SK CHOICE/ TOP 20 BOOKS 09-22-10

1. ZOO STORY--THOMAS FRENCH

NonFiction/Stories behind the scenes of a zoo in Tampa.

2. CLEO--HELEN BROWN

NonFiction/Story of a cat that helped to heal a family.

3. A JOURNEY--TONY BLAIR

NonFiction/Memoirs of the former British PM.

4. WAR HORSE--MICHAEL MORPURGO

Fiction/A story of World War I as told thru the eyes of a horse.

5. GUNN'S GOLDEN RULES--TIM GUNN

NonFiction/Observations on life and personal remembrances.

6. THE PASSAGE--JUSTIN CRONIN

Fiction/A chronicle of survival in the face of catastrophe and danger.

7. TIGERLILY'S ORCHIDS--RUTH RENDELL
Fiction/A housewarming party brings unexpected misery.

8. GETTING TO HAPPY--TERRY MCMILLAN

Fiction/The sequel to "Waiting To Exhale".

9. THE MURDER ROOM--MICHAEL CARPUZZO

NonFiction/The Vidocq Society attempts to solve famous cold cases.

10. THE LOST DOGS--JIM GORANT

NonFiction/The story of the rescue of Michael Vick's dogs.

11. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST--STIEG LARSSON

Fiction/The concluding volume of the Millennium trilogy.

12. ASHES TO DUST--YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR

Fiction/Ancient bones leads to murder in Iceland.

13. FROM THE DEAD--MARK BILLINGHAM

Fiction/DI Thom Thorne on the trail of a man once thought dead.

14. THE HELP--KATHRYN STOCKETT

Fiction/A tale of 3 black housekeepers in Mississippi in the 1960s.

15. EMPIRE--STEVEN SAYLOR

Fiction/The story of the Pinarius family in ancient Rome.

16. TRICK OF THE DARK--VAL MCDERMID

Fiction/A disgraced psychiatrist investigates a murder.

17. PATTI LUPONE: A MEMOIR--PATTI LUPONE

NonFiction/Autobiography of the stage legend.

18. BAD BOY--PETER ROBINSON

Fiction/DCI Banks takes on a murderous psychopath.

19. THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR--DANIEL SILVA
Fiction/Gabriel Allon on the trail of a stolen Rembrandt.

20. NO WAY DOWN: LIFE AND DEATH ON K2--GRAHAM BOWLEY
NonFiction/Story of the August 2008 climb of K2 that claimed 11 lives.

 

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