Reading Guides
Reading guides listed alphabetically by title.
The 6th Lamentation William Brodrick
15 Minutes of Shame Lisa Daily
1984 George Orwell
The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri David Bajo
About Grace Anthony Doerr
The Accident Man Tom Cain
The Accidental Masterpiece Michael Kimmelman
Acqua Alta Donna Leon
Across the Nightingale Floor Lian Hearn
The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The Adventures of Thursday Next Jasper Fforde
After the Plague T.C. Boyle
Against Gravity Farnoosh Moshiri
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
Age of Iron J.M. Coetzee
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
All Over Creation Ruth Ozeki
Aloft Chang-rae Lee
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess Leonard Shlain
Amagansett Mark Mills
Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking Aoibheann Sweeney
Amongst Women John McGahern
And God Created the Au Pair BÈnÈdicte Newland and Pascale Smets
And Sometimes Why Rebecca Johnson
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Animal Farm George Orwell
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Annie Dunne Sebastian Barry
Another Country Mary Pipher
Another Man's Moccasins Craig Johnson
Another Place at the Table Kathy Harrison
Are you Happy : A Childhood Remembered Emily Fox Gordon
Armed Madhouse Greg Palast
The Arraignment Steve Martini
Art in America Ron McLarty
Astrid & Veronika Linda Olsson
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
Augusta Locke William Haywood Henderson
Author, Author David Lodge
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson
The Autobiography of My Mother Jamaica Kincaid
Back Roads Tawni O'Dell
Basilica R. A. Scotti
The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak
Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison
Beach Day, Rainy Day, and Snow Day Patricia Lakin
The Beach House Jane Green
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu
The Begotten & The Betrayed Lisa T. Bergren
The Bell Iris Murdoch
Beside a Burning Sea John Shors
Best Friends Martha Moody
Betrayal John Lescroart
Big Green Purse Diane MacEachern
The Big Over Easy Jasper Fforde
Black, White, and Jewish Rebecca Walker
Bleeding Kansas Sara Paretsky
Blood in the Sun Nuruddin Farah
Blood Kin Ceridwen Dovey
Blue Diary Alice Hoffman
Blue Shoe Anne Lamott
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan
The Book of Mormon Joseph Smith
Book of Murder Guillermo Martinez
The Books of Toni Morrison Toni Morrison
A Border Passage Leila Ahmed
Boswell's Presumptuous Task Adam Sisman
Brethren Robyn Young
Bride Island Alexandra Enders
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz
Burning Bright Tracy Chevalier
Candide Voltaire
Carpenter's Gothic William Gaddis
A Catch of Consequence Diana Norman
Catching Genius Kristy Kiernan
Caucasia Danzy Senna
Cavedweller Dorothy Allison
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko
C'est la Vie Suzy Gershman
Chang and Eng Darin Strauss
Chasing the Flame Samantha Power
Cherry Mary Karr
The Chess Machine Robert Löhr
Chez Moi Agnès Desarthe
China Boy Gus Lee
Church of the Dog Kaya McLaren
The City of Falling Angels John Berendt
City of God E. L. Doctorow
City of Thieves David Benioff
The City of Your Final Destination Peter Cameron
The Cloister Walk Kathleen Norris
Coal Run Tawni O'Dell
The Cold Dish Craig Johnson
Collapse Jared Diamond
The Color of Light Karen White
The Color of Water James McBride
The Commissario Brunetti Series Donna Leon
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Confessions Of an Economic Hitman John Perkins
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict Laurie Viera Rigler
Consequences Penelope Lively
Consider the Lily Elizabeth Buchan
Cordelia Underwood Van Reid
Cousin Bette Honore de Balzac
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Crime Writer Gregg Hurwitz
The Cross-Country Quilters Jennifer Chiaverini
Crusade Robyn Young
The Cunning Man Robertson Davies
Dancing with Rose Lauren Kessler
The Danish Girl David Ebershoff
Dark Fire C. J. Sansom
Daughter of the Queen of Sheba Jacki Lyden
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan
The Dead Fathers Club Matt Haig
The Deadwood Beetle Mylene Dressler
Dearest Dorothy Series Charlene Ann Baumbich
Dear Zoe Philip Beard
Death in Summer Wiliam Trevor
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
The Death of Jim Loney James Welch
Death Without Company Craig Johnson
The Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Deportees and Other Stories Roddy Doyle
Diane Johnson
Diary of a Bad Year J.M. Coetzee
The Disappearing Girl Lisa Machoian
Disgrace J.M. Coetzee
Dissolution C.J. Sansom
The Divide Nicholas Evans
The Divorce Party Laura Dave
Do the Windows Open? Julie Hecht
Down Town Ferrol Sams
The Drawing of the Three: The Dark Tower II Stephen King
Dream Jungle Jessica Hagedorn
The Dream Life of Sukhanov Olga Grushin
The Dream of Scipio Iain Pears
Dreamland Sarah Dessen
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer
Dry Ice Stephen White
Dubliners James Joyce
East of Eden John Steinbeck
Eat Cake Jeanne Ray
Eating Heaven Jennie Shortridge
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt
Emma Jane Austen
Enthusiasm Polly Shulman
The Books of Eva Ibbotson Eva Ibbotson
Every Inch of Her Peter Sheridan
Everything She Thought She Wanted Elizabeth Buchan
Excellent Women Barbara Pym
Expecting Adam Martha Beck
Eye Contact Cammie McGovern
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
Fall of Frost Brian Hall
Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier
Falling Under Danielle Young-Ullman
The Farming of Bones Edwidge Danticat
Fast Girls Emily White
Fat Girl Judith Moore
Fear of Flying Erica Jong
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson
Felicia's Journey William Trevor
The Fiction Class Susan Breen
Fifth Business Robertson Davies
Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's Lauren Kessler
Fingersmith Sarah Waters
Fiona Range Mary McGarry Morris
Fire In Beulah Rilla Askew
Five Skies Ron Carlson
The Flaming Corsage William Kennedy
The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle Lois Battle
Flower Children Maxine Swann
The Forest Lover Susan Vreeland
Four Queens Nancy Goldstone
The Fourth Bear Jasper Fforde
Fox Girl Nora Okja Keller
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Freddy and Fredericka Mark Helprin
Frida Bárbara Mujica
Frida's Bed Slavenka Drakulic
Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs
A Friend of the Earth T. C. Boyle
From a Crooked Rib Nuruddin Farah
From Binge to Blackout Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann
Galileo's Daughter Dava Sobel
The Garden of Ruth Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The Gentle Axe R. N. Morris
The Geographer's Library Jon Fasman
Geographies of Home Loida Maritza Perez
A Gesture Life Chang-rae Lee
Get to Work Linda R. Hirshman
The Ghost Map Steven Johnson
Gifts Nuruddin Farah
Giraffe J. M. Ledgard
Girl from the South Joanna Trollope
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank
Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland
Girls of Riyadh Rajaa Alsanea
The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler
Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
The Godfather Mario Puzo
Gods Go Begging Alfredo Vea
God Is Dead Ron Currie Jr.
The Golden Road Caille Millner
Goodbye Lemon Adam Davies
A Good Distance Sarah Willis
The Good Wife Strikes Back Elizabeth Buchan
Gracelin O'Malley Ann Moore
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
Grass for His Pillow Lian Hearn
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
The Growing Seasons Samuel Hynes
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I Stephen King
The Harmony Silk Factory Tash Aw
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene
Helen of Troy Margaret George
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo Paula Huntley
Herzog Saul Bellow
High Fidelity Nick Hornby
History Lesson for Girls Aurelie Sheehan
Hold Tight Harlan Coben
A Hole in the Universe Mary McGarry Morris
Home to Holly Springs Jan Karon
The House Gun Nadine Gordimer
House Of Daughters Sarah-Kate Lynch
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
The House of Mondavi Julia Flynn Siler
The How of Happiness Sonja Lyubomirsky
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez
How to Be Cool Johanna Edwards
How to Be Good Nick Hornby
Howards End E.M. Forster
The Huge Book of Hell Matt Groening
Hunger Lan Samantha Chang
The Huntsman Whitney Terrell
The Ice Child Elizabeth McGregor
The Idea of Perfection Kate Grenville
The Impressionist Hari Kunzru
The Divine Comedy Volume I: The Inferno Dante Alighieri
The Inner Circle T.C. Boyle
Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa Marc Estrin
The Inspector Montalbano Series Andrea Camilleri
An Instance of the Fingerpost Iain Pears
Interred with Their Bones Jennifer Lee Carrell
The Interruption of Everything Terry McMillan
In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick
In The Memory of the Forest Charles Powers
In the Name of Salome Julia Alvarez
In the Woods Tana French
Inventing the Rest of Our Lives Suzanne Braun Levine
Ironweed William Kennedy
Isle of Palms Dorothea Benton Frank
The Books of Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson
The Jane Austen Book Club Karen Jay Fowler
Jane Eyre Charlotte BrontÎ
Joan Bauer Charlene Ann Baumbich
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
Julie and Romeo Jeanne Ray
Just in Case Meg Rosoff
Justine Lawrence Durrell
Keeping the Moon Sarah Dessen
The Kept Man Jami Attenberg
Kindness Goes Unpunished Craig Johnson
King of King's County Whitney Terrell
The Kitchen Boy Robert Alexander
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
Knots Nuruddin Farah
Kristin Lavransdatter Sigrid Undset
Labyrinth Kate Mosse
Ladies with Options Cynthia Hartwick
Land of a Thousand Hills Rosamond Halsey Carr
The Language of Sycamores Lisa Wingate
Larry's Party Carol Shields
Las Uvas de la Ira, D Ratones y Hombres, y la Perla John Steinbeck
The Last Friend Tahar Ben Jelloun
Last Night at the Lobster Stewart OíNan
The Last Days of Socrates Plato
The Last Promise Richard Paul Evans
The Last Summer (of You and Me) Ann Brashares
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
Left Bank Kate Muir
Les Misérables Victor Hugo
Letters from Yellowstone Diane Smith
The Liars' Club Mary Karr
The Liar's Diary Patry Francis
Libra Don DeLillo
Life Studies Susan Vreeland
The Likeness Tana French
Links Nuruddin Farah
Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes T Cooper
Listening Is an Act of Love Dave Isay
The Little Book Selden Edwards
The Little Disturbances of Man Grace Paley
Little Face Sophie Hannah
Londonstani Gautam Malkani
Looking for Alaska John Green
Losing Gemma Katy Gardner
London Is the Best City in America Laura Dave
A Long, Long Way Sebastian Barry
A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck
Losing the Moon Patti Callahan Henry
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets Eva Rice
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) Henri Alain-Fournier
The Lost Mother Mary McGarry Morris
The Lost Years of Merlin Epic T. A. Barron
Lottery Patricia Wood
Louisa Simon Zelitch
Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe Jennie Shortridge
Love Walked In Marisa de los Santos
A Lover's Almanac Maureen Howard
The Luckiest Girl in the World Steven Levenkron
Lulu in Marrakech Diane Johnson
Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him Danielle Ganek
Luncheon of the Boating Party Susan Vreeland
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper Harriet Scott Chessman
Mademoiselle Boleyn Robin Maxwell
The Magic of Ordinary Days Ann Howard Creel
Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear
Making It Up Penelope Lively
The Manticore Robertson Davies
Maps Nuruddin Farah
March Geraldine Brooks
Marrying Mozart Stephanie Cowell
Marrying the Mistress Joanna Trollope
Martha Washington Patricia Brady
Mary, Called Magdalene Margaret George
The Mascot Mark Kurzem
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
Matters of Faith Kristy Kiernan
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq Jean Sasson
Memories of a Pure Spring Duong Thu Huong
The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
The Memory of Running Ron McLarty
Mendel's Dwarf Simon Mawer
The Mercy Seat Rilla Askew
The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd
Miracle at St. Anna James McBride
Miss Garnet's Angel Salley Vickers
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding Ann B. Ross
Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin
The Mistress's Daughter A.M. Homes
Mistress of the Revolution Catherine Delors
The Mitford Years Series Jan Karon
Moby-Dick Herman Melville
More Than It Hurts You Darin Strauss
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
Motherland Fern Schumer Chapman
Mr. Phillips John Lanchester
Mr. Vertigo Paul Auster
My Antonia Willa Cather
My Dream of You Nuala O'Faolain
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness Patricia Raybon
My House in Umbria William Trevor
My Year of Meats Ruth Ozeki
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Frederick Douglass
Native Speaker Chang-rae Lee
A New Earth Eckhart Tolle
The Night Journal Elizabeth Crook
No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club Virginia Ironside
No Man's Land Ruth Fowler
A Noble Radiance Donna Leon
Noli Me Tangere José Rizal
None to Accompany Me Nadine Gordimer
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto Mario Vargas Llosa
Nowhere Else on Earth Josephine Humphreys
The Observations Jane Harris
The Odyssey Homer
The Office of Desire Martha Moody
Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
Oh, Play That Thing Roddy Doyle
Oil! Upton Sinclair
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan
On Beauty Zadie Smith
On the Road Jack Kerouac
On the Road: The Original Scroll Jack Kerouac
The Opposite of Fate Amy Tan
An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina
The Oresteia Aeschylus
Other People's Children Joanna Trollope
The Other Woman Jane Green
Our Lady of the Lost and Found Diane Schoemperlen
Our Nig Harriet E. Wilson
The Pact Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Liza Frazier Page
Parasites Like Us Adam Johnson
Passarola Rising Azhar Abidi
The Passion of Artemisia Susan Vreeland
Paula Spencer Roddy Doyle
Pawleys Island Dorothea Benton Frank
The Pearl John Steinbeck
Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
Perfect Madness Judith Warner
The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12 Robin Gold
Persian Girls Nahid Rachlin
A Person of Interest Susan Choi
Petals of Blood Ngugi wa Thiongío
Petropolis Anya Ulinich
Pharmakon Dirk Wittenborn
The Photograph Penelope Lively
The Piano Teacher Lynn York
The Pickup Nadine Gordimer
Picture Perfect Jodi Picoult
Pig Island Mo Hayder
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
A Place Called Canterbury Dudley Clendinen
Plantation Dorothea Benton Frank
Playing with the Enemy Gary W. Moore
The Poisoning of an American High School Joy Horowitz
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli
The Procedure Harry Mulisch
Prozac Diary Lauren Slater
Quaking Kathryn Erskine
The Queen of the South Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini
The Rape of Nanking Iris Chang
The Rapture of Canaan Sheri Reynolds
Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved Maggie Anton
Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam Maggie Anton
Rasputin's Daughter Robert Alexander
Ravelstein Saul Bellow
Reading Judas Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King
The Red and the Black Stendhal
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
Red Rover Deirdre McNamer
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Elizabeth Buchan
The Rice Mother Rani Manicka
Riding With The Queen Jennie Shortridge
A Rip in Heaven Jeanine Cummins
Riven Rock T.C. Boyle
The River King Alice Hoffman
The Romance Readers' Book Club Julie L. Cannon
The Romanov Bride Robert Alexander
A Room with a View E. M. Forster
Roscoe William Kennedy
Round Robin Jennifer Chiaverini
The Rug Merchant Meg Mullins
The Ruins of California Martha Sherrill
The Runaway Quilt Jennifer Chiaverini
The Russian Concubine Kate Furnivall
The Russian Debutante's Handbook Gary Shteyngart
The Saffron Kitchen Yasmin Crowther
Salt Jeremy Page
The Savage Garden Mark Mills
Scribbling the Cat Alexandra Fuller
The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch
Second Chance Jane Green
Secret Daughter June Cross
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret History of the American Empire John Perkins
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Secrets Nuruddin Farah
Seductress Betsy Prioleau
Seize the Day Saul Bellow
Self-Made Man Norah Vincent
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
The Serpent's Tale Ariana Franklin
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz ZafÛn
The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry Kathleen Flinn
The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr
Shem Creek Dorothea Benton Frank
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
Should You Leave? Peter D. Kramer, M.D.
Siddhartha Herman Hesse
The Silver Screen Maureen Howard
Sister Noon Karen Joy Fowler
Slam Nick Hornby
Slow Man J. M. Coetzee
Smashed Koren Zailckas
The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder
Somebody Else's Daughter Elizabeth Brundage
Someone Like You Cathy Kelly
Something to Declare Julia Alvarez
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather
Song Yet Sung James McBride
Songs for the Missing Stewart O'Nan
Songs in Ordinary Time Mary McGarry Morris
Sovereign C. J. Sansom
The Spark Flys Upward Diana Norman
Special Topics in Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl
The Speckled Monster Jennifer Lee Carrell
The Staggerford Flood Jon Hassler
A Star Called Henry Roddy Doyle
Stealing Buddha's Dinner Bich Minh Nguyen
Still Life with Chickens Catherine Goldhammer
The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
The Story of Lucy Gault William Trevor
The Story of My Life Giacomo Casanova
Strangers in the House Raja Shehadeh
Strawberry Fields Marina Lewycka
The Street of Crocodiles Bruno Schulz
A Student of Living Things Susan Richards Shreve
Sugar Bernice L. McFadden
Sullivan's Island Dorothea Benton Frank
Sunset Song Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Suspect John Lescroart
Swann's Way Marcel Proust
Swapping Lives Jane Green
The Sweet Life Lynn York
Sword and Blossom Peter Pagnamenta and Momoko Williams
The Tain Ciaran Carson
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu
Talk Talk T.C. Boyle
Teach Me R.A. Nelson
The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery
Tending Roses Lisa Wingate
The Ten Best Days of My Life Adena Halpern
The Ten-Year Nap Meg Wolitzer
The Terra-Cotta Dog Andrea Camilleri
The Testament of Gideon Mack James Robertson
Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl Kate McCafferty
That Summer Sarah Dessen
They Did It With Love Kate Morgenroth
Thinks... David Lodge
This Bitter Earth Bernice L. McFadden
This Blinding Absence of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun
This Book Will Save Your Life A.M. Homes
This Earth of Mankind Pramoedya Ananta Toer
This Night's Foul Work Fred Vargas
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Three Day Road Joseph Boyden
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels Jasper Fforde
In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez
Too Close to the Falls Catherine Gildiner
The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle
Transmission Hari Kunzru
Traveler Ron McLarty
The Triumph of Deborah Eva Etzioni-Halevys
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Louise Murphy
The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen
Truth and Consequences Alison Lurie
The Turtle Warrior Mary Relindes Ellis
Twisted Laurie Halse Anderson
Two Lives William Trevor
The Underdogs Mariano Azuela
Uniform Justice Donna Leon
Ursula, Under Ingrid Hill
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
La vida secreta de las abejas Sue Monk Kidd
The Virgin Blue Tracy Chevalier
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
The Warrior Frances Richey
The Washington Story Adam Langer
The Waste Lands: The Dark Tower III Stephen King
Watermelon Nights Greg Sarris
Water Music T. C. Boyle
The Wednesday Letters Jason F. Wright
We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates
What I Was Meg Rosoff
What You Owe Me Bebe Moore Campbell
When the Elephants Dance Tess Uriza Holthe
When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep Sylvia Sellers-García
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty Sebastian Barry
The Wind River Mystery Series Margaret Coel
Winging It Catherine Goldhammer
Winter in the Blood James Welch
Winter in Madrid C.J. Sansom
Without a Net Michelle Kennedy
Without a Backward Glance Kate Veitch
Wit's End Karen Joy Fowler
Wives Behaving Badly Elizabeth Buchan
Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV Stephen King
Wolves of the Crescent Moon Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
A Woman of Independent Means Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
The Woman Who Walked into Doors Roddy Doyle
The Women of Brewster Place Gloria Naylor
The Wonder Spot Melissa Bank
World of Wonders Robertson Davies
World Without End Ken Follett
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
¡Yo! Julia Alvarez
Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay
