Here is the newest, updated list. Everything that is in bold print is on my current must read before January list.
Abbott, Lee K All Things, All at Once
Aboulela, Leila Translator
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun
Adrian, Chris Children's Hospital
Alderman, Naomi Disobedience
Ali, Monica Alentejo Blue
Allende, Isabel Ines of my Soul
Antrim, Donald Afterlife
Arana, Marie Cellophane
Armstrong, Karen Great Transformation
Arsenault, Raymond Freedom Riders
Baker, Calvin Dominion
Bayard, Louis Pale Blue Eye
Beachy-Quick, Dan Mulberry
Begg, Moazzam Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar
Belozerskava, Marina Medici Giraffe
Benni, Stefano margherita Dolce Vita
Berkowitz, Edward Something Happened
Berne, Suzanne Ghost at the Table
Bigsby, Christopher Beautiful Dreamer
Binelli, Mark Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!
Bishop, Ted Riding With Rilke
Bissoondath, Neil Unyielding Clamor of the Night
Blum, Deborah Ghost Hunters: William James And The Search For Scientific Proof Of Life After Death In The Dawn Of The 20th Century
Bonner, Jeffrey P Sailing with Noah
Boudinot, Ryan Littlest Hitler
Boyd, William Restless
Boyle, T. Coraghessan Talk Talk
Brinkley, Douglas Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Brookhieser, Richard Divided Ground: Indians, Setlers, And The Northern Borderland Of The American Revolution
Brooks, Max World War Z
Brown, Frederick Flaubert: A Biography
Bruinius, Harry Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity
Burt, Stephen Parallel Play
Busch, Frederick Rescue Missions
Butler, Robert Olen Severance
Cadbury, Deborah Space Race
Cahill, Carmen Bad Faith
Caldwell, Gail A Strong West Wind
Carr, Cynthia Our Town
Carrierre, Jean-Claude Please, Mr Einstein
Carroll, James House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
Cartledge, Paul Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World
Cartwright, Justin The Promise of Happiness
Cavanaugh, Jack Tunney
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Chase, Clifford Winkie
Chayes, Sarah Punishment of Virtue:Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
Child, Julia and Alex Prud'Homme My Life In France
Christianse, Yvette Unconfessed
Clarke, Susanna Ladies of Grace Adieu & Other Sagas
Claudel, Phillipe By A Slow River
Clover, Charles End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat
Collins, Francis S. Language of God
Collins, Martha Blue Front
Cox, Michael Meaning of Night
Cruz, Cynthia Ruin
Dallek, Robert Let Every Nation Know
Davis, David Brion In Human Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Davis, Dick Trick of Sunlight
Decker, Shawn My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure
DeKok, Ingrid Seasonal Fires
Desai, Kiran Inheritance of Loss
Deslisle, Guy Shonzhen: a travelogue
Dideon, Joan We Tell Ourselves Stories: Collected
Donovan, Gerard Julius Winsome
D'Orso, Michael Eagle Blue
Drape, Joe Black Maestro
Edsall, Thomas B Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power
Egan, Jennifer Keep
Eggars, Dave What is the What
Elliot, Jason Mirrors of the Unseen
Ensler, Eve Insecure at Last: Loosing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
Faulks, Sebastian Human Traces
Fenton, James Selected Poems
Finkel, Caroline Osman's Dream
Forbes, Charlotte Good Works of Avela Linde
Forbes, Peter Gecko's Foot
Ford, Richard Lay of the Land
Forna, Aminatta Ancestor Stones
Fountain, Ben Brief Encounters With Che Guevara
Frazier, Charles Thirteen Mooons
Freedman, Dave Natural Selection
Freudenberger, Nell Dissident
Fuentes, Carlos Eagle's Throne
Gallagher, Tess Dear Ghosts
Gaston, Bill Sointula
George, Margaret Helen of Troy
Getty, Sarah Bring Me Her Heart
Gibbons, Ann The First Human
Gien, Pamela Syringa Tree
Gilfoyle, Timothy Pickpocket's Tale, The Underworld of 19th Century New York
Gilmore, Jennifer Golden Country
Gluck, Louise Averno: Poems
Grande, Reyna Across a Hundred Mountains
Greene, Melissa Fay There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey To Rescue Africa's Children
Greenfield, Robert Timothy Leary
Groom, Winston Patriotic Fire
Guene Faiza Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Haddon, Mark Spot of Bother
Hampl, Patricia Blue Arabesque: a Search for the Sublime
Handler, Daniel Adverbs
Hayes, Terrance Wind in a Box
Heaney, Seamus District and Circle
Helms, Sarah Life In Secrets: Vera Atkins And The Missing Agents of WWII
Henderson, William Haywood Augusta Locke
Hendricks, Steve Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country
Henriquez, Cristina Come Together, Fall Apart
Hix, H.L. Chromatic
Homes, A. M. This Book Will Save Your Life
Hoose, Phillip Perfect, Once Removed
Horne, Jed Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
Hughes, Robert Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir
Idibly, Rayna Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, A Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding
Jacobson, Sid 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation
Jennings, Kevin Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son
Jenson, Liz My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time
Johnson, Steven Ghost Map
Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar's Children
Joseph, Peniel E. Waiting 'Till the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
Julavits, Heidi Uses of Enchantment
Just, Ward Forgetfulness
Kammen, Michael Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture
Karr, Mary Sinners Welcome
Kazin, Michael Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
Kehlmann, Daniel Measuring the World
Kelly, James Patrick Feeling Very Strange
Kenneally, Thomas Commonwealth of Thieves: the Improbable Birth of Australia
Keret, Edgar The Nimrod Flipout
Khadra, Yasmina The Attack
Khoury, Elias Gate Of The Sun
Kinzer, Stephen Overthrow:America's Century of Regime Change
Knighton, Ryan Cockeyed: A Memoir of Blindness
Kosco, Bart Noise
Lansens, Lori Girls
Larson, Erik Thunderstruck
Lawrence, Starling The Lightning Keeper
Lawson, Mary Other Side of the Bridge
Ledgard, J.M. Giraffe
Lehrer, Jim Phony Marine
Lerner, Ben Angle of Yaw
Li, Laura Madame Chian Kai-Shek: China's First Lady
Lloyd, Seth Programming the Universe
Long, Dustin Icelander
Lord, Graham John Mortimer: The Secret Life of Rumpole's Creator: The Unauthorized Biography
Lucey, Donna M. Archie and Amerlie
Lynn, Barry W. Piety and Politics
Maathai, Wangari Unbowed
Mackey, Nathaniel Splay Anthem
Maguire, James American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds
Maheu, Layne Song Of The Crow
Malarkey, Tucker Resurrection
Marchetto, Marisa Cancer Vixen
Marcus, Greil Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
Markoe, Merrill Walking in Circles Before Lying Down
Masters, Alexander Stuart: A Life Backwards
McCarthy, Cormac Road
McCauley, Stephen Alternatives to sex: a gay and obsessive-compulsive post-9/11
McKay, Ami Birth House
McMichael, James Capacity
Mendelsohn, Daniel Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Merridale, Catherine Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
Messud, Claire Emperor's Children
Miller, Joe Cross-X: A Turbulent, Triumphant Season with an Inner-City Debate Squad
Moffett, Kevin Permanent Visitors
Mosley, Walter Fortunate Son
Munro, Alice View from Castle Rock: Stories
Naslund, Sena Jeter Abundance
Nazario, Sonia Enrique's Journey
Nielsen, John Condor
Notley, Alice Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005
Ours, Dorothy Man O'War
Padel, Ruth Tigers In Red Weather: A Quest To See The Last Wild Tigers
Pardos, John Safe for Democracy: the Secret Wars of the CIA
Pearce, Fred When the Rivers Run Dry: Water the Defining Crisis of the 21st Century
Perry, Michael Truck
Phillips, Julie James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
Pitlor, Heidi Birthdays
Pomfret, John Chinese Lesons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China
Powers, Richard Echo Maker
Prager, Joshua Echoing Green
Robbins, James Last in their Class
Robertson, Jason Sense of the World
Russell, Karen St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: And Other Stories
Rust, Elissa Minor The Prisoner Pear: Stories
Safina, Carl The Voyage of the Turtle
Sallis, Eva Fire, Fire
Sancton, Tom Song for my Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White
Sanders, Scott Russell Private History of Awe
Satrapi, Marjane Chicken With Plums
Satterlee, Thom Burning Wyclif
Saunders, George In Persuasion Nation
Schaller, Thomas F Whistling Past Dixie
Schama,Simon Rough Crossings: Britain the Slaves, and the American Revolution
Schneider, Paul Brutal Journey: First Crossing of North America
Schrag, Peter California: America's High Stakes Experiment
Seife, Charles Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from our Brains to Black Holes
Self, Will Book of Dave
Sheehan, Aurelie History Lesson for Girls
Slatalla, Michelle Town on Beaver Creek
Slavitt, David William Henry Harrison and Other Poems
Sloan, Richard Blind Faith
Smith, Lee On Agate Hill
Smith, Patricia Teahouse of the Almighty
Soyinka, Wole You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
Stargardt, Nicholas Witnesses Of War: Children's Lives Under The Nazis
Stone, Peter Heist
Straight, Susan A Million Nightingales
Tallis, Frank Death in Vienna
Thomas, Scarlett End Of Mr Y
Tomlinson, Jim Things Kept, Things Left Behind
Trudge, Colin Tree: A history of What Trees Are, How they Live, and Why they Matter
Trueblood, Valerie Seven Loves
Umrigar, Thirty The Space Between Us
Unsworth, Barry Ruby in Her Navel
Vallgren, Carl Johan Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred
Walter, Jess Zero
Walter, Philippe Christianity
Waters, Sarah Night Watch
Wa'Thiong'O, Ngugi Wizard of the Crow
Weber, Katharine Triangle: a Novel
Welland, Sasha Su-Ling Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journey of Two Chinese Sisters
White, Richard D. Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long
Winters, Kathleen Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Woodrell, Daniel Winter's Bone
Wright, Lawrence Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Yeh, Jane Marabou
Yehoshua, Abraham Woman in Jerusalem
Young, Ralph F. Dissent in America
Zoellner, Tom The Heartless Stone
4 comments:
I think Last in Their Class is worth a look. But I am terribly biased.
You gotta love Joe Miller's Cross-X - he's a local blogger.
Yeah. Give me a bold. I'm from your hometown, and it's a hometown story.
JK
I've browsed and read quite a bit in "Dissent in America" and found it fascinating and revealing. Great to learn about the roots of my--admittedly liberal--personal political leanings. Margaret Sanger and Henry David Thoreau were two of my favorites but there was lots of food for thought--even Paul Weyrich, notorious conservative :), had some fascinating ideas!
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