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Title Selections


Suggested Titles for 2008 - 2009

Absurdistan
A Novel
Written by Gary Shteyngart
Category: Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7167-5 (0-8129-7167-1)
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812971675

Flight: A Novel (Paperback)
by Sherman Alexie
Published by Black Cat, an imprint of Grove / Atlantic
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat (April 17, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0802170374
ISBN-13: 978-0802170378

http://www.fallsapart.com/flight.htm

Sherman's book tour BLOG


Seven Types of Ambiguity
Elliot Perlman - Author
Paperback
640 pages
ISBN 9781594481437
Riverhead (Penguin Group USA)
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594481437,00.html

The Accidental Masterpiece
Michael Kimmelman
Paperback
Book: Paperback | 256 pages | ISBN 9780143037330 | 25 Jul 2006 | Penguin
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143037330,00.html

Reading Guide
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/accidental_masterpiece.html

What Matters Most
Nicole Bokat - Author
Book: Paperback | 320 pages | ISBN 9780451219480 | 03 Oct 2006
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780451219480,00.html

Reading Guide
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/whatmattersmost.html

Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.) (Paperback)
by Michael Chabon
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (July 5, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0060790598
ISBN-13: 978-0060790592
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060790592/Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh/index.aspx

READING GUIDE
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=1628&isbn13=9780060790592&displayType=readingGuide

The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith (Paperback)
by Irshad Manji
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (February 10, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0312327005
ISBN-13: 978-0312327002
http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Islam-Today-Muslims-Reform/dp/0312327005/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2464283-1389257?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183836511&sr=8-1

Peony in Love
by Lisa See
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (June 26, 2007)
ISBN-10: 140006466X
ISBN-13: 978-1400064663
Fiction

[Paperback: Not Available as of 07/11/7]
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (October 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0747582483
ISBN-13: 978-0747582489

Book Club Questions
http://www.lisasee.com/peony/peonybookclub.php
or
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400064663&view=rg

Eat, Pray, Love
One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert - Author
Book: Paperback | 352 pages | ISBN 9780143038412 | 30 Jan 2007 | Penguin
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143038412,00.html

INTRODUCTION - AUTHOR INTERVIEW - DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/eat_pray_love.html

A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by Khaled Hosseini
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (May 22, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1594489505
ISBN-13: 978-1594489501
http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Splendid-Suns-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1594489505

Reading Guide
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/thousand_splendid_suns.html

Water for Elephants: A Novel (Paperback)
by Sara Gruen
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1565125606/ref=pe_pe_606_6146940_pe_ar_t1
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books; Reprint edition (April 9, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1565125606
ISBN-13: 978-1565125605

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - Book Review
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/fictionreviews/gr/water_elephants.htm

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - Book Club Discussion Questions
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/bookclubquestions/a/waterElephantsq.htm

Interview with Sara Gruen - Author of Water for Elephants
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/authorinterviews/a/sara_gruen_intv.htm

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Suggested Titles for 2007 - 2008

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter By Kim Edwards

Mohawk By Richard Russo

Nobody’s Fool By Richard Russo

The Risk Pool By Richard Russo

The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck

The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

*A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
By Ishmael Beah

Pay It Forward By Catherine Ryan Hyde

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

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Title Selections
Suggested for 2006 - 2007

Things Fall Apart: A Novel (Paperback) by Chinua Achebe
ISBN: 0385474547

Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel (Paperback) by Jonathan Safran Foer
ISBN: 0060529709

The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback) by Sue Monk Kidd
ISBN: 01420017

*The Kite Runner (Paperback) by Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 1594480001

Let Me Go (Paperback) by Helga Schneider
ISBN: 0143035177

Windows on the World : A Novel (Hardcover)
by Frederic Beigbeder, Frank Wynne (Translator)
ISBN: 1401352235

A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
by Norman Maclean
ISBN: 0226500667

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (Paperback)
by Paulo Coelho
ISBN: 0062502182

Nervous Conditions: A Novel (Paperback)
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
ISBN: 187806777X

The Tortilla Curtain
by T. C. Boyle
ISBN: 014023828X

* Indicates title chosen


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