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2007
The Man of My Dreams	Curtis Sittenfield
The Handmaid and the Carpenter	Elizabeth Berg
Icy Sparks	Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Veil of Roses	Laura Fitzgerald
The Twentieth Wife	Indu Sundaresan
Good Grief	Lolly Winston
A Far Country	Daniel Mason
The Measure of a Man	Sidney Poitier
Inheritance of Loss	Kiran Desai
Nineteen Minutes	Jodi Picoult
Three Cups of Tea	Greg Mortenson	Pakistan
Eat, Pray, Love	Elizabeth Gilbert
Dream When You're Feeling Blue	Elizabeth Berg
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte
Water For Elephants	Sara Gruen
Beneath A Marble Sky	John Shors	Taj Mahal
Body Surfing	Anita Shreve
A Thousand Splendid Suns	Kalhed Hosseni	Afghanistan
The Bookkeepers of Kabul	Asne Sierstad	Afghanistan
Peony in Love	Lisa See
Suite Francaise	Irene Nemirovsky	WWII
Plum Wine	Angela Davis-Gardener
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo	Peter Orner	Angola
Crossing To Safety	Wallace Stegner
Grayson	Lynne Cox
Tortilla Flats	John Steinbeck

2006
Lance Armstrong's War	Daniel Coyle
A Million Little Pieces	James Frey
My Friend Leonard	James Frey
Vanishing Acts	Jodi Picoult
Eden Close	Anita Shreve
A Thousand Days in Venice	Marlena de Blasi
Holy Fools	Joanne Harris
Double Luck	Lu Chi Fa
Lady	Thomas Tryon
Aunt Safiya and the Monastery	Bahaa' Taber
A Wedding in December	Anita Shreve
The Seville Communion	Arturo Perez Reverte
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	Lisa See
Without Reservations	Alice Steinbach
Sky Burial	Xianan
In the Company of the Courtesan	Sarah Dunant
The Tenth Circle	Jodi Picoult
Everyone Welcome Here	Elizabeth Berg
The Glass Castle	Jeannette Walls	alcoholism
The Memory Keeper's Daughter	Kim Edwards	eerie
Prep	Curtis Sittenfeld
Breath, Eyes, Memory	Edwidge Danticat
Case Histories	Kate Atkinson
Chronicles of A Death Foretold	Gabriela Garcia Marquez
Half Broken Things	Morag Joss
For One More Day	Mitch Albom
Blessings	Anne Quindlen
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2005
To A God Unknown	John Steinbeck
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime	Mark Haddon
The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho
The Mermaid Chair	Sue Monk Kidd
My Sister's Keeper	Jodi Picoult
Bless Me Ultima	Rudolfo Anaya
Old School	Tobias Wolfe
Year Of Pleasures	Elizabeth Berg
The Sunday Philosophy Club	A. McCall-Smith
Bergdorf Blondes	Paula Sykes
Night of Rain and Stars	Maeve Binchy
Fortune's Rocks	Anita Shreve
Skinny Dip	Carl Hiassen
Light On Snow	Anita Shreve
Under the Banner of Heaven	Jon Krakauer
Life Studies (DNF)	Susan Vreeland
Hello To The Cannibals	Richard Bausch
Broken For You	Stephanie Kallos
Shoot the Moon	Bettie Letts
I Am Charlotte Simmons	Tom Wolfe
44 Scotland Street	A. McCall Smith
Never Let Me Go	Kazuo Ishiguro
Go Ask Alice
Things Fall Apart	Chinuea Achebe

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2004
Pompeii	Robert Harris	The Augusta
Rosie	Anne Lamont
Hard Laughter	Anne Lamont
The Dive From Clausen's Pier	Ann Packer
The Lady and the Unicorn	Tracy Chevalier
Swimming to Antarctica	Lynne Cox
The Moon Pearl	Ruthanne Lum McCunn
A Cure For Dreams	Kaye Gibbons
100 Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Forest Lover	Susan Vreeland
The Art of Mending	Elizabeth Berg
The Birth of Venus	Susan Dunant
Every Second Counts	Lance Armstrong
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Rule of Four	Ian Caldwell
Sea Glass	Anita Shreve
The Devil Wears Prada	Lauren Weisberger
The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini
The Time of Our Singing	Richard Powers
The Legend of the Fire Horse Women	Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston	Manzanar
The Namesake	Jhumpi Lahiri
All He Ever Wanted	Anita Shreve
Where or When	Anita Shreve
Resistance	Anita Shreve

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2003
Snow Passage	John Houston	Donner Party
The Life of Pi (DNF)	Yann Martel	symbolism
Blue Shoe	Ann Lamont
Quentins	Maeve Binchy
The Secret Life of Bees	Sue Monk Kidd
? (short stories)	Elizabeth Berg
Dreaming Waters	Gail Tsukiyama
Peace Like A River	Leif Enger	wonderful words
The DaVinci Code	Dan Brown
Hotel of Saints	Ursula Hegi
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency	Alexander McCall Smith
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint	Brady Udall
Five Quarters of the Orange	Joanne Harris
Bel Canto (DNF)	Ann Patchett
Say When	Elizabeth Berg
The Virgin Blue	Tracy Chevalier
The Monk Downstairs	Tim Farrington
Shadow Song	Terry Kay
And the Waters Turned to Blood	Rodney Barker	non-fiction
In the Pond	Ha Jin
Mayada: Daughter of Iraq	Jean Sasson	biographical
Cry, The Beloved Country	Alan Paton
Angels and Demons	Dan Brown
Ten Thousand Sorrows	Elizabeth Kim	biographical
When The Emperor Was Divine	Julie Otsuka	Japanese internment
A Girl Named Zippy (DNF)	Haven Kimmel	I didn't like

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2002 (record year)
At Home in Mitford	Jan Karon
A Light in the Window	Jan Karon
These High, Green Hills	Jan Karon
Falling Angels	Tracy Cheralier	sticks with you
Out to Cannan	Jan Karon
A Common Life	Jan Karon
The Passion of Artemesia	Susan Vreeland
Sister of My Heart	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Vine of Desire	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
A New Song	Jan Karon
Death of Vishnu	Manil Suri
Blind Descent	Nevada Barr	mystery
Stolen Lives	Malika Oukfir
Until the Real Thing Comes Along	Elizabeth Berg	read on Orcas Island
Durable Goods	Elizabeth Berg	"
Talk Before Sleep	Elizabeth Berg	"
Range of Motion	Elizabeth Berg	"
Pull of the Moon	Elizabeth Berg	"
Joy School	Elizabeth Berg	"
What We Keep	Elizabeth Berg	"
The Reader	Robert Schenk	eerie
All We Know of Heaven	Remy Rougeau	abbey life
Year of Wonders	Geraldine Brooks	about the plague
It's Not About the Bike	Lance Armstrong	wow
Lovely Bones	Anne Sebold
Home is Where the Heart Is	Geraldine Cox	amazing biography
A Map of the World	Anne Hamilton	sad, but well written
True to Form	Elizabeth Berg
Let's Roll	Lisa Beamer
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Robert Specht
Nanny Diaries	Emma McLaughlin
Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate DiCamillo
A Superior Death	Nevada Barr	mystery
The Piano Tuner	Daniel Mason
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2001
Open House	Elizabeth Berg
Prodigal Summer	B Kingsolver
The Bone Setter's Daughter	Amy Tan
Scarlet Feather	Maeve Binchy
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue	Susan Vreeland
Waiting	Ha Jin	stays with you
Tulip Fever	Deborah Moggach
Deep South	Nevada Barr	mystery
Bee Season	Myla Goldberg
The Samurai's Garden	Gail Tsukiyama
The Greatest Generaton	Tom Brokaw	WWII
Tuesdays With Morrie	Mitch Alborn
Mrs. Mike	Benedict Nancy Freeman
Tisha-(young teacher in Alaska)	Robert Specht
The Red Tent	Anita Dramant
Lying Awake	Mark Saltzman	convent life

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1999
Mosaic of Thought	E. Zimmerman
Poisonwood Bible	B Kingsolver
God of Small Things	Arundhati Roy	DNF
Ya Ya Sisterhood	Rebecca Wells
Mistress of Spices	Chitra Bonerjee Divakarium
Into the Wild	J Krakauer	crazy!
Summer Sisters	J. Blume	YUCK!!!
Falling Leaves	Yen Mah
Women of the Silk	G Tsukiyama
Where the Heart Is	B. Letts
Outside Passage	Julia Sculley
Pilot's Wife	Shreve
Tara Road	Maeve Binchy
Firebird
Harry Potter & Sorcerer's Stone	JK Rowling
The Journey Home	Maeve Binchy
Traveling Mercies	Anne Lamott

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1998
Into Thin Air	Jon Krakauer
Cold Sassy Tree	Olive Burns	Dud
The Art of Feng Shui	?
In the Heart of the World	Mother Teresa
Simple Abundance	Sara Breathnach
Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur Golden
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff	Richard Carlson
Operating Instructions	Anne Lamott
Cultivating the Mind of Love	Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachings on Love	Thich Nhat Hanh

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1997
Corellis Mandolin	Louis Ce Bernieres
Karma	Susan Dunlap
The Wandering Arm	Sharon Neuman	third of trilogy
Malice	Danielle Steele
The Heart of a Woman	Maya Angelou
Silent Honor	Danielle Steele
Stones from the River	Ursula Heqi

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1996
Freedom in Exile	the 14th Dalai Lama
Words of Stone	Kevin Henkes
Hoofprints	Laura Crum	my cousin wrote it
The House on Mango Street	Sandra Cisneros
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf	Ntozake Shange
Annie John	Jamaica Kincaid
Timothy of the Cay	Theodore Taylor
It Takes a Village	Hillary Clinton
The Day After Tomorrow	Allen Folsom	mystery
The Horse Whisperer	Nicholas Evans
Lightening	D. Steele	Yuck!
Walking the Labryinth	Lisa Goldstein
Coming Home	R. Pilcher
Beach Music	Pat Conroy
Refuge	Terry Tempest Williams	biographical
Death Comes As Epiphany	Sharon Newman	first in trilogy of
The Devil's Door	Sharon Newman	15th century
Third Helping of Chicken Soup
Wild Swans	Jung Chang	biographical

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1995
Chicken Soup For the Soul	Canfield & Hansen
All the Pretty Horses	McCarthy
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha	Roddy Doyle	dud
Necessary Risks	Janet Keller
SeinLanguage	Jerry Seinfeld
Having Our Say	Delany Sisters	: ) biographical
Something More	Jean Grasso Fitzpatrick
Day Break	Belva Plain
Hotel Pastis	Peter Mayle
The Glass Lake	Maeve Binchy
The Secret History	Donna Tartt	Don't miss !
Montana 1948	J Watson
Accident	Danielle Steele
Chicken Soup For the Soul Vol 2	Canfield & Hansen
The English Patient	Michael Ondaatje
Graces	June Cotner
Not Without Laughter	Langston Hughes
A Year in Provence	Peter Mayle
Moo	Jane Smiley	dud
Sixteen Pleasures	Robert Hellenga
Meditations	Thomas Moore
High Tide in Tucson	B. Kingsolver

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1994
Where Angels Walk	Joan Wester Anderson
Plain and Simple	Sue Bender
The Death of Bernadette Lefthand	Ron Queny
Poppy Girl	Jacqueline Gilbert
Answers From the Angels	Terry Lyn Taylor
The Angel Book	Karen Golman
Being Peace	Thich Nhat Hanh
Zlata's Diary	Zlata Filopavis
Up at Oxford	Ved Mehta	fourth
This House of Breed	Rumer Gooden	convent life
Celestine Prophecy	James Redfield
Mutant Message Down Under	Marlo Morgan
Two Wise Women	Velma Wallis	wonderful
The Gift	Danielle Steele
Doc Susie -True Story of a Country Physican	Virginia Cornell
The Acorn People	Ron Jones	thoughtful
Homeland	B. Kingsolver
The Shipping News	Annie Proulx
Cutter	Laura Crum	my cousin wrote
The Very Long Engagement	Sebastien Japrisot
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1993
No Greater Love	Danielle Steele
The Heart of a Continent	? Caro	Outback nurse in Australia
The Copper Beech	Maeve Binchy
Jewels	Danielle Steele
Animal Dreams	B Kingsolver
The Bean Trees	B. Kingsolver
The Once and Future King	Mary Cochran
The Tokaido Road	Robson St. Clair
A Thousand Acres	Jane Smiley
Peace is Every Step	Thich Nhat Hanh
Treasures	Belva Plain
Hill Country	Anne River Siddons
Mixed Blessings	Danielle Steele
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now	Maya Angelou

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1992
(short poems)	Alice Adams
The Islands in the Stream	Ved Mehta	first of his autobiographies
Sound Shadows	Ved Mehta	second
The Stolen Light	Ved Mehta	third
Heart Beat	Danielle Steele
Miracle of Mindfulness	Thich Nhat Hanh	life changing

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1991
50 Simple Things You Can Do...
Message From Nam	Danielle
Family Pictures	Sue Miller
The Eight	Katherine Neville
House of Spirits	Isabel Allende
Silver Wedding	Maeve Binchy
The Education of Little Tree	Forrest Carter
Circle of Friends	Maeve Binchy
Kitchen God's Wife	Amy Tan
Spring Moon	Betty Bao Lord
Not Without My Daughter	Betty Mamoody	biographical

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The Books			Year Read
The Eight	Katherine Neville		1991
House of Spirits	Isabel Allende		1991
Spring Moon	Betty Bao Lord		1991
Sound Shadows	Ved Mehta		1992
The Heart of a Continent	Caro		1993
The Tokatdo Road	Roson St. Clair		1993
Up at Oxford	Ved Mehta		1994
The Very Long Engagement	Sebastien Japrisot		1994
The Secret History	Dona Tart		1995
The English Patient	Michael Ondaatje		1995
Sixteen Pleasures	Robert Hellenga		1995
Freedom in Exile	The 14th Dalai Lama		1996
Walking the Labryinth	Lisa Goldstein		1996
Refuge	Terry Tempest Williams		1996
Wild Swans	Jung Chang		1996
Corellis Mandolin	Louis Ce Bernieres		1997
Stones from the River	Ursula Heqi		1997
Into Thin Air	Jon Krakauer		1998
Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur Golden		1998
Poisonwood Bible	B Kingsolver		1999
Mistress of Spices	Chitra Bonerjee Divakarium		1999
Women of the Silk	G Tsukiyama		1999
Where the Heart Is	B. Letts		1999
Waiting	Ha Jin		2001
The Samurai's Garden	Gail Tsukiyama		2001
The Red Tent	Anita Dramant		2001
The Passion of Artemesia	Susan Vreeland		2002
Sister of My Heart	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni		2002
Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate DiCamillo		2002
The Piano Tuner	Daniel Mason		2002
The Secret Life of Bees	Sue Monk Kidd		2003
The Forest Lover	Susan Vreeland		2004
The Namesake	Jhumpi Lahiri		2004
To A God Unknown	John Steinbeck		2005
A Million Little Pieces	James Frey		2006
Veil of Roses	Laura Fitzgerald		2007
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte		2007

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