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