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The Davis Library Book Group read ten books from September 2007 to June 2008. At the last meeting the group voted for their favorite titles of the year. Here is the entire list presented in order of popularity. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the runaway winner. The final four titles in the list tied for last place. All, however, generated lively, opinionated discussions!
Rita Tull, Davis Library
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Published 2007 by Riverhead Hardcover
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Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made "The Kite Runner" a classic, Hosseinis latest novel is at once an incredible chronicle of 30 years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation found in love. More...
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Published 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf
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A man and his young son traverse a blasted American landscape, covered with "the ashes of the late world." The man can still remember the time before. The boy knows only this time. There is nothing for them but survival- they are "each other's world entire"- and the precious last vestiges of their own humanity.... More...
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On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
Published 2007 by Nan A. Talese
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In a novel of remarkable depth and poignancy, McEwan has caught with understanding and compassion the innocence of a newly married couple--both virgins--in 1962, when marriage was presumed to be the outward sign of maturity and independence. More...
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People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
Published 2008 by Viking Books
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "March" comes a novel--inspired by a true story--that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. More...
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The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
Published 2005 by Atlantic Monthly Press
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The author of the acclaimed "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" takes readers to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency in Nepal challenges the old way of life--and opens up a grasping world of conflicting desires. More...
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The Gathering
by Anne Enright
Published 2007 by Black Cat
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A dazzling writer of international stature, Anne Enright is one of Ireland's most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a return to an intimate canvas and moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family haunted by the past. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea.... More...
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Moral Disorder: And Other Stories
by Margaret Atwood
Published 2006 by Nan A. Talese
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This collection of ten stories is almost a novel by turns funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking, and deeply personal--displaying Atwood's celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. More...
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Published 1995 by Scribner Book Company
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The Dream Life of Sukhanov
by Olga Grushin
Published 2006 by Putnam Publishing Group
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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
by Michael White Published 1997 by Perseus Books Group
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