Jonathan Swift
TitleAuthorDate
Personal History Katharine Graham Oct. 8, 2002
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical TalesOliver Sacks Oct. 22, 2002
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in AmericaBarbara Ehrenreich Nov. 12, 2002
The Constant Gardener: A NovelJohn Le Carre Nov. 26, 2002
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines Jan 2003
The Magician's Assistant Anne Patchett Feb. 11, 2003
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in AmericaBarbara Ehrenreich Feb. 25, 2003
Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything James Gleick March 11, 2003
House of Sand and FogAndre Dubus March 25, 2003
The Sixteen Pleasures Robert Hellenga April 8, 2003
The ReaderBernard Schlink April 22, 2003
Close Range: Wyoming Stories Annie Proulx May 13, 2003
Lost in TranslationNicole Mones May 27, 2003
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Terry Tempest Williams June 10, 2003
A Fine Balance: A NovelRohinton Mistry June 24, 2003
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Ann Lamott July. 8, 2003
A Separate Peace John Knowles Aug. 12, 2003
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic WomenGeraldine Brooks Sept. 9, 2003
Invisible ManRalph Ellison Sept. 23, 2003
The HoursMichael Cunningham Oct. 14, 2003
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the WorldMichael Pollan Oct. 28, 2003
A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their PopularityWhitney Otto Nov. 11, 2003
Atonement: A NovelIan McEwan Nov. 25, 2003
Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlansky Jan. 13, 2004
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceMalcolm Gladwell Jan. 27, 2004
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury Feb. 2004
The Secret Life of BeesSue Monk Kidd March 9, 2004
A Walk in the Woods:
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson March 23, 2004
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African ChildhoodAlexandra Fuller April 13, 2004
Islam: A Short HistoryKaren Armstrong April 27, 2004
The Tipping Point:
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell May 11, 2004
Seabiscuit: An American LegendLaura Hillenbrand May 25, 2004
The Botany of Desire:
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan June 8, 2004
Empire FallsRichard Russo June 22, 2004
The Red House MysteryA. A. Milne July 13, 2004
Prodigal Summer: A NovelBarbara Kingsolver Aug.10, 2004
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Everything is IlluminatedJonathan Safran Foer Sept. 14, 2004
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston Sept. 28, 2004
Small WonderBarbara Kingsolver Oct. 12, 2004
Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest LessonMitch Albom Oct. 26, 2004
When the Elephants Dance: A NovelAzar Nafisi Nov. 9, 2004
Bel Canto: A NovelAnn Patchett Nov. 23, 2004
Reading Lolita in Tehran:
A Memoir in Books
Mark Kurlansky Jan. 11, 2005
Complications:
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande Jan. 25, 2005
The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros Feb 2005
The Things They Carried: A Work of FictionTim O'Brien March 8, 2005
Girl With a Pearl EarringTracy Chevalier March 22, 2005
The Guns of AugustBarbara Wertheim Tuchman April 12, 2005
Undaunted Courage:
Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West
Stephen E Ambrose April 26, 2005
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by AlexanMcCall Smith May 10, 2005
Girl in Hyacinth BlueSusan Vreeland May 24, 2005
Galileo's Daughter:
A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Dava Sobel June 14, 2005
Angels & DemonsDan Brown June 28, 2005
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The Bookseller of KabulAsne Seierstad Oct. 11, 2005
The Samurai's GardenGail Tsukiyama Oct. 25, 2005
An Egg on Three SticksJackie Moyer Fischer Nov. 8, 2005
The Devil in the White City:
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Erik Larson Nov. 22, 2005
Mountains Beyond MountainsTracy Kidder Dec. 13, 2005
PersuasionJane Austen Jan. 10, 2006
The Blind AssassinMargaret Atwood Jan. 24, 2006
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini Feb. 14, 2006
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini Feb. 28, 2006
The Piano TunerDaniel Philippe Mason March 14, 2006
Long Day's Journey Into NightEugene O'Neill March 28, 2006
The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger April 11, 2006
Year of Wonders:
A Novel of the Plague
Geraldine Brooks April 25, 2006
The Lady Tasting Tea:
How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
David Salsburg May 9, 2006
A Girl Named Zippy:
Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
Haven Kimmel May 23, 2006
MiddlesexJeffrey Eugenides June 13, 2006
The Book of SaltMonique Truong June 27, 2006
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CloudstreetTim Winton Sept. 12, 2006
The Island at the Center of the World:
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
Russell Shorto Sept. 26, 2006
The Pine Island Paradox by KathlDean Moore Oct. 10, 2006
Disgrace byM. Coetzee Oct. 24, 2006
GileadMarilynne Robinson Nov. 14, 2006
Delta WeddingEudora Welty Nov. 28, 2006
West with the NightBeryl Markham Dec. 12, 2006
The Kitchen BoyRobert Alexander Jan. 9, 2007
Collapse:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond Jan. 23, 2007
Midnight at the Dragon CafeJudy Fong Bates Feb. 2007
Stiff:
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach March 13, 2007
Ex-LibrisRoss King March 27, 2007
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadTom Stoppard April 10, 2007
A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson April 24, 2007
The True Story of Hansel and GretelLouise Murphy May 8, 2007
The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy May 22, 2007
Blue Latitudes:
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Tony Horwitz June 12, 2007
The House of the SpiritsIsabelle Allende June 26, 2007
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Not Buying It: My Year Without ShoppingJudith Levine Sept. 11, 2007
Winter in the BloodJames Welch Sept. 25, 2007
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A NovelLisa See Oct. 9, 2007
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to PunctuationLynne Truss Oct. 23, 2007
Marching Powder:
A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
Rusty Young Nov. 13, 2007
WaxwingsJonathan Raban Nov. 27, 2007
Arthur & GeorgeJulian Barnes Dec. 11, 2007
Three Cups of Tea:
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Jan. 8, 2008
Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsMarisha Pessl Jan. 22, 2008
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy SoldierIshmael Beah Feb. 2008
Water for Elephants: A NovelSara Gruen March 11, 2008
A History of the World in 6 GlassesTom Standage March 25, 2008
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest JourneyCandice Millard April 8, 2008
Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathKurt Vonnegut Jr. April 22, 2008
On Beauty: A NovelZadie Smith May 13, 2008
The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan Didion May 27, 2008
EnduranceAlfred Lansing June 10, 2008
A Very Long EngagementSebastien Japrisot June 24, 2008
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsMichael Pollan Sept. 9, 2008
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianSherman Alexie Sept. 23, 2008
The Master Butchers Singing ClubLouise Erdrich Oct. 14, 2008
Small WonderBarbara Kingsolver Oct. 28, 2008
Uncommon CarriersJohn McPhee Nov. 11, 2008
Oryx and Crake: A NovelMargaret Atwood Nov. 25, 2008
The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A NovelMichael Chabon Dec. 9, 2008
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on PerformanceAtul Gawande Jan. 13, 2009
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by DanJ. Levitin Jan. 27, 2009
Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American FamilyLauren Kessler Feb. 2009
Intuition: A NovelAllegra Goodman March 10, 2009
New News out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's RenaissanceCharlayne Hunter-Gault March 24, 2009
Infidel by AyHirsi Ali April 14, 2009
AfflictionRussell Banks April 28, 2009
The Golden NotebookDoris May Lessing May 12, 2009
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and DaringRichard Preston May 26, 2009
The Eyre Affair: A NovelJasper Fforde June 9, 2009
Heir to the Glimmering WorldCynthia Ozick June 23, 2009
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in DisguiseRuth Reichl Sept. 8, 2009
People of the BookGeraldine Brooks Sept. 22, 2009
Loving FrankNancy Horan Oct. 13, 2009
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent FaithJon Krakauer Oct. 27, 2009
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising PowerRob Gifford Nov. 10, 2009
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee Nov. 24, 2009
The Emperor's ChildrenClaire Messud Dec. 8, 2009
Out Stealing HorsesPer Petterson Jan. 12, 2010
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in AmericaJonathan Kozol Jan. 26, 2010
The Ghost Map:
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic — And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson Feb, 2010
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in AndaluciaChris Stewart March 9, 2010
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathon Safran Foer March 23, 2010
My Name Is RedOrhan Pamuk April 13, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins April 27, 2010
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme CourtJeffrey Toobin May 11, 2010
Life of Pi: A NovelYann Martel May 25, 2010
The White Tiger: A NovelAravind Adiga June 8, 2010
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring ActorAlec Guinness June 22, 2010
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Cutting for StoneAbraham Verghese Sept. 14, 2010
Seldom Disappointed: A MemoirTony Hillerman Sept. 28, 2010
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the WorldEric Weiner Oct. 12, 2010
Laviby Ursula K Le Guin Oct. 26, 2010
TinkersPaul Harding Nov. 9, 2010
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic LifeJane Jacobs Nov. 23, 2010
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of ScienceRichard Holmes Dec. 14, 2010
Night Train to LisbonPascal Mercier Jan. 11, 2011
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain ScienceNorman Doidge Jan. 25, 2011
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesWes Moore Feb. 2011
Strength in What RemainsTracy Kidder March 8, 2011
Franny and ZooeyJ. D. Salinger March 22, 2011
Little BeeChris Cleave April 12, 2011
The Johnstown FloodDavid McCullough April 26, 2011
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the AmazonDavid Grann May 10, 2011
Amerika: The Man Who DisappearedFranz Kafka May 24, 2011
Color: A Natural History of the PaletteVictoria Finlay June 14, 2011
SilenceShusaku Endo June 28, 2011
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Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel García Márquez Sept. 13, 2011
Little Heathens:
Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Mildred Armstrong Kalish Sept. 27, 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot Oct. 11, 2011
The Elegance of the HedgehogMuriel Barbery Oct. 25, 2011
The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins Nov. 8, 2011
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!:
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard Feynman Nov. 22, 2011
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount CultureEllen Ruppel Shell Dec. 13, 2011
Brooklyn: A NovelColm Tóibín Jan. 10, 2012
Half the Sky:
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Jan. 24, 2012
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky: A NovelHeidi W. Durrow Feb. 2012
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak March 13, 2012
Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami March 27, 2012
The Year of Living Biblically:
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A. J. Jacobs April 24, 2012
Born to Run:
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall May 8, 2012
The Finkler QuestioHoward Jacobson May 22, 2012
Dead End Gene Pool: A MemoirWendy Burden June 12, 2012
The Camel BookmobileMasha Hamilton June 26, 2012
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How We DecideJonah Lehrer September 11, 2012
Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia ChildNoel Riley Fitch September 25, 2012
The Crying TreeNaseem Rakha October 9, 2012
The Memory Keeper's DaughterKim Edwards October 23, 2012
The Watery Part of the WorldMichael Parker November 13, 2012
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal BehaviorTemple Grandin November 27, 2012
The Fiddler in the SubwayGene Weingarten December 11, 2012
The Tiger's WifeTéa Obreht January 8, 2013
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson January 22, 2013
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-time IndianSherman Alexie February 12, 2013
Ten Little Indians: StoriesSherman Alexie February 26, 2013
Fun Home A Family TragicomicAlison Bechdel March 12, 2013
The HelpKathryn Stockett March 26, 2013
Olive KitteridgeElizabeth Strout April 9, 2013
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkDeborah Blum April 23, 2013
LongitudeDava Sobel May 14, 2013
The Inheritance of LossKiran Desai May 28, 2013
The Buddha in the AtticJulie Otsuka June 11, 2013
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad June 25, 2013
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The Big ThirstCharles Fishman September 24, 2013
Turn of MindAlice LaPlante October 22, 2013
The End of Your Life Book ClubWill Schwalbe December 3, 2013
Major Pettigrew's Last StandHelen Simonson January 28, 2014
My Beloved WorldSonia Sotomayor February 25, 2014
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald March 25, 2014
WildCheryl Strayed April 22, 2014
The Sisters BrothersPatrick deWitt May 27, 2014
The Glass Castle A MemoirJeannette Walls June 24, 2014
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A Tale for the Time BeingRuth Ozeki Sept. 23, 2014
Good-bye to All ThatRobert Graves Oct. 28, 2014
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Díaz Dec. 2, 2014
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and An American Family in Hitler's BerlinErik Larson Jan. 27, 2015
The Residue YearsMitchell Jackson Feb. 24, 2015
Caleb's CrossingBrooks, Geraldine March 24, 2015
The Black TulipAlexandre Dumas April 28, 2015
The Destiny of the Republic A Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of A PresidentMillard, Candice May 26, 2015
The Sense of An EndingBarnes, Julian May 23, 2015
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Life After LifeKate Atkinson September 22, 2015
The Boys in the Boat October 27, 2015
The Good EarthPearl S. Buck December 1, 2015
Wolf TotemJiang Rong January 26, 2016
The Book of Unknown Americans February 23, 2016
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Underc March 22, 2016
Short Nights of the Shadow CatcherTimothy Egan April 26, 2016
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe May 24, 2016
The Lady in GoldAnne-Marie O'Connor June 28, 2016
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Falling From HorsesGloss, Molly September 27, 2016
The Body Keeps the ScoreVan der Kolk, Bessel A. October 25, 2016
The Underground Girls of KabulNordberg, Jenny November 29, 2016
The Dovekeepers A NovelHoffman, Alice January 24, 2017
Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew February 28, 2017
Notes From UndergroundDostoyevsky, Fyodor March 28, 2017
Summer in Baden-BadenTsypkin, Leonid April 25, 2017
Dead Wake The Last Crossing of the LusitaniaLarson, Erik May 23, 2017
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North AmericaWoodard, Colin June 27, 2017
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Lilac GirlsMartha Hall Kelly September 26, 2017
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the TableRuth Reichl October 24, 2017
The Crystal FrontierCarlos Fuentes November 28, 2017
Description:White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in AmericaNancy Isenberg January 23, 2018
The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander February 27, 2018
Exit WestMohsin Hamid March 27, 2018
I, RobotIsaac Asimov April 24, 2018
RobopocalypseDaniel Wilson May 22, 2018
My Year of MeatsRuth L. Ozeki June 26, 2018
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The Hundred-Year WalkSeptember 25, 2018
The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. LeGuin October 23, 2018
The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead November 27, 2018
Description:At Home: A Short History of Private LifeBill Bryson January 22 2019
Americanah February 26 2019
Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense LawyerAndrea D. Lyon March 26, 2019
Orphan TrainChristina Baker Kline April 23, 2019
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. HelensSteve Olson May 28, 2019
Nine Women, One DressJane L. Rosen June 25, 2019
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The Death and Life of the Great LakesDan Egan September 24, 2019
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour BookstoreRobin Sloan October 22, 2019
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndAtul Gawande December 10, 2019
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn January 28, 2020
There ThereTommy Orange February 25, 2020
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Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin June 23, 2020
Gulliver's Travels July 28, 2020
Silas MarnerGeorge Eliot August 25
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slaveFrederick DouglassSept 22, 2020
A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster Oct 27, 2020
My Family and the Other AnimalsDurrell, Gerald Dec 1, 2020
my antoniaCather, Willa Jan 26, 2021
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in CrisisDiamond, Jared M. Feb 23, 2021
The LowlandLahiri, Jhumpa. March 23, 2021
Bad Blood; secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startupCarreyrou, John. April 27, 2021
DraculaBram Stoker May 25, 2021
Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer June 22, 2021
The Storied Life of A. J. FikryZevin, Gabrielle July 27, 2021
So you want to talk about raceluo, Ijeom August 24, 2021
A Passage to IndiaEM Forster September 28, 2021
NomadlandBruder, Jessica October 26, 2021
Far from the Madding CrowdThomas Hardy November 30, 2021
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Just MercyStevenson, Bryan January 25, 2022
A God in RuinsAtkinson, Kate February 22, 2022
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College TownKrakauer, Jon March 22, 2022
All the devils are herePenny, Louise April 26, 2022
SiddharthaHermann Hesse May 24, 2022
The BodyBill Bryson June 28, 2022
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HorizonBarry Lopez September 27, 2022
The Time MachineH.G. Welss October 25, 2022
The Secret Life of Groceries Benjamin Lorr December 27, 2022
The Paris WifePaula McLain January 24, 2023
The Library BookSusan Orlean February 28, 2023
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway March 28, 2023
The Code BreakerWalter Isaacson April 25, 2023
BewildermentRichard Power May 23, 2023
NoiseDaniel Kahneman June 27, 2023
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Mrs. MarchVirginia Feito September 26, 2023
The Beauty of DuskFrank Bruni October 24, 2023
The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood November 28, 2023
How To Do Nothing: resisting the attention economyJenny Odell January 23, 2024
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin February 27, 2024
Trace elementsDonna Leon March 26, 2024
The FacemakerLindsey Fitzharris April 23, 2024
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