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As you can see, Diary of an Eccentric is mainly devoted to book reviews.  Here are links to reviews posted for books read since 2007, alphabetized by title.  Also included are links to reviews written with and/or by my daughter (a.k.a. The Girl).

A

A Deadly Paradise by Grace Brophy

A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig

A Hatful of Cherries by Félix Calvino

A Hidden Affair by Pam Jenoff

A Hundred Feet Over Hell by Jim Hooper

A Jane Austen Devotional by Steffany Woolsey

A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

A Life God Rewards by Bruce Wilkinson

All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve

All Will Be Revealed by Robert Anthony Siegel

Almost Home by Pam Jenoff

A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry

A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal

A Match for Mary Bennet by Eucharista Ward

Amelia’s War by Ann Rinaldi

Angelica by Arthur Phillips

Anne Elliot, A New Beginning by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Annie’s Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg

An Obsolete Honor by Helena P. Schrader

An Offer You Can’t Refuse by Jill Mansell

Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland

Arsenic Soup for Lovers by Georgia Z. Post

Art & Max by David Wiesner

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead

A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve

A Weekend With Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly

A Wife for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen

B

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

Becoming Alice by Alice Rene

Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey

Before by Irini Spanidou

Being Written by William Conescu

Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie with Rita Lurie

Betsy and Joe by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy Was a Junior by Maud Hart Lovelace

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Beyond the Scent of Sorrow by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

Bible Illuminated: The Book, New Testament by Illuminated World

Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)

Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce (review by The Girl)

Black Box by Julie Schumacher

Black Flies by Shannon Burke

Bloody Good by Georgia Evans

Body Surfing by Anita Shreve

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin

Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (review by The Girl)

Broken Birds by Jeannette Katzir

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (review by The Girl)

Bundle of Trouble by Diana Orgain

C

Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Cake Wrecks by Jen Yates

Camp Nine by Vivienne Schiffer

Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers

Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey (review by The Girl)

Captain Wentworth Home From the Sea by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange

Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion by Regina Jeffers

Carney’s House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace

Catalina by Laurie Soriano

Catalyst by Paul Byers

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Children of the Flames by Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel

Christmas at Pemberley by Regina Jeffers

City of Thieves by David Benioff

Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran

Cold Rock River by J.L. Miles

College in a Nutskull by Anders Henriksson

Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi

Come Sunday by Isla Morley

Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton

Conscience Point by Erica Abeel

Cooperative Village by Frances Madeson

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coventry by Helen Humphreys

Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry

Crazy Aunt Purl’s Home Is Where the Wine Is by Laurie Perry

D

Dance Lessons by Áine Greaney

Dancing With Ana by Nicole Barker

Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart

Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. Wasylowski

Darcy’s Decision by Maria Grace

Darcy’s Voyage by Kara Louise

Dear Anaïs: My Life in Poems for You by Diana M. Raab

Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews

Defending the Enemy by Elaine B. Fischel

Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser (originally featured on Savvy Verse & Wit)

Diary of an Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (a review by The Girl)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa

Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa

Dirty Water by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and Jere Smith

Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz

Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renée Russell (review by The Girl)

Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese

Dragonart Evolution by J “NeonDragon” Peffer

Dreaming of Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly

E

East Garrison by G.M. Weger

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Eden Close by Anita Shreve

Edgar and Emma by Jane Austen

Eli by Bill Myers

Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

Eva’s Cousin by Sibylle Knauss

Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center

Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume edited by Jennifer O’Connell

Expectations of Happiness by Rebecca Ann Collins

F

Fairy Glade & Other Enchanting Tales by Dawn Beaumont-Lane

Falling Home by Karen White

Falling Under by Danielle Younge-Ullman

Far to Go by Alison Pick

Fatal Light by Richard Currey

Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli

Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud

Floating in My Mother’s Palm by Ursula Hegi

Follow Me by Joanna Scott

Fool by Christopher Moore

Forgetting English by Midge Raymond

48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust by Mitchell G. Bard, PhD

Frantic by Katherine Howell

Frederic and Elfrida by Jane Austen

Free to a Good Home by Eve Marie Mont

Frindle by Andrew Clements (review by The Girl)

G

Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly

Get Lucky by Katherine Center

Ghost Hunt: Chilling Tales of the Unknown by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Cameron Dokey

Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi

Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Going Down South by Bonnie J. Glover

Gold Dust on His Shirt by Irene Howard

Gray Apocalypse by James Murdoch

H

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (final thoughts)

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (a review by The Girl)

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Heart of Deception by M.L. Malcolm

Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm

Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Heidegger’s Glasses by Thaisa Frank

Henry and Eliza by Jane Austen

Henry Tilney’s Diary by Amanda Grange

He Was My Chief by Christa Schroeder

Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates? by Melitta Strandberg, co-authored by George E. Pfautsch

Hiroshima in the Morning by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

Hit and Run by R.L. Stine (a review by The Girl)

Hitler and Mars Bars by Dianne Ascroft

Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig

Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French

Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham

Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Denham

Home Another Way by Christa Parrish

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (review by The Girl)

Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross

Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Horrid Henry’s Underpants by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston

How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway

How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Pablo Bernasconi

Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham

Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective: The Case of the Fiendish Flapjack Flop by Nate Evans, Paul Hindman, and Vince Evans

Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective: The Mystery of Merlin and the Gruesome Ghost by Nate Evans, Paul Hindman, and Vince Evans

I

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino

Inkblot by Margaret Peot

Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware

It by Stephen King

Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (review by The Girl)

Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (separate review by The Girl)

J

Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress

Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford

Jesus Take the Wheel by Stuart Migdon

Juliet’s Moon by Ann Rinaldi

K

Kali and the Rat Snake by Zai Whitaker, illustrated by Srividya Natarajan

Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story by Linda Thieman

Keeping Hannah Waiting by Dave Clarke

Kingdom Come: The Final Victory by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

L

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

Lebensborn by Jo Ann Bender

Leo the Snow Leopard by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff

Let’s Find Pokémon! by Kazunori Aihara (review by The Girl)

Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Let the Shadows Fall Behind You by Kathy-Diane Leveille

Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins, illustrated by Anne Timmons and Mo Oh

Lily’s Ghost by Cheryl Drake Harris

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Loser by Jerry Spinelli (review by The Girl)

Losing Kei by Suzanne Kamata

Love and Freindship by Jane Austen

Lydia Bennet’s Story by Jane Odiwe

M

Mansfield Park Revisited by Joan Aiken

Maps and Shadows by Krysia Jopek

Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Marsface by R.M. Pala

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp (review by The Girl)

Memory by Philippe Grimbert

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

Millie’s Fling by Jill Mansell

Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Miracle in Sumatra by Jeanne McNaney, illustrated by David Cochard

Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell

Miss Hildreth Wore Brown: Anecdotes of a Southern Belle by Olivia deBelle Byrd

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay

Mountain Intervals, Poems from the Frost Place 1977-1986 edited by Donald Sheehan

Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman by Maria Hamilton

Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Patillo

Mr. Darcy Forever by Victoria Connelly

Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard by Belinda Roberts

Mr. Darcy’s Angel of Mercy by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Mr. Darcy’s Bite by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape by Marsha Altman

Mr. Darcy’s Little Sister by C. Allyn Pierson

Mr. Darcy’s Obsession by Abigail Reynolds

Mr. Darcy’s Secret by Jane Odiwe

Mr. Darcy’s Undoing by Abigail Reynolds

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds

Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan

Mrs. Claus Explains It All by Elsbeth Claus

Mrs. Lieutenant by Phyllis Zimbler Miller

Mr. Thundermug by Cornelius Medvei

My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young

My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945 by Marcia Williams

My Jane Austen Summer by Cindy Jones

My Rotten Life (Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie: Book 1) by David Lubar (review by The Girl)

My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi

N

Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

Nella Last’s Peace edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Next to Love by Ellen Feldman

Night by Elie Wiesel

Night in Werewolf Woods by R.L. Stine

Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson

Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine (review by The Girl)

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Notes From a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins

Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery

Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

O

Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop

Off the Menu by Christine Son

On Folly Beach by Karen White

Only Mr. Darcy Will Do by Kara Louise

Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer

On Maggie’s Watch by Ann Wertz Garvin

Open Slowly by Dayle Furlong

Otis: The Musical Owl by Joseph N. Chappelle

Our Longest Days edited by Sandra Koa Wing

Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller

Owen Fiddler by Marvin D. Wilson

P

Paco’s Story by Larry Heinemann

Pariah by Bob Fingerman

Pemberley by the Sea by Abigail Reynolds

Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell

Penguin Luck by Kay Mupetson

Persuade Me by Juliet Archer

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War by Peggy Caravantes

Playing Basketball With the Viet Cong by Kevin Bowen

Precious by Sandra Novack

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith

Pride, Prejudice, and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw

Princess Katie and the Silver Pony by Vivian French

Promises, Promises by Erica James

Purple Jesus by Ron Cooper

Q

R

Radiance by Alyson Noël

Read, Remember, Recommend by Rachelle Rogers Knight

Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas

Renovating Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck

Resistance by Anita Shreve

Riddle in the Mountain by Daryl Burkhard

Rodeo Rocky by Jenny Oldfield

Room One by Andrew Clements

Rumor Has It by Jill Mansell

Run by Ann Patchett

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

S

Sam’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal by Ben Furman

Sam’s Quest: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman

Sanditon by Jane Austen

Sarah’s Ground by Ann Rinaldi

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai

Sea Glass by Anita Shreve

Searching for Pemberley by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Sense & Sensibility (Marvel #1) by Nancy Butler, illustrated by Sonny Liew

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

Shadows Walking by Douglas R. Skopp

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes (Year 1) by Susan Helene Gottfried

Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Skinny Is Overrated by Danielle Milano, MD

Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman

Slappy New Year! by R.L. Stine (review by The Girl)

Small Wars by Sadie Jones

Smile by Raina TelgemeierTelgemeier (review by The Girl)

Softspoken by Lucius Shepard

Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen (a review by The Girl)

Song of Napalm by Bruce Weigl

Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

Sonics in Warholia by Megan Volpert

Spaceheadz (SPHDZ Book #1) by Jon Scieszka and Francesco Sedita, illustrated by Shane Prigmore (review by The Girl)

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Spell of the Screaming Jokers (Ghosts of Fear Street) by R.L. Stine (a review by The Girl; originally featured on Jenn’s Bookshelves)

Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Carson Ellis

Staying at Daisy’s by Jill Mansell

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers (review by The Girl)

Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve

Strange Meeting by Susan Hill

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

Superior Women by Alice Adams

Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun

T

Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt

Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis

10 Days: Anne Frank by David Colbert

Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie

Testimony by Anita Shreve

T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte

That Went Well by Terrell Harris Dougan

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

The Adventures of Songha: The Amazing Savannah Cat by Linda R. Caterine

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

The Apple by Penelope Holt

The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy

The Beach Trees by Karen White

The Beautiful Cassandra by Jane Austen

The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War by Peter Englund

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dorman

The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom

The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock

The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Brethren by Beverly Lewis

The Bubble by Brian D. McClure, illustrated by Buddy Plumlee

The Case of the Glow in the Dark Ghost by James Preller (review by The Girl)

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon

The Darcys & the Bingleys by Marsha Altman

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy by Regina Jeffers

The Dragonfly Secret by Clea and John Adams

The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman (separate review by The Girl)

The Ever-After Bird by Ann Rinaldi

The Fall of Saigon: The End of the Vietnam War by Michael V. Uschan

The Famous Nini by Mary Nethery, illustrated by John Manders

The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone

The Gathering by Anne Enright

The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian

The Gin Closet by Leslie Jamison

The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White

The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (final thoughts)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

The Hierophant of 100th Street by Cullen Dorn

The History of England by Jane Austen

The Holocaust: The Nazis Seize Power, 1933-1941 by Stuart A. Kallen

The House on Tradd Street by Karen White

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (separate review by The Girl)

The Inheritance of Exile: Stories From South Philly by Susan Muaddi Darraj

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (review by The Girl)

The Islands of Divine Music by John Addiego

The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan

The Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover

The Katyn Order by Douglas W. Jacobson

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff

The Kulak’s Daughter by Gabriele Goldstone

The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri

The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah

The Last Leaf by Stuart Lutz

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney

The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow

The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy

The Limit by Kristen Landon

The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey

The Listeners by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Mike Benny

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

The Loser List by H.N. Kowitt (review by The Girl)

The Loser List: Revenge of the Loser by H.N. Kowitt (review by The Girl)

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (review by The Girl)

The Lost Hours by Karen White

The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Luckiest Penny by Deborah Weed, illustrated by Ernest Socolov

The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean

The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney

The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady

The Memorist by M.J. Rose

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (review by The Girl)

The Music in Her Mind by Robert Gilkes

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Nighttime Novelist by Joseph Bates

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

The 9th Judgment by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

The Painter From Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein

The Parting by Beverly Lewis

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry edited by Jon Silkin

The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Pink Institution by Selah Saterstrom

The Plight of the Darcy Brothers by Marsha Altman

The Poets Laureate Anthology edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Therefore Choose by Keith Oatley

The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose

The Report by Jessica Francis Kane

The Return by Victoria Hislop

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston

The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo

The Sentinels: Fortunes of War by Gordon Zuckerman

The Seventh Well by Fred Wander

The Sighing of the Winter Trees by Laura Grossman

The Silent Gift by Michael Landon Jr. and Cindy Kelley

The Sinner’s Guide to Confession by Phyllis Schieber

The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Sky Rained Heroes by Frederick E. LaCroix

The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch

The Spare Wife by Alex Witchel

The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst

The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White

The Suburban Dragon by Garasmo Maccagnone, illustrated by Al Ochsner (review by The Girl)

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff

The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene, illustrated by Tim Raglin

The Three Colonels: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men by Jack Caldwell

The Traitor’s Wife by Susan Higginbotham

The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

The Trouble With Being a Horse by Emily Edwards (review by The Girl)

The Truth About Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits

The Visibles by Sara Shepard

The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman

The Watsons by Jane Austen

The Wave by Todd Strasser

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

The Western Lit Survival Kit by Sandra Newman

The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie

The Winter of the World by Carol Ann Lee

The Woman Who Heard Color by Kelly Jones

The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa

The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson

The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson

The Year of Goodbyes by Debbie Levy

The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam

Three Women: A Poetic Triptych and Selected Poems by Emma Eden Ramos

Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch

To Conquer Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tomaree by Debbie Robson

Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek

To My Senses by Alexandrea Weis

To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell

Too Tall Alice by Barbara Worton, illustrated by Dom Rodi

Trust by Kate Veitch

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

U

V

Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney

W

War & Watermelon by Rich Wallace

Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran

What Happy Parents Do by Carol J. Bruess and Anna D.H. Kudak

What Looks Like an Elephant by Edward Nudelman

What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany by Eric A. Johnson and Karl-Heinz Reuband

What Would Mr. Darcy Do? by Abigail Reynolds

When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton

When the World Was Young by Tony Romano

When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg

When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

Where or When by Anita Shreve

Wickham’s Diary by Amanda Grange

Wild Horses by Jenny Oldfield

Willing Spirits by Phyllis Schieber

Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls by Karl Friedrich

Winona’s Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace

With Friends Like These by Sally Koslow

Without a Backward Glance by Kate Veitch

Woman Made of Sand by Joann Kobin

Wreck the Halls by Jen Yates

X

Y

You Can’t Scare Me! by R.L. Stine (review by The Girl)

Your Ten Favorite Words by Reb Livingston

You’ve Been Warned by James Patterson and Howard Roughan

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