Sybil Steinberg's List
| About Sybil's List | 2004 |  |
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
Publishing insider and book reviewer Sybil Steinberg comes to
the Library each year and gives a critic's expert overview of
newly published books.
Sybil's List is from her 2004 book talk at the Library.
This list represents just a few of her current recommendations.
Need a good book? Get your suggestions here!
Sybil's List is from her 2004 book talk at the Library.
This list represents just a few of her current recommendations.
Need a good book? Get your suggestions here!
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FICTION |
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| Danticat, Edwidge | The Dew Breaker |
| Goldman, Francisco | The Divine Husband |
| Ozick, Cynthia | Heir to the Glimmering World |
| Pamuk, Orphan | Snow |
| Robinson, Marilynn | Gilead |
| Roth, Philip | The Plot Against America |
| Toibin, Colm | The Master |
| Banks, Russell | The Darling |
| Boyle, T.C. | The Inner Circle |
| Chaon, Dan | You Remind Me of Me |
| Cronin, Justin | The Summer Guest |
| Frank, Elizabeth | Cheat and Charmer |
| Greeb, Andrew | The Confessions of Max Tivoli |
| Harington, Donald | With |
| Haruf, Kent | Eventide |
| Howard, Maureen | The Silver Screen |
| Jen, Gish | The Love Wife |
| Just, Ward | An Unfinished Season |
| Morrall, Claire | Astonishing Splashes of Colour |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | The Tree Bride |
| Reisman, Nancy | The First Desire |
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NOVELS I PLAN TO READ NEXT |
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| De Bernieres, Louis | Birds Without Wings |
| Clarke, Susannah | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell |
| Doyle, Roddy | Oh, Play that Thing |
| Drabble, Margaret | The Red Queen |
| Proulx, Annie | Bad Dirt |
| Wolfe, Tom | I am Charlotte Simmons |
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SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
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| Bezmogzgis, David | Natasha |
| Doctorow, E.L. | Sweet Land Stories |
| Helprin, Mark | The Pacific |
| Means, David | The Secret Goldfish |
| Silber, Joan | Ideas of Heaven |
| Trevor, William | A Bit on the Side |
| Vreeland, Susan | Life Studies |
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FORTHCOMING |
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| Williams, Joy | Honored Guest |
| Munro, Alice | Runaway: Stories |
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BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR |
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| Chernow, Ron | Alexander Hamilton |
| Johnson, Nora | Coast to Coast |
| Johnson, Joyce | Missing Men |
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GOOD REPORTS ABOUT |
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| Guy, John | Queen of Scots |
| Montefiore, Simon | Stalin: The Court of the Red Czar |
| Ellis, Joseph | His Excellency George Washington |
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NONFICTION |
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| Conlin, Edward | Blue Blood |
| Shipler, David | The Working Poor |
| Shorto, Russell | The Island at the Center of the World |
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TO BE READ NEXT |
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| Ackerman, Diane | An Alchemy of Mind |
| Anderson, John Lee | The Fall of Baghdad |
| Boyle, Kevin | Arc of Justice |
| Gingerich, Owen | |
| Greenblatt, Stephen | Will in the World |
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Marta Campbell, Head of Collection Management |  |
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Last Updated 9/27/04
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