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2010
Recommended Reading Lists
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Featured
Books
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Winter
2010 Reading List
2010:
Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
A Death in the Family by James Agee
A Journey to Here by Margaret Johnson-Hodge
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Breakneck by Erica Spindler
Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
I'll be There by Iris Rainer Dart
Light in August by William Faulkner
Love and Summer by William Trevor
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock
Taste of Honey by Eileen Goudge
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Scout by Harry Combs
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
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Winter
2010
To
Dance with the White Dog
by Terry Kay
This short
book moves like poetry....A loving eulogy to old age....A
tender celebration of life, made poignant by death being so
close at hand.
SOURCE:
Los Angeles Times
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Spring
2010 Reading
List
A Gesture
Life by Chang-Rae Lee
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
Backlash by Aaron Allston
Big Girl by Danielle Steele
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Bleachers by John Grisham
Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
Crisis by Robin Cook
Good Girls Gone Bad by Susan Nadler
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark
One God Dog by Susan Wilson
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Royal Service by Stephen P. Barry
Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Split Image by Robert B. Parker
The Finest Hour by Winston Churchill
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Politician by Andrew Young
Vendetta by Jackie Collins
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
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Spring
2010
House
Rules
by Jodi Picoult
HOUSE
RULES is about Jacob Hunt, a teenage boy with Asperger’s
Syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing
himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob
has a special focus on one subject – in his case, forensic
analysis. He’s always showing up at crime scenes, thanks
to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling
the cops what they need to do…and he’s usually
right. But then one day his tutor is found dead, and the
police come to question him. All of the hallmark behaviors
of Asperger’s – not looking someone in the eye,
stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate affect –
can look a heck of a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel
-- and suddenly, Jacob finds himself accused of murder.
HOUSE RULES looks at what it means to be different in our
society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal
system works well for people who communicate a certain way
– but lousy for those who don’t.
SOURCE:
Jodi Picoult website
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Summer
2010 Reading
List
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Hours by Lee Child
A Painted House by John Grishman
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
Dead In the Family by Charlaine Harris
Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Innocent by Scott Turow
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Tales of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
New York by Edward Rutherfurd
Run by Ann Patchett
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
The Promise by Jonathan Alter
The Spy by Clive Cussler
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Summer
2010
A
Painted House
by John Grishman
Set in
rural Arkansas in 1952. The story centers around 7-year old
Luke, his family, and the migrant Mexicans hired to help them
harvest their 80 acres of cotton.
SOURCE:
FOSL Volunteer
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