Red Red Whine

It’s been a great book year!
* = loved it

~ = maybe loved it, but am hesitant to recommend for one reason or another – but you still might love it

^ = hated it

[nothing] = indifferent

1. ~We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver
2. *PopCo, by Scarlett Thomas
3. *A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley
4. *Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, by Julie Simon
5. ~My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodie Picoult.
6. *The Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant.
7. Charmed Thirds, by Megan McCafferty
8. ^Honeymoon, by James Patterson.
9. ~Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. *The House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus III
11. The Same Sweet Girls, by Cassandra King.
12. *The Mercy of Thin Air, by Ronlyn Dominque
13. *Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
14. *The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards
15. *Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
16. *A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
17. ~Leaving Atlanta, by Tayari Jones
18. *Little Children, by Tom Perrotta
19. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
20. The World Below, by Sue Miller
21. *Four Spirits, by Sena Jeter Naslund
22. *Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin
23. *A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey
24. ~The Dog Who Spoke With Gods, by Diane Jessup
25. *Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
26. Running with Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs
27. *Me & Emma, by Elizabeth Flock
28. *Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis
29. *The Wonder Spot, by Melissa Bank
30. *Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan
31. *More Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin
32. *All the Little Live Things, by Wallace Stegner
33. *The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
34. *Around the World with Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis
35. *Harvesting the Heart, by Jodi Picoult
36. ~Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson
37. *Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
38. ~Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn
39. ~Joe College, by Tom Perrotta
40. *Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
41. Her Husband: Hughes & Plath – A Marriage, by Diane Middlebrooks
42. *All Over But the Shoutin’, by Rick Bragg
43. *The Pact, by Jodi Picoult