Books Reviewed - By Title

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84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff


A

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Amazing Grace by Tara FT Sering

B

Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

C

Cirque du Freak # 1: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, Book 2) by Cassandra Clare
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, Book 1) by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, Book 3) by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book 1) by Cassandra Clare
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

D

The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

E

The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance

F

Fables vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
The Fairy's Return by Gail Carson Levine
Feed by Mira Grant
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

G

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Graveyard Book, The by Neil Gaiman

H

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I

An Ice-cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Inheritance of Loss, The by Kiran Desai
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

J

K

The King's English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller by Betsy Burton
The Kobayashi Maru of Love by Carljoe Javier

L

Love Story by Erich Segal

M

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
March by Geraldine Brooks
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

N

Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

O

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

P

Para Kay B by Ricky Lee
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Q

R

S

Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
Skylark by Deszo Kosztolanyi
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Soledad's Sister by Jose Dalisay, Jr.
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Stoner by John Williams
Stories edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

T

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
Tun-huang by Yasushi Inoue

U

Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

V

Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Hino
Vampire Knight, Vol. 2 by Matsuri Hino
The Very Persistent Gappers of Fripp by George Saunders, illustrated by Lane Smith
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

W

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Watership Down by Richard Adams
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

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Y

Z

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