BOOK LIST # 1-52
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January-July 14, 2008
1)Mark Salisbury, editor. BURTON ON BURTON. Faber and Faber: 2006.
2) Maynard, Joyce. AT HOME IN THE WORLD: a memoir. Picador: 1998.
3)Sachs, Jessica Snyder. CORPSE: NATURE, FORENSICS, AND THE STRUGGLE TO PINPOINT TIME OF DEATH, Perseus: 2001.
4)Sebold, Alice. THE ALMOST MOON. Little Brown & Co.: 2007.
5)Bear, Greg. DEAD LINES. Del Rey: 2004.
6)Domingue, Ronlyn. THE MERCY OF THIN AIR. Atria: 2005.
7)Sondheim, Stephen. SWEENEY TODD: DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1979.
8)DeAngelis, Camille. MARY MODERN. Shaye Arehart: 2007.
9)Oates, Joyce Carol. THE MUSEUM OF DR. MOSES. Harcourt: 2007.
10)Nasaw, Jonathan. THE WORLD ON BLOOD. Penguin Books: 1996.
11)Moore, Christopher. LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. William Morrow: 2002.
12)Byatt, A.S. ANGELS AND INSECTS. Vintage International: 1994.
13)Harris, Joanne. SLEEP, PALE SISTER. Harper Perennial: 1994.
14)Lindsay, Jeff. DEXTER IN THE DARK. Doubleday: 2007.
15)Fryer, John D. ALL MY LIFE FOR SALE, Bloomsbury: 2002.
16)Sherrill, Steven. THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK. Picador: 2000.
17)Klause, Annette Curtis. FREAKS. Simon Pulse: 2006.
18)Whitcomb, Laura. A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT. Graphia: 2005.
19)O'Nan, Stewart. LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER. Viking: 2007.
20)Sharyn November, ed. FIREBIRDS RISING. Penguin Group: 2006.
21)Lam, Vincent. BLOODLETTING & MIRACULOUS CURES: STORIES. Weinstein Books: 2007.
22)Prunty, Morag. RECIPES FROM A PERFECT MARRIAGE. Hyperion:2006.
23)Franklin, Tom. SMONK: or widow town being the scabrous adventures of E.O. Smonk and of the whore Evangeline in Clarke County, Alabama early in the last century.... William Morrow: 2006.
24)Franklin, Tom. POACHERS: STORIES. William Morrow and Co.: 1999.
25)Ackroyd, Peter. THE LAMBS OF LONDON. Doubleday:2006.
26)Fitzgerald, Kitty. PIGTOPIA. Miramax: 2005.
27)Gerritsen, Tess. BODY DOUBLE. Ballentine: 2004.
28)Thomas, Rosanne Daryl. THE ANGEL CARVER. Random House: 1993.
29)Gerritsen, Tess. THE BONE GARDEN. Ballentine Books: 2007.
30)Phillips, Marie. GODS BEHAVING BADLY. Little, Brown & Co.: 2007.
31)Ducornet, Rikki. THE COMPLETE BUTCHER'S TALES. Dalkey Archive Press: 1994.
32)Kurzweil, Allen. A CASE OF CURIOSITIES. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1992.
33)Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child. THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES. Warner: 2002.
34)Sterling, Bruce. HOLY FIRE. Bantam: 1996.
35)Priest, Christopher. THE PRESTIGE. Tom Doherty Associates: 1995.
36)Armstrong, Kelley. NO HUMANS INVOLVED. Bantam: 2007.
37)Cheney, Terri. MANIC: A MEMOIR. William Morrow: 2008.
38)Gaiman, Neil, et al. MARVEL 1602. Marvel Comics: 2003.
39)Jones, Lloyd. MISTER PIP. Dial: 2006.
40)Brewer, Gene. ON A BEAM OF LIGHT. St. Martin's: 2001
41)Bailey, Alice Morrey. EMMYWAD & JOE (TWO CADAVERS): A DIARY, GROSS ANATOMY, 1941-1942. Mountain West printing: 1994.
42)Lesy, Michael. DEATH TRIP WISCONSIN. University of New Mexico Press: 1973.
43)Kligman, Ruth. LOVE AFFAIR: A MEMOIR OF JACKSON POLLOCK. Cooper Square Press: 1974.
44)Augusten Burroughs. DRY. St. Martin's Press: 2003.
45)Gottlieb, Lori. STICK FIGURE, Simon & Schuster: 2000.
46)Boylan, Jennifer Finney. SHE'S NOT THERE. Broadway: 2003.
47)Millhauser, Steven. IN THE PENNY ARCADE. Knopf: 1986.
48)Wall, Elissa. STOLEN INNOCENCE: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs. William Morrow:2008.
49)Augusten Burroughs. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. St. Martins: 2006.
50)McGrath, Patrick. SPIDER. Poseidon Press: 1990.
51)Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy. XXX 30 PORN-STAR PORTRAITS. Bullfinch Press: 2004.
52)Matthews, C.M. HOW SURNAMES BEGAN. Lutterworth Press: 1953 (reprint 2007)
36 fiction/16 nonfiction -10 nonfiction were memoirs and biographies -3 fiction were YA -1 Graphic novel
The nonfiction books I enjoyed most were the memoirs by Augusten Burrough's, Jenny Finney's SHE'S NOT THERE, and WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP. For fiction, the novels THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK, SMONK, PRESTIGE and WORLD ON BLOOD stand out.
1)Mark Salisbury, editor. BURTON ON BURTON. Faber and Faber: 2006.
2) Maynard, Joyce. AT HOME IN THE WORLD: a memoir. Picador: 1998.
3)Sachs, Jessica Snyder. CORPSE: NATURE, FORENSICS, AND THE STRUGGLE TO PINPOINT TIME OF DEATH, Perseus: 2001.
4)Sebold, Alice. THE ALMOST MOON. Little Brown & Co.: 2007.
5)Bear, Greg. DEAD LINES. Del Rey: 2004.
6)Domingue, Ronlyn. THE MERCY OF THIN AIR. Atria: 2005.
7)Sondheim, Stephen. SWEENEY TODD: DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1979.
8)DeAngelis, Camille. MARY MODERN. Shaye Arehart: 2007.
9)Oates, Joyce Carol. THE MUSEUM OF DR. MOSES. Harcourt: 2007.
10)Nasaw, Jonathan. THE WORLD ON BLOOD. Penguin Books: 1996.
11)Moore, Christopher. LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. William Morrow: 2002.
12)Byatt, A.S. ANGELS AND INSECTS. Vintage International: 1994.
13)Harris, Joanne. SLEEP, PALE SISTER. Harper Perennial: 1994.
14)Lindsay, Jeff. DEXTER IN THE DARK. Doubleday: 2007.
15)Fryer, John D. ALL MY LIFE FOR SALE, Bloomsbury: 2002.
16)Sherrill, Steven. THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK. Picador: 2000.
17)Klause, Annette Curtis. FREAKS. Simon Pulse: 2006.
18)Whitcomb, Laura. A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT. Graphia: 2005.
19)O'Nan, Stewart. LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER. Viking: 2007.
20)Sharyn November, ed. FIREBIRDS RISING. Penguin Group: 2006.
21)Lam, Vincent. BLOODLETTING & MIRACULOUS CURES: STORIES. Weinstein Books: 2007.
22)Prunty, Morag. RECIPES FROM A PERFECT MARRIAGE. Hyperion:2006.
23)Franklin, Tom. SMONK: or widow town being the scabrous adventures of E.O. Smonk and of the whore Evangeline in Clarke County, Alabama early in the last century.... William Morrow: 2006.
24)Franklin, Tom. POACHERS: STORIES. William Morrow and Co.: 1999.
25)Ackroyd, Peter. THE LAMBS OF LONDON. Doubleday:2006.
26)Fitzgerald, Kitty. PIGTOPIA. Miramax: 2005.
27)Gerritsen, Tess. BODY DOUBLE. Ballentine: 2004.
28)Thomas, Rosanne Daryl. THE ANGEL CARVER. Random House: 1993.
29)Gerritsen, Tess. THE BONE GARDEN. Ballentine Books: 2007.
30)Phillips, Marie. GODS BEHAVING BADLY. Little, Brown & Co.: 2007.
31)Ducornet, Rikki. THE COMPLETE BUTCHER'S TALES. Dalkey Archive Press: 1994.
32)Kurzweil, Allen. A CASE OF CURIOSITIES. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1992.
33)Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child. THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES. Warner: 2002.
34)Sterling, Bruce. HOLY FIRE. Bantam: 1996.
35)Priest, Christopher. THE PRESTIGE. Tom Doherty Associates: 1995.
36)Armstrong, Kelley. NO HUMANS INVOLVED. Bantam: 2007.
37)Cheney, Terri. MANIC: A MEMOIR. William Morrow: 2008.
38)Gaiman, Neil, et al. MARVEL 1602. Marvel Comics: 2003.
39)Jones, Lloyd. MISTER PIP. Dial: 2006.
40)Brewer, Gene. ON A BEAM OF LIGHT. St. Martin's: 2001
41)Bailey, Alice Morrey. EMMYWAD & JOE (TWO CADAVERS): A DIARY, GROSS ANATOMY, 1941-1942. Mountain West printing: 1994.
42)Lesy, Michael. DEATH TRIP WISCONSIN. University of New Mexico Press: 1973.
43)Kligman, Ruth. LOVE AFFAIR: A MEMOIR OF JACKSON POLLOCK. Cooper Square Press: 1974.
44)Augusten Burroughs. DRY. St. Martin's Press: 2003.
45)Gottlieb, Lori. STICK FIGURE, Simon & Schuster: 2000.
46)Boylan, Jennifer Finney. SHE'S NOT THERE. Broadway: 2003.
47)Millhauser, Steven. IN THE PENNY ARCADE. Knopf: 1986.
48)Wall, Elissa. STOLEN INNOCENCE: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs. William Morrow:2008.
49)Augusten Burroughs. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. St. Martins: 2006.
50)McGrath, Patrick. SPIDER. Poseidon Press: 1990.
51)Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy. XXX 30 PORN-STAR PORTRAITS. Bullfinch Press: 2004.
52)Matthews, C.M. HOW SURNAMES BEGAN. Lutterworth Press: 1953 (reprint 2007)
36 fiction/16 nonfiction -10 nonfiction were memoirs and biographies -3 fiction were YA -1 Graphic novel
The nonfiction books I enjoyed most were the memoirs by Augusten Burrough's, Jenny Finney's SHE'S NOT THERE, and WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP. For fiction, the novels THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK, SMONK, PRESTIGE and WORLD ON BLOOD stand out.