an ever expanding list

• the drifters-- james a. michener
• woman, thou art loosed!-- t.d. jakes
• the warriors-- sol yurick
• how to read a poem and fall in love with poetry-- edward hirsch
• great expectations-- charles dickens
• wuthering heights-- emily brontë
• water for elephants-- sara gruen
• the little prince-- antoine de saint-exupéry
• whip it-- shauna cross
• i love it when you talk retro-- ralph keyes
• some sort of epic grandeur-- matthew bruccoli
• two rings: a story of love and war-- millie werber & eve keller
• love letters of great men-- john c. kirkland
• the pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come-- john bunyan
• where men win glory-- jon krakauer
• a crack in the line-- michael lawrence
• how to be a woman-- caitlin moran
• the tenant of wildfell hall-- anne brontë
• the six rules of maybe-- deb caletti
• other people we married-- emma straub
• drawing on the right side of the brain-- betty edwards
• the history of love-- nicole krauss
• breakfast at tiffany's-- truman capote
• eleven kinds of loneliness-- richard yates
• the sea wolf-- jack london
• sophie's world-- jostein gaarder
• through a glass, darkly-- jostein gaarder
• what's eating gilbert grape-- peter hedges
• the girl with glass feet-- ali shaw
• cold mountain-- charles frazier
• the fountainhead-- ayn rand
• the road less traveled-- m. scott peck
• white oleander-- janet fitch
• the thorn birds-- colleen mccollough
• lost in time-- melissa de la cruz
• obsolete-- anna jane grossman
• the sunflower diary-- lillian boraks-nemetz
• girls in trouble-- caroline leavitt
• daughter-- ishbel moore
• everything you want-- barbara shoup
• the candy darlings-- christine wade
• please don't promise me forever-- rick lyons
• downtown owl-- chuck klosterman
• the way through doors-- jesse ball
• daughter of smoke and bone-- laini taylor
• hold still-- nina lacour
• the night circus-- erin morgenstern
• cinder by marissa meyer
• virtuosity-- jessica martinez
• twenty boy summer-- sarah ockler
• the tracey fragments-- maureen medved
• inside the mind of gideon rayburn-- sarah miller
• the other girl-- sarah miller
• the good daughters-- joyce maynard
• the truth about delilah blue-- tish cohen
• emma-- jane austen
• betwixt-- tara bray smith
• marie antoinette: the journey-- antonia fraser
• letters to a young novelist-- mario vargas llosa (translated by natasha wimmer)
• i think i love you-- allison pearson
• bright lights, big city-- jay mcinerney
• jane eyre-- charlotte brontë
• the sweetness at the bottom of the pie-- alan bradley
• things not seen-- andrew clements
• the sunflower diary-- lillian boraks-nemetz
• the candy darlings-- christine wade
• girls in trouble-- caroline leavitt
• a faith of their own-- lisa d. pearce
• jitterbug perfume-- tom robbins
• hector and the search for happiness- francois lelord
• outliers-- malcolm gladwell
• every thought captive-- richard l. pratt, jr.
• the wanderer-- sharon creech
• third angel-- alice hoffman
• sugar queen-- sarah addison allen
• dreaming in black and white-- laura jensen walker
• dreaming in technicolor-- laura jensen walker
• the scarlet thread-- francine rivers
• the world house-- guy adams
• shutter babe-- deborah copak kogan
• suldrun's garden-- jack vance
• the thorn birds-- colleen mccullough
• the cure for death by lightning-- gail anderson
• a perfect night to go to china-- david gilmour
• anne of green gables
• series of unfortunate events-- lemony snicket
• lord of the rings
• choosing simplicity-- linda breen pierce
• voluntary simplicity-- duane elgin
• you remind me of me: a novel-- dan chaon
• illuminations-- walter benjamin
• regarding the pain of others-- susan sontag
• epileptic-- david b.
• lie down in darkness-- william styron
• wild heart-- suzanne rodriguez
• the nearest exit may be behind you-- s. bear bergman
• young, sleek, and full of hell-- aaron rose
• sad little breathing machine: poems-- matthea harvey
• sharp teeth-- toby barlow
• the enchantress of florence-- salman rushdie
• the elegance of the hedgehog-- mariel barbury
• the museum of innocence-- orhan pamuk
• the language of flowers-- vanessa diffenbaugh
• sometimes my heart pushes my ribs-- ellen kennedy
• loud in the house of myself: memoir of a strange girl-- stacy pershall
• a room of one's own-- virginia woolf
• the two kinds of decay-- sarah manguso
• paris to the moon-- adam gopnik
• love me don't leave me-- marilyn meberg
• crooked-- laura and tom mcneal
• mythology-- edith hamilton
• in too deep-- mary connealy
• charms for the easy life-- kaye gibbons
• boy's life-- robert mccammon
• the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society-- mary ann shaffer + annie barrows
• a heart most worthy-- siri mitchell
• cemetery girl-- david bell
• natalie's secret camp confidential-- melissa morgan
• before i die-- jenny downham
• kensuke's kingdom-- michael morpurgo
• saving francesca-- melina marchetta
• in spite of everything-- susan gregry thomas
• just my type-- simon garfield
• just kids-- patti smith
• moonwalking with einstein-- joshua foer
• a visit from the goon squad-- jennifer egan
• on the jellicoe road-- melina marchetta