Have you added to the list yet? Which Best Books did you read in 2008? Tell us online or fill out a form at the Library and be a part of Westport’s Best Books of 2008!
Library staff share their favorites at our monthly meetings and we always surprise ourselves with our eclectic interests. Here are some of the latest:
*The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznik
Engaging tale & stunning illustrations for children of all ages by Rabbit Hill participant
*Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffry Toobin
Insight into the interpersonal dynamics of our most important jurists
*Snow by Cynthia Rylant
Poetry & pictures to heighten kids’ appreciation of the white stuff
*Artful Reading by Bob Raczka
Love books? Love art? Bliss out.
*Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Why do some people exceed all expectations?
*I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
Sisters sharing orbits and auras forever
*Hidden Spirituality of Men by Matthew Fox
Ten archetypes for men’s spiritual lives
*Country Called Home by Kim Barnes
Connecticut couple makes a new life on an Idaho farm
*Good Woman by Danielle Steel
One of Steel’s better books- her 74th novel!
*Giordano Bruno by Ingrid Rowland
Burned at the stake in 1600, this friar anticipated much of modern science
*Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien
Rescued barn owl bonds with his human roommate
*Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Power of books in time of war told in literate letters
*My Sister My Love by Joyce Carol Oates
Fiction based on the facts of the Jon Benet Ramsey murder
*Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Queen Elizabeth discovers reading; royal duties go by the wayside.
*Private Patient by P D James
Dagliesh & his team return in another powerful mystery
*19th Wife: a novel by David Ebershoff
Parallel tales of Mormon polygamy in 1875 & homophobia in the present.
*Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman
Think green & global!
*Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris
Can faith overcome depression?
*Mindful Brain by Daniel J. Siegel
Personal, clinical & spiritual reflections on mindfulness
*This Land is Their Land by Barbara Ehrenreich
Essays document the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer
*Listening is an Act of Love edited by Dave Isay
Best of StoryCorps; an oral history of ordinary folks
*City of Refuge: a novel by Tom Piazza
Two perspectives on Katrina by a survivor who loves New Orleans.
Save the date for the Booklovers’ Bash on Friday February 13 from 6-8 pm at the Library.
