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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024)

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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (2024)

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014)

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San Miguel by T.C. Boyle (2012)

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War Dances by Sherman ALexie (2009)

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The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911; 2000 Dover edition)

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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (2012)

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The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (2010)

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Hidden Americaa by Jeanne Marie Laskas (2012)

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On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwen (2007)

June 19, 2013 Bean's Book Blog

* The Sound and the Fury by Wiliam Faulkner (1929)

June 18, 2013 Bean's Book Blog

**The Best American Essays 2012 ed. by David Brooks

May 15, 2011May 19, 2011 Bean's Book Blog

My Reading Life by Pat Conroy (2010)

April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 Bean's Book Blog

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007)

November 5, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins (1993)

October 23, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White (2009)

October 21, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

**Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell (2009/1999)

October 16, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery (2009/2000)

October 16, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

** Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (2009)

September 28, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (2009) by Jamie Ford

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*West of Kabul, East of New York by Tamin Ansary (2002)

September 7, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison (1992)

September 7, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

** A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill (1994)

August 13, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani (2008)

August 11, 2009April 6, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

***The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2009)

July 30, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Waterland by Graham Swift (1992)

July 27, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

**What is the What by Dave Eggers (2007)

July 27, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (2009)

July 7, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2009)

June 26, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

**Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (2007)

April 15, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007)

April 11, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher (2001)

April 11, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

**Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals (1994)

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**Song Yet Sung by James McBride (2008)

April 2, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (1984/1924)

March 8, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2006)

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**Snow in August by Pete Hamill (1997)

January 25, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

**Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1996)

January 25, 2009March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

December 4, 2008April 6, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

***The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (2006)

November 29, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (2008)

November 4, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

Fat Envelope Frenzy by Joie Jager-Hyman

October 1, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (1990, 1927)

August 25, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

Run by Ann Patchett (2007)

August 25, 2008April 6, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

*** In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (1994)

August 13, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

** The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (2008)

July 30, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* Kindred by Octavia Butler (1979)

July 30, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

** The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (1997, 1951)

July 29, 2008March 25, 2010 Bean's Book Blog

* The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu (2007)