Lyrics Alley Leila Aboulela (was this on the Orange list? sounds so familiar)
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga (I've been meaning to read this for a while, and then I saw it at R's apartment Sunday and almost borrowed it, and then talked to V on Monday and found out she's going to read it, so I think the signs are pointing to "yes," and sooner rather than later...[update, I think it's been a year or so, so...later?])
River of Darkness Rennie Airth
Boris Akunin
La Regenta Leopold Alas
The Yacoubian Building Alaa Al Aswany
In the Kitchen Monica Ali
A Singular Hostage and Companions of Paradise Thalassa Ali
Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende
Girls of Riyadh Rajaa Alsanea
A Golden Age Tahmima Anam
Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto trans. Slavitt
Girl in a Blue Dress Gaynor Arnold
The Blind Assasin Margaret Atwood (even though she was dead to me, it looks good, and C liked it)
The Harmony Silk Factory Tash Aw
The Undertow Jo Baker (2012 - English edition, The Picture Book, 2011)
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank
The Girl With the Crystal Eyes Barbara Baraldi
The Case of the Mistaken Identity Mac Barnett
The Air We Breath Andrea Barrett
The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
The School of Night Lewis Bayard
In Zanesville Jo Ann Beard
A Fierce Radiance Lauren Belfer
Running the Rift Naomi Benaron
The Long Ships Frans Gunnar Bengtsson
Alice I Have Been Melanie Benjamin
The Free World David Bezmozgis
Christine Falls Benjamin Black
The Night Strangers Chris Bohjalian
2666 Roberto Bolano
Plain Kate Erin Bow
Three Day Road Joseph Boyden
When the Killing is Done T.C. Boyle
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley
Citrus County John Brandon
The Sweet Relief of Missing Children Sarah Braunstein (Extension teacher)
The Diviners Libba Bray (2012 - YA, I think, but whatever; Bray is a good writer)
The Weird Sisters Eleanor Brown
The Day the Falls Stood Still Cathy Marie Buchanan (I could have sworn I read this after the surgery, but the description I just read on the Barnes & Noble website doesn't sound at all familiar, so I guess I just meant to)
The Robsart Mystery (aka To Shield the Queen) Fiona Buckley
Dogfight, a Love Story Matt Burgess
Alex Carr
The Legend of Broken Caleb Carr (this one sounds kind of stupid, but I did enjoy the Alienist books, so I suppose I'll give it a try at some point when I'm in the mood for something not-taxing)
The Puzzle King Betsy Carter (see also Adrienne McDonnell, The Doctor and the Diva; don't really remember what either of these is about, but I think they were both "inspired" by events in the authors' families, so it might be interesting to compare treatments, and I read about them at the same time - something made me think of them as a pair)
Compass Rose John Casey (New England :) )
The Yiddish Policeman's Unit Michael Chabon
The Greatest Knight... Elizabeth Chadwick
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Jung Chang
Forgotten Country Catherine Chung
The Legal Limit Martin Clark
Exley Brock Clarke
Little Bee Chris Cleave (giving in, I see it all the time, I should just read it)
Spirit and Dust Rosemary Clement-Moore
Beverly Cleverly (nobody could really do that to a child, could s/he?? What name am I thinking of?)
Grace: a Memoir Grace Coddington (the redhead at Vogue)
Disgrace J.M. Coetzee
The Take Martina Cole
Open City Teju Cole
The Gates John Connolly
The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Bernard Cornwell (review)
The Novel Bookstore Lawrence Cosse
Deborah Crombie
By Nightfall Michael Cunningham
Lily the Silent: A History of Arcadia Tod Davies, Mike Madrid (illus.)
The Starboard Sea Amber Dermont
The Evidence Against Her Robb Forman Dew
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz (I know, I know, I should have read this already)
The Poacher's Son Paul Doiron
The Pleasure Seekers Tishani Doshi (rec. from R)
A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman Margaret Drabble
Heartbroke Bay Lynn D'Urso (like the cover)
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi Geoff Dyer
The Prague Cemetery Umberto Eco (is this about the Golem? I keep assuming it is, based on the name, but I forget why I initially thought I would want to check it out...other than if it's about the Golem, obviously)
The Forgotten Waltz Anne Enright
Swell Corwin Ericson
West of Here Jonathan Evison
Elizabeth Street Laurie Fabiano
The Seige of Krishnapur J.G. Farrell
Charlotte Gray Sebastian Faulks
Three Sisters Bi Feiyu
Finding Nouf Zoe Ferraris
Cecilia Linda Ferri, trans. Ann Goldstein
Attachment Isabel Fonseca
The Memory of Love Aminatta Forna
The Quickening Maze Adam Foulds
The Magus John Fowles
The Blindness of the Heart Julia Franck
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Tom Franklin
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn (2012)
Blood of the Wicked Leighton Gage
Love Marriage: A Novel V. V. Ganeshananthan
The Lady Matador's Hotel Christina Garcia
God on the Rocks Jane Gardam
Left Neglected Lisa Genova (might be boring, but the names!)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Dorothy Gilman
36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction Rebecca Goldstein
Try to Remember Iris Gomez
The Cookbook Collector Allegra Goodman
The American Heiress Daisy Goodwin
The Last Queen C.W. Gortner
The Vanishing of Katharine Linden Helen Grant
White Ghost Girls Alice Greenway
The Black Cat Martha Grimes
The Kitchen House Kathleen Grissom
To the End of the Land David Grossman
Life and Fate Vassily Grossman
Starvation Lake Bryan Gruley
Ed King David Guterson
Faith Jennifer Haigh
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore Benjamin Hale
The Polish Boxer Eduardo Halfon
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
Angelmaker Nick Harkaway
The Observations Jane Harris [have I read this???]
Enchantments Kathryn Harrison [Rasputin's daughter or something]
The Bells Richard Harvell
The History of History: a Novel of Berlin Ida Hattemer-Higgins
Volt Heathcock
Learning to Swim Sara J. Henry
Leanna Renee Hieber
The Traitor's Wife Susan Higginbotham
The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman (torn; one one hand, a novel about the women of Masada is cool [good reason to re-read Josephus first?], but semi-Biblical era historical fiction can be dicey [and by dicey I mean "could be reeeeeally bad"]. Plus, I just read Hoffman's The Red Garden, and historical accuracy is clearly not her forte, or at least not particularly her interest, and I was spotting errors (in lifestyle issues, etc.) there in early American (settlement-era) history, which ought to be more familiar to the casual citizen/author and at least easier to check, so for a more remote period, and a set of circumstances of which there aren't a lot of details available...I dunno, could be bad]
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman
Forever Queen Helen Hollick (most likely CRAP - but Cnut! - will need to read a few pages before committing...)
The Eden Hunter Skip Horack
The Changeling Kate Horsley
A High Wind in Jamaica Richard A. W. Hughes
The Bone People Keri Hulme
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Aerograms and Other Stories Tania James (I loved her Atlas of Unknowns)
The Gentleman Poet Kathryn Johnson (more Shakespeare fiction)
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
Suzanne Joinson
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson (2012)
The Uninvited Guests Sadie Jones (2012)
When She Woke Hillary Jordan
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston
Mr. Pip Lloyd Jones
The Vanishers Heidi Julavits (I checked this one out of the library, never got around to reading it, and had to return it. Annoying. On the other hand, I don't even remember why I wanted to read it in the first place, so it's probably not a major loss)
Rodin's Debutante Ward Just
Sing Them Home Stephanie Kallos
Russian Winter Daphne Kalotay
The Report Jessica Francis Kane
By Fire, By Water Mitchell Kaplan
The Convent Panos Karnezis
Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata
Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay
The Wolves of Andover Kathleen Kent (this is the prequel to the Salem book, Heretic's Daughter)
Child of All Nations Irmgard Keun
Father of the Rain Lily King
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
Bluebird, or The Invention of Happiness Sheila Kohler
The Genesis Secret Tom Knox (ditto?!) (I think "ditto?!" made more sense before I alphabetized this list by author, and it was just in order of books as they occurred to me - guessing, based on the title, that "ditto?!" means "also stupid-fun trash?!")
Great House Nicole Krauss
The Sojourn Andrew Krivak
World Made By Hand James Howard Kunstler
Girl in Translation Jean Kwok
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Reif Larsen
A Lily of the Field John Lawton
A Peculiar Grace Jeffrey Lent
Willful Behavior Donna Leon
Small World and The Long Song Andrea Levy
Harlot Queen Hilda Lewis (I no longer remember what this is about, or why I wanted to read it, but it sounds hilarious, from the title alone)
Dream of Ding Village Yan Lianke
The Wrong Blood Manuel de Lope
Sister Rosamun Lupton
Company of Liars Karen Maitland
Tiger Hills Sarita Mandanna
The Rice Mother Rani Manicka
Daniel Henning Mankell (I've been really enjoying the Wallander series on Masterpiece Mystery, based on the series by the same author)
The End of Manners Francesca Marciano
The Flame Alphabet Ben Marcus
Lipstick Traces Greil Marcus
A Quiet Adjustment Benjamin Markovits
The Glass Room Simon Mawer
The Blackhouse Peter May (mystery, Scotland, see NYT review from 11/16/12)
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie Wendy McClure
The Doctor and the Diva Adrienne McDonnell (see also Betsy Carter, The Puzzle King; don't really remember what either of these is about, but I think they were both "inspired" by events in the authors' families, so it might be interesting to compare treatments, and I read about them at the same time - something made me think of them as a pair)
Light From a Distant Star Mary McGarry Morris
The Paris Wife Paula McLain
The Last Summer of Louisa May Alcott Kelly O'Connor McNees
The House of Widows Askold Melnyczuk
When We Were Bad Charlotte Mendelson
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air Dinaw Mengestu
The Talk-Funny Girl Roland Merullo
The City and the City and Kraken: an Anatomy China Mieville
Curse of the Wolf Girl Martin Millar (sceptical, but good "review" in Harvard Bookstore Sept. issue)
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller
Becoming Madame Mao Anchee Min
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell
The Last of the Bird People John Hansen Mitchell (Quabbin!)
Darling Jim Christian Moerk
Captain of the Sleepers Mayra Montero
The Same River Twice Ted Mooney
Valmiki's Daughter Shani Mootoo
The Chaperone Laura Moriarty (2012)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Walter Mosely
Tales of the New World Sabina Murray
Wise & Otherwise Sudha Murthy
Lamb Bonnie Nadzam
Adam and Eve Sena Jeter Naslund
Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky
The Redbreast Jo Nesbo
Jacob's Cane Elisa New
What is Left the Daughter Howard Norman
Salvation City Sigrid Nunez
A Beautiful Place to Die Malla Nunn
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Maggie O'Farrell
My Name is Mary Sutter Robin Oliveira
Divisadero Michael Ondaatje
The Naive and Sentimental Novelist and The Museum of Innocence Orhan Pamuk
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury Edith Pargenter (just a great title)
Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak
The Dream of Scipio Iain Pears
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal Mal Peet
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End Leif Perrson
The Tragedy of Arthur Arthur Phillips
The Scent of Rain and Lightning Nancy Pickard
In the Shadow of Gotham Stefanie Pintoff
The Fates Will Find Their Way Hannah Pittard
The Last Rendezvous Anne Plantegenet (stupid title, but great author name - can it be real?)
Rich Boy Sharon Pomerantz
Poison Sara Poole (now, this is a hangover book!)
The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger
The Cove Ron Rash
4.6.12: So, I wouldn't say I found his earlier novel, Serena, "dazzling," but I did think it was good, so when I heard about this one coming out, I put it on the "upcoming" list, and the Times review seems good.
Dark Road to Darjeeling Deanna Raybourn
Day for Night Frederick Reiken
The Monster Box Ruth Rendell
Angel of Galilea (saw a reference in an interesting New York Times article today) and The Dark Bride Laura Restrepo
Angel Time Anne Rice (I know, I know...I've never had any desire to read an Anne Rice book, but the NYT gave the sequel to this book a good review, so I'm mildly curious...)
The Serpent Garden Judith Merkle Riley (fun trash?)
The Baker Street Letters Michael Robertson
Rhetoric of Death Judith Rock
The Armies Evelio Rosero
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy
Dreamers of the Day Mary Doria Russell
Water Ghosts Shawna Yang Ryan
The Still Point Amy Sackville (maybe)
Watermark Vanitha Sankaran
Anya Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
The Weekend Bernhard Schlink
Life in Miniature Linda Schlossberg
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott
The Naquib's Daughter Sama Serageldin
The Wish Maker Ali Sethi
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society M Shaffer & A Barrows (giving in, I see it all the time, I should just read it)
Some Sing, Some Cry Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza
Daughters of the Witching Hill Mary Sharratt (this title sounds cheesy - don't remember why I wanted it)
Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead (2012 - So, I vaguely remember reading a review of this when it came out - in the Times? - and thinking "maybe" but then I just read an op-ed ["The Wedding Effect" - What is it about friends getting hitched that leaves us so unhinged?] of hers that I didn't think was incredibly original or insightful but was well-written, more like an essay than an op-ed, so now I kind of want to read the book. Both copies at Harvard have wait-lists; I don't want to request to be added to the list in case I'm already on it and because I really need to chill on ordering books for a bit: I've got a stack to be read at home [not to mention several stacks to "review"] and I'm moving in a month, so probably the fewer books I have to drag around the better.)
Sailor Twain: Or: the Mermaid in the Hudson Mark Siegel
Chef Jaspreet Singh
The Black Minutes Martin Solares
The Cornerstone Nick Spalding (is this the right book? The note in my phone just says The Cornerstone, and there are a lot of books by that name listed on Amazon...I am assuming because this one is about books? Maybe? The description doesn't ring any bells...)
Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer Wesley Stace
The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia Mary Helen Stefaniak
The Frozen Rabbi Steven Stern
The Help Kathryn Stockett (giving in, I see it all the time, I should just read it)
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout (giving in, I see it all the time, I should just read it)
Commencement J. Courtney Sullivan
The Twentieth Wife Indu Sundaresan ?
The Last Secret of the Temple Paul Sussman (trash! fun?!)
Ilustrado Miguel Syjuco
Vaclav & Lena Haley Tanner
Man Gone Down Michael Thomas (apparently I checked this out from the library on 8/21/09, and never read it; I knew it had been a really, really long time - like, before E left Boston, I think - but I somehow never got around to it. I had really really wanted to, and then by the time I got it, I wasn't into it. And then over the awful weekend I just had, I got a notice saying it had been recalled and was due tomorrow, 4/2/11, and so of course I started reading it on the way into work today, on the bus, and it's good and I don't want to give it back! So I will need to request it again when this other person is done with it.)
The Year We Left Home Jean Thompson
The Barbarian Nurseries Hector Tobar
A Duty to the Dead Charles Todd (also whatever the first book is in the "masterly novels" (NYT) about England after WWI featuring an Inspector Routledge, by "Charles Todd" - I feel like "he" (a mother/son writing team, apparently, which is cool) is already on this list, but it's getting too long to bother checking...will find out at some point. Or not.)
The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin
Trespass Rose Tremain
The Slap Christos Tsiolkas
The Lonely Polygamist Brady Udall
The Space Between Us Thrity Umrigar
The Hummingbird's Daughter Luis Alberto Urrea
The Golden Spruce John Vaillant (don't remember what this is about, but I like the title!)
Caribou Island David Vann
The Heretic's Wife Brenda Rickman Vantrease (don't know why, but feel like this is some ye-olde-trashe book? Also don't remember why I put it on the list)
Crown of Dust Mary Volmer
Half-Broke Horses J. Walls
A Short History of Women Kate Walbert
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter
Girl Reading Katie Ward
Wicked Company Ciji Ware (Shakespeare's sister is an actress - presumably secret? Just caught a glimpse at the store the other day. Could be complete and utter crap, but could be fun...)
True Confections Katharine Weber
The Sultan's Seal and The Winter Thief Jenny White (both Kamil Pasha mysteries, I think - I believe I've liked earlier installments in the series)
The Shadow Catcher Marianne Wiggins
Ant Hill E.O. Wilson
Elegy for Eddie Jacqueline Winspear (March 2012)
Annabel Kathleen Winter
A Vintage Affair Isabel Wolff
The Midnight Palace Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Dukays Lajos Zilahy
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
The Post-Office Girl Stefan Zweig
Pindar's Daughter (what book is this? I wrote the title down, but now can't find any such book online...)
For sick days:
Tasha Alexander
Charles Finch
Jacqueline Winspear
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