sky by Joern
Black Swan Green by Mitchell
The World Made Straight by Rash
The Thirteenth Tale by Setterfield


Non-fiction
Eagle Blue (796.323 DOr D’Orso)
The Blind Side (796.332 Lew Lewis)

Best Crime Novels 2008

Zugzwang by Bennett
Bangkok Haunts by Burdett
Heartsick by Cain
The Second Objective by Frost
The Good Physician by Harrington
Down into Darkness by Lawrence
Devil’s Peak by Meyer

The Redbreast by Nesbo
The Ancient Rain by Stansberry
Victory Square by Steinhauer

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Non-fiction
Faithful to Fenway (796.357 Bor)
The 33-year-old Rookie (796.357 Cos)
Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to Judgment (796.357 Ezr)
Just Play Ball (796.357 Gar)
The Teammates (796.357 Hal)
The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs (796.357 Jen)
Working at the Ballpark (796.357 Jon)
Baseball Eccentrics (796.357 Lee)
Moneyball (796.357 Lew)
Facing Clemens (796.357 May)
Senior Year (796.357 Sha)
Ty and the Babe (796.357 Sta)
Your Brain on Cubs (795.357 You)
Chief Bender’s Burden (B Bender Swi)
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (B Gehrig Eig)
Wait Till Next Year (B Goodwin Goo)


Fiction
The Fan by Abrahams
Murder at the Baseball Hall of Fame by Daniel
The Entitled by Deford
Screwball by Ferrell
Scooter by Foley
Season of Gene by Hudgens
All the Stars Came Out That Night by King
Shoeless Joe by Kinsella
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (YA) by Koertge
Wild Pitch by Lupica
The Natural by Malamud
Waiting for Teddy Williams by Mosher
Playing for Keeps (YA) by Nixon
Double Play by Parker
Cooperstown by Pilek
Slider by Robinson

ALA Notable Books 2008

Fiction
Away by Bloom
Five Skies by Carlson
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Chabon
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Clarke
Finn by Clinch
The Pesthouse by Crace
The Ministry of Special Cases by Englander
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes by Holthe
Mister Pip by Jones
The Complete Stories by Malouf
On Chesil Beach by McEwan
Out Stealing Horses by Petterson
Cheating at Canasta by Trevor

Non-fiction
The World without Us by Weisman (304.2 Wri)
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline by Margonelli (338.2 Mar)
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Angier (500 Ang)
Super-Crunches: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart by Ayres (519.5 Ayr)
How Doctors Think by Groopman (610 Gro)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Kingsolver (641 Kin)
A New Hunger by Bosselaar (811 Bos)
In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955–2007 by Kennedy (811 Ken)
The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Ackerman (940.53 Ack)
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Howell (B Bell How)
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Isaacson (B Einstein Isa)
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Godwin (B Godwin God)

The Adirondacks

Fictions
The Grace That Keeps This World by Bailey
The Reserve by Banks
The Air We Breathe by Barrett
Backwater (YA) by Bauer
The Adirondack Detective series by Briant
Dawn Land by Bruchac
Long River by Bruchac
The Waters Between by Bruchac
The Best Adirondack Stories of Philander Deming by Deming
Loon Lake by Doctorow
Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner series by Donati
A Northern Light by Donnelly
An American Tragedy by Dreiser
The Lake of Dead Languages by Goodman
Blood Knot by Hubbard
Swallow the Hook by Hubbard
Take the Bait by Hubbard
All Rivers Flow to the Sea by McGhee
Was It Beautiful? by McGhee
The Cabin by Neggers
Sweetwater by Robinson
Claire Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne mysteries by Spencer-Fleming
Within a Forest Dark: An Adirondack Tale of Love and Suspicion by Virtanen



Non-fiction
46 Adirondack Sonnets (811 Maranville)
Excuse Me, Sir… Your Socks Are On Fire (818 Wei Weill)
Pardon Me, Sir… There’s a Moose in Your Tent (818 Wei Weill)
The Search for Adirondack Gold (974.75 Joh Johnson)
Adirondack Wilderness (974.753 Far Farb)
Wandering Home (974.75 McK McKibben)
The Adirondacks, 1830-1930 (974.75 Wil Williams)
The Adirondacks, 1931-1990 (974.75 Wil Williams)
Adirondack High (974.753 Tru Truesdale)

Spine Tingling Tales

Antiques Maul by Allan, Barbara
The Amityville Horror by Anson, Jay
House Possessed by Blackstock, Charity
A Graveyard for Lunatics The Halloween Tree by Bradbury, Ray
Cat Who Talked to Ghosts by Braun, Lillian Jackson
Death at Hallow’s End by Bruce, Leo
Wycliffe and the Scapegoat by Burley, W. J.
Campfire Tales: ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggety beasties by Burley, W.
Haunted Halloween Stories by J.Christensen, Jo-Anne
Silver Scream by Daheim, Mary
Dead on demand: the best of ghost story weekend by Daheim, Mary
Cat with an Emerald Eye by Douglas, Carole Nelson
The Witchfinder by Estleman, Loren D.
Quoth the Raven by Haddam, Jane
Skeleton Key by Haddam, Jane
Hallowed Bones by Haines, Carolyn
The Heart-Shaped Box by Hill, Joe
The Fallen Man by Hillerman, Tony
The Haunting of Hill House by Jackson, Shirley
The Turn of the Screw by James, Henry
Day of Atonement by Kellerman, Faye
The Shining and other titles by King, Stephen
Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Lefanu by LeFanu, J. Sheridan
Rosemary’s Baby by Levin, Ira
Tricks: an 87th Precinct Mystery by McBain, Ed
You Suck by Moore, Christopher
Nightscape by Morrell, David
Flight of a Witch by Peters, Ellis
Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Poe, Edgar Allan
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer by Reardon, Joyce
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
The Terror by Simmons, Dan
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis
DraculaBest Ghost and Horror Stories by Stoker, Bram
Monster Island by Wellington, David
The Island of Dr. Moreau by Wells, H. G.
The Haunted Air by Wilson, F. Paul

Smoke Signals

Native American Fiction
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Alexie, Sherman
Wild Indigo by Ault, Sandi
Comanche Dawn by Blakely, Mike
Love Medicine by Erdrich, Louise
One Thousand White Women by Fergus, Jim
Thirteen Moons by Frazier, Charles
The White by Larsen, Deborah
Murder on the Red Cliff Rez by Medawar, Mardi Oakley
House Made of Dawn by Momaday, N. Scott
The Insufficiency of Maps by Pierce, Nora
The Grass Dancer by Power, Susan
A Country of Strangers by Richter, Conrad
Ghost Warrior by Robson, Lucia and St. Clair
Fools Crow by Welch, James


Series
Father John & Vicky Holden by Coel, Margaret
Daniel and Elizabeth Bonner by Donati, Sara
First North Americans by Gear, Kathleen O’Neal & W. Michael
Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee by Hillerman, Tony
Kate Shugak by Stabenow, Dana
Ellah Clah by Thurlo, Aimee & David


Native American Non-Fiction
Native American Wisdom, compiled by Kent Nerburn & Louise Mengelkoch (299.7 Nat )
American Indian Myths and Legends Selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz (398.2 Ame)
Zitkala-Sa: American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings by Zitkale-Sa (398.2 Zit)
Honoring the Medicine: The Essential Guide to Native American Healing by Kenneth Cohen (615.8 Coh)
Enduring Harvests: Native American Foods and Festivals for Every Season by E. Barrie Kavasch (641.5 Kav)
Treasures of the Hopi; Treasures of the Navajo; Treasures of Zuni by Theda Bassman (709.01 Bas)
The George Catlin Book of American Indians by oyal B. Hassrick (759.1 C36h)
Earth Always Endures: Native American Poems selected by Neil Philip, photos by Edward S. Curtis (811 Ear)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown (970.1 B877b3)
Kateri of the Mohawks by Marie Cecilia Buehrle (970.2 B928)
Indians of the Northeast by Colin G. Calloway (970.4 Cal)
Bowman’s Store: A Journey to Myself by Joseph Bruchac (B Bruchac Bru)
The Flight of the Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa by Doreen Rappaport (B Zitkala Rap)

Sizzling Summer Reads Staff Picks

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Alibi Man by Tami Hoag
Arena by Karen Hancock
Big Game, Small World by Alexander Wolff
Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Holy Bible
House by the Sea: a journal
by May Sarton
I Heard that Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
In An Instant by Lee and Bob Woodruff
The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
March: a novel by Geraldine Brooks
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Mayflower: a story of courage by Nathaniel Philbrick
Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Step on a Crack by James Patterson
The Summons by John Grisham
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Wild Grows the Heather in Devon by Michael Phillips
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
Zoia’s Gold: a novel by Philip Sington

Series that Bite

Riley Jenson series by Arthur, Keri
Vampire Romances by Ashley, Amanda
The Vampire Huntress by Banks, L. A.
Dresden Files by Butcher, Jim
Broken Heart Vampires by Bardsley, Michele
Vampyricon by Clegg, Douglas
Undead Novels by Davidson, MaryJanice
Blue Bloods (YA) by De la Cruz, Melissa
Candace Steele trilogy by Dean, Cameron
Vampire Saga by Drake, Shannon
Vampire Files by Elrod, P.N.
Carpathians by Feehan, Christine
Shadow Saga by Golden, Christopher
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Hamilton, Laurell K.
Vampire Twins (YA) by Harrell, Janice
Southern Vampire novels by Harris, Charlaine
Noble Dead by Hendee, Barb & J.C.
Vampire Knight (anime) by Hino, Matsuri
Hellsing (anime) by Hirano, Kohta
Nightmare Hall (YA) by Hoh, Diane
Chibi Vampire (anime) by Kagesaki, Yuna
Vampire Doll (anime) by Kari, Erika
Dark-Hunter novels by Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Power of the Blood World by Kilpatrick, Nancy
Mageverse by Knight, Angela
Fangs trilogy by Love, Kathy
Necroscope by Lumley, Brian
Dark Ones by MacAlister, Katie
Goth (YA) by Maxwell, Katie
Twilight novels (YA) by Meyer, Stephenie
Vampire Love stories by Moore, Christopher
Boneyard (graphic novels) by Moore, Richard
Vampire Nations novels by Mosiman, Billie Sue
Last Vampire series (YA) by Pike, Christopher
Chronicles of the Vampires, New Tales of the Vampires by Rice, Ann
Circle trilogy by Roberts, Nora
Sarah Dearly by Rowen, Michelle
Dracula series by Saberhagen, Fred
Argeneau series by Sands, Lynsay
Vampire Kisses (YA) by Schreiber, Ellen
Cirque de Freak (YA) by Shan, Darren
Twilight series by Shayne, Maggie
Primes Romances,Laws of the Blood by Sizemore, Susan
Night World (YA) by Smith, L.J.
Love at Stakes by Sparks, Kerrelyn
Companion trilogy by Squires, Susan
Dangerous Girls (YA) by Stine, R.L.
Vampire Legacy by Taylor, Karen E
Lee Nez novels by Thurlo, David
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Crimson City

Black Dagger Brotherhood by Ward, J.R.
Confessions of a Teenage Vampire (YA/graphic novels) by West, Terry
Saint-Germain series by Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

Revolutionary

Fiction
Washington and Caesar by Cameron, Christian
The Hornet’s Nest by Carter, Jimmy
The Spy: The Tale of the Neutral Ground by Cooper, James Fenimore
The Redcoat by Cornwall, Bernard
Citizen Tom Paine by Fast, Howard
One Morning in April by Fast, Howard

Seven Days in June by Fast, Howard
Dreams of Glory by Fleming, Thomas
Jeremiah Martin: A Revolutionary War Novel by Fowler, Robert H.
Saratoga: A Novel of the American Revolution by Garland, David
Dark Eagle: A Novel of Benedict Arnold by Harr, John Ensor
Those Who Love by Irvinq, John
Two Crowns for America by Kurtz, Katherine
Citizen Washington by Martin, William
Martha Peake by McGrath, Patrick
By Force of Arms by Nelson, James L.
The Glorious Cause by Shaara, Jeff
Rise to Rebellion by Shaara, Jeff
The Traitor by Sherman, Dan

Non-fiction
The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies by Don Cook (973.3 Coo)
Chaining the Hudson by Lincoln Diamant (973.3 Dia)
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis (973.4 Ell)
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fisher (973.3 Fis)
Liberty! by Thomas Fleming (973.3 Fle)
Redcoats and Rebels by Christopher Hibbert (973.3 Hib)
Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts (920.7 Rob)
Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose (973.3 Ros New)
1776 by David McCullough (973.3 McC)
A People’s History of the American Revolution by Ray Raphael (973.3 Rap)
The Great Warpath: British Military Sites from Albany to Crown Point
by David R. Starbuck (973.3 Sta)
Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. Wood (973.3 Woo New)
What they didn’t teach you about the American Revolution
by Mike Wright (973.3 Wri)
Masquerade: the life and times of Deborah Sampson
by Alfred F. Young (B Sampson You)

Oprah’s Book Club

2007
The Road by McCarthy, Cormac
The Measure of a Man (nonfiction) by Poitier, Sidney

2006
Night
by Wiesel, Elie

2005
As I Lay Dying by Faulkner, William
Light in August by Faulkner, William
The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner, William
A Million Little Pieces (nonfiction) by Frey, James

2004
The Good Earth by Buck, Pearl S.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by McCullers, Carson
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo

2003
Cry, the Beloved Country by Paton, Alan
East of Eden by Steinbeck, John

2002
Fall on Your Knees by MacDonald, Ann-Marie
Sula by Morrison, Toni

2001
The Corrections by Franzen, Jonathan
A Fine Balance by Mistry, Rohinton
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Oates, Joyce Carol
Stolen Lives (nonfiction)
by Oufkir, Malika
Icy Sparks
by Rubio, Gwyn Hyman
Cane River by Tademy, Lalita

2000
Daughter of Fortune by Allende, Isabel
Open House
by Berg, Elizabeth
House of Sand and Fog
by Dubus, Andre
The Poisonwood Bible
by Kingsolver, Barbara
While I Was Gone
by Miller, Sue
Gap Creek
by Morgan, Robert
The Bluest Eye by Morrison, Toni
Back Roads
by O'Dell, Tawni
Drowning Ruth
by Schwarz, Christina

1999
Vinegar Hill by Ansay, A. Manette
Tara Road by Binchy, Maeve
River, Cross My Heart by Clarke, Breena
White Oleander by Fitch, Janet
A Map of the World by Hamilton, Jane
Mother of Pearl by Haynes, Melinda
Jewel by Lott, Bret
The Reader by Schlink, Bernhard
The Pilot's Wife by Shreve, Anita

1998
Midwives by Bohjalian, Christopher A.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
by Cleage, Pearl
Breath, Eyes, Memory
by Danticat, Edwidge
Here on Earth
by Hoffman, Alice
I Know This Much is True
by Lamb, Wally
Where the Heart Is
by Letts, Billie
Paradise
by Morrison, Toni
Black and Blue by Quindlen, Anna

Non-fiction picks

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (305.5 Her)
A Primate’s Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky (599.8 Sap)
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (614.5 Joh)
Cod by Mark Kurlansky (639 Kur)
To Hate Like This Is to be Happy Forever by Will Blythe (796.323 Bly)
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux (950 T41)
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King (964.8 Kin)
Amazon Extreme by Colin Angus (981 Ang)
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (981 Mil)
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott (B Lamott Lam)
A Perfect Union by Catherine Allgor (B Madison All)

National Book Award

The Echo Maker by Powers, Richard
Europe Central by Vollmann, William T.
The News from Paraguay by Tuck, Lily
The Great Fire by Hazzard, Shirley
Three Junes by Glass, Julia
The Corrections by Franzen, Jonathan
In America by Sontag, Susan
Waiting by Jin, Ha
Charming Billy by McDermott, Alice
Cold Mountain by Frazier, Charles
Ship Fever and Other Stories by Barrett, Andrea
Sabbath's Theater by Roth, Philip
A Frolic of His Own by Gaddis, William
The Shipping News by Proulx, Annie
All the Pretty Horses by McCarthy, Cormac
Mating by Rush, Norman
The Middle Passage by Johnson, Charles Richard
Spartina by Casey, John
Paris Trout by Dexter, Pete
Paco's Story by Heinemann, Larry
World's Fair by Doctorow, E. L
.

Murder Takes A Vacation

Drown all the Dogs by Adcock,Thomas
Trail of Murder by Andreae, Christine
Murder by Puffins by Andrews, Donna
Dude on Arrival by Borthwick, J. S.
At Bertram’s Hotel by Christie, Agatha
Iced by Clark, Mary Higgins
A Fatal Vineyard Season by Craig, Philip R.
A Deadly Vineyard Vacation by Craig, Philip R.
Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Dunn, Carola
The Wild Island by Fraser, Antonia
Sand Castles by Freeling, Nicholas
Murder Makes Waves by George, Anne
Bad News Travels Fast by Haywood, Anthony
Ransom for a Holiday by Hunter, Fred

Mad Hatter’s Holiday by Lovesey, Peter
Shooting at Loons by Maron, Margaret
Murder under the Palms by Matteson, Stefanie
All Quiet on the Orient Express by Mills, Magnus
The Body in the Fjord by Page, Katherine
Five Red Herrings by Sayers, Dorothy
Death of a Dude by Stout, Rex
Murder on Cape Cod by Taylor, Phoebe
The Singing Sands by Tey, Josephine
Dead in the Water by Woods, Stuart
Death in the Old Country by Wright, Eric

Janet Evanovich Read-a-likes

Lawrence Block
Jan Burke
Harlan Coben
Jennifer Crusie
G. M. Ford
Carl Hiaasen
Sparkle Hayter
Jane Heller
Susan Isaacs
Marne Davis Kellogg
Sharyn McCrumb
Marissa Piesman
Gillian Roberts
Chris Rodgers
Lisa Scottoline
Judith Viorst
Donald Westlake

Historical Fiction

The Year of Wonders by Brooks, Geraldine
True History of the Kelly Gang by Carey, Peter
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier, Tracy
The Quilter’s Homecoming by Chiaverini, Jennifer
Marrying Mozart by Cowell, Stephanie
The Last Days of Dogtown by Diamant, Anita
The March by Doctorow, E.L.
In the Company of the Courtesan by Dunant, Sarah
The Name of the Rose by Eco, Umberto
The Samurai by Endo, Shusaku
The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Erickson, Carolly
Cold Mountain by Frazier, Charles
The Years with Laura Diaz by Fuentes, Carlos
Pushing the Bear by Glancy, Diane
The Known World by Jones, Edward P.
Schindler’s List by Keneally, Thomas
The Gilded Chamber by Kohn, Rebecca
The Painted Veil by Maugham, W. Somerset

Pilate’s Wife by May, Antoinette
Empress Orchid by Min, Anchee
Gone With the Wind by Mitchell, Margaret
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Naslund, Sena Jeter
Coal Black Horse by Olmstead, Robert
The Shadow of the Wind by Ruiz Zafon, Carlos
The Terror by Simmons, Dan
The Night Watch by Waters, Sarah
The Promise of Light by Watkins, Paul
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Weir, Alison
The Heartsong of Charging Elk by Welch, James

Gay and Lesbian Themes

Lesbian Fiction
Odd Girl Out by Bannon, Ann
Rubyfruit Jungle by Brown, Rita Mae
Slammerkin by Donoghue, Emma
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Flagg, Fannie
The Well of Loneliness by Hall, Radclyffe
The Price of Salt by Highsmith, Patricia
Patience and Sarah by Miller, Isabel
Desert of the Heart by Rule, Jane
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by Sarton, May
The Night Watch by Waters, Sarah
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Winterson, Jeanette


Gay Fiction
Giovanni’s Room by Baldwin, James
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Capote, Truman
Maurice by Forster, E. M.
Dancer From the Dance by Holleran, Andrew
A Single Man by Isherwood, Christopher
Tales of the City by Maupin, Armistead
Billy Budd by Melville, Herman
The City and the Pillar by Vidal, Gore


Contemporary, Mystery, Romance…
Call Me By Your Name by Aciman, Andre
Just a Boy by Clinger, R. W.
B-Boy Blues by Hardy, James Earl
Pink by Harris, Jennifer
My Lucky Star by Keenan, Joe
Idaho Code by Opyr, Joan
A Boy’s Own Story by White, Edmund


Coming Out Memoirs
Mama’s Boy, Preacher’s Son: A Memoir of Becoming a Man by Kevin Jennings (306.76 Jen)
Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods – My Mother’s, My Father’s and Mine
by Noelle Howey (306.87 How)
My One-Night Stand with Cancer: A Memoir by Tania Katan (616.994 Kat)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (741 Bec)
The Confession by James E. McGreevey (B McGreevey McG)
Naked by David Sedaris (B Sedaris Sed)

Feel Good Books

Small Town Life
Harmony by Gulley, Philip
The Mitford Years by Karon, Jan
Lake Woebegon Days by Keillor, Garrison
Cape Light by Kinkade, Thomas
Cedar Cove by Macomber, Debbie
Fairacre Chronicles by Read, Miss


Light-hearted Hayhem
Aunt Dimity by Atherton, Nancy
Agatha Raisin by Beaton, M. C.
Constable Evans by Bowen, Rhys
Mrs. Jeffries by Brightwell, Emily

Culinary Mystery with Recipes by Fairbanks, Nancy
Hannah Swenson by Fluke, Joanne
Arly Hanks by Hess, Joan
Ruby, The Rabbi’s Wife by Kahn, Sharon
Gray Whale Inn by MacInerney, Karen
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by McCall-Smith, Alexander
Ministry is Murder by Richards, Emilie
Knitting mysteries by Sefton, Maggie

Heart-Warming Humans

Elm Creek Quilts by Chiavernini, Jennifer
Low Country Tales by Frank, Dorothea Benton
Miss Julia by Ross, Ann B.
Big Stone Gap by Trigiani, Adriana
Lakeshore Chronicles by Wiggs, Susan


Singular Smiles
Jane Austen in Boca by Cohen, Paula Marantz
Walking Across America by Edgerton, Clyde
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven by Flagg, Fannie
Julie and Romeo by Ray, Jeanne
Back When We Were Grownups by Tyler, Anne

Empire State Fiction

In a Heartbeat by Adler, Elizabeth
Remains Silent: a novel by Baden, Michael
Servants of the Map: a novel by Barrett, Andrea
The Grace That Keeps This World by Bailey, Tom
The Sweet Hereafter: a novel by Banks, Russell
The Pale Blue Eyes: a novel by Bayard, Louis
A Doctor’s Wife by Brundage, Elizabeth
North : a novel by Bush, Frederick
The Alienist by Carr, Caleb
Empire of Shadows by Crabbe, Richard
Wild Fire by DeMille, Nelson
City of God: a novel by Doctorow, E. L.
Loon Lake by Doctorow, E. L.
Ragtime by Doctorow, E. L.
The Waterworks by Doctorow, E. L.
An American Tragedy by Dreiser, Theodore
The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Patience of Rivers by Freda, Joseph
Kaaterskill Falls: a novel by Goodman, Allegra
The Good Husband by Godwin, Gail
Kingdom Come by Green, Tim
Lily White: a novel by Isaacs, Susan
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Kane, Andrea
Blood Mask: a novel of suspense by Kelley, Lauren
Ironweed : a novel by Kennedy, William
Was it Beautiful?: a novel by McGhee, Alison by McGhee, Alison
The Cabin by Neggers, Carla
Gravedigger’s Daughter by Oates, Joyce Carol
The Natural History of Uncas Metcalfe : a novel by Osborne, Betsey
The Beach House by Patterson, James
Sweetwater by Robinson, Roxana
Nobody’s Fool by Russo, Richard
This Dame For Hire: a novel by Scoppettone, Sandra
Not Enough Indians by Shearer, Harry
Hard Freeze: a Joe Kurtz novel by Simmons, Dan
Impossible by Steel, Danielle
The Pact by Sturman, Jennifer
The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street by Trevinian
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith
The Green Mosaic: a mystery of the Adirondacks by Wilcox, Stephen


Empire State Series Fiction
Matthew Scudder by Block, Lawrence
Charlie Bradshaw by Dobyns, Stephen
Nathaniel & Elizabeth Bonner by Donati, Sara
Glynis Tryon & Seneca Falls by Monfredo, Miriam
Eve Dallas by Robb, J. D.
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith by Rozan, S. J.
Reverend Clare Fergusson by Spencer-Fleming, Julia
Lakeshore Chronicles by Wiggs, Susan

Desperate Housewives

Brick Lane by Ali, Monica
Open House by Berg, Elizabeth
Tara Road by Binchy, Maeve
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Buchan, Elizabeth
The Summer I Dared by Delinsky, Barbara
The First Time by Fielding, Joy
Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Gustave
The Corrections by Franzen, Jonathan
The Saving Graces by Gaffney, Patricia
Switcheroo by Goldsmith, Olivia
The End of the Affair by Greene, Graham

Mrs. Kimble by Haigh, Jennifer
The Sunday Wife by King, Cassandra
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Landvik, Lorna
The Stepford Wives by Levin, Ira
Thursdays at Eight by Macomber, Debbie
Little Children by Perrotta, Tom
Step-Ball-Change by Ray, Jeanne
Queen Bee of Mimosa Beach by Smith, Haywood
The Hot Flash Club by Thayer, Nancy
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo
Lucia, Lucia by Trigiani, Adrienne
The Queen of the Big Time by Trigiani, Adrienne
The Rector’s Wife by Trollope, Joanna
Ladder of Years by Tyler, Anne
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Wells, Rebecca
The Mrs. Dalloway Reader by Woolf, Virginia

Databases

Books & Literature
Contemporary Literary Criticism

LitFinder (poetry and short stories)
Novelist
Twayne’s Author Series


Business & Finance
Reference USA (telephone directories, other information)

Value Line*
Morningstar Mutual Funds*
New York State Contract Reporter*

Careers & Job Information
Learning Express
(practice exams including civil service)

Education
Learning Express
(practice tests including GED, SAT)

Genealogy & Local History
Ancestry*
Heritage Quest*
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (includes New York Times (1851-2003)*

Government
Country Watch

Health Information
Health & Wellness Center Resource Center
Health Source (consumer edition)


Magazines and Newspapers
America’s Newspapers
Full-text of The Daily Gazette (mid-1997-present)
The Times Union (1986-present)


Reference
Grolier Online
Oxford English Dictionary
America the Beautiful

(*indicates only available at the Central Library)

Da Vinci Code

Read-Alikes

The Templar Legacy by Berry, Steve
The Amber Room by Berry, Steve
The Sixth Lamentation by Broderick, William
Angels and Demons by Brown, Dan
The Rule of Four by Caldwell, Ian
The Genesis Code by Case, John
A Finer End by Crombie, Deborah
Kissed a Sad Goodbye by Crombie, Deborah
Foucalt’s Pendulum by Eco, Umberto
The Name of the Rose by Eco, Umberto
Headlong by Frayn, Michael
The Assassini by Gifford, Thomas
Codex by Grossman, Lev
Enigma by Harris, Robert
The Sixteen Pleasures by Hellenger, Robert
The Last Templar by Khoury, Raymond
The Secret Life of Bees by Kidd, Sue Monk
The Gemini Contenders by Ludlum, Robert
The Icarus Agenda by Ludlum, Robert
Daughter of God by Perdue, Lewis
The Flanders Panel by Perez-Reverte, Arturo
The Overseer by Rabb, Jonathan
The Secret Supper by Sierra, Javier
The Confesser by Silva, Daniel
The Prophetess by Wood, Barbara

Da Vinci Code

Read-A-Likes
Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Genesis Code by John F. Case
A Finer End by Deborah Crombie
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Assassini by Thomas Gifford
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
The Confessor by Daniel Silva
Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue


Fact or Fiction?
Breaking the Da Vinci Code:
Answers to the Questions Everyone’s Asking
by Darrell Bock
Cracking Da Vinci’s Code by James Garlow
Fact and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code by Steven Kellmeyer
Da Vinci Code Decoded by Martin Lunn
Secrets of the Code: the Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin Lutzer

Christian Fiction

Biblical and Roman Era
Chronicles of the Kings novels by Austin, Lynn
Magdalene by Hunt, Angela Elwell
The Nativity Story by Hunt, Angela Elwell
Holding Heaven by Jenkins, Jerry
John’s Story: The Last Eyewitness by Jenkins, Jerry
Christ the Lord by Rice, Anne
Lineage of Grace novels by Rivers, Francine
Sons of Encouragement novels by Rivers, Francine
Mark of the Lion Trilogy by Rivers, Francine
Two Women of Galilee by Rourke, Mary
Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tenney, Tommy
Jesus by Wangerin, Walter


Historical
The Solitary Envoy by Bunn, T. Davis
Bittersweet by Hake, Cathy Maine
The Victory Club by Hatcher, Robin Lee
Grace in Thine Eyes by Higgs, Liz Curtis
Mozart’s Sister by Moser, Nancy
Love Comes Softly novels by Oke, Janette
Bells of Lowell novels by Peterson, Tracie
Dream of Freedom by Phillips, Michael R.
Dakotah Treasures novels by Snelling, Lauraine
Tucker Mills Trilogy by Wick, Lori


Amish
Daughters of Lancaster County novels by Brunstetter, Wanda
Levi’s Will by Cramer, W. Dale
Annie’s People novels by Lewis, Beverly
When the Heart Cries by Woodsmall, Cindy


Contemporary
Joshua novels by Girzone, Joseph
Sisterchicks novels by Gunn, Robin Jones
Unforgotten by Heitzmann, Kristen
Uncommon Heroes novels by Henderson, Dee
The Mitford Years novels by Karon, Jan
Even Now; and sequel, Ever After by Kingsbury, Karen
Cape Light novels by Kinkade, Thomas
Quaker Summer by Samson, Lisa
Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Schoemperlen, Diane
Austen novels by Smith, Debra White
Things We Once Held Dear by Tatlock, Ann


Mystery Series
Cape Refuge by Blackstock, Terri
Morning Shade by Copeland, Lori
Bishop Blackie Ryan by Greeley, Andrew
Father Dowling by McInerny, Ralph
Sister Mary Helen by O’Marie, Sister Carol Anne
Clare Fergusson by Spencer-Fleming, Julia


Oldies but Goodies
Father Brown mysteries by Chesterton, G.K
Dear and Glorious Physician by Caldwell, Taylor
Death Comes For the Archbishop by Cather, Willa
Christy by Marshall, Catherine
Quo Vadis by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lew
The Friendly Persuasion by West, Jessamyn

Business Resources

BUSINESS DATABASES& ONLINE SOURCES
Reference USA (phone directories)
Business & Company Resource CenterEBSCO Masterfile Premier with business periodicals such as Business Week


NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
Barron's
The Business Review (Capital District)
Forbes
Harvard Business Review
Inc.
Small Business Opportunities The Wall Street Journal


INVESTMENT INFORMATION (Databases only availale at the library)
Better Investing (periodical)
Investor’s Business Daily (newspaper)
Money (periodical)
Morningstar Mutual Funds* (database)
Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage* (database)
Value Line* (database)


CLASSES
Educating library patrons on business resources including Internet searching and database research techniques.

Books for Men

Fiction
Father and Son by Brown, Larry
Bringing Out the Dead by Connelly, Joe
The Paperboy by Dexter, Pete
Snow Falling on Cedars by Guterson, David
24 Hours by Iles, Greg
The Hunted by Jacobson, Alan
Legs by Kennedy, William
Last of the Breed by L’Amour, Louis
The Naked and the Dead by Mailer, Norman
Fiddlers by McBain, Ed
Headwind by Nance, John J.
Wolf Whistle by Nordan, Lewis
In the Lake of the Woods by O’Brien, Tim
The Shipping News by Proulx, Annie
Straight Man by Russo, Richard
Force 12 by Thayer, James Stewart

Nonfiction
It’s Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam
Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
Lindberg by A, Scott Berg
You Cannot Be Serious by John McEnroe
Isaac Newton by James Gleick
Alexander by Ron Chernow
Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy by Jane Leavy
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
Three Nights in August by H.G. Bissinger
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

2001 Top 12 Book Club Favorites

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The House of Sand & Fog by Andre Dubus, III
Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Bee Season by Myra Goldberg
A painted House by John Grisham

At the Lake

The Glass Lake by Binchy, Maeve
The Mists of Avalon by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
The Lady in the Lake by handler, Raymond
Lake News by Delinsky, Barbara
Lake in the Clouds by Donati, Sarah
A Yellow Raft in Blue by Water Dorris, Michael
An American Tragedy by Dreiser, Theodore
The Lake of Dead Languages by Goodman, Carol
The Seduction of Water by Goodman, Carol
Summer at the Lake by Greeley, Andrew M.
The Fourth Perimeter by Green, Tim
Ordinary People by Guest, Judith

On Mystic Lake by Hannah, Kristin
Lake Wobegon Days by Keillor, Garrison
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Keillor, Garrison
Boundary Waters by Krueger, William Kent
Your Oasis on Flame Lake by Landvik, Lorna
Crow Lake by Lawson, Mary
The Inn at Lake by Devine Lipman, Elinor
The World Below by Miller, Sue
In the Lake of the Woods by O’Brien, Tim
Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Packer, Ann
Drowning Ruth by Schwartz, Christina
The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Sir Walter
Moon Over Lake Elmo by Thayer, Steve
Cameo Lake by Wilson, Susan
Under the Lake by Woods, Stewart

Armchair Journeys

Fiction
The Salt Letters by Balint, Christine
Backpack by Barr, Emily
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Barrett , Andrea
Grange House by Blake, Sarah
Travels with My Aunt by Greene, Graham
On the Road by Kerouac, Jack
Life of Pi by Martel, Yann
Miracle in Seville by Michener, James
Summer’s Lease by Mortimer, John
Ship of Fools by Porter, Katherine Anne
Hill Towns by Siddons, Anne Rivers
The Wayward Bus by Steinbeck, John
A Clear Blue Sky by Whitnell, Barbara


Non-fiction
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Miles from Nowhere by Barbara Savage
The World: Travels by Jan Morris
1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
Falling off the Map by Pico Iyer
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Red Dust: A Path Through China by Jian Ma
36 Views of Mount Fuji by Cathy Davidson
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

New York Times-Where the Beach Books Are

Dream when You’re Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
The Entitled by Frank Deford
City of Fire by Robert Ellis
Straits of Fortune by Anthony Gagliano
Way off the Road by Bill Geist
The Prince of Nantucket by Jan Goldstein
Up in Honey’s Room by Elmore Leonard
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
Mediterranean Summer by David Shalleck
Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer

ALA Notable Books 2007

Beautiful Dreamer by Bigsby, C. W. E.
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Dean, Debra
The Inheritance of Loss by Desai, Kiran
The Whistling Season by Doig, Ivan

The Secret River by Grenville, Kate
The Attack by Khadra, Yasmina
The Girls by Lansens, Lori
The Road by McCarthy, Cormac
The people's Act of Love by Meek, James

Black Swan Green by Mitchell, David
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Murakami, Haruki
Firmin by Savage, Sam

If you liked the Kite Runner, then try...


Fiction:
Shattered: Stories of Children and War
by Armstrong, Jennifer
Sons of Heaven by Cheng, Terrence
The Inheritance of Loss by Desai, Kiran
Sister of My Heart by Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
The Warlord's Son by Fesperman, Dan
The Mulberry Empire by Hensher, Philip

Kabul by Hirsh, M.E.
The Swallows of Kabul by Khadra, Yasmina
Nadia's Song by Khashoggi, Soheir

The Namesake by Lahiri, Jhumpa
A Fine Balance by Mistry, Rohinton
Anil's Ghost by Ondaatje, Michael
Ali and Nino by Said, Kurban


Non-Fiction:

The lion's grave : dispatches from Afghanistan
by Anderson, Jon Lee
West of Kabul, East of New York by Ansary, Mir Tamim
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
by Elliot, Jason
Reaping the Whirlwind by Griffin, Michael
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan
by Jones, Ann
The Carpet Wars by Kremmer, Christopher
The Sewing Circles of Herat by Lamb, Christina
The Man Who Would Be King by Macintyre, Ben

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim by Mamdani, Mahmood
The Hunt for Bin Laden by Moore, Robin
Afghanistan: A Modern History by Rasanayagam, Angelo
The Bookseller of Kabul by Seierstad, Åsne
The Silenced Cry by Tortajada, Anna
Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan
by Weaver, Mary Anne
Behind the Burqa by Yasgur, Batya Swift
Zoya's story : an Afghan woman's struggle for freedom by Zoya


Juvenile & Young Adult
Picture Books
The Story of Kites by Compestine, Ying Chang
The Roses in My Carpet by Khan, Rukhsana
Kite Flying by Lin, Grace
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Williams, Karen Lynn

Fiction for Older Children
The Breadwinner by Ellis, Deborah
Mud City by Ellis, Deborah
Parvana's journey by Ellis, Deborah
The Kite Rider by Laird, Elizabeth
Habibi by Nye, Naomi Shihab
The Kite Fighters by Park, Linda Sue
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
by Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Under the Persimmon Tree by Staples, Suzanne Fisher


Non-Fiction for Older Children
Afghanistan in Pictures by Behnke, Alison
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Cohen, Barbara
Afghanistan by Greenblatt, Miriam
Living as a Refugee in America by Howard, Helen
My Forbidden Face by Latifa
Afghanistan by Otfinoski, Steven
The Old Woman and the Eagle by Shah, Idries
The Emperor and the Kite by Yolen, Jane

Web Sites about Afghanistan
The Embassy of Afghanistan
THIS IS AMERICA - Show 1119 - Amb. Said T. Jawad

Afghanistan Web Site
Afghanistan Online
Photographs
Music
Proverbs
Recipes
Books
News Network
Afghan Daily
Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce
Afghanistan: Decision Point
Afghanistan Foundation
Women for Afghan Women