- A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
- Ahab's Wife A Novel by Sena Jeter Nashlund
- Alchemist, The - by Paulo Coehlo
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- Time Traveler's Wife, The by Audrey Niffeneger
- Blackbird House, Alice Hoffman
- Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
- Bookseller of Kabul,The
- Caucasia
- Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The
- Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Eyre Affair, The by Jasper Fforde
- Glass Castle, The by Jeanette Walls
- God of Small Things,The by Ahrundhati Roy.
- Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi
- His Dark Materials
- History of Love, The by Nicole Krauss
- House Of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski.
- I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith (YAish, shockingly perfect coming-of-age story)
- Inheritance of loss, The by kiran desai
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Kite Runner, The by Khaled Hosseini.
- Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
- Lives of Animals, The J.M. Coetzee
- Living is Easy, The by Dorothy West
- Madonnas of Leningrad, The - Debra Dean (Absolutely incredible - based in reality)
- My Brother's Keeper by John Edgar Wideman.
- Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks (women in islam)
- Orphan's Tale: In the Night Garden, The by Catherynne Valente.
- Other Boleyn Girl, The by Philippa Gregory
- Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., The by Sandra Gulland
- Three Junes : A novel by Julia Glass
- Constant Princess, The by Philippa Gregory
- Birth of Venus: A Novel,The by Sarah Dunant
- Whole World Over, The Julia Glass
- Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen hysterically quirky
- Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund - a Memoir on Marie Antoinette very good
- Pastoralia by George Saunders
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- Seven Sisters,The Margaret Drabble
- Stranger Things Happen, by Kelly Link
- Tamarind Woman, The by Anita Rau Badami
- Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
- Vintner's Luck,The by Elizabeth Knox
- White teeth by zadie smith
- Wind-up Bird Chronicles
- Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin
- Woman Warrior, The by Maxine Hong Kingston
dec 15 2007 ∞
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