READERS IN THE HOOD
Book Recommendations

To All the Books We've Read Before:
Past Hoodie Selections

1 Oct. 2003 The Color of Water McBride, James 3.54; A-
2 Nov. 2003 Seabiscuit Hillenbrand, Laura 3.78; A-
3 Dec. 2003 Skipping Christmas Grisham, John NA
4 Jan. 2004 the five people you meet in heaven Albom, Mitch 3.64; A-
5 Feb. 2004 The Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 4.0; A
6 Mar. 2004 The DaVinci Code Brown, Dan 3.85; A-
7 Apr. 2004 Five Quarters of the Orange Harris, JoAnne 3.47; B+
8 May 2004 Three Junes Glass, Julia 2.93; B
9 Sept. 2004 East of Eden Steinbeck, John 3.64; A-
10 Oct. 2004 Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffrey 3.44, B+
11 Nov. 2004 KiteRunner Hosseini, Khaled 4.0, A
12 Dec. 2004 Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue Pauley, Jane 2.0; C
13 Jan. 2005 Under the Banner of Heaven Krakauer, Jon 3.53; A-
14 Feb. 2005 I am Charlotte Simmons Wolfe, Tom 2.5; B-
15 Mar. 2005 The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters Robinson, Elisabeth 3.2; B
16 Apr. 2005 Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Fuller, Alexandra 3.28; B+
17 May 2005 The Birth of Venus Sarah Dunant 3.63; A-
18 Sept. 2005 The Forsyte Saga Galsworthy, John 3.44, B+
19 Oct. 2005 Cry the Beloved Country Paton, Alan 3.33, B+
20 Nov. 2005 My Sister's Keeper Picoult, Jodi 3.75, A-
21 Dec, 2005 Holidays on Ice Sedaris, David 1.39, D+
22 Jan. 2006 Out of Africa Dinesen, Isak 3.1, B
23 Feb. 2006 Honeymoon with My Brother Wisner, Franz 3.57, A-
24 Mar. 2006 Ordinary Heroes Turow, Scott 3.83, A
25 Apr. 2006 The Year of Magical Thinking Didion, Joan 3.33, B+
26 May 2006 Snow Flower & the Secret Fan See, Lisa 3.32; B+
27 Sept. 2006 Wild Swans Chang, Jung 3.19; B+
28 Oct. 2006 Moloka'i Brennert, Alan 3.19; B+
29 Nov. 2006 Water for Elephants Gruen, Sarah 3.34; B+
30 Dec. 2006 Breakfast at Tiffany's; A Christmas Memory Capote, Truman NA
31 Jan. 2007 The Glass Castle Walls, Jeanette 3.67; A-
32 Feb. 2007 Calamity Kalotay, Daphne 3.09; B
33 Mar. 2007 March Brooks, Geraldine 3.42; B+
34 Apr. 2007 The Faith Club Idliby, Oliver, & Warner 2.5; B-
35 May 2007 The Known World Jones, Edward P. 2.94; B
36 Sept. 2007 Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 3.13; B+
37 Oct. 2007 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Edwards, Kim 3.25; B+
38 Nov. 2007 Dreams of My Russian Summers Makine, Andrei 2.79; B-
39 Jan. 2008 Madonnas of Leningrad Dean, Debra 3.75; A-
40 Feb. 2008 19 Minutes Picoult, Jodi 3.46; B+
41 Mar. 2008 Betrayal Lescroart, John NA
42 Apr. 2008 Eat, Pray, Love Gilbert, Elizabeth 2.83; B-
43 May 2008 Suite Francaise Nemirovsky, Irene 3.57; A-
44 Sept. 2008 Pillars of the Earth Follett, Ken 3.47; B+
45 Oct. 2008 Lady Chatterley's Lover Lawrence, DH 2.55; B-
45 Nov. 2008 The Guersey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Barrow, Annie & Shaffer, Mary Ann 3.71; A-
46 Jan. 2009 Song Yet Sung McBride, James 3.34; B+
47 Feb. 2009

Away

 Bloom, Amy 3.28; B+
48 Mar. 2009 People of the Book Brooks, Geraldine 3.68; A-
49 Apr. 2009 Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction Sheff, David 3.25; B+
50 May 2009 Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy Leleux, Robert  
51 Sept. 2009 The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn  
52 Oct. 2009 South of Broad Conroy, Pat  3.48; B+
53 Nov. 2009 The Reader Schlink, Bernhard  3.25; B+

"A" Material:
 The Readers' Honor Roll

1 The Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 4.0; A
2 KiteRunner Hosseini, Khaled 4.0, A
3 The DaVinci Code Brown, Dan 3.85; A-
4 Ordinary Heroes Turow, Scott 3.83, A
5 Seabiscuit Hillenbrand, Laura 3.78; A-
6 Madonnas of Leningrad Dean, Debra 3.75; A-
7 My Sister's Keeper Picoult, Jodi 3.75, A-
8 The Guersey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Barrow, Annie & Shaffer, Mary Ann 3.71; A-
9 People of the Book Brooks, Geraldine 3.68; A-
10 The Glass Castle Walls, Jeanette 3.67; A-
11 the five people you meet in heaven Albom, Mitch 3.64; A-
12 East of Eden Steinbeck, John 3.64; A-
13 The Birth of Venus Sarah Dunant 3.63; A-
14 Suite Francaise Nemirovsky, Irene 3.57; A-
15 Honeymoon with My Brother Wisner, Franz 3.57, A-
16 The Color of Water McBride, James 3.54; A-
17 Under the Banner of Heaven Krakauer, Jon 3.53; A-

On our Plate:
Current Hoodie Selections

Jan. '10: Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story, by Carolyn Turgeon

Feb. '10: Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese



On Nightstands in the Hood: What we're dyin' to read
 (If we can stay up late enough...)

  • Among The Mad, by Jacqueline Winspear
  • At the Drop of The Veil, by Marianne Alireza
  • The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
  • A Change of State, by Tia Elliott Sharp
  • Digging to America, by Ann Tyler
  • The Double Bind, by Chris Bohjalian's
  • Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman
  • The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry
  • The Laws of Harmony, by Judith Ryan Hendricks
  • Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
  • Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, by Robert Leleux
  • The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin
  • Rose Colored Glass, by Susan Bigelow and Janice Goldberg
  • Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See
  • Still Alice, by Lisa Genova
  • The Tenderbar, by JR Moehringer
  • Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  • World Without End, by Ken Follett
  • Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman
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