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"To Be Read" List - Recent Buys:

Author (with links)

Title (with book links)

Notes

Hemon, Aleksandar The Lazarus Project .
Chabon, Michael Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure .
Barnes, Jonathan The Somnambulist .
Kaufman, Millard Bowl of Cherries .
Phillips, Marie Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel .
Kimmel, Haven The Used World: A Novel .
Strout, Elizabeth Olive Kitteridge .
Wroblewski, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle .

"To Be Read" List - Additional (if it's on this list, I own it):

Author (with links)

Title (with book links)

Notes

Alexie, Sherman The Toughest Indian in the World .
Ali, Monica Brick Lane Booker Prize Shortlist 2003
Auchincloss, Louis Tales of Manhattan .
Bainbridge, Beryl Master Georgie Booker Prize Shortlist 1998
Balzac, Honore de Pere Goriot .
Barker, Pat The Ghost Road Booker Prize 1995
Barnes, Julian
Arthur & George
.
Barrett, Andrea Ship Fever: Stories National Book Award 1996
Barth, John The Sot-Weed Factor .
Beattie, Ann Another You .
Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March National Book Award 1954, Nobel Prize Author 1976
Bennett, Ronan The Catastrophist .
Berger, Thomas Meeting Evil .
Bergen, David
The Time In Between
.
Bowen, Elizabeth The Death of the Heart M. L.'s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
Boyd, William Any Human Heart IMPAC Literary Awards Shortlist 2004
Brown, Carrie Confinement .
Brownstein, Gabriel The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Apt. 3W .
Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita .
Burt, Guy Sophie .
Caldwell, Bo The Distant Land of My Father .
Carroll, Jonathan
Glass Soup
.
Carroll, Jonathan The Marriage of Sticks .
Carson, Tom Gilligan's Wake .
Cary, Joyce Mister Johnson .
Chandra, Vikram Love and Longing in Bombay .
Chaon, Dan You Remind Me of Me .
Christensen, Kate The Epicure's Lament .
Clark, Martin Plain Heathen Mischief .
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg The Ox-Box Incident .
Coe, Jonathan The House of Sleep .
Coetzee, J. M. Elizabeth Costello Nobel Prize Author 2003
Crace, Jim Genesis .
Craig, Amanda In a Dark Wood .
Crane, Elizabeth All This Heavenly Glory .
Danielewski, Mark Z House of Leaves Guardian First Book Awards Shortlist 2000
Davies, Robertson The Manticore .
Davis, Kathryn
The Thin Place
.
de Botton, Alain On Love .
Delany, Samuel R. Dhalgren .
Dewitt, Helen The Last Samurai IMPAC Literary Awards Shortlist 2002
Drabble, Margaret The Peppered Moth .
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus .
Dunbar, Wylene My Life With Corpses .
Dunmore, Helen A Spell of Winter Orange Prize Winner 1996
Dunn, Mark Ibid: A Life .
Edwards, G.B. The Book of Ebenezer Le Page .
Faber, Michel The Crimson Petal and the White .
Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women .
Flanagan, Richard Death of a River Guide .
Fletcher, Helen Bluestocking .
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close .
Ford, Richard Independence Day Pulitzer Prize 1995
Fowler, Karen Joy The Jane Austen Book Club .
Fowles, John A Maggot .
Franklin, Miles My Brilliant Career "500 Great Books by Women"
Gaddis, William A Frolic of His Own National Book Award 1994
Gibson, William Pattern Recognition .
Gold, Glen David Carter Beats the Devil Guardian First Book Awards Shortlist 2001
Goldman, William Boys and Girls Together .
Gordimer, Nadine None to Accompany Me Nobel Prize Author 1991
Gordon, Mary Pearl .
Graver, Elizabeth Awake .
Grenville, Kate The Idea of Perfection Orange Prize 2001
Grimwood, Ken Replay .
Hardie, Kerry A Winter Marriage .
Hazzard, Shirley The Great Fire National Book Award 2003
Hoban, Russell Riddley Walker .
Houellebecq, Michel The Elementary Particles IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002.
Huneven, Michelle Jamesland .
Hustvedt, Siri What I Loved .
Hynes, James The Lecturer's Tale .
Infante, A. Cabrera Three Trapped Tigers .
Isherwood, Christopher The World in the Evening .
Jackson, Mick The Underground Man 1997 Booker Prize Finalist
Jackson, Shirley We Have Always Lived in the Castle .
Japrisot, Sebastien A Very Long Engagement Prix Interallie Award 1991
Jin, Ha War Trash .
Johnston, Wayne The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Giller Prize Shortlist 1998
Joyce, Graham The Tooth Fairy .
Kelman, James How Late It Was, How Late Booker Prize 1994
Kennedy, A.L. Original Bliss .
Kennedy, William Roscoe PEN/Faulkner Award Shortlist 2003
Kirino, Natsuo Out .
Kunzru, Hari The Impressionist Whitbread First Novel Award Shortlist 2002
Langer, Adam Crossing California .
Lapcharoensap, Rattawut Sightseeing .
Laxness, Halidór Kiljian Independent People Nobel Prize Author 1955
Lee, Chang-rae Aloft .
Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebook .
Lethem, Jonathan Amnesia Moon .
Lethem, Jonathan The Fortress of Solitude .
Lipsyte, Sam The Subject Steve .
Lodge, David Author, Author .
Lodge, David Small World Booker Prize Shortlist 1984
MacLeod, Alistair No Great Mischief IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2001
Malamud, Bernard The Fixer Pulitzer Prize 1967
Malouf, David Remembering Babylon Booker Prize Shortlist 1993
Mantel, Hilary A Change of Climate .
Maxwell, William Time Will Darken It .
Meek, James
The People's Act Of Love
.
Mehta, Suketu Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found .
Miller, Andrew Ingenious Pain IMPAC Literary Award 1999
Mills, Magnus All Quiet on the Orient Express .
Mills, Mark Amagansett .
Mistry, Rohinton Family Matters Booker Prize Shortlist 2002
Mitchell, David Number9Dream Booker Prize Shortlist 2001
Moore, Brian The Doctor's Wife Booker Prize Shortlist 1976
Mosse, Kate
Labyrinth
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Munro, Alice Runaway .
Murakami, Haruki The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Shortlist 1999
Naipaul, V. S. A House for Mr. Biswas Nobel Prize Author 2001
Narayan, Kirin Love Stars and All That .
Norman, Howard The Museum Guard .
Oates, Joyce Carol Them National Book Award 1970
O'Brien, Edna Down By the River .
Okri, Ben The Famished Road Booker Prize Winner 1991
Pamuk, Orhan My Name is Red IMPAC Literary Award 2003
Perlman, Elliot Seven Types of Ambiguity .
Phillips, Scott The Ice Harvest Poe Best First Novel Award Shortlist 2001
Powell, Dawn The Wicked Pavilion .
Powers, Richard The Gold Bug Variations .
Prose, Francine Blue Angel .
Richards, David Adams Mercy Among the Children 2001 Giller Prize
Robinson, Kim Stanley The Years of Rice and Salt .
Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth .
Rush, Norman Mating National Book Award 1991
Saki The Best of Saki .
Salter, James A Sport and A Pastime .
Saramago, Jose All the Names Nobel Prize Author 1998
Saramago, Jose The Stone Raft Nobel Prize Author 1998
Searcy, David Ordinary Horror .
Seiffert, Rachel The Dark Room Booker Prize Shortlist 2001
Sharma, Akhil An Obedient Father .
Sharpe, Matthew The Sleeping Father .
Shields, Carol Swann .
Shteyngart, Gary The Russian Debutante's Handbook .
Simmons, Dan Summer of Night Stoker Award Shortlist 1991
Sinclair, May Mary Olivier: A Life .
Sinisalo, Johanna Troll: A Love Story .
Skvorecky, Josef The Engineer of Human Souls .
Slesinger, Tess The Unpossessed .
Smith, Alison Name All the Animals .
Smith, Zadie White Teeth Guardian First Book Award 2000
Sprott, Duncan The Ptolemies .
Svevo, Italo Zeno's Conscience .
Swift, Graham Last Orders Booker Prize 1996
Takagi, Akimitsu The Tattoo Murder Case .
Trollope, Joanna Brother and Sister .
Tuck, Lily The News From Paraguay .
Tutuola, Amos The Palm-Wine Drinkard .
Umrigar, Thrity
The Space Between Us
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Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath .
Unsworth, Barry Sacred Hunger Booker Prize Co-Winner 1992
Vonnegut, Kurt The Sirens of Titan .
Wallace, David Foster Infinite Jest .
Watson, Larry White Crosses .
White, Patrick Riders in the Chariot Nobel Prize Author 1973
Wiggins, Marianne Evidence of Things Unseen National Book Award Finalist 2003
Wynd, Oswald The Ginger Tree .
Yates, Richard The Easter Parade .
Zusak, Markus
The Book Thief
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updated 18 November 2007