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The Devil in the White City-(Erik Larsen)-nonfiction

Hard Truth-(Mariah Stewart)-fiction
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors-(James D. Hornfischer)-nonfiction

Don’t Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight- (Alexandra Fuller)-autobiography

Running with Scissors-Augusten Burroughs

Wolf at The Table-Augusten Burroughs
Dry-Augusten Burroughs
Possible Side Effects-(Augusten Burroughs)-autobiography
All The Pretty Horses-(Cormac McCarthy)-fiction

Kitchen Privileges-(Mary Higgings Clark)-autobiography

Culture Warrior; Fresh, Bold Piece of Humanity-(Bill O’Reilly)-autobiography

Tender At The Bone-Ruth Reichel, autobiography

Not Becoming My Mother-(Ruth Reichel)-autobiography

The Clan of the Cave Bear-Jean M. Auel-sci fi
The Valley of the Horses-Jean M. Auel-sci fi
The Mammoth Hunters-(Jean M. Auel-fiction)sci fi
Hurry Down, Sunshine-(Michael Greenburg)-biography
After The Fire-(Robin Gaby Fisher)-biography
Odd Thomas-Dean Koontz, fiction
Odd Hours-Dean Koontz, fiction
Tick Tock-Dean Koontz, fiction
Brother Odd-Dean Koontz, fiction
The Husband-Dean Koontz-fiction
The Good Guy-(Dean Koontz)-fiction
On Writing-Stephen King, fiction

Apt Pupil-Stephen King, fiction
Stationary Bike-Stephen King, fiction
The Innocent Man-(John Grisham)-nonfiction,crime

The Client-(John Grisham)-fiction
Crazy for the Storm-(Norman Olstead)-autobiography

Into the Wild-Jon KraKauer-biography

Under the Banner of Heaven
Into Thin Air-(Jon Krakauer)-biography

The Year of Fog-(Michelle Richmond)-fiction
Tuesdays with Morrie-(Mitch Albom)-biography

And You Know You Should Be Glad-(Bob Greene)-biography
She’s Come Undone-Wally Lamb

I Know This Much Is True-(Wally Lamb)-fiction
Angela’s Ashes-(Frank McCourt)-autobiography

Kite Runner-(Khaled Hosseini)-autobiography

A Million Little Pieces-James Frey
My Friend, Leonard-(James Frey)-autobiography

Flags of the Fathers-(James Bradley)-nonfiction, war
The Fountainhead-(Ayn Rand)-fiction,classic

Riders of the Purple Sage-(Zane Grey)-fiction-western
Beautiful Boy-(David Sheff)-biography
Black Wave-(John Silverwood)-nonfiction
A Walk in the Woods-(Bill Bryson)-autobiography

Bobby And Jackie, A Love Story-(C. David Heymann)-biography
The Boys of Pointe de Hoc-(Douglas Brinkley)-nonfiction,war, Ronald Reagan

A Long Way Gone-(Ishmael Beah)-biography

Brother Ray-(Ray Charles)-autobiography
Memory Keeper’s Daughter-(Kim Edwards)-fiction


Tenth Circle-Jodi Picoult-fiction
My Sister’s Keeper-Jodi Picoult-fiction

Plain Truth-Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes-Jodi Picoult
Change of Heart-(Jodi Picoult)-fiction
Crazy Love-(Leslie Morgan Steiner)-autobiogaphy
Love Can Build A Bridge-(Naomi Judd)-autobiography

Escape-(Carolyn Jessup)-autobiography

Stolen Innocence-(Elissa Wall)-autobiography

The Shack-(William P. Young)-fiction
A Girl Named Zippy-(Haven Kimmel)-autobiography
Tramp For the Lord-(Corrie Ten Boom)-autobiography


The Hiding Place-(Corrie Ten Boom)-autobiography

Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do-(Robert Schuller)-nonfiction, religious

Lost Boy-(Greg Laurie)-autobiography

Diary Of Anne Frank-(Anne Frank)-nonficion-classic

Night-(Elie Wiesel)-autobiography

I’m Down-(Misha Wolff)-autobiography
Piece of Cake-(Cupcake Brown)-autobiography

Push-(Sapphire)-autobiography

When Rabbit Howls-(Truddi Chase)-nonfiction-psychology

A Child Called ‘It’-(David Pelzer)-autobiography

Come Back-(Claire Fontaine)-autobiography
Seventeeth Summer-(Maureen Daly)-fiction

Go Ask Alice-Anonymous (Beatice Sparks)-nonfiction
Leap Before You Look-(author unknwn)fiction, juvenile
The House Of The Spirits-(Isabel Allende)-fiction, magical realism

Lisa, Bright and Dark-(John Neufeld)-fiction
Hope’s Boy-(Andrew Bridge)-autobiography

Kabul Beauty School-(Deb Rodriguez)-autobiography
A Little Bit Wicked-(Kristin Chenoweth)-autobiography
Live Through This-(Debra Gwartney)-autobiography
My Lobotomy-(Howard Dally)-autobiography

Water for Elephants-(Sara Gruen)-fiction

Shultz And Peanuts-(David Michaelis)-biography

The Soloist-(Steve Lopez)-biography

Peony in Love-(Lisa See)-fiction

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-(Lisa See)-fiction

Dolores Claiborne-Stephen King-fiction
The Shining-Stephen King-fiction
Rose Madder-Stephen King-fiction
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon-Stephen King-fiction 
Apt Pupil-Stephen King-fiction
Hearts in Atlantis-Stephen King-fiction
Insomnia-Stephen King-fiction
The Secret Window-Stephen King-fiction
Thinner-Stephen King-fiction
A Painted House-(Stephen King)-fiction
The Yankee Years-(Joe Torre)-autobiography

On The Street You Live-Mary Higgins Clark-fiction
 I’ll Be Seeing You-Mary Higgins Clark-fiction
Let Me Call You Sweetheart -Mary Higgins Clark-fiction
2nd Time Around-Mary Higgins Clark-fiction
I Heard That Song Before-Mary Higgins Clark-fiction
Moonlight Becomes You-(Mary Higgins Clark)-fiction, mystery
Durable Goods-Elizabeth Berg
Open House-(Elizabeth Berg)-fiction

Welcome To The World, Baby Girl-Fannie Flagg

Fried Green Tomatoes @ The Whistle Stop-(Fannie Flagg)-fiction
The Reagan Diaries-Ronald Reagan


Sybil-(Flora Rheta Schreiber)-biography

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden-(Joanne Greenberg)-biography

The Cross and the Switchblade-(David Wilkerson)-biography

The Outsiders-(S.E. Hinton)-fiction, juvenile

Just As I Am-(Billy Graham)-autobiography

Evergreen-(Belva Plain)-fiction

Jane Eyre-(Charlotte Bronte)-fiction

Force Ten From Navarone-(Alistair MacLean)-fiction,war

Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck-fiction

Cannery Row-John Steinbeck-fiction

The Pearl-John Steinbeck-fiction
Tortilla Flat-(John Steinbeck)-fiction-classic
Shoe Addicts, Anonymous-(Beth Harbison)-fiction
Secrets of a Shoe Addict-Beth Harbison-fiction
Lone Survivor-(Marcus Luttrell)-autobiography

The House on Mango Street-(Sandra Cisneros)-fiction


Like Water for Chocolate-(Laura Esquivel)-fiction, magic realism

The Bluest Eye-Toni Morrison
Tar Baby-Toni Morrison

Sula-(Toni Morrison)-fiction
Adrift-(Stephen Callahan)-autobiography

Bird by Bird-(Anne Lamont)-nonfiction
Shutter Island-(Dennis Lehane)-fiction
The Island Of Dr. Moreau-(H.G.Wells)-fiction

Dakota Dreamin’-(Janet Dailey)-fiction
In Cold Blood-(Truman Capote)-nonfiction,crime
Titanic- A survivor’s story-(Colonel Archibald Gracie)-nonfiction

Liar’s Club-(Mary Karr)-autobiography
Writings of Edgar Allan Poe-fiction,classic
Call of the Canyon-(Zane Grey)-fiction,western
The Ambler Warning-(Robert Ludlam)-fiction
The Year That Follows-(Scott Lasser)-fiction
I’m Not Scared-(Nicollo Ammaniti)-autobiography
A Fractured Mind-(Robert Oxnam)-autobiography
Hannah Coulter-(Port William)-fiction
A Trip To The Beach-(Melinda Blanchard)-autobiography
To Kill A Mockingbird-(Harper Lee)-fiction-classic
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table-(Maya Angelou)-autobiography:
Flying Drunk-(Joseph Balzer)-autobiography
The Colony-Harrowing Story of the Exiles of Molokai-(Jon Tayman)-nonfiction

The Color Of Water: Black Man’s Tribute To His White Mother-(James McBride)-autobiography:

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War-(David Halberstam)-nonfiction, war
Four Against the Arctic-(David Roberts)-nonfiction
The Hobbit-(J.R.R.Tolkien)-fiction, sci-fi/fantasy/classic

Lord Of The Rings-(J.R.R. Tolkien)-fiction, sci-fi/fantasy/classic
Shoe Addicts Anonymous-(Beth Harbison)-fiction
Evergreen-(Belva Plain)-fiction

Christ the Lord-(Anne Rice)-fiction

Grace-(Richard Paul Evans)-fiction based on true accounts of foster children
Green River Running Red-Anne Rule, nonfiction,crime
Too Late To Say Goodbye-Anne Rule-nonfiction,crime
Bitter Harvest-Anne Rule-nonfiction,crime
Small Sacrifices-Anne Rule-nonfiction, crime
You Belong To Me-(Anne Rule)-nonfiction, crime
Lonesome Dove-(Larry McMurtry)-fiction, western
 
Weekends at Bellvue-(Julie Holland)-autobiography
One For The Money-(Janet Evanovich)-fiction
King Richard III-Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet-William Shakespeare
Macbeth-W.Shakespeare
Hamlet- W.Shakespeare
Midsummer's Night Dream-(W.Shakespeare)
For Whom The Bell Tolls-Ernest Hemmingway-fiction
The Unforgiving Minute-(Craig M.Mullaney)-nonfiction:


Wuthering Heights-(Emily Bronte)-fiction:


The Women of Brewster Place-(Gloria Naylor)-fiction
 
Shattering Glass-Gail Giles
What Happened to Cass McBride?-(Gail Giles)-fiction
The Invisible Man-H.G.Wells-fiction,classic
Overboard! A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival-Michael J. Tougias
 
Brother Charles-Ray Charles' Own Story-Ray Charles-autobiography
Clapton: The Autobiography-Eric Clapton-autobiography
Lovesick Blues-Paul Hemphil-biography

The Secret Lives of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd-fiction
Big Stone Gap-Adriana Trigiani-fiction
Christy-Catherine Marshall-autobiography


Sole Survivor-Dean Koontz-fiction
The Calligrapher's Daughter-Eugenia Kim-fiction

Going Rogue-Sarah Palin-autobiography
Something Wicked This Way Comes-Ray Bradbury-fiction
The Man In The Basement-Walter Mosley-fiction
Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy-Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher-nonfiction
Hearts in Atlantis-Stephen King-fiction
The Glass Castle-Jeannette Walls-autobiography

White Oleander-Janet Finch-fiction

Look Me In The Eye-John Elder Robison-autobiography

The Perfect Storm-Sebastin Junger-biography:


Divine Secrets of Ya Ya Sisterhood-Rebecca Wells-fiction
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants-Ann Brashares-fiction
Joni-Joni Eareckson-autobiography:

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel-Jamie Ford-fiction


703-How I Lost More Than A Quarter Ton and Gained A Life: Nancy Makin-autobiography

The Center Cannot Hold-My Journey Through Madness-Saks, Elyn R-autobiography
Four Rooms, Upstairs : a Psychotherapist's Journey Into and Beyond Her Mother's Mental Illness-Shapiro, Linda Appleman-biography
House Rules-A Memoir-Rachel Sontag-autobiography

The House on Sugar Beach- Helene Cooper-autobiography:
 

The Road of Lost Innocence:The true story of a Cambodian herione-Somaly Mann-autobiography
 

The Phantom of the Opera-Gaston Leroux-fiction
 
Track of the Cat-Nevada Barr-fiction
Three To Get Deadly-Janet Evaovich-fiction/mystery
Called Out Of Darkness-Anne Rice-autobiography:

Cities of the Plains-Cormac McCarthy-fiction/western
An Education-Lynn Barber-autobiography
Not Without Hope-Nick Schuyler

The Prince of Frogtown-Rick Bragg-biography
Wish You Were Here-Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown-fiction

Hard Eight-Janet Evanovich-fiction:
Brothers-Da Chen-fiction:


Born Round: Frank Bruni-autobiography

Derailed- James Siegel-fiction
Eat Cake- Jeanne Ray-fiction
Delictable Mountains-Earlene Fowler-fiction
The Monster of Florence- Douglas Preston-nonfiction
Say You're One of Them- Uwem Akpan- autobiography

Saving Fish from Drowning - Amy Tan- fiction
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced - Nujood Ali-autobiography

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand- fiction

Running with the Bulls: My Years with the Hemmingways-Valerie Hemmingway
The Purrfect Murder-Rita Mae Brown-fiction, mystery
The Joy Luck Club-Amy Tan-fiction

Revolutionary Road-Richard Yates-fiction
A Map of the World - Jane Hamilton, fiction

The Day the Cowboys Quit-Elmer Kelton-fiction,western
Dawdling by the Danube: With Journeys in Bavaria and Poland-Edward Enfield-autobiography
Breath of Scandal-Sandra Brown-fiction
The Reagan Diaries-Ronald Reagan-autobiography


Big Stone Gap-Adriana Trigiani-fiction

Cat on the Scent-Rita Mae Brown-fiction, mystery
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood-fiction
Shanghai Girls-Lisa See-fiction

The Metamorphosis-Franz Kafka-fiction, classic
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman-Jon Krakauer-biography

By Reason of Insanity-Randy Singer-fiction
Something Wicked This Way Comes-Ray Bradbury-fiction, classic
The Old Man and the Sea-Ernest Hemmingway-fiction, classic
Marley and Me-John Grogan-fiction
The Invisible Man-H.G. Wells, Andy Sawyer-fiction, classic

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain-fiction, classic

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain-fiction, classic

All Things Great and Small-James Herriot-fiction, classic

The Red Badge of Courage-Stephen Crane, fiction, classic

The Scarlett Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne-fiction, classic
French Women Don't Get Fat-Mireille Guilliano-autobiography
America's Lighthouses-An Illustrated History-Francis Ross Halland, Jr.-nonfiction

BoneMan's Daughter-Ted Dekker-fiction
Cold Mountain-Charles Frazier-fiction

Born to Run-Christopher McDougall-nonfiction
Merle's Door-Ted Kerasote-nonfiction



Songs for the Missing-Stewart O'Nan, fiction
Anya-Susan Fromberg Schaeffer-fiction

The Homeplace-Gilbert Morris-fiction

Between the Tides-Patti Callahan Henry-fiction
On Whale Island-Daniel Hays-autobiography
Home-Julie Andrews-autobiography

Anne Frank Remembered-Miep Gies

Best Kept Secrets-Sandra Brown-fiction
My Invented Country-Isabel Allende-autobiography

Under the Tuscan Sun-Frances Mayes-autobiography

Triumph: Life After the Cult-A Survivor's Lessons-Carolyn Jessop-autobiography
The Crystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo Ascent - Reinhold Messner-autobiography
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine-Jochen Hemmleb-autobiography

The Keep-Jennifer Egan-fiction
Ghost Stories of the Old West-Dan Asfar-nonfiction
Paper Life: My Story-Tatum O'Neal-autobiography
The Painted Veil-W. Somerset Maugham-fiction
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific-Robert Leckie-autobiography
Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir-Christopher Buckley-autobiography
Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story-Vicki Myron-nonfiction

Finding Fish: A Memoir-Antwone Q. Fisher-autobiography
Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley-Art Davidson-nonfiction
Appaloosa-Robert B. Parker-fiction, western
Little Dorrit-Charles Dickens-classic fiction
Brimstone-Robert B. Parker-fiction, western
Charlotte's Web-E.B. White-fiction
Sunshine-Robin McKinley-nonfiction

Flowers in the Attic-V.C. Andrews-fiction
The Prince and The Pauper-Mark Twain-fiction

The Bridges of Madison County-Robert James Walker

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days-Tim LaHaye-fiction

Nicolae: The Rise of the Anti-Christ-Time La Haye-fiction
Tribulation Force-Tim LaHaye-fiction
Why Believe?-Greg Laurie


Dealing With Giants-Greg Laurie
Battlefield of the Mind-Winning the Battle in Your Mind-Joyce Meyer

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane-Laird Koenig-fiction
Gulliver's Travels-Jonahatan Swift-fiction
The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton-nonfiction, poems

The Bell Jar-fiction novel based on author's personal life
Shadow of the Lynx-Victoria Holt-fiction
Death of a Salesman-Miller Arthur-fiction
Elvis and Me-Priscilla Presley-autobiography
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir-Bill Bryson-autobiography
Helter Skelter-The True Story of the Manson Murders-Vincent Bugliosi-nonfiction
I'm OK, You're OK-Thomas Harris-nonfiction
Men are From Mars-Women are From Venus-John Gray-nonfiction
Message in a Bottle-Nicholas Sparks-fiction
Coming Home to Myself-Wynonna Judd-autobiography
Embraced By the Light-Betty J. Eadie
Chicken Soup for the Soul-Jack Canfield
Having Our Say: the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years-Sarah Louise Delany-autobiography

On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life without Betsy-Sarah L. Delaney and Amy Hill Hearth

Slaughterhouse Five: A Novel-Kurt Vonnegut-fiction
The Catcher in the Rye-J.D.Salinger-fiction
Mommie Dearest-Christina Crawford-autobiography
Forever Free-Joy Adamson-nonfiction


Born Free-Joy Adamson-nonfiction

Living Free: Elsa and her Cubs-Joy Adamson-nonfiction

Alive: the true story of the Andes survivors-Piers Paul Read

Life so Good: One Man's Extraordinary Journey throughout the 20th Century and How he learned to read at age 98-George Dawson with Richard Glaubman-autobiography

A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens-fiction

Murphy's Boy-Torey Hayden-biography

'Tis: A Memoir-Frank McCourt-autobiography
Ghost Girl: The True Story Of a Child in Peril and the Teacher who Saved Her-Torey Hayden-biography

The Godfather-Mario Puzo-fiction
The Three Faces Of Eve-Corbett H. Thigpen-biography

Lovey: A Very Special Child-Mary MacCracken-biography

Dibs: In Search of Self-Virginia M. Axline-biography

Call Me Anna: The autobiography of Patty Duke-Patty Duke
All Over But The Shouting-Rick Bragg
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise-Ruth Reichl

Love-Leo Buscaglia-non fiction

Living, Loving, Learning-Leo Buscaglia-non fiction
Thunderstruck-Erik Larsen-fiction based on true crime
Shoot the Moon-Billie Letts-fiction
Comfort Me with Apples-Ruth Reichl-autobiography
Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey-Richard LeMieux-autobiography
Pearl of China: A Novel-Anchee Min-fiction
The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness-Lori Schiller-autobiography
The Last Picture Show: A Novel-Larry McMurtry-fiction
Hideous Kinky-Esther Freud-fiction
The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill Fated Race to Connect the Seas-Todd Balf-non fiction
A Child's Christmas in Wales-Dylan Thomas-fiction, based on autobiographical experiences


The Ladies of Missalonghi-Colleen McCullough-fiction
Listen for the Whisperer-Phyllis A. Whitney-fiction
Stubborn Twig-Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family-Lauren Kessler-biography
In Harm's Way-The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary story of its survivors-Doug Stanton-nonfiction
The Taking-Dean Koontz-fiction
The Gravedigger's Daughter-Joyce Carol Oates-fiction
Texasville-Larry McMurtry-fiction
Eragon-Christopher Paolini-fiction/fantasy
The Shadowdivers-The true adventure of two Americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II-Robert Kurson
Little Bee: A Novel-Chris Cleave
His Illegal Self-Peter Carey-nonfiction
Every Second Counts-Lance Armstrong
Rough Water-Clint Willis
My Name is Anne, She said, Anne Frank: The memoirs of Anne Frank's Best Friend-Jacqueline van Maarsen-autobiography
Dove-Robin L. Graham-nonfiction
The Hundred Secret Senses-Amy Tan
Hannibal-Thomas Harris-fiction
Empress Orchid-Anchee Min-fiction
In a Perfect World-Laura Kasischke-fiction
The Other Wes Moore-Wes Moore-nonfiction
Against Medical Advice-James Patterson
Abandon-Blake Crouch
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson