LIBRARY STAFF FAVORITES
Ever wonder what the Library staff reads? As you might expect, this group of 99 people has a wide range of interests. Here are some of their recommendations.
FICTION |
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Robert Alexander |
Kitchen Boy |
| Louis Bayard | Pale Blue Eye |
| Chris Bohjalian | |
| Marion Chesney | Poor Relation series |
| J.M. Coetzee | Slow Man |
| John Dunning | Cliff Janeway series |
| Leif Enger | Peace Like a River |
| Louise Erdrich | Painted Drum |
| Janet Evanovich | Metro Girl |
| Dorothea Benton Frank | Shem Creek |
| Emily Giffin | Something Borrowed |
| Charlaine Harris | Dead Until Dark |
| Mark Helprin | Freddy & Fredericka |
| Amy Hempel | short stories |
| Alan Hollingsworth | Line of Beauty |
| Sue Monk Kidd | Mermaid Chair |
| Dave King | The Ha-Ha |
| Alexander McCall Smith | All his books |
| Ian McEwan | Saturday |
| Sue Miller | Lost in the Forest |
| Jodi Picoult | My Sister's Keeper |
| Annie Proulx | Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories |
| Nora Roberts | Blue Smoke |
| Marilynne Robinson | Gilead |
| Philip Roth | Plot Against America |
| Christine Schutt | Florida |
| Anita Shreve | Wedding in December |
| Nicholas Sparks | True Believer |
| Colm Toibin | Master |
| Scott Turow | Ordinary Heroes |
| Jennifer Weiner | In Her Shoes |
MEMOIRS & BIOGRAPHY |
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| Rick Bragg | Ava's Man |
| Billy Crystal | 700 Sundays |
| Joan Didion | The Year of Magical Thinking |
| Joseph J. Ellis | His Excellency: George Washington |
| Ryan Knighton | Cockeyed: a Memoir |
| Anne Lamott | Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith |
| David McCullough | Mornings on Horseback |
| Andrea Mitchell | Talking Back |
| Ruth Reichl | Garlic & Sapphires |
| Mary-Ann Tirone Smith | Girls of Tender Age |
| Charles Slack | Hetty |
| Jane Stern | Ambulance Girl |
| Kayla Williams | Love My Rifle More than You |
TRAVEL, HISTORY, COOKBOOKS, ETC. |
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| John Berendt | City of Falling Angels |
| James Bradley | Flyboys: a True Story of Courage |
| Charles Fergus | Summer at Little Lava |
| Al Franken | Truth (with Jokes) |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin | Team of Rivals |
| Peter Kaminsky | Pig Perfect |
| David Hume Kennerly | Shooter |
| Steven D. Levitt | Freakonomics |
| Jennifer McLagan | Bones: Recipes, History and Lore |
| Maria Rosa Menocal | Ornament of the World |
| Orhan Pamuk | Istanbul: Memories and the City |
| David Shipler | Working Poor |
| Russell Shorto | Island at the Center of the World |
| Dava Sobel | The Planets |
| Chris Stewart | Driving Over Lemons |
| Shasi Tharoor | Bookless in Baghdad |
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Marta Campbell, Head of Collection Management |  |
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| Tel: 203-291-4842 | E-mail: mcampbell@westportlibrary.org | |||
Last updated 8/3/06
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