| Title | Author | Genre | ||
| The Head of the House of Coombe | Frances Hodgson | Burnett | adult fiction | |
| Pride and Avarice | Nicholas | Coleridge | adult fiction | |
| Palace Circle | Rebecca | Dean | adult fiction | |
| Troubles | J.G. | Farrell | adult fiction | |
| Snobs | Julian | Fellowes | adult fiction | |
| Fall of Giants | Ken | Follett | adult fiction | |
| Do try to speak as we do | Marilyn | Ford | adult fiction | |
| Howard's End | E.M. | Forster | adult fiction | |
| A Room With a View | E.M. | Forster | adult fiction | |
| The Forsyte Saga | John | Galsworthy | adult fiction | |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Stella | Gibbons | adult fiction | |
| The American Heiress | Daisy | Goodwin | adult fiction | |
| Gone With The Windsors | Laurie | Graham | adult fiction | |
| The Observations | Jane | Harris | adult fiction | |
| The Remains of the Day | Kazuo | Ishiguro | adult fiction | |
| Fiennders Keepers | Jean | Marsh | adult fiction | |
| The House of Elliot | Jean | Marsh | adult fiction | |
| Love in a Cold Climate | Nancy | Mitford | adult fiction | |
| The House at Riverton | Kate | Morton | adult fiction | |
| The Granville Legacy | Una | Parker | adult fiction | |
| Anything by Saki | Hector Hugh Munro | Saki | adult fiction | |
| I capture the castle | Dodie | Smith | adult fiction | |
| The House at Tyneford | Natasha | Solomons | adult fiction | |
| The Little Stranger | Sarah | Waters | adult fiction | |
| Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn | Waugh | adult fiction | |
| Decline and Fall | Evelyn | Waugh | adult fiction | |
| Bertie Wooster and Jeeves series | P.G. | Wodehouse | adult fiction | |
| Wallis and Edward | Michael | Bloch | biography | |
| The Duchess of Windsor | Michael | Bloch | biography | |
| Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey | Countess of | Carvarvon | biography | |
| Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor | Rosina | Harrison | biography | |
| Saki | A.J. | Languth | biography | |
| Wodehouse | Robert | McCrumb | biography | |
| Wait for Me! Memoirs | Deborah | Mitford | biography | |
| The Young Churchill | Celia Sandys | Sandys | biography | |
| American Jennie | Anne | Sebba | biography | |
| Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt | Amanda | Stuart | biography | |
| The Disastrous Mrs Weldon | Brian | Thomoson | biography | |
| King Edward VIII | Philip | Ziegler | biography | |
| Atonement | DVD | |||
| Brideshead Revisited | DVD | 2008 | ||
| Brideshead Revisited | DVD | 1981 | ||
| Foyle's War | DVD | |||
| Gosford Park | DVD | |||
| The Buccaneers | DVD | |||
| The Duchess of Duke Street (pre-, during and after WWI) | DVD | |||
| The Forsyte Saga | DVD | |||
| The House of Elliot | DVD | |||
| Upstairs/Downstairs | DVD | 1971 | ||
| Upstairs/Downstairs | DVD | 2010 | ||
| Her Royal Spyness series | Rhys | Bowen | mystery | |
| Edwardian Murder Mystery series | Marion | Chesney | mystery | |
| many of Agatha Christie's | Agatha | Christie | mystery | |
| Phrynne Fisher series | Kerry | Greenwood | mystery | |
| country house mysteries by | Susan | Howatch | mystery | |
| Mary Russell series | Laurie | King | mystery | |
| country house mysteries by | Malcolm | MacDonald | mystery | |
| Inspector Alleyn series | Ngaio | Marsh | mystery | |
| Dandy Gilver series | Catriona | McPherson | mystery | |
| The Red House | A.A. | Milne | mystery | |
| A Weekend at Blenheim | J.P. | Morrissey | mystery | |
| Anne Perry's WWI series | Anne | Perry | mystery | |
| Country House crime series | R.T. | Raichev | mystery | |
| Lord Wimsey series | Dorothy | Sayers | mystery | |
| Ian Rutledge series | Charles | Todd | mystery | |
| Maisie Dobbs series | Jacqueline | Winspear | mystery | |
| A Social History of England | Asa | Briggs | non-fiction | |
| At Home | Bill | Bryson | non-fiction | |
| The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy | David | Cannadine | non-fiction | |
| Counting my chickens | Duchess of | Devonshire | non-fiction | |
| Fashion in the 20s and 30s | Jane | Dorner | non-fiction | |
| The World of Downtown Abbey | Jessica | Fellows | non-fiction | |
| Vita Sackville-West Garden Book | Robin | Fox | non-fiction | |
| The English Country House | Michael | Hall | non-fiction | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant | Pamela | Horn | non-fiction | |
| The World Atlas of Wine | Hugh | Johnson | non-fiction | |
| The Titled Americans | Elisabeth | Kehoe | non-fiction | |
| The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family | Mary | Lovell | non-fiction | |
| Hons and Rebels | Nancy | Mitford | non-fiction | |
| Blenheim Revisited | Hugh | Montgomery-Massingberd | non-fiction | |
| Great Houses of Scotland | Hugh | Montgomery-Massingberd | non-fiction | |
| Letters between 6 sisters: The Mitfords | Charlotte | Mosley | non-fiction | |
| Among the Bohemians | Virginia | Nicholson | non-fiction | |
| The National Trust book of the Great Houses of Britain | Nigel | Nicholson | non-fiction | |
| The Perfect Summer: England 1911 | Juliet | Nicolson | non-fiction | |
| Essential Manners for Men | Peter | Post | non-fiction | |
| 'Below Stairs: The classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey | Margaret | Powell | non-fiction | |
| Cartier | Phillipe | Tretiack | non-fiction | |
| The Amy Vanderbilt book of Ettiquette | Nancy | Tuckerman | non-fiction | |
| A Shropshire Lad | A.E. | Housman | poetry | |
| Complete Poems | A.E. | Housman | poetry | |
| To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie | Willis | scifi | |
| A Brief History of Montmaray | Michelle | Cooper | YA | |
| The FitzOsbornes in Exile | Michelle | Cooper | YA | |
Showing posts with label Adult Booklist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adult Booklist. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2012
Country Houses and Aristocrats
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Scandanavian Noir: Crime Fiction To Give You Chills
Some authors to look for:
Denmark:
Peter Hoeg
Iceland:
Arnaldur Indridason
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Norway:
Karin Fossum
Jo Nesbø
Sweden:
Karin Alvtegen
Åke Edwardson
Kjell Eriksson
Camilla Läckberg
Asa Larsson
Steig Larsson
Henning Mankell
Liza Marklund
Håkan Nesser
Roslund / Hellström
Johan Theorin
Helene Tursten
Denmark:
Peter Hoeg
Iceland:
Arnaldur Indridason
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Norway:
Karin Fossum
Jo Nesbø
Sweden:
Karin Alvtegen
Åke Edwardson
Kjell Eriksson
Camilla Läckberg
Asa Larsson
Steig Larsson
Henning Mankell
Liza Marklund
Håkan Nesser
Roslund / Hellström
Johan Theorin
Helene Tursten
Monday, December 21, 2009
"A Year of..."
Alter, Cathy Up for renewal : what magazines taught me about love, sex, and starting over
Anderson, Joan A year by the sea : thoughts of an unfinished woman
Beavan, Colin No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process
Beha, Chris The whole five feet : what the great books taught me about life, death, and pretty much everything else
Bongiorni, Sarah A year without "made in China" : one family's true life adventure in the global economy
Carlomagno, Mary Give it up : my year of learning to live better with less
Cheek, Lawrence The year of the boat : beauty, imperfection, and the art of doing it yourself
Cohen, David One year off : leaving it all behind for a round-the-world journey with our children
Denman, Jeffry A year with the Producers : one actor's exhausting (but worth it) journey from Cats to Mel Brooks' mega-hit
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia
Headley, Maria The year of yes : a memoir
Jacobs, A J The year of living biblically : one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible
Jacobs, A J The know-it-all : one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
Levine, Judith Not buying it : my year without shopping
Lisik, Beth Helping me help myself : one skeptic, twelve self-help programs, one whirlwind year of improvement
Mayle, Peter A Year in Provence
McDonald, Sam The Urban Hermit
Muller, Charla 365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy
Oxenhandler, Noelle The wishing year : a house, a man, my soul : a memoir of fulfilled desire
Powell, Julie Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen
Rees, Jasper A devil to play : one man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument
Roose, Kevin The unlikely disciple : a sinner's semester at America's holiest university
Rose, Phyllis The year of reading Proust
Shea, Ammon Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages
Spurlock, Morgan Supersize Me
Vincent, Norah Self made man : one woman's journey into manhood and back again
Vincent, Norah Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
Wallace, Danny Yes Man
Anderson, Joan A year by the sea : thoughts of an unfinished woman
Beavan, Colin No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process
Beha, Chris The whole five feet : what the great books taught me about life, death, and pretty much everything else
Bongiorni, Sarah A year without "made in China" : one family's true life adventure in the global economy
Carlomagno, Mary Give it up : my year of learning to live better with less
Cheek, Lawrence The year of the boat : beauty, imperfection, and the art of doing it yourself
Cohen, David One year off : leaving it all behind for a round-the-world journey with our children
Denman, Jeffry A year with the Producers : one actor's exhausting (but worth it) journey from Cats to Mel Brooks' mega-hit
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia
Headley, Maria The year of yes : a memoir
Jacobs, A J The year of living biblically : one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible
Jacobs, A J The know-it-all : one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
Levine, Judith Not buying it : my year without shopping
Lisik, Beth Helping me help myself : one skeptic, twelve self-help programs, one whirlwind year of improvement
Mayle, Peter A Year in Provence
McDonald, Sam The Urban Hermit
Muller, Charla 365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy
Oxenhandler, Noelle The wishing year : a house, a man, my soul : a memoir of fulfilled desire
Powell, Julie Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen
Rees, Jasper A devil to play : one man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument
Roose, Kevin The unlikely disciple : a sinner's semester at America's holiest university
Rose, Phyllis The year of reading Proust
Shea, Ammon Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages
Spurlock, Morgan Supersize Me
Vincent, Norah Self made man : one woman's journey into manhood and back again
Vincent, Norah Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
Wallace, Danny Yes Man
Friday, December 4, 2009
Hilarious homicide?
Suggested titles and series that will have you laughing out loud while the bodies pile up!
Donna Andrews—Meg Langslow Series (Blacksmith in Virginia)
M.C. Beaton—Hamish Macbeth Series (Policeman in Scotland)
M.C. Beaton—Agatha Raisin Series (Detective in the English Midlands)
Dorothy Cannell—Ellie Haskel Series (British Interior decorator)
Harlan Coben—Myron Bolitar Series (Sports agent in New Jersey)
Diane Mott Davidson—Goldie Bear Series (Caterer in Colorado)
Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum Series (Bounty hunter in New Jersey)
Liz Evans—Grace Smith Series (English Private Detective
Joan Hess—Maggody Series (Policewoman in Arkansas)
Carl Hiassen—Very funny stand-alone books set in Florida.
Dorothy Howell—Haley Randolph Series (Fashionista sleuth in L.A.)
Suggested titles and series that will have you laughing out loud while the bodies pile up!
Donna Andrews—Meg Langslow Series (Blacksmith in Virginia)
M.C. Beaton—Hamish Macbeth Series (Policeman in Scotland)
M.C. Beaton—Agatha Raisin Series (Detective in the English Midlands)
Dorothy Cannell—Ellie Haskel Series (British Interior decorator)
Harlan Coben—Myron Bolitar Series (Sports agent in New Jersey)
Diane Mott Davidson—Goldie Bear Series (Caterer in Colorado)
Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum Series (Bounty hunter in New Jersey)
Liz Evans—Grace Smith Series (English Private Detective
Joan Hess—Maggody Series (Policewoman in Arkansas)
Carl Hiassen—Very funny stand-alone books set in Florida.
Dorothy Howell—Haley Randolph Series (Fashionista sleuth in L.A.)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Read-Alikes for Kathy Reichs
More forensic thriller authors- not for the squeamish!
Aaron J. Elkins - Gideon Oliver series
Lori Andrews - Dr. Alexandra Blake series
Sarah Andrews - Em Hansen series
Jefferson Bass - Body Farm series
Caleb Carr - Historical Forensics
Robin Cook - Stand-alone medical thrillers.
Patricia Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta series
Jeffrey Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme series
Tess Gerritsen - Jane Rizzoli series, stand-alone medical thrillers.
Iris Johansen - Eve Duncan series
Jonathan Kellerman - Alex Delaware series
Jeffrey Lindsay - Dexter series
Karin Slaughter - Grant County series
Stephen White - Alan Gregory series
Aaron J. Elkins - Gideon Oliver series
Lori Andrews - Dr. Alexandra Blake series
Sarah Andrews - Em Hansen series
Jefferson Bass - Body Farm series
Caleb Carr - Historical Forensics
Robin Cook - Stand-alone medical thrillers.
Patricia Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta series
Jeffrey Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme series
Tess Gerritsen - Jane Rizzoli series, stand-alone medical thrillers.
Iris Johansen - Eve Duncan series
Jonathan Kellerman - Alex Delaware series
Jeffrey Lindsay - Dexter series
Karin Slaughter - Grant County series
Stephen White - Alan Gregory series
Read-alikes for Jodi Picoult
Some other authors who take timely looks at difficult topics, often told from many viewpoints, often about an ethically challenging or ambiguous domestic situation.
Elizabeth Berg
Chris Bohjalian
Barbara Delinsky
Jane Hamilton
Alice Hoffman
Ann Hood
Sue Miller
Jacqueline Mitchard
Anna Quindlen
Luanne Rice
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth Berg
Chris Bohjalian
Barbara Delinsky
Jane Hamilton
Alice Hoffman
Ann Hood
Sue Miller
Jacqueline Mitchard
Anna Quindlen
Luanne Rice
Anita Shreve
Hurricane themed Adult Fiction, Adult Non-fiction, YA fiction, Children's books, Feature Films and Documentaries
Hurricane Adult Fiction
Waveland by Frederick Barthelme
Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden
Floodmarkers by Nic Brown
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
Second Wind by Dick Francis
Under The Eye of The Storm by John Hersey
Porgy by Du Bose Heyward
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
Acts of Nature by Jonathan King
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan
40 Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Moon Tide by Dawn Clifton Tripp
Logan's Storm by Ken Wells
The Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willet
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Hurricane Adult Non-Fiction
A wind to shake the world : the story of the 1938 hurricane by Everett Allen
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the MississippiGulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Hurricane- 1938 by Cherie Burns
The ship and the storm : Hurricane Mitch and the loss of the Fantome by Jim Carrier
Dark wind : a survivor's tale of love and loss by Gordon Chaplin
Natural disasters : hurricanes : a reference handbook by Patrick Fitzpatrick
The sea captain's wife : a true story of love, race, and war in thenineteenth century by Martha Hodes
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city by Jed Horne
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea by Sebastian Junger
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
Death From The Sea : Our Greatest Natural Disaster, The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900 by Herbert Mason
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose
Sudden sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A.Scotti
The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist by Ivor van Heerden andMike Bryan
Hurricane YA Fiction
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Blown Away by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones
Stranded by Ben Mikaelseon
Taken By Storm by Angela
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Hurricane Children's Fiction
Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau
Hurricane : open seas, 1844 by K. Duey and K.A. Bale
Gifted by Beth Evangelista
The Silent Storm by Sherry Garland
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Hurricane by Faith McNulty
The hurricane mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Hurricane Picture Books
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
Hurricane! by Patricia Laken
Hurricane by David Wiesner
Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop
Hurricane Children's Nonfiction
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn Branley
Hurricanes by Joseph Brennan
The magic school bus inside a hurricane by Joanna Cole
Miracle : the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture by Gail Karwoski
Hurricanes : Earth's mightiest storms by Patricia Lauber
Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
Hurricane force : in the path of America's deadliest storms by Joseph Treaster
Feature Films
Key Largo
Nights in Rodanthe
The Day After Tomorrow
The Perfect Storm
Documentaries
Hurricane Katrina : the storm that drowned a city
The hurricane of '38
When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts
Waveland by Frederick Barthelme
Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden
Floodmarkers by Nic Brown
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
Second Wind by Dick Francis
Under The Eye of The Storm by John Hersey
Porgy by Du Bose Heyward
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
Acts of Nature by Jonathan King
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan
40 Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Moon Tide by Dawn Clifton Tripp
Logan's Storm by Ken Wells
The Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willet
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Hurricane Adult Non-Fiction
A wind to shake the world : the story of the 1938 hurricane by Everett Allen
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the MississippiGulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Hurricane- 1938 by Cherie Burns
The ship and the storm : Hurricane Mitch and the loss of the Fantome by Jim Carrier
Dark wind : a survivor's tale of love and loss by Gordon Chaplin
Natural disasters : hurricanes : a reference handbook by Patrick Fitzpatrick
The sea captain's wife : a true story of love, race, and war in thenineteenth century by Martha Hodes
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city by Jed Horne
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea by Sebastian Junger
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
Death From The Sea : Our Greatest Natural Disaster, The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900 by Herbert Mason
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose
Sudden sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A.Scotti
The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist by Ivor van Heerden andMike Bryan
Hurricane YA Fiction
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Blown Away by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones
Stranded by Ben Mikaelseon
Taken By Storm by Angela
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Hurricane Children's Fiction
Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau
Hurricane : open seas, 1844 by K. Duey and K.A. Bale
Gifted by Beth Evangelista
The Silent Storm by Sherry Garland
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Hurricane by Faith McNulty
The hurricane mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Hurricane Picture Books
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
Hurricane! by Patricia Laken
Hurricane by David Wiesner
Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop
Hurricane Children's Nonfiction
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn Branley
Hurricanes by Joseph Brennan
The magic school bus inside a hurricane by Joanna Cole
Miracle : the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture by Gail Karwoski
Hurricanes : Earth's mightiest storms by Patricia Lauber
Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
Hurricane force : in the path of America's deadliest storms by Joseph Treaster
Feature Films
Key Largo
Nights in Rodanthe
The Day After Tomorrow
The Perfect Storm
Documentaries
Hurricane Katrina : the storm that drowned a city
The hurricane of '38
When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts
Monday, June 8, 2009
Recent Award Winning Fiction
2008 Man Booker Prize
The White Tiger, by Aravind Agida
2008 National Book Award
Shadow Country, by Peter Matthiessen
2008 National Book Critics Circle Award
2666, by Roberto Bolano
2008 Orange Prize
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain
2008 Pulitzer Prize
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
2009 Orange Prize
Home, by Marilynne Robinson
2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill
2009 Pulitzer Prize
Olive Kittredge, by Elizabeth Strout
2008 Hugo Award—Science Fiction
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon
2009 Agatha Award—Traditional Mystery
The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penney
2009 Edgar Award—Mystery and Crime Fiction
Blue Heaven, by C. J. Box
The White Tiger, by Aravind Agida
2008 National Book Award
Shadow Country, by Peter Matthiessen
2008 National Book Critics Circle Award
2666, by Roberto Bolano
2008 Orange Prize
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain
2008 Pulitzer Prize
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
2009 Orange Prize
Home, by Marilynne Robinson
2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill
2009 Pulitzer Prize
Olive Kittredge, by Elizabeth Strout
2008 Hugo Award—Science Fiction
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon
2009 Agatha Award—Traditional Mystery
The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penney
2009 Edgar Award—Mystery and Crime Fiction
Blue Heaven, by C. J. Box
The Other 8 Hours in a Day- Fiction That Features The Workplace
Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Sun-Lien Bynum (2008)
Nominated for a National Book Award, thiscollection of short stories focuses on Beatrice Hempel, a middle school English teacher.
Then We Came to The End Joshua Ferris (2007)
This National Book Award Finalist pulls off the almost impossible in fiction – an absolutelyengrossing novel told in 3rd person plural, about office life in Chicago.
Shopgirl Steve Martin (2000)
This novella about a bored department store worker captures turn-of-the-millennium ennui.
A Show of Hands Anthony McCarten (2009)
A struggling car dealer holds a contest – the person who holds their hand on a car the longest will win it. A motley cast of characters competes, vividly portraying different kinds of desperation.
Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O'Nan (2007)
This is a stunning short novel about the employees of a closing restaurant franchise.
Personal Days Ed Park (2008)
This is another novel told in 3rd person plural in a landscape dominated by Starbucks and haunted by downsizing.
Nominated for a National Book Award, thiscollection of short stories focuses on Beatrice Hempel, a middle school English teacher.
Then We Came to The End Joshua Ferris (2007)
This National Book Award Finalist pulls off the almost impossible in fiction – an absolutelyengrossing novel told in 3rd person plural, about office life in Chicago.
Shopgirl Steve Martin (2000)
This novella about a bored department store worker captures turn-of-the-millennium ennui.
A Show of Hands Anthony McCarten (2009)
A struggling car dealer holds a contest – the person who holds their hand on a car the longest will win it. A motley cast of characters competes, vividly portraying different kinds of desperation.
Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O'Nan (2007)
This is a stunning short novel about the employees of a closing restaurant franchise.
Personal Days Ed Park (2008)
This is another novel told in 3rd person plural in a landscape dominated by Starbucks and haunted by downsizing.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Rhode Island Booklist
Pieces of my sister's life / Elizabeth Joy Arnold
Block Island
2007
Fiction
Nasty Breaks / Charlotte Elkins
Block Island
1997
Mystery
She's not there : a Poppy Rice novel / Mary-Ann Tirone Smith.
Block Island
2003
Mystery
The Passions of Emma / Penelope Williamson
Bristol
1997
Historical Fiction
Rogue's Wager : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Cranston
1997
Mystery
The Memory of Running / Ron McLarty
East Providence
2004
Fiction
Traveler / Ron McLarty.
East Providence
2007
Fiction
Spartina / John Casey
Narragansett
1989
Fiction
London is the best city in America / Laura Dave
Narragansett
2006
Romance
The mayday : a Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard novel / Bill Eidson.
Narragansett
2005
Thriller
Envious moon / Thomas Christopher Greene
Narragansett
2007
Fiction
Calm at sunset, calm at dawn / Paul Watkins
Narragansett
1989
Fiction
The House of Five Talents / Louis Auchincloss
Newport
1960
Fiction
Strange Wives / Shirley Barker
Newport
1963
Historical Fiction
Truant / Richmond B. Barrett
Newport
1944
Fiction
My favorite witch / Annette Blair
Newport
2006
Fiction
My New Found Land / Dean Brelis
Newport
1963
Historical Fiction
Rogue's Regatta : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody. Newport
1999
Mystery
Moonlight becomes you: a novel / Mary Higgins Clark.
Newport
1996
Mystery
Hide Yourself Away / Mary Jane Clark
Newport
2004
Mystery
Trust me once / Jan Coffey
Newport
2001
Fiction
The Red Rover / James Fenimore Cooper
Newport
1852
Fiction
Strange Bedfellow / Janet Dailey
Newport
1979
Romance
Wind of time / John Dandola
Newport
1995
Historical Fiction
Newport / by Edward T. Duranty
Newport
2005
Fiction
The last season / Ronald Florence.
Newport
2000
Historical Fiction
Newport; a novel / Edwin Gilbert
Newport
1971
Fiction
The Gods of Newport / John Jakes
Newport
2006
Historical Fiction
The ivory tower / by Henry James
Newport
1917
Fiction
Siren's Lullaby / William Kennedy
Newport
1997
Thriller
Death on The Cliff Walk : A Gilded Age Mystery / Mary Kruger
Newport
1994
Mystery
Ask No Quarter / George Marsh
Newport
1945
Historical Fiction
Stars on the sea / F. van Wyck Mason
Newport
1940
Historical Fiction
Murder on the Cliff / Stefanie Matteson
Newport
1991
Mystery
The photograph upstairs / Anita McAndrews
Newport
2000
Fiction
Blood red / James A. Moore
Newport
2005
Vampires
The maidenstone lighthouse / Sally Smith O'Rourke
Newport
2007
Fiction
Dusk at the grove / Samuel Rogers
Newport
1934
Fiction
Spies / Richard Sapir
Newport
1984
Thriller
The challenge and the glory / Antoinette Stockenberg
Newport
1987
Fiction
Time after time / Antoinette Stockenberg
Newport
1995
Fiction
The minister's wooing / Harriet Beecher Stowe
Newport
1859
Fiction
Ariabella, the first / Nina Straight
Newport
1981
Fiction
Murder stalks a mansion : a Newport mystery / by Anne-Marie Sutton
Newport
2003
Mystery
Mansions of the Dead / Sarah Stewart Taylor
Newport
2004
Mystery
The reach / Sprague J. Theobald
Newport
1999
Fiction
Dragon Cove / Carter A. Vaughn
Newport
1964
Historical Fiction
One night in Newport / Elizabeth Villars
Newport
1981
Fiction
Newport woman / Delphine Washburn
Newport
1967
Fiction
Shadow of Innocence / Ric Wasley
Newport
2007
Fiction
The story of my disappearance / Paul Watkins
Newport
1998
Thriller
The voyage of the encounter / Sheldon Burton Webster.
Newport
1998
Fiction
Spindrift / Phyllis Whitney
Newport
1975
Mystery
Theophilus North / Thornton Wilder
Newport
1973
Historical Fiction
The Last waltz / Nancy Zaroulis
Newport
1984
Historical Fiction
Double Lives / Jane Barnes
North Kingstown - Saunderstown
1981
Fiction
The Catherine / Robert S. Macdonald. --
North Kingstown - Saunderstown
1982
Fiction
The witches of Eastwick / John Updike.
North Kingstown - Wickford
Fiction
The widows of Eastwick / John Updike.
North Kingstown - Wickford
Fiction
Outside Providence / Peter Farrelly
Pawtucket
1988
Fiction
Murfy's Men / Gerald Green
Portsmouth
1981
Historical Fiction
Gravewriter / Mark Arsenault.
Providence
2006
Mystery
The Golden Mistress / Basil Beyea
Providence
1975
Historical Fiction
Crows over the wheatfield / Adam Braver
Providence
2006
Fiction
Rogue's Isles: a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Providence
1995
Mystery
Rogue's justice : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Providence
1996
Mystery
A confidential source / Jan Brogan.
Providence
2005
Mystery
Yesterday's fatal / Jan Brogan.
Providence
2007
Mystery
Teaser / Jan Brogan
Providence
2008
Mystery
A killing on church grounds / Barbara Cummings.
Providence
2006
Mystery
Shadows in the darkness / Elaine Cunningham.
Providence
2004
Urban Fantasy
Shadows in the starlight / Elaine Cunningham.
Providence
2006
Urban Fantasy
Benefit Street / by David Cornel De Jong
Providence
1942
Fiction
Heart of the night / Barbara Delinsky.
Providence
1989
Romance
The Survivors Club / Lisa Gardner.
Providence
2002
Thriller
The aberration / by Al Giannini
Providence
2000
Fiction
Keeper and kid / Edward Hardy.
Providence
2008
Fiction
The Knitting Circle / Ann Hood
Providence
2007
Fiction
Mill Stream / Hortense Lion
Providence
1941
Historical Fiction
The case of Charles Dexter Ward / H. P. Lovecraft
Providence
1927
Thriller
The dreams in the Witch House and other weird stories / H.P. Lovecraft
Providence
2005
Thriller
Defenceless / Celeste Marsella
Providence
2008
Thriller
Airs of Providence / Jean McGarry
Providence
1985
Short Stories
The house on Benefit Street / Donna Montalbano.
Providence
2003
Mystery
The probe / by Jack O'Rourke
Providence
2000
Mystery
Ceremony / Robert B. Parker
Providence
1982
Thriller
Straight pool / by J.J. Partridge
Providence
2008
Mystery
Carom shot / by J.J. Partridge
Providence
2005
Mystery
Every Sunday / Peter Pezzelli
Providence
2005
Fiction
Francesca's Kitchen / Peter Pezzelli
Providence
2006
Fiction
The Family / David Plante
Providence
1978
Fiction
Informed Consent / Neil Ravin
Providence
1983
Fiction
Rebecca of Providence, Rhode Island : 1605-1683 / Bonnie L. Schermer
Providence
2003
Fiction
To feel stuff / Andrea Seigel
Providence
2006
Fiction
An American killing : a novel / by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Providence
1998
Thriller
This Room Is Yours / Michael Stein
Providence
2004
Fiction
A miracle on Charles Street / Pasco Verducci
Providence
2006
Fiction
Providence / Geoffrey Wolff
Providence
1986
Fiction
Roberta's Woods / by Betty J. Cotter
Rhode Island
2008
Fiction
My story being this : details of the life of Mary Williams Magahee, lady of colour / Pamala-Suzette Deane.
Rhode Island
2004
Historical Fiction
New Bedlam : a novel / Bill Flanagan
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
Keepers / Russell Greenan
Rhode Island
1978
Thriller
Pike's folly / Mike Heppner.
Rhode Island
2006
Fiction
Earthsound / Arthur Herzog
Rhode Island
1975
Thriller
Coming Home / Dee Holmes
Rhode Island
2003
Romance
The boy on the porch / Dee Holmes
Rhode Island
2003
Romance
The silver screen / Maureen Howard.
Rhode Island
2004
Fiction
The ghost and the dead man's library / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2006
Mystery
The ghost and the femme fatale / by Cleo Coyle writing as Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2008
Mystery
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2004
Mystery
The Ghost and the Dead Deb / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2005
Mystery
She's Come Undone / Wally Lamb
Rhode Island
1996
Fiction
Italian lessons / Peter Pezzelli
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
My Sister's Keeper / Jodi Picoult
Rhode Island
2004
Fiction
The edge of winter / Luanne Rice
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
Blue Moon / Luanne Rice
Rhode Island
1993
Romance
Dance with me / Luanne Rice.
Rhode Island
2004
Romance
Strike Three You're Dead : a Harvey Blissberg mystery / R.D. Rosen
Rhode Island
1984
Mystery
Dead ball : a Harvey Blissberg mystery / R.D. Rosen
Rhode Island
2001
Mystery
I, Roger Williams : a fragment of autobiography / by Mary Lee Settle.
Rhode Island
2001
Historical Fiction
Where or when : a novel / Anita Shreve
Rhode Island
1993
Fiction
Yankee Yorkshirewomen / Hedley Smith
Rhode Island
1978
Fiction
Fade to Black / Wendy Corsi Staub
Rhode Island
2002
Thriller
Escape from the mill / by Robert V. Sweet
Rhode Island
1994
Fiction
Passing Through Paradise / Susan Wiggs
Rhode Island
2002
Romance
Summer by the Sea / Susan Wiggs
Rhode Island
2002
Romance
Winner of the National Book Award / Jincy Willet
Rhode Island
2003
Fiction
The vineyard : a novel / Barbara Delinsky.
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
2000
Romance
February Hill / Victoria Lincoln
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
1934
Fiction
Celia Amberley / Victoria Lincoln
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
1949
Fiction
Snow Island / by Katherine Towler
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
2002
Historical Fiction
Strangers / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island - South County
1979
Fiction
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island - South County
1982
Fiction
Ruby / Ann Hood
Rhode Island - South County
1997
Fiction
The Snitch / Robert Leuci
Rhode Island - South County
1997
Fiction
Diligence in Love / Daisy Newman
Rhode Island - South County
1951
Fiction
The secret ingredient murders : a Eugenia Potter mystery / by Nancy Pickard based on the character created by Virginia Rich.
Rhode Island - South County
Mystery
The Human Shore / Harvena Richter
Rhode Island - South County
1959
Fiction
Rhode Island Blues / Fay Weldon
Rhode Island - South County
2000
Fiction
Interpreter of maladies : stories / Jhumpa Lahiri
South Kingstown
1999
Short Stories
Avery's Knot / Mary Cable
Tiverton
1981
Historical Fiction
The Tragedy at Tiverton / Raymond Paul
Tiverton
1984
Historical Fiction
Gaspee / by Alex Gabbard
Warwick
2007
Historical Fiction
Gift of armor : a romance of Warwick / Hedley Smith
Warwick
1968
Fiction
The properties of water / Ann Hood.
West Warwick
1995
Fiction
Waiting to Vanish / Ann Hood
West Warwick
1988
Fiction
The Summer They Came / William Storandt
Westerly
2002
Fiction
Children's Books
Cornelius Vandermouse : the pride of Newport / Peter Barnes
Newport
1997
Young Children
Puma goes to the Cliff Walk of Newport, Rhode Island / Muriel Barclay de Tolly
Newport
2005
Young Children
Puma goes to the Elms
Newport
2004
Young Children
Puma, Lost in Newport
Newport
2002
Young Children
Puma Sails The Harbor of Newport
Newport
2007
Young Children
Something Upstairs : A Tale of Ghosts / Avi
Providence
1988
Children's Fiction
The Man Who Was Poe / Avi
Providence
1989
Children's Fiction
Gray bonnets in the days of Roger Williams / Slater Brown
Providence
1954
Children's Fiction
Whisper in the dark / Joseph Bruchac
Providence
2005
Children's Fiction
A Little maid of Newport / Alice Turner Curtis
Newport
1915
Children's Fiction
A little maid of Narragansett Bay / Alice Turner Curtis
Warwick
1915
Children's Fiction
Melonhead / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island
2002
Children's Fiction
Secret in the moonlight / by E.L. Flood
Rhode Island
1994
Children's Fiction
How I saved my father's life (and ruined everything else) / Ann Hood
Providence
2008
Children's Fiction
The Governor's ship / A. John Kennelly
Rhode Island
1995
Children's Fiction
Meg Mackintosh Mysteries / Lucinda Landon
Rhode Island
Children's Fiction
Some of the adventures of Rhode Island Red / by Stephen Manes
Rhode Island
1990
Children's Fiction
The case of the mysterious codes / by John F. Warner
Newport
1995
Children's Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Where I want to be / Adele Griffin
South Kingstown
2005
YA
I am the wallpaper / Mark Peter Hughes
Rhode Island
2005
YA
Lemonade Mouth / Mark Peter Hughes
Rhode Island
2007
YA
Devilish / by Maureen Johnson
Providence
2007
YA
The Art of Keeping Cool / Janet Taylor Lisle
Rhode Island
2000
YA
Black Duck / Janet Taylor Lisle
Newport
2006
YA
The crying rocks / Janet Taylor Lisle
Rhode Island
2003
YA
'38 : the Great Hurricane in Quonochontaug Rhode Island : a novel / by John Livsey
Westerly
2004
YA
A circle of two : book of Newport / A. Valentine Smith
Newport
2001
YA
The Possibilities of Sainthood / Donna Freitas
Providence
2008
YA
Block Island
2007
Fiction
Nasty Breaks / Charlotte Elkins
Block Island
1997
Mystery
She's not there : a Poppy Rice novel / Mary-Ann Tirone Smith.
Block Island
2003
Mystery
The Passions of Emma / Penelope Williamson
Bristol
1997
Historical Fiction
Rogue's Wager : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Cranston
1997
Mystery
The Memory of Running / Ron McLarty
East Providence
2004
Fiction
Traveler / Ron McLarty.
East Providence
2007
Fiction
Spartina / John Casey
Narragansett
1989
Fiction
London is the best city in America / Laura Dave
Narragansett
2006
Romance
The mayday : a Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard novel / Bill Eidson.
Narragansett
2005
Thriller
Envious moon / Thomas Christopher Greene
Narragansett
2007
Fiction
Calm at sunset, calm at dawn / Paul Watkins
Narragansett
1989
Fiction
The House of Five Talents / Louis Auchincloss
Newport
1960
Fiction
Strange Wives / Shirley Barker
Newport
1963
Historical Fiction
Truant / Richmond B. Barrett
Newport
1944
Fiction
My favorite witch / Annette Blair
Newport
2006
Fiction
My New Found Land / Dean Brelis
Newport
1963
Historical Fiction
Rogue's Regatta : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody. Newport
1999
Mystery
Moonlight becomes you: a novel / Mary Higgins Clark.
Newport
1996
Mystery
Hide Yourself Away / Mary Jane Clark
Newport
2004
Mystery
Trust me once / Jan Coffey
Newport
2001
Fiction
The Red Rover / James Fenimore Cooper
Newport
1852
Fiction
Strange Bedfellow / Janet Dailey
Newport
1979
Romance
Wind of time / John Dandola
Newport
1995
Historical Fiction
Newport / by Edward T. Duranty
Newport
2005
Fiction
The last season / Ronald Florence.
Newport
2000
Historical Fiction
Newport; a novel / Edwin Gilbert
Newport
1971
Fiction
The Gods of Newport / John Jakes
Newport
2006
Historical Fiction
The ivory tower / by Henry James
Newport
1917
Fiction
Siren's Lullaby / William Kennedy
Newport
1997
Thriller
Death on The Cliff Walk : A Gilded Age Mystery / Mary Kruger
Newport
1994
Mystery
Ask No Quarter / George Marsh
Newport
1945
Historical Fiction
Stars on the sea / F. van Wyck Mason
Newport
1940
Historical Fiction
Murder on the Cliff / Stefanie Matteson
Newport
1991
Mystery
The photograph upstairs / Anita McAndrews
Newport
2000
Fiction
Blood red / James A. Moore
Newport
2005
Vampires
The maidenstone lighthouse / Sally Smith O'Rourke
Newport
2007
Fiction
Dusk at the grove / Samuel Rogers
Newport
1934
Fiction
Spies / Richard Sapir
Newport
1984
Thriller
The challenge and the glory / Antoinette Stockenberg
Newport
1987
Fiction
Time after time / Antoinette Stockenberg
Newport
1995
Fiction
The minister's wooing / Harriet Beecher Stowe
Newport
1859
Fiction
Ariabella, the first / Nina Straight
Newport
1981
Fiction
Murder stalks a mansion : a Newport mystery / by Anne-Marie Sutton
Newport
2003
Mystery
Mansions of the Dead / Sarah Stewart Taylor
Newport
2004
Mystery
The reach / Sprague J. Theobald
Newport
1999
Fiction
Dragon Cove / Carter A. Vaughn
Newport
1964
Historical Fiction
One night in Newport / Elizabeth Villars
Newport
1981
Fiction
Newport woman / Delphine Washburn
Newport
1967
Fiction
Shadow of Innocence / Ric Wasley
Newport
2007
Fiction
The story of my disappearance / Paul Watkins
Newport
1998
Thriller
The voyage of the encounter / Sheldon Burton Webster.
Newport
1998
Fiction
Spindrift / Phyllis Whitney
Newport
1975
Mystery
Theophilus North / Thornton Wilder
Newport
1973
Historical Fiction
The Last waltz / Nancy Zaroulis
Newport
1984
Historical Fiction
Double Lives / Jane Barnes
North Kingstown - Saunderstown
1981
Fiction
The Catherine / Robert S. Macdonald. --
North Kingstown - Saunderstown
1982
Fiction
The witches of Eastwick / John Updike.
North Kingstown - Wickford
Fiction
The widows of Eastwick / John Updike.
North Kingstown - Wickford
Fiction
Outside Providence / Peter Farrelly
Pawtucket
1988
Fiction
Murfy's Men / Gerald Green
Portsmouth
1981
Historical Fiction
Gravewriter / Mark Arsenault.
Providence
2006
Mystery
The Golden Mistress / Basil Beyea
Providence
1975
Historical Fiction
Crows over the wheatfield / Adam Braver
Providence
2006
Fiction
Rogue's Isles: a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Providence
1995
Mystery
Rogue's justice : a Michael Carolina mystery / by Thomas Gately Briody.
Providence
1996
Mystery
A confidential source / Jan Brogan.
Providence
2005
Mystery
Yesterday's fatal / Jan Brogan.
Providence
2007
Mystery
Teaser / Jan Brogan
Providence
2008
Mystery
A killing on church grounds / Barbara Cummings.
Providence
2006
Mystery
Shadows in the darkness / Elaine Cunningham.
Providence
2004
Urban Fantasy
Shadows in the starlight / Elaine Cunningham.
Providence
2006
Urban Fantasy
Benefit Street / by David Cornel De Jong
Providence
1942
Fiction
Heart of the night / Barbara Delinsky.
Providence
1989
Romance
The Survivors Club / Lisa Gardner.
Providence
2002
Thriller
The aberration / by Al Giannini
Providence
2000
Fiction
Keeper and kid / Edward Hardy.
Providence
2008
Fiction
The Knitting Circle / Ann Hood
Providence
2007
Fiction
Mill Stream / Hortense Lion
Providence
1941
Historical Fiction
The case of Charles Dexter Ward / H. P. Lovecraft
Providence
1927
Thriller
The dreams in the Witch House and other weird stories / H.P. Lovecraft
Providence
2005
Thriller
Defenceless / Celeste Marsella
Providence
2008
Thriller
Airs of Providence / Jean McGarry
Providence
1985
Short Stories
The house on Benefit Street / Donna Montalbano.
Providence
2003
Mystery
The probe / by Jack O'Rourke
Providence
2000
Mystery
Ceremony / Robert B. Parker
Providence
1982
Thriller
Straight pool / by J.J. Partridge
Providence
2008
Mystery
Carom shot / by J.J. Partridge
Providence
2005
Mystery
Every Sunday / Peter Pezzelli
Providence
2005
Fiction
Francesca's Kitchen / Peter Pezzelli
Providence
2006
Fiction
The Family / David Plante
Providence
1978
Fiction
Informed Consent / Neil Ravin
Providence
1983
Fiction
Rebecca of Providence, Rhode Island : 1605-1683 / Bonnie L. Schermer
Providence
2003
Fiction
To feel stuff / Andrea Seigel
Providence
2006
Fiction
An American killing : a novel / by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Providence
1998
Thriller
This Room Is Yours / Michael Stein
Providence
2004
Fiction
A miracle on Charles Street / Pasco Verducci
Providence
2006
Fiction
Providence / Geoffrey Wolff
Providence
1986
Fiction
Roberta's Woods / by Betty J. Cotter
Rhode Island
2008
Fiction
My story being this : details of the life of Mary Williams Magahee, lady of colour / Pamala-Suzette Deane.
Rhode Island
2004
Historical Fiction
New Bedlam : a novel / Bill Flanagan
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
Keepers / Russell Greenan
Rhode Island
1978
Thriller
Pike's folly / Mike Heppner.
Rhode Island
2006
Fiction
Earthsound / Arthur Herzog
Rhode Island
1975
Thriller
Coming Home / Dee Holmes
Rhode Island
2003
Romance
The boy on the porch / Dee Holmes
Rhode Island
2003
Romance
The silver screen / Maureen Howard.
Rhode Island
2004
Fiction
The ghost and the dead man's library / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2006
Mystery
The ghost and the femme fatale / by Cleo Coyle writing as Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2008
Mystery
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2004
Mystery
The Ghost and the Dead Deb / Alice Kimberly
Rhode Island
2005
Mystery
She's Come Undone / Wally Lamb
Rhode Island
1996
Fiction
Italian lessons / Peter Pezzelli
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
My Sister's Keeper / Jodi Picoult
Rhode Island
2004
Fiction
The edge of winter / Luanne Rice
Rhode Island
2007
Fiction
Blue Moon / Luanne Rice
Rhode Island
1993
Romance
Dance with me / Luanne Rice.
Rhode Island
2004
Romance
Strike Three You're Dead : a Harvey Blissberg mystery / R.D. Rosen
Rhode Island
1984
Mystery
Dead ball : a Harvey Blissberg mystery / R.D. Rosen
Rhode Island
2001
Mystery
I, Roger Williams : a fragment of autobiography / by Mary Lee Settle.
Rhode Island
2001
Historical Fiction
Where or when : a novel / Anita Shreve
Rhode Island
1993
Fiction
Yankee Yorkshirewomen / Hedley Smith
Rhode Island
1978
Fiction
Fade to Black / Wendy Corsi Staub
Rhode Island
2002
Thriller
Escape from the mill / by Robert V. Sweet
Rhode Island
1994
Fiction
Passing Through Paradise / Susan Wiggs
Rhode Island
2002
Romance
Summer by the Sea / Susan Wiggs
Rhode Island
2002
Romance
Winner of the National Book Award / Jincy Willet
Rhode Island
2003
Fiction
The vineyard : a novel / Barbara Delinsky.
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
2000
Romance
February Hill / Victoria Lincoln
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
1934
Fiction
Celia Amberley / Victoria Lincoln
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
1949
Fiction
Snow Island / by Katherine Towler
Rhode Island - Aquidneck Island
2002
Historical Fiction
Strangers / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island - South County
1979
Fiction
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island - South County
1982
Fiction
Ruby / Ann Hood
Rhode Island - South County
1997
Fiction
The Snitch / Robert Leuci
Rhode Island - South County
1997
Fiction
Diligence in Love / Daisy Newman
Rhode Island - South County
1951
Fiction
The secret ingredient murders : a Eugenia Potter mystery / by Nancy Pickard based on the character created by Virginia Rich.
Rhode Island - South County
Mystery
The Human Shore / Harvena Richter
Rhode Island - South County
1959
Fiction
Rhode Island Blues / Fay Weldon
Rhode Island - South County
2000
Fiction
Interpreter of maladies : stories / Jhumpa Lahiri
South Kingstown
1999
Short Stories
Avery's Knot / Mary Cable
Tiverton
1981
Historical Fiction
The Tragedy at Tiverton / Raymond Paul
Tiverton
1984
Historical Fiction
Gaspee / by Alex Gabbard
Warwick
2007
Historical Fiction
Gift of armor : a romance of Warwick / Hedley Smith
Warwick
1968
Fiction
The properties of water / Ann Hood.
West Warwick
1995
Fiction
Waiting to Vanish / Ann Hood
West Warwick
1988
Fiction
The Summer They Came / William Storandt
Westerly
2002
Fiction
Children's Books
Cornelius Vandermouse : the pride of Newport / Peter Barnes
Newport
1997
Young Children
Puma goes to the Cliff Walk of Newport, Rhode Island / Muriel Barclay de Tolly
Newport
2005
Young Children
Puma goes to the Elms
Newport
2004
Young Children
Puma, Lost in Newport
Newport
2002
Young Children
Puma Sails The Harbor of Newport
Newport
2007
Young Children
Something Upstairs : A Tale of Ghosts / Avi
Providence
1988
Children's Fiction
The Man Who Was Poe / Avi
Providence
1989
Children's Fiction
Gray bonnets in the days of Roger Williams / Slater Brown
Providence
1954
Children's Fiction
Whisper in the dark / Joseph Bruchac
Providence
2005
Children's Fiction
A Little maid of Newport / Alice Turner Curtis
Newport
1915
Children's Fiction
A little maid of Narragansett Bay / Alice Turner Curtis
Warwick
1915
Children's Fiction
Melonhead / Michael de Guzman
Rhode Island
2002
Children's Fiction
Secret in the moonlight / by E.L. Flood
Rhode Island
1994
Children's Fiction
How I saved my father's life (and ruined everything else) / Ann Hood
Providence
2008
Children's Fiction
The Governor's ship / A. John Kennelly
Rhode Island
1995
Children's Fiction
Meg Mackintosh Mysteries / Lucinda Landon
Rhode Island
Children's Fiction
Some of the adventures of Rhode Island Red / by Stephen Manes
Rhode Island
1990
Children's Fiction
The case of the mysterious codes / by John F. Warner
Newport
1995
Children's Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Where I want to be / Adele Griffin
South Kingstown
2005
YA
I am the wallpaper / Mark Peter Hughes
Rhode Island
2005
YA
Lemonade Mouth / Mark Peter Hughes
Rhode Island
2007
YA
Devilish / by Maureen Johnson
Providence
2007
YA
The Art of Keeping Cool / Janet Taylor Lisle
Rhode Island
2000
YA
Black Duck / Janet Taylor Lisle
Newport
2006
YA
The crying rocks / Janet Taylor Lisle
Rhode Island
2003
YA
'38 : the Great Hurricane in Quonochontaug Rhode Island : a novel / by John Livsey
Westerly
2004
YA
A circle of two : book of Newport / A. Valentine Smith
Newport
2001
YA
The Possibilities of Sainthood / Donna Freitas
Providence
2008
YA
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Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe (1958) Okonkwo's village life in Nigeria is disrupted by British colonialism.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos (1925) A blonde and a brunette set sail to Europe in this hilarious satire.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin (1813) The first romantic comedy! Elizabeth Bennet's mother is determined that her daughters marry well.
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess (1962) Alex's ultraviolence is socially unacceptable, and while in prison, he agrees to test the controversial Ludovic treatment.
The Stranger Albert Camus (1942) Meursault feels no emotions- he can't grieve at his mother's funeral, and feels no remorse after killing a man.
My Ántonia Willa Cather (1918) Jim remembers his first love for immigrant farmgirl Antonia.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad (1902) Charles Marlow becomes obsessed with finding Mr. Kurtz as he sails down the Congo river.
Great Expectations Charles Dickens (1861) Pip's life is derailed by aristocratic Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella.
An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser (1925)Clyde's blind ambition leads him to tragedy.
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) Nick tells the story of his neighbor's desperate love for his cousin, Daisy.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (1857) Emma is bored with her quiet life as a doctor's wife, and turns to affairs for excitement.
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden (1997) Sayuri recalls her training as a geisha in the years before WWII.
Lord of the Flies William Golding (1954) Without laws, children on a deserted island quickly turn to mob rule.
Jude The Obscure Thomas Hardy (1895) Jude has dreams of a better life but rigid class structures hold him back.
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein (1961) Valentine Smith is the first human raised on Mars and is unable to fit in with Earthlings.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller (1961) Yossarian can't catch a break in this satirical WWII novel.
A Separate Peace John Knowles (1959) Gene and Phineas are friends at school during WWII.
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee (1960) Scout and Jem suffer when their father is appointed public defender of a black man accused of rape in the deep south.
Main Street Sinclair Lewis (1920) Carol feels trapped by the conventions of small town life.
Bright Lights Big City Jay McInerney (1984) He hates his job, his wife has left him- what else is there to do but party?
1984 George Orwell (1949) Winston breaks the law by questioning the rights of the government.
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath (1963)Pressure to succeed drives Esther to a breakdown.
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand (1943) Architect Howard refuses to compromise his beliefs to get work.
Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger (1951) Holden is expelled from school and hides out in New York for a few days before telling his parents.
Hamlet William Shakespeare (1602) Hamlet in unable to get over his mother's remarriage after his father dies.
Frankenstein Mary Shelly (1818) Victor creates a monster, and must deal with the repurcussions of playing God.
On the Beach Nevil Shute (1957) Nuclear war has obliterated the Northern Hemisphere, and Australians are waiting for the fallout clouds.
A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh (1934) After Tony's marriage falls apart, he sets off on an Amazon expedition.
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton (1920) Newland is married to ladylike May, but is attracted to her wild cousin Ellen.
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe (1958) Okonkwo's village life in Nigeria is disrupted by British colonialism.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos (1925) A blonde and a brunette set sail to Europe in this hilarious satire.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin (1813) The first romantic comedy! Elizabeth Bennet's mother is determined that her daughters marry well.
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess (1962) Alex's ultraviolence is socially unacceptable, and while in prison, he agrees to test the controversial Ludovic treatment.
The Stranger Albert Camus (1942) Meursault feels no emotions- he can't grieve at his mother's funeral, and feels no remorse after killing a man.
My Ántonia Willa Cather (1918) Jim remembers his first love for immigrant farmgirl Antonia.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad (1902) Charles Marlow becomes obsessed with finding Mr. Kurtz as he sails down the Congo river.
Great Expectations Charles Dickens (1861) Pip's life is derailed by aristocratic Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella.
An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser (1925)Clyde's blind ambition leads him to tragedy.
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) Nick tells the story of his neighbor's desperate love for his cousin, Daisy.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (1857) Emma is bored with her quiet life as a doctor's wife, and turns to affairs for excitement.
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden (1997) Sayuri recalls her training as a geisha in the years before WWII.
Lord of the Flies William Golding (1954) Without laws, children on a deserted island quickly turn to mob rule.
Jude The Obscure Thomas Hardy (1895) Jude has dreams of a better life but rigid class structures hold him back.
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein (1961) Valentine Smith is the first human raised on Mars and is unable to fit in with Earthlings.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller (1961) Yossarian can't catch a break in this satirical WWII novel.
A Separate Peace John Knowles (1959) Gene and Phineas are friends at school during WWII.
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee (1960) Scout and Jem suffer when their father is appointed public defender of a black man accused of rape in the deep south.
Main Street Sinclair Lewis (1920) Carol feels trapped by the conventions of small town life.
Bright Lights Big City Jay McInerney (1984) He hates his job, his wife has left him- what else is there to do but party?
1984 George Orwell (1949) Winston breaks the law by questioning the rights of the government.
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath (1963)Pressure to succeed drives Esther to a breakdown.
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand (1943) Architect Howard refuses to compromise his beliefs to get work.
Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger (1951) Holden is expelled from school and hides out in New York for a few days before telling his parents.
Hamlet William Shakespeare (1602) Hamlet in unable to get over his mother's remarriage after his father dies.
Frankenstein Mary Shelly (1818) Victor creates a monster, and must deal with the repurcussions of playing God.
On the Beach Nevil Shute (1957) Nuclear war has obliterated the Northern Hemisphere, and Australians are waiting for the fallout clouds.
A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh (1934) After Tony's marriage falls apart, he sets off on an Amazon expedition.
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton (1920) Newland is married to ladylike May, but is attracted to her wild cousin Ellen.
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