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CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Longitude -    Dava Sobel Jan/Feb 1997
Men And The Girls -  Joanna   Trollope Jan 1997
Away -   Jane Urquhart 11/96
Pigs In Heaven -  Barbara  Kingsolver  12/96
Saint -   Catherine Bell  12/96
Liars Club -  Mary Karr 2/97
Alias Grace -    Margaret Atwood 3/97
Little Altars Everywhere  Rebecca Wells 3/97
Cloud Chamber -  Michael Dorris 4/97
Divine Secrets Ya Ya Sisterhood R Wells 4/97
A Thousand Acres -    Jane  Smiley 5/97
Chess Garden -  Brooks Hansen 5/97
Tumbling -  Diane McKinney-Whetstone 5/97
Angela's Ashes -  Frank McCourt 6/97
Statement -   Brian Moore 6/97
Watchers -  Dean Koontz 6/97
Jane Eyre -  Charlotte Bronte 7/97
Rocking The Babies -  Linda  Raymond 7/97
Cannery Row -   John Steinbeck 8/97
Sleeping At The Starlite Motel -  Bailey White 8/97
Cold Mountain -   Charles Frazier 9/97
Keeper Of The House - Shirley Ann Grau 9/97
Body Is Water -  Julie Schumacher 10/97
Wild Swans:3 Daughters Of China-Jung Chang 10/97
Cold Sassy Tree -   Olive Ann Burns 11/97
Patty Jane's House Of Curl -Lorna Landvik 11/97
Wicked  Gregory  Maguire  12/97
At Home In Mitford -   Jan  Karon 12/97
Atticus--   Ron Hansen 1/98
Bookshop--  Penelope Fitzgerald 1/98
Love's Executioner--  Irvin Yalom 2/98
Paradise- Toni Morrison  3/98
Fifth Business  Robertson Davies 4/98
Into The Forest--   Hegland 4/98
House Of The Spirits---- Isabel Allende  5/98
Memoirs Of A Geisha --  --  Arthur Golden 6/98
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora NealeHurston 6/98
Lesson Before Dying/Gathering Of Old Men- Gaines 7/98
A Widow For One Year -- -- John Irving 7/98
Weight of Water -Anita  Shreve  8/98
Woman of the Inner Sea Thomas Keneally 8/98
Bachelor Bros. Bed&Breakfast Bill Richardson 9/98
Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson 9/98
Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God J Coomber 9/98
Prayer for Owen Meaney John Irving 10/98
Dreams of My Russian Summers  Makine 10/98
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 11/98
Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 11/98
Raney Clyde Edgerton 11/98
Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver 12/98
An Instance of the Fingerpost Ian Pears 1/99
All Over But the Shouting Rick Bragg 2/99
The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 2/99
100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez 3/99
Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester 3/99
These is My Words Nancy Turner 4/99
 The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 5/99
 Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie  6/99
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner  7/99
MISTRESS OF SPICES BY  Divakaruni 8/99
The Drowning People by Richard Mason 8/99
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 9/99
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 9/99
Medea, by Euripedes 10/99
Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 11/99
My Antonia--Willa Cather 12/99
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Maguire1/00
Tin Drum-Gunter Grass 2/00
Apologising to Dogs  Joe Coomer 2/29/00 
CIDER HOUSE RULES John Irving 3/28/00
RED-TAILS IN LOVE Marie Winn  4/11/00
A Wild Sheep Chase, Murakami 5/9/00
A Place Where the Sea Remembers, Benitez, 5/23/00
Gossamer Years : Noblewoman of Heian Japan Seidensticker(Transl) 6/20/00
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan 7/18/00
Caveman's Valentine, GD Green 8/1/00
Harry Potter#4 Goblet of Fire 8/15/00
The Giver by Lowis Lowry 8/29/00
White Teeth by Zadie Smith  9/26/00
A Place of Execution-Val McDermid 10/3/00
A Fine Balance by R. Mistry 10/24/00
On Beulah Height--Reginald Hill 11/00 
White Widow--Jim Lehrer--12/5/00
Prisoner in a Red Rose Chain-Jeffrey Moore 12/19/00
When We Were Orphans --Kazuo Ishiguro 2/6/01
Blind Assassin--Margaret Atwood 2/20/01
Prodigal Summer--Kingsolver 3/13/01
La Maravilla-Vea  4/24/01
English Passengers--Kneal (no chat) 5/01
Big Stone Gap--Trigiani 6/19/01
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay--Chabon 7/31/01
Sleeping Arrangements & Cronkite 8/28/01
Possession--A.S. Byatt  9/25/01
Beach Music--Pat Conroy 10/01
Founding Bros (Ellis) OR Rise to Rebellion (Shaara) 11/27/01
Short History of a Small Place--Pearson (12/01)
Rebecca (Du Maurier) & A Severed Head (Murdoch) 1/02

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2/02)
Back When We Were Grown-Ups by Anne Tyler 3/02
Last Orders by Graham Swift 6/02
Empire Falls by Richard Russo 7/02
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage 8/02
Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez 8/02
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson 9/02
The NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY by A McCall Smith 10/02
FAMILY MATTERS by Rohinton Mistry (11/20/02)
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SECRET LIFE OF BEES Kidd (01/03)
STANDING IN THE RAINBOW Fannie Flagg (alt. 01/03)
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (02/03)
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor (03/03)
  From Beirut to Jerusalem-Thomas L. Friedman (04/03)
  ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY--David Sedaris (05/03)
  Jose Saramago, The Cave (6/02/03)
  The Devil in the White City: by Erik Larson 6/30/03
  HARRY POTTER #5 Order of the Phoenix(7/03)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 8/03
Potiki by Patricia Grace 9/03
Coffee Trader -David Liss 10/03
After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell 11/03
My Name is Red-Orhan Pamuck 11/03
Middlesex by Eugenides 12/03
Elizabeth Costello -J. Coetze 12/03
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Fingersmith Sarah Walters 1.04
Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady F King 2/04
Piano Tuner Daniel Mason 3/04
Dante Club Matthew Pearl 4/04
Empress Orchid A Min 5/04
Dream Of Scipio, Iain Pears 6/04
Reading Lolita In Tehran 6/04
Jane Austen Book Club 7/04
Monkeewrench PJ Tracy 8/04
Seven Sisters Drabble 9/04
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 10/04
The Known World, E Jones 10/04
Kite Runner 11/04
12/04 skipped for holidays
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Clarke 1/05
The Shadow of the Wind, Zafon 2/05
Memory of Running, Mclarty 3/05
Thread of Grace, Russel 4/05
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Garcia Marquez 5/05
OR Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
The Ha-Ha, Dave King 6/05
Peace like a River, Enger 7/05
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#6) Rawlings 8/05
Snobs, Julian Fellowes 9/05
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, Lisa See 10/05
Ursula Under by Ingrid Hill 11/05
Ninth Life of Louis Drax, Liz Jensen 12/05

2006 reads
An Unpardonable Crime, A Taylor (American Boy UK title) 1/06
Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 2/06
Arthur & George 3/06
East of Eden Steinbeck 4/06
The Accidental 4/06
People's Act of Love 5/06
Black Swan Green David Mitchell--6/06
In A Sunburned Country Bill Bryson 7/06
The Book Thief, Zusak 8/06 (unofficial BB read)
Five Smooth Stones Ann Fairburn- 8/06
Peyton Place, G. Metallius 9/06
The Stolen Child, Donohue 9/06
Spectator Bird, W, Stegner10/06
Strangeness of Beauty, L Minatoya 10/06
The Girls, Lansens 11/06
Don't Look Back, Fossum 12/06

2007 reads
The Meaning of Night, M Cox, 01/07
Cannery Row + Sweet Thursday, Steinbeck, 02/07
The Murdered House, Magnan 02/07
Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky 03/07
Map of Glass, Urquhart 04/07
Secret River, Grenville 05/07
TITLE ORDER

100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez 3/99
Accidental 4/06
After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell 11/03
Alias Grace -Margaret Atwood 3/97
All Over But the Shouting-Rick Bragg 2/99
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay-Chabon 7/31/01
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan 7/18/00
An Instance of the Fingerpost-- Ian Pears 1/99
An Unpardonable Crime, A Taylor (American Boy UK title) 1/06
Angela's Ashes -Frank McCourt 6/97
Angle of Repose- Wallace Stegner7/99
Apologising to Dogs Joe Coomer 2/29/00
Arthur & George 3/06
At Home In Mitford - Jan Karon 12/97
Atticus- Ron Hansen 1/98
Away - Jane Urquhart 11/96
Bachelor Bros. Bed&Breakfast - BRichardson 9/98
Back When We Were Grown-Ups by Anne Tyler3/02
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage 8/02
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2/02)
Beach Music--Pat Conroy 10/01
Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God Joe Coomber9/98
Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson 9/98
Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 2/06
Big Stone Gap--Trigiani 6/19/01
Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez B/02
Black Swan Green David Mitchell--6/06
Blind Assassin--Margaret Atwood 2/20/01
Body Is Water -Julie Schumacher 10/97
Book Thief, Zusak 8/06 (unofficial BB read)
Bookshop--Penelope Fitzgerald 1/98
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck 8/97
Cannery Row + Sweet Thursday, Steinbeck, 02/07
Cave Jose Saramago,(6/02/03)
Caveman's Valentine, GD Green 8/1/00
Chess Garden -Brooks Hansen 5/97
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Garcia Marquez 5/05
CIDER HOUSE RULES John Irving 3/28/00
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 10/04
Cloud Chamber -Michael Dorris 4/97
Coffee Trader -David Liss 10/03
Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier 9/97
Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns 11/97
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King 2/04
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Maguire1/00
Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 11/99
Cronkite Bio 8/28/01
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson 9/02
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 8/03
Dante Club Matthew Pearl 4/04
Devil in the White City: by Erik Larson 6/30/03
Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood - RebeccaWells 4/97
Dream Of Scipio, Iain Pears 6/04
Dreams of My Russian SummersMakine 10/98
Drowning People by Richard Mason 8/99
East of Eden Steinbeck 4/06
Elizabeth Costello -J. Coetze 12/03
Empire Falls by Richard Russo 7/02
Empress Orchid, A Min 5/04
FAMILY MATTERS by Rohinton Mistry (11/20/02)
Fifth Business Robertson Davies 4/98
Fine Balance by R. Mistry 10/20/00
Fingersmith by Sara Waters 1/2004
Fingersmith Sarah Walters 1.04
Five Smooth Stones Ann Fairburn- 8/06
Founding Bros (Ellis) & Rise to Rebellion (Shaara) 11/27/01
From Beirut to Jerusalem-Thomas L. Friedman (04/03)
GIVER by Lowis Lowry 8/29/00
Gossamer Years : Noblewoman of Heian Japan
Ha-Ha, Dave King 6/05
Harry Potter #4 Goblet of Fire 8/15/00
HARRY POTTER #5 Order of the Phoenix(7/03) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#6) Rawlings 8/05
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 9/99
Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 2/99
House Of The Spirits---- IsabelAllende5/98
In A Sunburned Country Bill Bryson 7/06
Into The Forest-- Hegland 4/98
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 9/99
Jane Austen Book Club 7/04
Jane Eyre -Charlotte Bronte 7/97
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Clarke 1/05
Keeper Of The House -Shirley Ann Grau 9/97
Kite Runner 11/04
Known World, E Jones 10/04
La Maravilla-Vea4/24/01
Last Orders by Graham Swift 6/02
Lesson Before Dying/Gathering Of Old Men--Ernest Gaines 7/98
Liars Club -Mary Karr 2/97
Little Altars EverywhereRebecca WellsL/97
Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight In Heaven by SAlexie 6/99
Longitude -Dava Sobel Jan/Feb 1997
Love's Executioner--Irvin Yalom 2/98
Map of Glass, Urquhart 04/07
ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY--David Sedaris (05/03)
Meaning of Night, M Cox, 01/07
Medea, by Euripedes 10/99
Memoirs Of A Geisha ----Arthur Golden 6/98
Memory of Running, Mclarty 3/05
Men And The Girls -Joanna Trollope Jan/Feb 6997
Middlesex by Eugenides 12/03
MISTRESS OF SPICES Divakaruni 8/99
Monkeewrench PJ Tracy 8/04
Murdered House, Magnan 02/07
My Antonia--Willa Cather 12/99
My Name is Red-Orhan Pamuck 11/03
Ninth Life of Louis Drax, Liz Jensen 12/05
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by A McCall Smith 10/02
On Beulah Height--Reginald Hill 11/00
Paradise- Toni Morrison3/98
Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 11/98
Patty Jane's House Of Curl - Lorna Landvik 11/97
Peace like a River, Enger 7/05
People's Act of Love 5/06
Peyton Place, G. Metallius 9/06
Piano Tuner Daniel Mason 3/04
Pigs In Heaven -BarbaraKingsolver12/96
Place of Execution-Val McDermid 10/3/00
Place Where the Sea Remembers, Benitez, 5/23/00
Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver 12/98
Possession--A.S. Byatt9/25/01
Potiki by Patricia Grace 9/03
Prayer for Owen Meaney John Irving 10/98
Prisoner in a Red Rose Chain-Jeffrey Moore 12/19/00
Prodigal Summer--Kingsolver 3/13/01
Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester 3/99
Raney Clyde Edgerton 11/98
Reading Lolita In Tehran 6/04
Rebecca (Du Maurier) 1/02
RED-TAILS IN LOVE Marie Winn4/11/00
Rise to Rebellion (Shaara) 11/27/01
Rocking The Babies -LindaRaymond 7/97
Saint - Catherine Bell12/96
SECRET LIFE OF BEES Kidd (01/03)
Secret River, Grenville 05/07
Seven Sisters Drabble 9/04
Severed Head (Murdoch) 1/02
Shadow of the Wind, Zafon 2/05
Short History of a Small Place--Pearson (12/01)
Sleeping Arrangements & Cronkite 8/28/01
Sleeping At The Starlite Motel -Bailey White 8/97
Snobs, Julian Fellowes 9/05
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, Lisa See 10/05
Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 5/99
STANDING IN THE RAINBOW Fannie Flagg (alt. 01/03)
Statement - Brian Moore 6/97
Stolen Child, Donohue 9/06
Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor (03/03)
Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky 03/07
Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Zora Neale Hurston 6/98
These is My Words Nancy Turner 4/99
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 11/98
Thousand Acres -JaneSmiley 5/97
Thread of Grace, Russel 4/05
Tin Drum-Gunter Grass 2/00
Tumbling -Diane McKinney-Whetstone 5/97
Ursula Under by Ingrid Hill 11/05
Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire 5/05
Watchers -Dean Koontz 6/97
Weight of Water -AnitaShreve 8/98
When the Emperor Was Divine-Julie Otsuka (02/03)
When We Were Orphans -Kazuo Ishiguro 2/6/01
White Teeth by Zadie Smith 9/26/00
White Widow-Jim Lehrer-12/5/00
Wicked-GregoryMaguire12/97
Widow For One Year -John Irving 7/98
Wild Sheep Chase, Murakami 5/9/00
Wild Swans - Three Daughters Of China-Jung Chang 10/97
Woman of the Inner Sea Thomas-Keneally 8/98
 
Last updated 3/25/2007