1-Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller
2-The Appeal by John Grisham
3-People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
4-Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
5-T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
6-New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
7-Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
8-7th Heaven by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
9-Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
10-Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
Comments: It’s easy to detect the Oprah influence. Her last selection, World Without End by Ken Follett was actually a sequel to his 1989 bestseller, in spite of its length of over 900 pages, Pillars of the Earth. I guess people have reserved Pillars… to read before plunging into the thousand-plus- page World Without End. Together the two books will provide much reading pleasure for anyone intrigued by life in 12th century England.
Oprah waved her magic wand again and selected New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. Tolle is a well-known guru of the spiritual life; he and Oprah will be teaching a course based on the book free to everyone online. Tolle’s 1999 book The Power of Now has been widely circulated.
Beautiful Children rocketed to the list after a big push from the New York Times. A novel based on the author’s life growing up in Las Vegas it centers on a missing child. It’s both gritty and humorous.
PS: Did you notice the change in our catalog? You can easily browse to find and link to similar books in the Library collection.