Readers' Advisory

December New Books

2010-12-22T16:28:00.013-06:00

Fiction
Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy
Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter
In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Outlaw by W.E.B. Griffin
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz

Nonfiction
4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
As Always, Julia by Julia Child, ed. Joan Reardon
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Straight Talk, No Chaser by Steve Harvey
William and Kate: A Royal Love Story by Christopher Andersen

November New Books

2010-11-18T15:10:00.014-06:00

Fiction
Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
Cross Fire by James Patterson
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan
Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen

Nonfiction
America by Heart by Sarah Palin
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 by Mark Twain
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Decision Points by George W. Bush
Decoded by Jay-Z
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
Just Kids by Patti Smith
My Passion for Design by Barbra Streisand
Rachael Ray's Look + Cook by Rachael Ray
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

September New Books

2010-08-26T15:46:00.024-05:00

Fiction
Bad Blood: A Virgil Flower Novel by John Sandford
Don't Blink by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon and Hoang Nguyen
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan
The High King of Montival by S.M. Stirling
Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Zero History by William Gibson

Nonfiction
Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom by Mary Catherine Bateson
Encyclopedia of Container Plants by Rob Cardillo
The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living by Mark Bittman
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair
Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer by Nancy G. Brinker
Superbaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years by Jenn Berman
Teach Yourself Visually Fashion Sewing by Carole Ann Camp
True Prep: It's a Whole New World Order by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd
White House Diary by Jimmy Carter

August New Books

2010-07-29T10:59:00.029-05:00

Fiction

Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks

Broken by Karin Fossum

Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme by Carole Nelson Douglas

The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan

The Man with the Baltic Stare by James Church

Moscow Sting by Alex Dryden

The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Stranger Like You by Elizabeth Brundage

Tough Customer by Sandra Brown

Nonfiction

Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown

Careers in Green Energy

Chicago Cubs Cookbook

Composed by Rosanne Cash

Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession by Craig Childs
Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs by Victoria Bruce

Manual of Fish Health by Chris Andrews

Songwriting for Dummies by David Austin

Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War by Andrew Bacevich

The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet by Heidi Cullen

July New Books

2010-07-28T16:52:00.028-05:00

Fiction

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman

A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

Faithful Place by Tana French

Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner

The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke

Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner

More Church Folk by Michele Andrea Bowen

The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva

The Search by Nora Roberts

Supersad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

Nonfiction

100 Fastest Growing Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs with the Most Growth and Openings by J. Michael Farr

The Complete Jerky Book by Monte Burch

Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox

Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took Over the World by Tom Feiling

Expert Resumes for Health Care Careers by Wendy Enelow

Fiesta at Rick's: Fabulous Food for Great Times with Friends by Rick Bayless

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg

From Du Bois to Obama: African American Intellectuals in the Public Forum by Charles Pete T. Banner-Haley

Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by Eric Jay Dolin

Sliding into Home by Kendra Wilkinson

June New Books

2010-04-28T10:28:00.030-05:00

Fiction
Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer
The Bourne Objective by Eric Van Lustbader
Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
Cum Laude by Cecily von Ziegesar
The Devil Colony by James Rollins
Family Ties by Danielle Steel
In My Father's House by E. Lynn Harris
In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
The Lion by Nelson DeMille
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank
The Rule of Nine by Steve Martini
Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook
The Spy by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter

Nonfiction
Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar
Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist: Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes by Cat Cora
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik
Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession by Venus Williams and Kelly E. Carter
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger
Hitch-22: Some Confessions and Contradictions by Christopher Hitchens
On Thin Ice: Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Suvival on the World's Deadliest Roads by Hugh Rowland and Michael Lent
Original Gangster by Frank Lucas
The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri

May New Books

2010-04-27T19:36:00.022-05:00

Fiction
Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Innocent by Scott Turow
Rolling Thunder by Chris Grabenstein
Secret Affair by Mary Balogh
61 Hours by Lee Child
Storm Prey by John Sandford

Nonfiction
The Eyes of Willie McGee by Alex Heard
Henry Clay by David Heidler
I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
Last Words of the Executed by Robert Elder
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah
Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
Steinbrenner by Bill Madden
Stitch-opedia by Helen Winthorpe Kendrick
Unforgettable You by Daisy Fuentes

April New Books

2010-03-31T15:49:00.016-05:00

Fiction
Changes by Jim Butcher
Deliver Us from Evil by David Baldacci
The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

Nonfiction
The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein
Get Capone by Jonathan Eig
How to Cool the Planet by Jeff Goodell
Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic
Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley
Paula Deen's Savannah Style by Paula Deen
Russia Against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven
Stuff: Complusive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost

January New Books

2010-01-15T16:59:00.041-06:00

Fiction
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Altar of Eden by James Rollins
Among Thieves by David Hosp
Blue Orchard by Jackson Taylor
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Damaged by Kia DuPree
Death by the Book by Lenny Bartulin
The First Rule by Robert Crais
Heard It All Before by Michele Grant
Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter
Impact by Douglas Preston
Kisser by Stuart Woods
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs by Blaize Clement
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Roses by Leila Meacham
Snapped by Tracy Brown
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
Ticking Is the Bomb by Nick Flynn
Treasure Hunt by John Lescroat
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
Virtually Dead by Peter May
Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
Wild Child by T.C. Boyle
The Wolf at the Door by Jack Higgins

Nonfiction
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Darker Than Blue by Paul Gilroy
Full Plate Diet by Stuart Seale
Game Change by John Heilemann
Green Jobs for a New Economy
Homeland by George Obama
Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
I Walked with Giants by Jimmy Heath
Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant
Making of African America by Ira Berlin
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett
Secrets of Timeless Appeal by Raquel Welch
Superstress Solution by Roberta Lee
Tea with Hezbollah by Ted Dekker
Tupac Shakur by Fred Johnson
Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin
You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
Your Skin, Younger by Alan Logan

Read-alikes

2010-01-12T19:37:00.010-06:00

Read-alikes are books that have a similar feel. For example, read-alikes would share similar plots, characters, settings, pacing, tone, or general writing style. Here are a few random author read-alikes.

If you like...then try...

Like: Carl Weber, Mary Monroe
Try: Michele Grant

Like: Sarah Waters, Geraldine Brooks, Jacqueline Winspear
Try: Katharine McMahon

Like: Castle Freeman, Jr., C.J. Box
Try: Paul Doiron

Like: Nicholas Sparks
Try: Jeffrey Stepakoff

Like: Laura Joh Rowland
Try: Jenny White

Like: Luis Alberto Urrea, Don Winslow
Try: David Corbett

For more read-alikes, try searching for an author you like on NoveList. Your user name is your Park Forest Public Library barcode number. Your password is your last name.

Street Lit

2010-01-07T17:08:00.015-06:00

Alibi by Teri Woods (CD FIC WOO)
Bad Girlz 4 Life by Shannon Holmes (FIC HOL)
The Hood Life by Meesha Mink and De'Nesha Diamond (FIC MIN)
Love & a Gangsta by Erick S. Gray (FIC GRA)
Nikki Turner Presents Backstage Street Chronicles (FIC TUR)
Notorious by Kiki Swinson (FIC SWI)
The Reason Why by Vickie Stringer (FIC STR)
Section 8 by K'wan (FIC KWA)
Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark (FIC CLA)

December New Books

2009-12-07T18:15:00.075-06:00

Fiction
Alone by Loren Estleman
Autobiography of Fidel Castro by Norberto Fuentes
Best African American Fiction 2010
Burning Desire by Relentless Aaron
Cobra Alliance by Timothy Zahn
Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn
Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux
Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
Delilah by India Edghill
The Devil's Alphabet by Daryl Gregory
The Disciple by Stephen Coonts
Faces in the Pool by Jonathan Gash
Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks
The Farmer's Daughter by Jim Harrison
Final Exam by Maggie Barbieri
Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz
Heavenstone Secrets by V.C. Andrews
Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card
The Honor of Spies by W.E.B. Griffin
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter
Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh
Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin
Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Sizzle by Julie Garwood
The Sting of Justice by Cora Harrison
Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
Tainted by Brooke Morgan
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
Too Many Murders by Colleen McCullough
Too Much Money by Dominick Dunne
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Zane
Trial by Fire by J.A. Jance
U Is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
Village of the Ghost Bears by Stan Jones
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

Nonfiction
Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook by Cybele Pascal
Cleaving by Julie Powell
Cook Yourself Thin Faster
Dinosaur Odyssey by Scott D. Sampson
Drive by Daniel Pink
Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel
Food Rules by Michael Pollan
Happy by Alex Lemon
Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed by Rober Sellers
High School Reunion Diet by David Colbert
Literary Life by Larry McMurtry
Make Miracles in Forty Days by Melody Beattie
The Marne 1914 by Holger H. Herwig
Pops: The Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout
Program by Kelly Traver
Rewilding the World by Caroline Fraser
Secrets of the Lost Symbol by Daniel Burstein
Start Over, Finish Rich by David Bach
Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar
Talking about Detective Fiction by P.D. James
The Truth about Psychics by Sylvia Browne
War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon by Jeremy Black
Wealth Watchers by Alice Wood

Uplifting Reads

2009-12-02T16:52:00.010-06:00

A Child Called It by David J. Pelzer (362.7 PEL)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (FIC DIC)
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson (617.48 CAR)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah L. & A. Elizabeth Delany (929.2 DEL)
Hind's Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard (248.4 HUR)
How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on this Earth) by Henry Alford (155.67 ALF)
Mama Made the Difference by T.D. Jakes (248.8 JAK)
Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes (FIC HAY)
Mother Teresa: Beyond the Image by Anne Sebba (271.97 TER)
Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (323.6 GAR)
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (798.4 HIL)
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (FIC LAM)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (FIC SMI)
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (378.12 SCH)

Recommended Fiction for Men

2009-11-30T18:13:00.005-06:00

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (FIC CHA)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (FIC GAI)
Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster (FIC AUS)
The Chase by Clive Cussler (FIC CUS)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (FIC TOO)
Devil You Know by Mike Carey (FIC CAR)
Even Money by Dick Francis (FIC FRA)
Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain (M MCB)
Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem (FIC LET)
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (FIC PYN)
Joe College by Tom Perrotta (FIC PER)
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (FIC HOR)
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (FIC BUR)
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (FIC PAL)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (FIC MCC)
Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland (FIC COU)

November New Books

2009-11-23T18:48:00.077-06:00

Nonfiction:

Abigail Adams by Woody Holton (973.44 ADA)

The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory by David Plouffe (324.973 PLO)

Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (782.42166 BON)

Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith (824.914 SMI)

Churchill by Paul Johnson (941.084 CHU)

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (613.262 FOE)

Going Rogue by Sarah Palin (979.8 PAL)

Here's the Deal, Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel (792.7 MAN)

High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto (793 KEL)

How Capitalism Will Save Us by Steve Forbes (330.122 FOR)

The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily by Nancy Gladstone (945.705 JOA)

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China by Hannah Pakula (951.042 CHI)

Last Words by George Carlin (792.7 CAR)

Life after Death by Dinesh D'Souza (236.2 DSO)

Lit by Mary Karr (811.54 KAR)

The Memory Quilt by T.D. Jakes (FIC JAK)

Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health (641.5636 MOO)

One Simple Act by Debbie Macomber (241.4 MAC)

Open by Andre Agassi (796.342 AGA)

Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore (577 GOR)

Paul McCartney by Peter Ames Carlin (782.42166 MCC)

Rachael Ray's Book of Ten by Rachael Ray (641.555 RAY)

Secrets of the Short Game by Phil Mickelson (796.352 MIC)

The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System by Charles Gasparino (332.042 GAS)

Thank Heaven by Leslie Caron (791.43 CAR)

When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall (782.42166 LED)

When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson (796.323 BIR)

Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline (813.54 SCO)

Fiction:

A Blue and Gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott (FIC MED)

Breathless by Dean Koontz (FIC KOO)

Broken Jewel by David L. Robbins (FIC ROB)

A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor (FIC KEI)

The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland (M ROW)

Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven (SF NIV)

Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel (M KAN)

First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher (FIC BUT)

The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch (M FIN)

Ford County: Stories by John Grisham (FIC GRI)

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan (FIC JOR)

Generation A by Douglas Coupland (SF COU)

The Gift by Cecelia Ahern (FIC AHE)

A Good Fall: Stories by Ha Jin (FIC JIN)

Haiku by Andrew Vachss (FIC VAC)

Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle (M COY)

Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh (M WAM)

Home in Time for Christmas by Heather Graham (FIC GRA)

The Humbling by Philip Roth (FIC ROT)

I, Alex Cross by James Patterson (FIC PAT)

Ice by Linda Howard (FIC HOW)

Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb (M ROB)

Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs (FIC JAC)

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (FIC KIN)

Midnight Fugue by Reginald Hill (M HIL)

The Mirror and the Mask by Ellen Hart (M HAR)

Morning Show Murders by Al Roker (M ROK)

New York by Edward Rutherfurd (FIC RUT)

No Less than Victory by Jeff Shaara (FIC SHA)

The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov (FIC NAB)

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (FIC CRI)

A Rumpole Christmas by John Mortimer (M MOR)

Saved and Single by Sheila Copeland (FIC COP)

Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury (FIC KIN)

Too Much Happiness: Stories by Alice Munro (FIC MUN)

Typhoon by Charles Cumming (FIC CUM)

Under the Dome by Stephen King (FIC KIN)

What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris (M HAR)

Winter of Secrets by Vicki Delany (M DEL)

A Wish for Christmas by Thomas Kinkade (FIC KIN)

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler (FIC CUS)

Biographies under 200 Pages

2009-11-23T13:18:00.008-06:00

For those of you who like brief books, you might want to check out these biographies under 200 pages.

Arnold Schwarzenegger by Louise Krasniewicz (796.41 SCH)
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers by Jo Hammett (813.54 HAM)
Dwight D. Eisenhower by Tom Wicker (973.921 EIS)
F. Scott Fitzgerald by Edward J. Rielly (813.52 FIT)
J.K. Rowling by Connie Ann Kirk (823.914 ROW)
Kubrick by Michael Herr (791.43 KUB)
Marcel Proust by Edmund White (843.912 PRO)
Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down by Kaylene Johnson (979.8 PAL)
Stephen King by Albert Rolls (813.54 KIN)
Zachary Taylor by John S.D. Eisenhower (973.63 TAY)

Popular Biographies

2009-11-20T16:52:00.013-06:00

Enjoy biographies? Check out one of these:

Age Is just a Number by Dara Torres (797.21 TOR)
Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (790.43 FOX)
A-Rod by Selena Roberts (796.357 ROD)
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her by Robin Gerber (338.76 HAN)
Books by Larry McMurtry (813.54 MCM)
Call Me Ted by Ted Turner (384.555 TUR)
Cobain Unseen by Charles R. Cross (781.66 COB)
Dillinger's Wild Ride by Elliott J. Gorn (364.1523 DIL)
Don't Mind if I Do by George Hamilton (791.43 HAM)
Doris Day by David Kaufman (791.43 DAY)
Growing Up Again by Mary Tyler Moore (362.196 MOO)
Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek (973.918 TRU)
Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge (362.733 BRI)
John Lennon by Philip Norman (782.42166 LEN)
Julie Andrews by Richard Stirling (791.402 AND)
A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth (792.028 CHE)
Looking for Lincoln by Philip B. Kunhardt (973.7 LIN)
Michael Jackson by J. Randy Taraborrelli (782.42166 JAC)
Michelle Obama by Elizabeth Lightfoot (328.73 OBA)
Obama: The Historic Journey by Jill Abramson (973.932 OBA)
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards (973.931 EDW)
Stephen King by Albert Rolls (813.54 KIN)
The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze (791.43 SWA)
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells by Mia Bay (323 WEL)
True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy (973.92 KEN)
The Yankee Years by Joe Torre (796.357 TOR)

Historical Novels: 18th - 19th Century

2009-11-20T09:02:00.002-06:00

These novels are set in the 18th or 19th Centuries.

The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon (FIC MCM)
The Color of Death by Bruce Alexander (M ALE)
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (FIC ALL)
The Devil's Company by David Liss (FIC LIS)
Domino by Ross King (FIC KIN)
Grace in Thine Eyes by Liz Curtis Higgs (FIC HIG)
The Great Stink by Clare Clark (FIC CLA)
Jack Absolute by C.C. Humphreys (FIC HUM)
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl (FIC PEA)
Life Mask by Emma Donoghue (FIC DON)
Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon (FIC GAB)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (FIC SEE)
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian (FIC OBR)

Historical Novels: 16th - 17th Century

2009-11-19T17:23:00.003-06:00

These novels are set in the 16th-17th Centuries.

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (FIC GRE)
The Book of Splendor by Frances Sherwood (FIC SHE)
The Devil's Queen by Jeanne Kalogridis (FIC KAL)
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende (FIC ALL)
Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf (FIC MAA)
The Master of All Desires by Judith Merkle Riley (FIC RIL)
Poison by Kathryn Harrison (FIC HAR)
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett (FIC BEN)
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant (FIC DUN)
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (FIC DUM)
The Winter Queen by Jane Stevenson (FIC STE)

Historical Novels: 15th Century or Earlier

2009-11-19T16:48:00.002-06:00

These books are set in the 15th Century or earlier.

Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell (FIC COR)
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (FIC DUN)
The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark (FIC NEW)
Dancing with Demons by Peter Tremayne (M TRE)
The Family by Mario Puzo (FIC PUZ)
Hangman Blind by Cassandra Clark (M CLA)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (FIC HUG)
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (FIC CHE)
The Queen's Gambit by Diane A.S. Stuckart (M STU)
The Reeve's Tale by Margaret Frazer (M FRA)
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (FIC SIE)
The St. John's Fern by Kate Sedley (M SED)
A Stolen Tongue by Sheri Holman (FIC HOL)