{"id":3161,"date":"2023-02-21T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?page_id=3161"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:36:18","slug":"books-i-have-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?page_id=3161","title":{"rendered":"Books I have Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books that I have read listed by the most recent at top:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Please note that the star ratings given are entirely my own opinion.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. On Chesil Beach<\/em>, by Ian McEwan, 2007, Audiobook narrated by the author, Random House Audio \"1.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Lincoln Highway<\/em>, by Amor Towles, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, and Dion Graham, Penguin Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Summer Crossing<\/em>, by Truman Capote, published posthumously in 2005 from a manuscript discovered years after the author’s death in 1984, Modern Library, an Imprint of Random House\"1.0My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Small Things Like These<\/em>, by Claire Keegan, 2021, Grove Press, New York \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The Keeper of Lost Causes<\/em>, by Jussi Adler-Olsen, 2007, translation 2011, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. The Satanic Verses, <\/em>by Salman Rushdie, 2008, Audiobook released 2011, narrated by Sam Dastor, Recorded Books \"1.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. 1984<\/em>, by George Orwell, 1949, 75th Anniversary Edition published in 2024 by Berkley, and imprint of Random House LLC, New York\"4.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Lessons<\/em>, by Ian McEwan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Simon McBurney, Recorded Books\"1.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Beneath A Scarlet Sky<\/em>, by Mark Sullivan, 2017, Lake Union Publishing\"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The Reader<\/em>, by Bernhard Schlink, book was published 1999, translation by Carol Brown Janeway, Audiobook released 2008, narrated by Campbell Scott, Random House Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The Gunfighter<\/em>s: How Texas Made the West Wild<\/em>, by Bryan Burroughs, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Fred Sanders, Penguin Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. The Thursday Murder Club<\/em>, by Richard Osman, 2021, Penguin Books \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Hunger Games<\/em>, Book 1, by Suzanne Collins, 2008, Audiobook released 2018, narrated by Tatiana Maslany Scholastic Audio Books \"2.5My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Death in a Strange Country<\/em> (Commissario Brunetti Book 2), by Donna Leon, 2018, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books\"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Moriarity<\/em>: Sherlock Holmes, Book 2, by Anthony Horowitz, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt, HarperAudio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Material World<\/em>: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization, by Ed Conway, 2023, Kindle Edition, Knopf\"4.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Whose Body?<\/em> A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, Book 1, by Dorothy Sayers, novel first published in 1923, Audiobook narrated by David Case, 2015, Blackstone Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Shelterwood<\/em>, by Lisa Wingate, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Christine Lakin, Dan Bittner, and Jenna Lamia, Random House Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Double Whammy<\/em> (Skink Book 1), by Carl Hiaasen, 1988, Audiobook published in 2004 narrated by George Wilson, Recorded Books \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Fever in the Heartland<\/em>: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, by Timothy Eagan, 2023, Kindle Edition. \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. The Queens of Crime<\/em>, by Marie Benedict, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Bessie Carter, Macmillan Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. The Blacklist<\/em>, by Sarah Paretsky (A V.I. Warshowsky Mystery, Book 11) , 2003, Audiobook narrated by Sandra Burr, Billiance Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. A Long Time Dead<\/em> (A D.I. Duncan McAdam Mystery), by J.M. Dalgliesh, 2023, Hamilton Press \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. The Anxious Generation<\/em>: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt, 2024, Kindle Edition, Penguin Press \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. James<\/em>, by Percival Everitt, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Dominic Hoffman, Random House Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. The Dentist<\/em> (Detective Sergeant George Cross Mystery, Book 1), by Tim Sullivan, 2025, Atlantic Crime \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Death of a Cad<\/em> (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries Book 2), by M.C. Beaton, 2012, Kindle Edition, Grand Central Publishing \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Out of Order<\/em>, by Charles Benoit, 2006, Kindle Edition, Poisoned Pen Press \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. Death of a Gossip<\/em> (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries Book 1), by M.C. Beaton, 2012, Kindle Edition, Grand Central Publishing \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Isola<\/em>, by Allegra Goodman, 2025, The Dial Press, New York \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. Mad Honey<\/em>, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Finn, Random House Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment<\/em>, by Allen Guelzo, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Justin Price \"4.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. After Annie<\/em>, by Anna Quindlen, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Gilli Messer, Random House Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. The House on Biscayne Bay<\/em>, by Chanel Cleeton, 2024, Berkely Books \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    28. Catch Me<\/em>: Detective D. D. Warren, Book 6, by Lisa Gardner, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Kirsten Potter, Brilliance Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    29. Slow Horses<\/em>, by Mick Herron, 2010, Soho Press, New York \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    30. The Lion Women of Tehran<\/em>, by Marjan Kamali, 2024, Gallery Books\"4.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    31. The Chemist<\/em>, by Stephenie Meyer, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Ellen Archer, Hachette Audio \"1.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    32. An Unfinished Love Story:<\/em> A Personal History of the 1960’s, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2024, Simon & Schuster, New York \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    33. Stormbreaker <\/em>(Alex Rider Book 1), by Anthony Horowitz, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Nathaniel Parker, Listening Library \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    34. Horse<\/em>, by Geraldine Brooks, 2024, Penguin Books \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    35. Close to Death<\/em> (Book 5 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries), by Anthony Horowitz, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, Harper Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    36. The Twist of the Knife<\/em> (Book 4 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries), by Anthony Horowitz, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, Harper Audio \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    37. The American Story, Conversations with Master Historians, <\/em>by David Rubenstein, 2019, Simon & Shuster, New York \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    38. Death at La Fenice<\/em> (Commissario Brunetti Book 1), by Donna Leon, 2012, Kindle Edition, Grove Press \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    39. A Line to Kill<\/em> (Book 3 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries), by Anthony Horowitz, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, Harper Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. A Toxic Inconvenience, Red Tide and Blue-Green Algae on Florida’s Coast<\/em>, by Nicholas G. Penniman IV, 2019, Barringer Publishing, Naples, Florida.\"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. The Giver<\/em>, by Lois Lowry, 1993, Ever After Kindle Edition, 2018, Houghton Mifflin Houghton Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company\"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. The Armor of Light<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2023, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio\"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. The Innocents<\/em>, by Ian McEwan, 2010, Kindle Edition, Anchor\"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Nuclear War: A Scenario<\/em>, by Annie Jacobsen, 2004, Kindle Edition, Dutton\"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (Jewish Lives)<\/em>, by Maurice Samuels, 2024, Kindle Edition, Yale University Press\"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. The Devil is Waiting<\/em>, by Jack Higgins, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Michael Page, Brilliance Audio, Inc.\"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. Squeeze Me<\/em>, by Carl Hiaasen, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, Random House Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel<\/em>, by Lee Child, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Random House Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      10. The Plot Against America, <\/em>by Phillip Roth, 2004, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books\"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      11. The Searcher<\/em>, by Tana French, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Roger Clark, Penguin Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      12. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store<\/em>, by James McBride, 2023, Audiobook narrated by Dominec Hoffman, Penguin Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      13. Morale<\/em>, by John W. Gardner, 1978, W.W. Norton & Company, New York \"5.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      14. Imagined Communities<\/em>, by Benjamin Anderson, 1991 revised and extended edition, Verso, an imprint of Left Wing Books \"1.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      15. Lightning Strike<\/em>, by William Kent Kruger, 2012, Atria Books, New York \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      16. Demons of Unrest<\/em>, by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio\"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      17. So Close to Home<\/em>, by Michael J. Tougias and Alison O’Leary, 2016, Pegasus Books, Ltd. \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      18. The Devil’s Daughter<\/em>, by Gordon Greisman, 2024, Kindle Edition, Blackstone Publishing \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      19. Norwegian by Night<\/em>, by Derek B. Miller, 2013, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books, Reprint edition \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      20. Britt-Marie Was Here<\/em>, by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon & Schuster Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      21. From the Low and Quiet Sea<\/em>, by Donal Ryan, 2018, Kindle Edition, Penguin Books \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      22. The One from the Other<\/em>, by Phillip Kerr, 2009, A Bernie Gunther mystery book 4, Kindle Edition, Penguin Publishing Group, G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      23. The Dubliners<\/em>, by James Joyce, book originally published in 1911, Audiobook released in 2011, narrated by several individuals, Tantor Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      24. A World of Curiosities<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 18 by Louise Penny, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2022, Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      25. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead<\/em>, by Olga Tokarczuk, 2019, Kindle Edition, Riverhead Books \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      26. The Year of the Locust<\/em>, by Terry Hayes, 2024, Emily Bestler Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      27. The Madness of Crowds:<\/em> A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 17 by Louise Penny, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2021 Macmillan Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      28. All the Devils are Here<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 16 by Louise Penny, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2020 Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      29. A Better Man<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 15 by Louise Penny, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2019 Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      30. Trust<\/em>, by Hernan Diaz, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group \"4My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      31. Kingdom of the Blind<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 14 by Louise Penny, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2018 Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      32. The Sentence is Death<\/em> (Book 2 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries), by Anthony Horowitz, 2019, HarperCollins books \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      33. Glass Houses<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 13, by Louise Penny, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2017 Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      34. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, <\/em>by Nicholas Dawidoff, 1995, 2011, Vintage Reprint Edition \"1.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      35. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President<\/em>, by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      36. A Great Reckoning<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 12, by Louise Penny, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2016 Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. The Nature of the Beast<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 11, by Louise Penny, 2015, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2015, Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. The Word is Murder<\/em> (Book 1 of the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries), by Anthony Horowitz, 2028, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, HarperAudio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. The Great Alone<\/em>, by Kristin Hannah, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Julia Whelen, Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. The Long Way Home<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10, by Louise Penny, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. How the Light Gets In<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 9, by Louise Penny, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2013, Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. Force of Nature<\/em>, by Jane Harper, 2018, Audiobook Narrated by Stephan Shanahan, Macmillan Audio \"1.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. A Beautiful Mystery<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 8, by Louise Penny, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2012, Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder<\/em>, by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York \"4.0My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. The Diamond Eye<\/em>, by Kate Quinn, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        10. The Forgiven<\/em>, by Lawrence Osborne, 2012, Kindle edition, Hogarth \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        11. A Trick of the Light<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 7, by Louise Penny, 2011, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        12. In Morocco<\/em>, by Edith Wharton, 1920 \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        13. Relative Danger<\/em>: A Mystery<\/em>, by Charles Benoit, 2006, Poison Pen Press \"5.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        14. Bury Your Dead<\/em>: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 6, by Louise Penny, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio \"4.0My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        15. City on Fire<\/em>, by Don Winslow, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Ari Fliakos, Harper Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        16. Executive Office: A look at the U.S. Presidents Through the Lens of Leadership<\/em>, by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        17. The Shadow Man<\/em>, by Helen Fields, 2021, Avon, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., London \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        18. A Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 5<\/em>, by Louise Penny, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio \"2.0My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        19. A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 4<\/em>, by Louise Penney, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        20. Con\/Artist<\/em>, by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        21. Leonardo da Vinci<\/em>, by Walter Isaacson, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Alfred Molina, Simon & Schuster Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        22. Beatles, Books, Bombs, and Beyond<\/em>, by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        23. The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse: A Novel of Love and War<\/em>, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York \"2.0My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        24. A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 4<\/em>, by Louise Penney, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio \"3.0My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        25. The Hangman<\/em>, by Louise Penny, 2010, Good Reads Books \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        26. Politics and Pasta<\/em>, by Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., with David Fisher, 2001, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        27. King Leopold’s Ghost<\/em>, by Adam Hochschild, 1998, Audiobook on cassette tapes narrated by Geoffrey Howard released in 2010, Books on Tape, Random House Audio \"4.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        28. The Cruelest Month<\/em>: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 3, by Louise Penny, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2015, Macmillan Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        29. Demon Copperhead<\/em>, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Charlie Thurston, Harper Audio \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        30. The Brass Verdict<\/em>: The Lincoln Lawyer Series, Book 2, by Michael Connelly 2008, Audiobook narrated by Peter Giles, Hachette Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        31. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II<\/em>, by Buzz Bissinger, 2022, Harper \"1.0My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        32. A Fatal Grace<\/em>: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 2, by Louise Penny, 2006, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        33. Dressed for Death<\/em>, by Donna Leon, 1994, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci released in 2009, Blackstone Audio, Inc.\"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        34. Iron Lake<\/em>, by William Kent Krueger, 1999, Atria Books \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        35. he Lincoln Lawyer<\/em>, by Michael Connelly, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Adam Grupper, Hachette Audio \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        36. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry<\/em>, by Gabrielle Zevin, 2014, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        37. The Survivors<\/em>, by Jane Harper, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio \"2.0 My Review<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        38. Lessons in Chemistry<\/em>, by Bonnie Garmus, 2022, Doubleday, New York \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        39. My Italian Bulldozer<\/em>, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Pantheon My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        40. Cooper’s Creek: Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback, <\/em>by Alan Moorehead, first published in 1963, Kindle edition 2010; \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        41. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler<\/em>, by David Kertzer, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Arthur Morey, Random House Audio  \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        42. Still Life<\/em>: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 1, by Louise Penny, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        43. Fishing for Fun, and to Wash your Soul<\/em>, by Herbert Hoover, edited by William Nichols, 1964, Random House, New York \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        44. Reinventing American Health Care<\/em>, by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, 2014, Public Affairs, A Member of Perseus Book Group, New York \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        45. Ocean<\/em> State, by Stuart O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Nan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Sara Young \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        46. Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Skiff<\/em>, by Rosemary Mahoney, 2007, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          1. The Dry<\/em>, by Jane Harper, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. The Next Accident<\/em>, by Lisa Gardner, 2001, Bantam Books \"2.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. The 1st Ladies\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Detective Agency<\/em>, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2003, Audiobook narrated by Lisette Lecat, Recorded Books \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. The Evening and the Morning<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Ken Lee, Penguin Audio \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign<\/em> Correspondent, by Rex Bowman & Carlos Santos, 2022, University of Virginia Press, Charlottsville and London \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood<\/em>, by Trevor Noah, 2016, Kindle Version, One World (an imprint of Random House), New York \"3.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. The Rose Code<\/em>, by Kate Quinn, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. The Tragedy of Patton A Soldier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Date with Destiny: Could World War II\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Greatest General Have Stopped the Cold War? <\/em>by Robert Orlando, 2021, Kindle Edition, Humanix Books \"1.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. The Maidens<\/em>, by Alex Michalides, 2021, Kindle Edition, Caladon Books \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook<\/em>, by Martin Dugard, Kindle edition, 2001, Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          11. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution<\/em>, by Mike Duncan, 2021, Audiobook narrated by the author, PublicAffairs \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          12. Robert E. Lee: A Life<\/em>, by Allen C. Guelzo, 2021, Kindle Edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          13. Cry, The Beloved Country<\/em>, by Alan Paton, 1946, Audiobook narrated by Michael York, 2012, Blackstone Audio, Inc. \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          14. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela<\/em>, by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Edition, Little, Brown and Company \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          15. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill<\/em>, by Candice Millard, 2017, Anchor Books\"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          16. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Wrath,<\/em> by Bill Browder, 2022, Kindle Edition, Simon & Schuster \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          17. Out of Africa, Shadows on the Grass<\/em>, by Isak Denison, 1937 (Out of Africa<\/em>), and 1960 (Shadows on the Grass<\/em>), Kindle Edition, Vintage International \"2.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          18. A Noble Radiance<\/em>, by Donna Leon, 1998, Penguin Books \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          19. The Target<\/em>, by David Baldacci, 2014, Grand Central Publishing \"2.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          20. The Swans of Fifth Avenue<\/em>, by Melanie Benjamin, 2016, Kindle Version, Delacorte Press \"3.0My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          21. Billy<\/em> Summers, by Stephen King, 2021, Kindle Edition, Scribner \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          22. The Anomaly<\/em>, by Herv\u00c3\u00a9 Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter, 2021, Kindle Edition, Other Press \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          23. Code Name Verity<\/em>, by Elizabeth Wein, 2012, Hyperion Press\"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          24. The Long Petal of the Sea,<\/em> by Isabelle Allende, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Random House Audio\"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          25. The Sentinel<\/em>, by Lee and Andrew Child, 2020, Random House, LLC \"1.5My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          26. A Separate Peace<\/em>, by John Knowles, 1960, The Macmillian Company \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          27. Zero Fall: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service<\/em>, by Carol Leonnig, 2021, Kindle Edition, Random House \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          28. J.D. Salinger: A Life<\/em>, by Kenneth Slawenski, 2012, Random House eBook Edition \"2.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          29. The Catcher in the Rye<\/em>, by J.D. Salinger, original publication 1951, Back Bay Books Paperback edition 2010, Little Brown and Company, New York \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          30. Earthly Remains: A Commissario Brunetti Mystery<\/em>, by Donna Leon, 2017, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books \"3.5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          31. The Midnight Library: A Novel<\/em>, by Matt Haig, 2020, Kindle Edition, Viking\"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
            \n


            2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            1. For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/em>, by Ernest Hemingway, 1939, Kindle Hemingway Library Edition, Simon and Schuster\"3.5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. The Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night<\/em>, by Julian Sancton, Crown Publishing, 2021 \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. The Bomber Mafia<\/em>, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2021, Kindle Version, Allen Lane Publishing \"2.5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. The Lion<\/em>, by Nelson DeMillie, audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2010, Hachette Audio \"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story<\/em>, by Michael Lewis, 2021, Kindle version, W.W. Norton & Company \"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. The Paris Library<\/em>, by Janet Skeslien Charles, 2021, Atria Books \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            7. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race<\/em>, 2021, by Walter Isaacson, Kindle version, Simon & Shuster \"4.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            8. Babbitt<\/em>, by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, with an afterword by Mark Schorer, a Signet Classic, published by the Penguin Group, New York \"4.0My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            9. Becoming<\/em>, by Michelle Obama, 2018, Crown Publishing Group, New York\"3.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            10. Santa Fe Dead<\/em>, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Penguin Books, LTD \"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            11. Potshot<\/em>, by Robert B. Parker, 2002, G.P. Putnams Sons \"1.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            12. What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life<\/em> , by Dr. Sharon Saline, forward by Dr. Laura Markham, 2018, Tarcherperigee \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            13. Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel<\/em>, by Lee Child, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2018, Random House Audio\"2.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            14. The Summer of the Red Wolf<\/em>, by Morris L. West, 1971, Compania Financiera Perlina, S.A. \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            15. Anxious People<\/em>, by Fredrik Backman, 2019, Atria Books \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            16. Night Over Water<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 1991, Macmillan \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            17. The Girl with Seven Names, A North Korean Defector\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Story<\/em>, by Hyeonseo Lee, 2015, Kindle Edition, William Collins \"4.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            18. When Breath Becomes Air<\/em>, by Paul Kalanithi, with forward by Abraham Verghese and epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, 2016, Random House, New York \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            19. Killer Smile, <\/em>by Lisa Scottoline, 2004, Harpertorch, New York \"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            20. Thief River Falls<\/em>, by Brian Freeman, 2020, Thomas & Mercer, Seattle \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            21. The Stranger in My Genes<\/em>, by Bill Griffeth, 2016, New England Historic Genealogical Society \"3.0  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            22. Mila 18<\/em>, by Leon Uris, 1961, Doubleday\"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            23. Us Against You: A Novel<\/em>, by Fredrik Backman, Audiobook narrated by Marin Ireland, 2018, Simon & Shuster Audio \"2.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            24. The Great Gatsby<\/em>, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925 \"4.0 My Review <\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
              \n


              2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n
              1. The Nickel Boys: A Novel<\/em>, by Colson Whitehead, Audiobook narrated by J.D. Jackson, 2019, Random House Audio \"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War<\/em>, by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster\"3.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. The Silent Patient<\/em>, by Alex Michaelides, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey, Macmillan Audio \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. The Testaments<\/em>, by Margaret Atwood, 2019, Nan A. Talese, Doubleday \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. Camino Island: A Novel<\/em>, by John Grisham, 2017, Audiobook narrated by January LaVoy, Random House Audio \"2 My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              6. Dear Edward: A Novel<\/em> by Ann Napolitano, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Random House Audio\"3.0  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              7. The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel<\/em>, by Marie Benedict, 2019, Sourcebooks Landmark \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              8. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sorry: A Novel<\/em>, by Fredrik Backman, 2015, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon and Schuster Audio \"3.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              9. The Janson Directive<\/em>, by Robert Ludlum, 2002, Audiobook narrated by Paul Michael, Macmillan Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              10. Two Dollar Bill<\/em>, by Stuart Woods, 2005, G.P. Putnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sons\"2.0   My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              11. Finding Darwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s God, A Scientist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, <\/em>by Kenneth R. Miller, 1999, Harper Perennial, New York \"3.5  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              12. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero<\/em>, by Timothy Egan, 2016, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books \"3.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              13. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,<\/em> by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House \"3.5  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              14. New York: The Novel<\/em>, by Edward Rutherfurd, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Mark Bramhall, Random House Audio\"3.5My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              15. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Greatest Nuclear Disaster<\/em>, by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              16. Last Sermon for a Sinner,<\/em> by Claremary P. Sweeney, 2019, EBookBakery Books \"2.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              17. American Dirt: A Novel<\/em>, by Jeanine Cummins, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Yareli Arizmendi, Macmillan Audio \"2.0  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              18. The Kings Depart, The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German<\/em> Revolution, by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books.\"4.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              19. A Column of Fire<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2017, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              20. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War<\/em>, by Ben McIntyre, Kindle Version, 2018, Broadway Books, Reprint edition \"3.5  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              21. Commonwealth, <\/em>by Ann Patchett, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Hope Davis, HarperAudio <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              22. Notre-Dame, A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2019, Viking \"3.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              23. The Summer Before the War: A Novel<\/em>, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, LLC \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              24. Machines Like Me: A<\/em> Novel, by Ian McEwan, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Steven Crossley, Recorded Books\"3.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              25. Your Heart, My Hands<\/em>, by Arun K. Singh, M.D., with John Hanc, 2019, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, New York \"4.0 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                \n

                2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n
                1. Justine<\/em>, by Lawrence Durrell, Kindle Version, originally published in 1957, this edition published in 2012 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., New York \"2.0  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Progress<\/em>, by Mark Twain, originally published by Mark Twain in 1869, Kindle Version, 2011, Digireads.com Publishing \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. Stolen Prey<\/em>, by John Sanford, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone, Penguin Audio \"2.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                4. The Handmaid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tale<\/em>, by Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1985, Audiobook read by Claire Danes, released in 2012, Audible Studios \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                5. The Last Days of Night: A Novel<\/em>, by Graham Moore, 2017, Kindle Version, Random House LLC \"3.5  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                6. The Invisible Bridge<\/em>, by Julie Orringer, 2010, Kindle Edition, Random House LLC \"4.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                7. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, <\/em>by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, Speigel & Grau \"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                8. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism<\/em>, By John U. Bacon, Audiobook narrated by Johnny Heller, 2017, Harper Collins Publisher \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                9. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past<\/em>, by David Riech, 2018, Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House, New York\"3.5 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                10. Warlight: A Novel<\/em>, by Michael Ondaatje, Audiobook narrated by Steve West, 2018, Random House Audio \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                11. Bear Town<\/em>, by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Washington Square Press \"4  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                12. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love<\/em>, by Dani Shapiro, 2019, Knopf\"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                13. The Chessmen: The Lewis Trilogy <\/em>, by Peter May, 2016, Quercus, Reprint Edition  \"3.5  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                14. The Witch Elm: A Novel<\/em>, by Tana French, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Paul Nugent, 2018, Penguin Audio \"2.0  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                15. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fight for Justice<\/em>, by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster \"4.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                16. The Night Tiger,<\/em> by Yangsze Choo, 2019, Audiobook read by the author, Macmillan Audio \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                17. The Undoing Project<\/em>, by Michael Lewis, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                18. The Lessons of History,<\/em> by Will and Ariel Durant, 1965, Simon and Schuster, New York \"5My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                19. Prince of Tides, <\/em>by Pat Conroy, 1986 \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                20. Fear: Trump in the White House<\/em>, by Bob Woodward, 2018, Simon & Shuster, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                21. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup<\/em>, by John Carreyrou, 2018, Knopf \"5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                22. An American Marriage: A Novel<\/em>, by Tayari Jones, Audiobook narrated by Sean Crisden and Elsa Davis, 2018, Highbridge, a division of Recorded Books \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                23. April 1865, <\/em>by Jay Winek, 2001, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

                  2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \n
                  1. To the To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of<\/em> Exploration, by Edward J. Larson, 2018, Kindle Edition, William Morrow publisher\"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  2. Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>, by Della Owens, 2018, Kindle Edition, G.P. Putnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sons \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  3. The Lewis Man: The Lewis Trilogy<\/em>, by Peter May, 2015, Kindle Edition \"3My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  4. Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Final Mission, <\/em>by Brett Baier and Catherine Whitney, 2017, William Morrow\"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  5.  The Secret Servant<\/em>, by Daniel Silva, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Phil Gigante, Brilliance Audio\"1My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  6. Killers of the Flower Moon, The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI<\/em>, by David Grann, 2007, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House LLC, New York\"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  7. The Husband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/em> Secret, by Liane Moriarty, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Caroline Lee, Penguin Audio \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  8. One Hell of a Gamble, The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis<\/em>, by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  9. The Secret Scripture<\/em>, by Sebastian Barry, 2008, Audiobook narrated by Wanda McCaddon, Blackstone Audio Inc. \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  10. Educated: a Memoir<\/em>, by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC \"4My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  11. I Am Pilgrim<\/em>, by Terry Hayes, 2014, Atria\/Emily Bestler Books, Kindle version, Simon and Shuster Digital Sales, Inc. \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  12. The Underground Railroad<\/em>, by Colson Whitehead, 2016, Kindle Version, Published by Anchor, sold by Random House, LLC \"three My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  13. The Enemy<\/em>, by Lee Child, 2004, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  14. Mudbound<\/em>, by Hillary Jordan, 2009, Algonquin Books\"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  15. An Irish Country Village<\/em>, by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook narrated by John Keating, 2008, Macmillan Audio\"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  16. Life After Life<\/em>, by Kate Atkinson, Audiobook narrated by Fennela Woolgar, 2013, Hachette Audio\"1 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  17. The Richest Woman in America: Hettie Green in the Gilded Age, <\/em>by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio
                    \"2                     My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  18. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America, <\/em>by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books\"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  19. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel<\/em>, by Amor Towles, 2016, Viking\"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  20. The Edge of Eternity,<\/em> by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2014, Penguin Audio \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  21. Red Sparrow: A Novel<\/em>, by Jason Matthews, 2013, Scribner\"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  22. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow<\/em>, by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  23. E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is for Evidence, by Sue Grafton, 1988, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., New York  \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  24. Deep Blue<\/em>, by Randy Wayne White, 2016, G.P. Putnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sons, New York \"1 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                    \n

                    2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \n
                    1. South of Broad<\/em>, by Pat Conroy, 2009, Random House, New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    2. To Capture What We Cannot Keep<\/em>, by Beatrice Colin, 2016, Flatiron Books, New York
                      \"2                        My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    3. Hillbilly Elegy<\/em>: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis (Kindle Edition), by J. D. Vance, 2016, Harper  \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    4. The Convivial Codfish<\/em>, by Charlotte MacLeod, 1984, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    5. The Association of Small Bombs, a novel, by Karen Mahajan, 2016, Penguin Books, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    6. Winter of the World: The Century Trilogy, Book 2<\/em>, by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2012, Penguin Audio \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    7. The Black House<\/em>, by Peter May, 2009, Quercus, New York, London \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    8. Call Me Madame Alice<\/em>, by K. W. Garlick, 2016, Stillwater River Publications, Chepachet, RI \"1.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    9. Saving Sophie<\/em>, by Ronald H. Balson, 2015, St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Griffin, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    10. Honor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Voice, The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, <\/em>by Douglas L. Wilson, 1998, Alfred A. Knopf, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    11. Look Again<\/em>, by Lisa Scottoline, 2009, St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Griffin, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    12. In the Unlikely Event<\/em>, by Judy Blume, audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney, 2015, Random House Audio \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    13. Alexander Hamilton<\/em>, by Ron Chernow, 2005, Penguin Books\"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    14. Anatomy of a Soldier<\/em>, by Harry Parker, 2016, Alfred A. Knopf, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    15. Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel<\/em>, by Nancy Horan, audiobook CD, read by Kristin Potter, 2014, Random House Audio, \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    16. The Summer Before the War<\/em>, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    17. The Nix: a novel<\/em>, by Nathan Hill, 2016, a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                      \n

                      2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        \n
                      1. Small Island, A Novel<\/em>, by Andrea Levy, 2004, Picador, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      2. Origins of a Catastrophe<\/em>, by Warren Zimmerman, 1999, Times Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      3. Skink, No Surrender<\/em>, by Carl Hiaasen, audiobook read by Kirby Heyborne, 2014, Random House, LLC \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      4. The English Girl<\/em>, by Daniel Silva, audiobook read by George Guidall, 2013, Harper-Collins Publishers \"1 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      5. Orphan Train: A Novel<\/em>, by Cristina Baker Kline, audiobook read by Jessica Almasy and Suzanne Toren, 2013, Audible, Inc. \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      6. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss<\/em>, by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, 2016, Harper \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      7. In Harm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Way<\/em>, by Doug Stanton, 2003, Henry Holt & Company, New York \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      8. The Nightingale,<\/em> by Kristin Hannah, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Polly Stone, 2015, Macmillan Audio \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      9. The Last Hurrah: A Novel<\/em>, by Edwin O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Connor, introduction by Jack Beatty, 2016 (originally published in 1956), Kindle Edition, University of Chicago, Reprint Edition \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      10. The Allure of Immortality<\/em>, by Lyn Millner, 2015, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      11. North River: A Novel<\/em>, by Pete Hamill, 2007, Kindle edition by the Hachette Book Group \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      12. The Lake House: A Novel<\/em>, by Kate Morton, 2015, Kindle Edition, Atria Books, Reprint Edition, sold by Simon and Schuster Digital Sales, Inc.\"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      13. The Cuckoo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage<\/em>, by Clifford Stoll, originally published in 1989, Kindle edition by Doubleday, 2012 \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      14. The Galton Case<\/em>, by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996) \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      15. Intervention, by Robin Cook, 2009, audiobook read by George Guidall, Recorded Books, Frederick, MD \"1 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      16. A Death in Vienna<\/em> by Daniel Silva, 2004, audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      17. Boom!, Voices of the Sixties, Personal Reflection on the \u00e2\u20ac\u212260\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and Today<\/em>, by Tom Brokaw, 2007, Random House, Inc., New York  My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      18. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, The Forgotten War that Changed American History, by Brian Kilmead and Don Yaeger, 2015, Random House, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      19. All the Light We Cannot See<\/em>, by Anthony Doerr, 2014. Scribner, New York  \"4My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      20. The Presidents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 War<\/em>, by Chris DeRose, 2014, Lyons Press, Guilford Connecticut \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      21. The Children<\/em> Act, by Ian McEwan, 2014, Penguin Random House, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      22. The Death of Caesar: The Story of History\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Famous Assassination<\/em>, by Barry Strauss, 2015, Simon & Schuster, New York \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      23. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel<\/em>, by David Mitchell, audiobook narrated by Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox, 2010, Recorded Books \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      24. The Wright Brothers<\/em>, by David McCullough, 2015, Simon and Schuster, New York \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n


                        2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          \n
                        1. Wildfire<\/em>, by Nelson DeMille, 2006, Warner Books, New York \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        2. Into the Woods<\/em>, by Tana French, 2007, Penguin Books \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        3. Analogies at War: Koriea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965<\/em>, by Yuen Foong Khong, 1992, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        4. The Man Who Invented Florida<\/em>, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, book originally published 1997, Audiobook released 2010 by Tantor Audio \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        5. A Green Journey<\/em>, by Jon Hassler, 1985, Ballentine Books, New York \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        6. A Spy Among Friends, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal<\/em>, 2014, by Ben Macintyre, Crown Publishing, New York \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        7. The Maltese Falcon<\/em>, by Dashiell Hammett, 1930, 1st Vintage Books Edition \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        8. Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End<\/em>, by Atul Gawande, 2014, Picador \"5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        9. The Lowland<\/em>, by Jhumpa Lahari, Audiobook read by Sunil Maholtra, 2013, Audible.com \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        10. Crazy Horse, A Lakota Life<\/em>, by Kingsley M. Bray, 2006, Volume 254 of the Civilization of the American Indian Series, The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        11. An Irish Country Girl, <\/em>by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook read by Terry Donnelly, 2010, Midwest Tape, LLC, Holland, OH \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        12. Washington Square<\/em>, by Henry James, originally published in 1880 as a magazine serial, Audiobook read by Lorna Raver, 2008, Tantor Media, Inc.\"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        13. The Private Patient<\/em>, by P.D. James Unabridged CD Audiobook (An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) Audio CD, 2008, read by Rosalyn Landor \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        14. Killing Patton<\/em>, by Bill O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2014, Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        15. A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh<\/em>, by Jeff Shaara, Audiobook, 2012, Narrated by Paul Michael, Random House Audio \"4 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        16. The Boys in the Boat<\/em>, by Daniel James Brown, 2013, Viking Penguin Group \"4 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        17. Supreme Commander: MacArthur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Triumph in Japan<\/em>, by Seymour Morris, Jr., 2014, Harper \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        18. Me Before You<\/em>, by Jojo Moyes, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, and Owen Lindsey, Penguin Audio \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        19. Arctic Chill<\/em>, by Arnaldur Indridason, 2005, Audiobook narrated by George Guidall, 2011, Recorded Books, LLC \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        20. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Something about St. Tropez, by Elizabeth Adler, Audiobook narrated by Julie Briskman, 2009, BBC Audio \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        21. An Officer and a Spy<\/em>, by Robert Harris, 2014, Vintage Reprint Edition \"4 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        22. The Daughters of Mars: A Novel<\/em>, by Thomas Keneally, Audible Audio Edition narrated by Jane Nolan,  Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        23. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War<\/em>, by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Griffin \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          \n

                          2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            \n
                          1. Fall On Your Knees<\/em>, by Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996, Touchstone Books, New York \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          2. A Traveller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s History of Turkey<\/em>, by Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          3. One Summer: America, 1927<\/em>, by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks <\/a> My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          4. The Castaways: A Novel<\/em>, by Elin Hilderbrand, Audiobook 2009, Read by Katie Hale, Hatchett Audio \"1 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          5. Sweet Tooth<\/em>, by Ian McEwen, Audiobook version released 2012, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Random House Audiobooks \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          6. Fall of Giants<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2010, Dutton, published by the Penguin Group, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          7. Dreams of Joy: A Novel<\/em>, by Lisa See, Audiobook, 2011, Read by Janet Song, Random House Audiobooks My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          8. Defending Jacob: A Novel<\/em>, by William Landay, 2012, Delacorte Press, a division of Random House, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          9. The Shadow of the Wind,<\/em> by Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00c3\u00b3n, Translated by Lucia Graves, 2004, The Penguin Press, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          10. Birds Without Wings<\/em>, by Louis de Berni\u00c3\u00a8res, 2004, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House Inc., New York  \"4.5 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          11. The Towers of Trebizond<\/em>, by Rose Macaulay,1957, Paperback edition, 2012, Ferrar Strauss and Cudahay, New York \"3 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          12. Private Svoboda, Hope is the Last to Die<\/em>, by Steven R. Roberts with Alexander von Svoboda, 2013, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          13. The Language of Flowers<\/em>, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Read by Tara Sands, 2011, Random House Audio \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          14. The Colossus of Maroussi<\/em>, by Henry Miller, originally published in 1941, Second Edition, 2010, introduction by Will Short, afterword by Ian S. MacNiven, a New Directions Paperback \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          15. I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford<\/em>, by Richard Snow, 2013, Scribner, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          16. The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise<\/em>, by Michael Grunwald, 2006, Simon and Shuster Paperbacks, New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          17. Harry Truman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, <\/em>by Matthew Algeo, 2011, Chicago Review Press \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          18. Salt Sugar Fat, How the Food Giants Hooked Us<\/em>, by Michael Moss, 2012, Random House, New York \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                            \n


                            2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              \n
                            1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932<\/em>, by William Manchester, 1984, Audiobook, 2012, read by Frederick Davidson, Blackstone Audio \"4 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            2. Turning Angel: A Novel<\/em>, by Greg Isles, 2006, Pocket Books \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            3. George F. Kennan: An American Life<\/em>, by John Lewis Gaddis, 2010, Penguin Books\"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            4. The Ferguson Affair<\/em>, by Ross Macdonald, 1960, republished in 2010 by Vintage Books, a division of Random House \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            5. Whiteout<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2004, Signet Publishing \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            6. An Innocent Man, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. <\/em>by John Grisham, 2006, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Craig Wasson, 2006 \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            7. Caleb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crossing<\/em>, by Geraldine Brooks, 2011, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Jennifer Ehle \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            8. Armies of the Night<\/em>, by Norman Mailer, 1968, The New American Library, New York \"2 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            9. 11\/22\/63<\/em>, by Stephen King, 2011, Scribner, New York \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            10. World Without End<\/em>,  by Ken Follett, 2008, New American Library, Penguin Books Ltd., London <\/em> My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            11. A Secret Kept<\/em>, by Tatiana de Rosnay, narrated by Simon Vance, 2010, Macmillan Audio \"1 My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            12. In the Garden of Beasts, Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Berlin<\/em>, by Erik Larson, 2011, Broadway Paperbacks, New York \"four My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            13. Heart of Darkness<\/em>, by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1903, 2005, Blackstone Audio, read by Frederick Davidson \"four My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            14. Executive Privilege<\/em>, by Phillip Margolin, 2008, Harper Audio, narrated by Jonathan Davis \"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            15. The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan- A History of the End of the Cold War, <\/em>by James Mann, 2010, Penguin Books \"2.0 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            16. Wishin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and Hopin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em>, by Wally Lamb, 2009, HarperAudio, performed by the author.\"3 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            17. Protect and Defend<\/em>, by Vince Flynn, 2007, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall  \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            18. Gone Girl, A Novel<\/em>, by Gillian Flynn, Crown Publishing, 2012   My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            19. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938<\/em>, by R. A. Scotti, Back Bay Books, 2004 \"four My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            20. Gold: A Novel<\/em>, by Chris Cleave, 2012, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by Emilia Fox. \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            21. Persuasion<\/em>, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            22. Pursuit of Honor, by Vince Flynn, 2009, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            23. Killing Lincoln<\/em>, by Bill O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2011, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            24. Honor Bound, Terror on the F Train,<\/em> by Steven R. Roberts, 2012, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            25. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters,<\/em>by James W. Douglass, 2010, Touchstone \"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            26. State of Wonder: A Novel<\/em>, by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Hope Davis, 2011, Audible.com\"2 My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                              \n


                              2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                \n
                              1. Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, <\/em>by Barry Estabrook, 2012, Andrew McMeel Publishing  My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              2. The Cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Table<\/em>, by Michael Ondaatje, 2011, Audiobook read by the author, Random House Audio \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              3. The Prague Cemetery<\/em>, by Umberto Eco, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., New York \"2My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              4. A Sleeping Life<\/em>, An Inspector Wexford Mystery<\/em>, by Ruth Rendell, 1964, Audiobook Narrated by Nigel Anthony, 2010, AudioGO, North Kingstown, RI. \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              5. The Rider of the Ruby Hills<\/em>, by Louis L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Amour, 1949, Audiobook read by Jim Gough, 2005, Blackstone Audio My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              6. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies<\/em>, by Jared Diamond, first published in 1997 this edition has an afterword published in 2004, W.W. Norton & Company \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              7. Small Vices, A Spencer Mystery (#24), by Robert B. Parker, 1998, Audiobook read by Burt Reynolds, 2005, Phoenix AudioBooks \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              8. Monday Mornings: A Novel<\/em>, by Sanjay Gupta, Audiobook read by Chrisian Rummel, 2013, Hachette Audio \"1My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              9. The Submission, by Amy Waldman, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              10. The Lost Symbol<\/em>, by Dan Brown, audible edition read by Paul Michael, 2009, Random House Audio, New York \"1My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              11. Night<\/em>, by Elie Wisel, 1972 (new translation by Marion Wiesel, 2006), Hill and Wang, a division of Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York \"5My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              12. The Marriage Plot<\/em>, by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              13. Liar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Poker<\/em>, by Michael Lewis, 1989, W.W. Norton & Company, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              14. Citizens of London<\/em>, by Lynne Olson, 2010, Random House, New York \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              15. The Madonnas of Leningrad<\/em>, by Debra Dean, 2006, Harper Perennial, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              16. Hornet Flight<\/em>, by Ken Follett, 2002, Audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape, Inc., Santa Ana, California My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              17. Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman<\/em>, by Robert K. Massie, 2011, Random House, New York \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              18. One Second After, <\/em>by William R. Forstchen, 2009, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York \"2My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              19. Freedom, <\/em>by Jonathan Franzen, Audiobook Read by David LeDoux, 2010, MacMillan Audio, New York My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              20. River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Darkest Journey, <\/em>by Candice Millard, 2005, Anchor Books, New York \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              21. The Big Short, Inside the Doomsday Machine<\/em>, by Michael Lewis, 2010, W. W. Norton & Company, New York \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              22. Wild Bill Donovan, The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage<\/em>, by Douglas Waller, 2011, Fress Press, New York \"2My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              23. With Wings Like Eagles, A History of the Battle of Britain<\/em>, by Michael Korda, 2009, Harper, New York My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              24. Cutting for Stone<\/em>, by Abraham Verghese, 2009, First Vintage Books \/ Random House, New York \"fourMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                \n


                                2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  \n
                                1. A Question of Belief, A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, <\/em>by Donna Leon, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, 2010, BBC Audiobooks America   My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                2. Room: A Novel<\/em>, by Emma Donoghue, 2010, Audiobook read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer and Robert Petkoff, Hachette Audio \"3My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                3. I Will Bear Witness, 1933-1941, A Diary of the Nazi Years<\/em>, by Victor Klemperer, Translated by Martin Chalmers, 1999, Modern Library Paperback Edition, Random House, New York (First published in Germany under the title Ich will Aeugnis ablegen bis sum ltestn: Tagebucher 1933 von Victor Kempere<\/em>, Copyright Aufbau-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1995).\"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                4. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, <\/em>by Carson McCullers, originally published in 1940, read by Cherry Jones, 2004, HarperAudio \"1My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                5. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Nest<\/em>, by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland, read my Simon Vance, 2010, Audible Audio Edition \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                6. Gila Country Legend: The Life and Times of Quentin Hulse, <\/em>by Nancy Coggeshall, 2009, The University of New Mexico Press<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                7. The Gift of Rain<\/em>, by Tan Twan Eng, 2008, Weinstein Books, New York \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                8. A Rope and a Prayer, A Kidnapping from Two Sides<\/em>, by David Rhode and Kristen Mulvihill, 2010, The Penguin Group, New York My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                9. The Coldest Winter<\/em>, by David Halberstam, 2007, Hyperion, New York My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                10. Evening Class, <\/em>by Maeve Binchy, 1999, audio book read by Kate Binchy, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio \"2My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                11. The Glass Castle: A Memoir, <\/em>by Jeannette Walls, 2006, Scribner, New YorkMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                12. Outliers, The Story of Success<\/em>, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008, audio book narrated by the author, Hatchett Audio, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                13. Cleopatra: A Life<\/em>,  by Stacy Schiff,  2010 <\/em> My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                14. Big Trouble<\/em>, by Dave Barry, audio book narrated by Dick Hill, 1999, Brilliance AudioMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                15. Crime and Punishment, <\/em>by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866, audio book narrated by Anthony Heald, 2007, Blackstone Audio, Inc. \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                16. A World Lit Only by Fire, The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance<\/em>, by William Manchester, 1992, Little, Brown & Company, Limited, Boston <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                17. Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,<\/em> by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010, Random House, New York \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                18. Everglades: Doc Ford Series, Book 10<\/em>, by Randy Wayne White, 2003, audio book, narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven MI<\/em>My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                19. Belize Survivor, Darker Side of Paradise<\/em>, by Nancy R. Koerner, 2007, Published by NK Marketing <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                20. Hellhound on His Trail, The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin,<\/em> by Hampton Sides, 2010, Doubleday, New York My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                21. Clapton: The Autobiograpy<\/em>, by Eric Clapton, audio book by narrated by Simon Vance My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                22. Shantaram<\/em>, by Gregory David Roberts, 2003, St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Press, New York \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                23. The Flight of the Falcon<\/em>, by Daphne Du Maurier, 1965,  audio book read by James Callis, 2010, by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. \"fourMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

                                  2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    \n
                                  1. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare<\/em>, by G.K. Chesterton, audio book narrated by Simon Vance, originally published in 1908, christianaudio\/Hovel Audio, 2004 \"two My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  2. Anatomy of Greed, The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider<\/em>, by Brian Cruver, narrated by Mel Foster, 2004, Brilliance Audio \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  3. A Briefer History of Time, <\/em>by Steven Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow, unabridged, read by Erik Davies, 2005, Random House Audio <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  4. A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>, by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1859, read by Frederick Davidson, 1988, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.\"fourMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  5. The Warden, <\/em>by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1855, read by Simon Vance, 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  6. The Blue Notebook<\/em>, by James Andrew Levine, M.D., Ph.D., read by Meera Simhan, 2009, Random House Audio, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  7. Tears in the Darkness, The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath<\/em>, 2009, by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman, read by Michael Prichard, Tantor Audio <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  8. Gone Tomorrow<\/em>, by Lee Child, read by Dick Hill, 2009, Random House Audio, New York \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  9. Sarah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Key<\/em>, by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2007, St. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Press, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  10. From This Day Forward<\/em>, by Cokie and Steve Roberts, 2000, William and Morrow Company, New York \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  11. Transfer of Power, <\/em>by Vince Flynn, 1999, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  12. Grand Finale, <\/em>by Janet Evanovich, audio book narrated by C. J. Critt, 2009, Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc. \"1My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  13. Murder at a Vineyard Mansion,<\/em> by Philip R. Craig, audio book narrated by Tom Stechschulte, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC \"2My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  14. Noah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Compass, <\/em>by Anne Tyler, audio book narrated by Arthur Morey, 2009, Random House Inc. \"twoMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  15. The Piano Teacher, <\/em>by Janice Y. K. Lee, audio book narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, 2009, Penguin Audio \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  16. Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation<\/em>, by Joseph J. Ellis, audio book narrated by Nelson Runger, 2000 by Joseph J. Ellis, 2001 by Recorded Books, LLC \"fourMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  17. The Tenderness of Wolves<\/em>, by Stef Penney, 2006, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York \"3My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  18. The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCullough, 1977, Simon and Schuster, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/em>, by Stieg Larsson, translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland, audio book read by Simon Vance, 2008, Books on Tape, Westminster, MD My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  20. Dr. Finlay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Casebook Omnibus, by A. J. Cronin, 2010, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland (from Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae<\/em> published in 1978 and Adventures of a Black Bag<\/em>, first published in 1943 and revised in 1969) My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  21. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, NY My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  22. The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, audio book read by Wanda McCaddon, 2008 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library) <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  23. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, first published 1860-1861, Audio Book narrated by Frederick Davidson, 1993, Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library and downloaded to my Sansa Clip mp3 player). <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  24. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sons, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  25. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, written in 1798-1799, revised by the author in 1803, and first published (posthumously) in 1803, Audiobook narrated by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC. <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  26. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  27. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  28. Rasputin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Daughter, by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New York<\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  29. The Sellout, How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System, by Charles Gasparino, 2009, Harper Business, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  30. American Gospel, God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, by Jon Meacham, 2007, Audiobook. <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  31. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                                    \n


                                    2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n
                                    1. Southern Exposure, A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s South Island<\/em>, by Chris Duff, 2003, The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    2. The Book Thief, <\/em>by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York \"fourMy Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    3. Hot Mahogany, a Stone Barrington Novel<\/em>, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio My Review<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    4. Teacher Man<\/em>, by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio \"2My Review<\/em><\/a>
                                      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a>
                                      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    6. Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose, 2001, Simon & Shuster, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    7. The First Salute, by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    8. The Cat who Went to Paris, by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    9. American Lion, Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham, 2008 <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    10. Body and Soul, by Frank Conroy, 1993 <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    11. The Reavers, by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 <\/em>My Review<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    12. Bitter, An American Mother and Daughter in China, 1987-88 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A Memoir<\/em>, 2007, by Marguerite Linsert Lentz, self-published at Lulu.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    13. Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World<\/em>, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, 2008, Grand Central Publishing, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    14. Term Limits<\/em>, by Vince Flynn, 1997, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    15. Act of War<\/em>, by Dale Brown, Read by Larry Pressman, 2005, Harper Collins Publishers (Abridgement approved by author)\"two<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    16. Ten Thousand Islands<\/em>, by Randy Wayne White, Read by Ron McLarty, 2000 by Randy Wayne White, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC. \"threeMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    17. The Ha Ha<\/em>, by Dave King, 2005, Little, Brown, and Company, New York \"three<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
                                      \n


                                      2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        \n
                                      1. Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy, and the West<\/em>, by Banazir Bhutto, 2008, HarperCollins Publishers, New York My Review<\/a>
                                        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      2. Girls of Riyadh<\/em>, by Rajaa Alsanea, Read by Kate Reading, 2005 by Rajaa Alsanea, Translation 2007 by Rajaa Alsanea and Marilyn Booth, 2007 by Penguin Audio \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      3. A Land Remembered, A Novel<\/em>, by Patrick D. Smith, 1984, Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL My Review<\/a>
                                        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      4. The Walking Wind, <\/em>by Tony Hillerman, Read by George Guidall, 2002 by Tony Hillerman, 2002 by Recorded Books, LLC. My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      5. Thirteen Moons<\/em>, by Charles Frazier, Read by Will Patton, 2006 by Random House, Inc., 2006 by 3 Crows Productions. \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      6. Under a Wing, A Memoir, <\/em>by Reeve Lindbergh, 1998, Simon & Schuster, New York \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      7. Fly Boys, A True Story of Courage<\/em>, by James Bradley, 2003, Back Bay Books \/ Little, Brown and Company, New York \"threeMy Review<\/a>
                                        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      8. Saturday, <\/em>by Ian McEwan, Read by Steven Crossley, 2005 by Ian McEwan, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC My Review<\/a>
                                        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      9. Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Advisor to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia<\/em>, by Janet Wallach, 1996, by Janet Wallach, Anchor Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., New York. \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      10. The Pillars of the Earth, <\/em>by Ken Follett, 1989, \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      11. Endgame, 1945, The Missing FInal Chapter of World War II<\/em>, by David Safford, 2007, Little, Brown and Company, New York \"threeMy Review<\/a>
                                        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      12. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy<\/em>, Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, original written 1863-1868, new translation published in 2007 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      13. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek<\/em>, by Lilian Jackson Braun, Read by George Guidall, 2002 by Lilian Jackson Braun, 2002 by Recorded Books, LLC \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      14. The Bridesmaid, by Ruth Rendell<\/em>, Read by Barbara Rosenblat, 1989 by Kinsmarkham Enterprised, Ltd., 1991 by Recorded Books \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      15. No Country for Old Men<\/em>, by Cormac McCarthy, 2006, Vintage International, New York\"fourMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      16. Everyman<\/em>, by Phillip Roth, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by George Guidall. \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      17. The Colorado Kid, b<\/em>y Stephen King, 2005, Audioworks (Simon & Shuster), read by Jeffrey DeMunn. \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      18. Telegraph Days<\/em>, by Larry McMurtry, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by Annie Potts,\"oneMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      19. Moscow, 1812, Napolean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fatal March<\/em>, by Adam Zamoyski, 2004, HarperCollins, New York \"4My Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                                        \n


                                        2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          \n
                                        1. The Screwtape Letters, How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation,<\/em> by C.S. Lewis, 1959 \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        2. The Rising Tide, a Novel of World War II<\/em>, by Jeff Shaara, 2006, Ballentine Books, New York \"three My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        3. Shark River<\/em>, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Ron McLarty, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. \"threeMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        4. Tishomingo Blues<\/em>, by Elmore Leonard, audiobook narrated by Frank Muller, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. \"2My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        5. Parish Priest, Father Michael McGivney and American Catholocism<\/em>, by Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster, 2006, HarperCollins Publishers, New York. <\/em>My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        6. Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII<\/em>, by Dr. Alfred Price and Mike Spick, 2000. Abbeydale Press, Leicester, England <\/em>My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        7. Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky, Translated by Sandra Smith, 2006, Vintage International, New York <\/em>My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        8. Echo Park<\/em>, by Michael Connelly, 2006, Warner Books, New York, My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        9. Hour Game<\/em>, by David Baldacci, audio CD, <\/em>My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        10. Mysteries of the Middle Ages, The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe<\/em>, by Thomas Cahill, 2006, Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, New York <\/em>My Review<\/a>
                                          <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        11. Eat, Pray, Love<\/em>, by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006, Penguin Books, New York <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        12. Water for Elephants<\/em>, by Sara Gruen, 2006, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina \"5My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        13. A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/em>, by Khaled Hosseini, 2007, Riverhead Books, New York \"4My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        14. Just One Look<\/em>, by Harlan Coben, 2004, Signet Books, New American Library, New York <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        15. Manhunt<\/em>, by James L. Swanson, 2006, HarperCollins Publishing, New York \"three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        16. The Forsyte Saga: Book 2, In Chancery<\/em>, by John Galsworthy, 1920, unabriged audio book, 1988, Recorded Books, LLC, Charlotte Hill, MD, read by Neil Hunt <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        17. The Moon and Sixpence<\/em>, by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, unabridged audio book, 1994, Brilliance Audio, Grandhaven, MI, read by Michael Page. \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        18. Atonement<\/em>, by Ian McEwan, 2003, Anchor Books, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        19. Flashman<\/em>, by George McDonald Fraser, Penguin Books, New York, 1969\"three My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        20. Mayflower,<\/em> by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, New York, 2006 \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        21. The Reluctant Tuscan, How I Discovered My Inner Italian<\/em>, by Phil Doran, 2005, Gothan Books, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        22. Last Train to Paradise<\/em>, by Les Standiford, 2002, Three Rivers Press, New York \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        23. The March<\/em>, by E.L. Doctorow, 2006, Random House Trade Paperback \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        24. The Sea,<\/em> by John Banville, 2005. Vintage Books, a Division of Random House <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        25. State of Denial, Bush at War, Part III<\/em>, by Bob Woodard, 2006. Simon & Schuster. \"fourMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                                          2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                            \n
                                          1. Floreana, A Woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pilgrimage to the Glalapagos<\/em>, by Margaret Wittmer, 1989, Moyer Bell Limited \"3My Review<\/a>
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          2. Salem Falls,<\/em> by Jodi Picoult, 2001, Pocket Books 
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          3. The World is Flat, A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century<\/em>, by Thomas L. Friedman, 2005, Farrar, Straus and Giroux My Review<\/a>
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          4. Ghost Soldiers, The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Dramatic Mission<\/em>, by Hampton Sides, 2001, Random House, Inc. \"3
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          5. The Vicar of Wakefield<\/em>, by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, Narrated by Patrick Tull, 1996, Recorded Books, Inc.
                                             <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          6. In the Heart of the Sea<\/em>, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Read by Scott Brick, 2000, Putnam Berkley Audio & Books on Tape, Inc. 
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          7. Bad Company<\/em>, by Jack Higgins, Narrated by Patrick Macuee, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC <\/em>
                                            <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          8. Carrie<\/em>, by Stephen King, Narrated by Cissie Spacek, 1974 Stephen King, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          9. The Good Nanny<\/em>, by Benjamin Cheever, Narrated by Gene Wilson, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC \"two<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          10. 1776<\/em>, by David McCullough, 2005 \"four<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          11. The Doolittle Raid, America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daring first strike against Japan<\/em>, by Carrol V. Glines, 1991 <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          12. Gravity, <\/em>by Tess Gerritsen, 1999 <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          13. Against All Enemies, Inside America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s War on Terror, <\/em>by Richard A. Clarke, 2004 <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          14. Something in the Water, <\/em>by Peter Scott, 2000\"twoMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          15. All Creatures Great and Small, <\/em>by James Herriot, 1972 <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          16. Hide and Seek, by James Patterson, 1996, Read by Kimberly Schraf, Books on Tape, Inc. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          17. The Forsyte Saga, <\/em>Book One: The Man of Property<\/em>, Narrated by Neil Hunt, 1920, 21, 22, Charles Scribner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sons, 1988 by Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD. \"3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          18. Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama, 1995, 2004 <\/em>My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          19. Wolves Eat Dogs<\/em>, by Martin Cruz Smith, 2004 \"1My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          20. Prey<\/em>, by Michael Crichton, 2002 \"1My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          21. One Thousand White Women, The Journals of May Dodd<\/em>, by Jim Fergus, 1998 \"threeMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          22. Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln<\/em>, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005 \"threeMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          23. The Darwin Conspiracy<\/em>, by John Darnton, 2005 \"2My Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                                            2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                            1. The Brethren<\/em>, by John Grisham, 2000 \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            2. Death Takes Passage<\/em>, by Sue Henry, 1997 \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            3. Kingsblood Royal<\/em>, by Sinclair Lewis, 1947 \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            4. Blind Assassin<\/em>, by Margaret Atwood, 2000, Read by Margot Dionne \"3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            5. A Risk Worth Taking<\/em>, by Robin Pilcher, 2004 \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            6. White Doves at Morning<\/em>, by James Lee Burke, 2002 \"one<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            7. The Age of Innocence<\/em>, by Edith Wharton, 1920, Read by Flo Gibson \"three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            8. Shiloh<\/em>, by Shelby Foote, 1952, 1992 by Recorded Books, Inc. \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            9. Middlesex,<\/em> by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002 \"fiveMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            10. Sea of Glory, America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842<\/em>, by Nathanial Philbrick, 2003 \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            11. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe<\/em>, by Laurence Bergreen, 2003 \"3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            12. Tisha<\/em>, as told to Robert Specht, 1976 \"three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            13. I Heard the Owl Call my Name<\/em>, by Margaret Craven, 1973 \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            14. Where the Sea Breaks Its Back, The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska<\/em>, by Corey Ford, 1966 \"3My Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            15. Devil in the White City \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America<\/em>, by Erik Larson, 2003 \"four<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            16. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, <\/em>by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001 \"1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            17. Skinny Dip<\/em>, by Carl Hiaasen, 2004 \"1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            18. Life of Pi<\/em>, by Yann Martel, 2003 \"three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            19. The Kite Runner<\/em>, by Khaled Hosseini, 2003 \"4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            20. Looking for Alaska<\/em>, by Peter Jenkins, 2001 \"oneMy Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            21. Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869<\/em>, by Stephen Ambrose, 2000 \"2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            22. A Thousand Days in Venice<\/em>, by Marlena De Blasi, 2002 \"three<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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