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2008 Books Read

1. "Patty Jane's House of Curl" by Lorna Landvik

2. "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

3. "The Girls" by Lori Lansens

4. "Dark of the Moon" by John Sandford



5. "Blood Orange" by Drusilla Campbell

6. "Angel's Rest" by Charles Davis

7. "If I Gained the World" by Linda Nichols



8. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

9. "Perfect Match" by Jodi Picoult

10. "The Patron Saint of Liars" by Ann Patchett



11. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

12. "The Myth of You and Me" by Leah Stewart

13. "Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife" by Irene Spencer

14. "Something Rising (Light and Swift)" by Haven Kimmel

15. "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs

16. "You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again" by Suzanne Hansen

17. "Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey" by Allison Weir

18. "The Kindness of Strangers" by Katrina Kittle

19. "Flies on the Butter" by Denise Hildreth

20. "Pomegranate Soup" by Marsha Mehran

21. "Chasing Fireflies" by Charles Martin

22. "The Pleasure of My Company" by Steve Martin

23. "The Cat Who Went Into the Closet" by Lilian Jackson Braun

24. "The Double Bind" by Chris Bohjalian

25. "Clapton" by Eric Clapton

26. "The Devil in the Junior League" by Linda Francis Lee

27. "Embrace Me" by Lisa Samson



28. "Summer of Light" by W. Dale Cramer

29. "Breach of Faith:Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City" by Jed Horne

30. "Savannah by the Sea" by Denise Hildreth

31. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak



32. "Ready to Fall" by Claire Cook

33. "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

34. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett

35. "The Shack" by William P. Young

36. "One Mississippi" by Mark Childress



37. "Americn Bee:The National Spelling Bee and Culture of Word Nerds" by James Maguire

38. "There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled" Edited by Doug Lansky

39. "Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed" by Patricia Cornwell

40. "In Search of Eden" by Linda Nichols

41. "Enduring Love" by Ian Mcewan

42. "Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich" by Mark Kriegel

43. "While I Was Gone" by Sue Miller

44. "Who Stole the Funny? A Novel of Hollywood" by Robby Benson

45. "The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney" by Randy Singer

46. "Turn Away Thy Son" by Elizabeth Jacoway

47. "The Living End" by Lisa Samson

48. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

49. The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War by Howard Bahr -

50. The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

51. Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos

52. Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

53. Limitations by Scott Turow

54. The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel

56. The Glass Castle A Memoir by Jeanette Walls

57. Taft by Ann Patchett

58. Renato's Luck by Jeff Shapiro
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