Books that I have read listed by the most recent at top:

(Please note that the star ratings given are entirely my own opinion.)

2024

  1. All the Devils are Here: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 16 by Louise Penny, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2020 Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  2. A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 15 by Louise Penny, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2019 Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  3. Trust, by Hernan Diaz, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group 4 starsMy Review
  4. Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 14 by Louise Penny, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2018 Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  5. The Sentence is Death, by Anthony Horowitz, 2019, HarperCollins books 3.5 starsMy Review
  6. Glass Houses: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 13, by Louise Penny, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2017 Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  7. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, by Nicholas Dawidoff, 1995, 2011, Vintage Reprint Edition 1.0 starsMy Review
  8. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage 4.0 starsMy Review
  9. A Great Reckoning: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 12, by Louise Penny, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2016 Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review

2023

  1. The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 11, by Louise Penny, 2015, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2015, Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  2. The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz, 2028, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, HarperAudio 4.0 starsMy Review
  3. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Julia Whelen, Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  4. The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10, by Louise Penny, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  5. How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 9, by Louise Penny, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2013, Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  6. Force of Nature, by Jane Harper, 2018, Audiobook Narrated by Stephan Shanahan, Macmillan Audio 1.0 starsMy Review
  7. A Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 8, by Louise Penny, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2012, Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York 4.0 starsMy Review
  9. The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  10. The Forgiven, by Lawrence Osborne, 2012, Kindle edition, Hogarth 3.0 starsMy Review
  11. A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 7, by Louise Penny, 2011, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio 4.0 starsMy Review
  12. In Morocco, by Edith Wharton, 1920 2.0 starsMy Review
  13. Relative Danger: A Mystery, by Charles Benoit, 2006, Poison Pen Press 5.0 starsMy Review
  14. Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 6, by Louise Penny, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio 4.0 starsMy Review
  15. City on Fire, by Don Winslow, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Ari Fliakos, Harper Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  16. Executive Office: A look at the U.S. Presidents Through the Lens of Leadership, by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published 2.0 starsMy Review
  17. The Shadow Man, by Helen Fields, 2021, Avon, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., London 3.5 starsMy Review
  18. A Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 5, by Louise Penny, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio 2.0 starsMy Review
  19. A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 4, by Louise Penney, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  20. Con/Artist, by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York 2.0 starsMy Review
  21. Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Alfred Molina, Simon & Schuster Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  22. Beatles, Books, Bombs, and Beyond, by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina 3.5 starsMy Review
  23. The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse: A Novel of Love and War, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York 2.0 starsMy Review
  24. A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 4, by Louise Penney, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio 3.0 starsMy Review
  25. The Hangman, by Louise Penny, 2010, Good Reads Books 3.5 stars My Review
  26. Politics and Pasta, by Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., with David Fisher, 2001, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York 3.5 stars My Review
  27. King Leopold’s Ghost, by Adam Hochschild, 1998, Audiobook on cassette tapes narrated by Geoffrey Howard released in 2010, Books on Tape, Random House Audio 4.5 starsMy Review
  28. The Cruelest Month: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 3, by Louise Penny, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2015, Macmillan Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  29. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Charlie Thurston, Harper Audio 2.5 stars My Review
  30. The Brass Verdict: The Lincoln Lawyer Series, Book 2, by Michael Connelly 2008, Audiobook narrated by Peter Giles, Hachette Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  31. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, by Buzz Bissinger, 2022, Harper 1.0 starsMy Review
  32. A Fatal Grace: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 2, by Louise Penny, 2006, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  33. Dressed for Death, by Donna Leon, 1994, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci released in 2009, Blackstone Audio, Inc.2.5 stars My Review
  34. Iron Lake, by William Kent Krueger, 1999, Atria Books 2.5 stars My Review
  35. he Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Adam Grupper, Hachette Audio 3.5 starsMy Review
  36. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin, 2014, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 3.5 stars My Review
  37. The Survivors, by Jane Harper, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio 2.0 stars My Review
  38. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus, 2022, Doubleday, New York 4.0 stars My Review
  39. My Italian Bulldozer, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Pantheon My Review
  40. Cooper’s Creek: Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback, by Alan Moorehead, first published in 1963, Kindle edition 2010; 2.5 stars My Review
  41. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler, by David Kertzer, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Arthur Morey, Random House Audio  3.5 stars My Review
  42. Still Life: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 1, by Louise Penny, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio 4.0 stars My Review
  43. Fishing for Fun, and to Wash your Soul, by Herbert Hoover, edited by William Nichols, 1964, Random House, New York 2.5 stars My Review
  44. Reinventing American Health Care, by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, 2014, Public Affairs, A Member of Perseus Book Group, New York 3.5 stars My Review
  45. Ocean State, by Stuart O’Nan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Sara Young 2.5 stars My Review
  46. Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff, by Rosemary Mahoney, 2007, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company 3.5 starsMy Review

2022

  1. The Dry, by Jane Harper, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  2. The Next Accident, by Lisa Gardner, 2001, Bantam Books 2.0 stars My Review
  3. The 1st Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2003, Audiobook narrated by Lisette Lecat, Recorded Books 4.0 stars My Review
  4. The Evening and the Morning, by Ken Follett, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Ken Lee, Penguin Audio 2.5 stars My Review
  5. Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent, by Rex Bowman & Carlos Santos, 2022, University of Virginia Press, Charlottsville and London 2.5 starsMy Review
  6. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah, 2016, Kindle Version, One World (an imprint of Random House), New York 3.5 stars My Review
  7. The Rose Code, by Kate Quinn, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  8. The Tragedy of Patton A Soldier’s Date with Destiny: Could World War II’s Greatest General Have Stopped the Cold War? by Robert Orlando, 2021, Kindle Edition, Humanix Books 1.5 stars My Review
  9. The Maidens, by Alex Michalides, 2021, Kindle Edition, Caladon Books 4.0 stars My Review
  10. Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook, by Martin Dugard, Kindle edition, 2001, Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 3.0 stars My Review
  11. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan, 2021, Audiobook narrated by the author, PublicAffairs 3.5 stars My Review
  12. Robert E. Lee: A Life, by Allen C. Guelzo, 2021, Kindle Edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York 3.5 stars My Review
  13. Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, 1946, Audiobook narrated by Michael York, 2012, Blackstone Audio, Inc. 4.0 stars My Review
  14. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Edition, Little, Brown and Company 4.0 stars My Review
  15. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Candice Millard, 2017, Anchor Books4.0 stars My Review
  16. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath, by Bill Browder, 2022, Kindle Edition, Simon & Schuster 4.0 stars My Review
  17. Out of Africa, Shadows on the Grass, by Isak Denison, 1937 (Out of Africa), and 1960 (Shadows on the Grass), Kindle Edition, Vintage International 2.5 stars My Review
  18. A Noble Radiance, by Donna Leon, 1998, Penguin Books 3.0 stars My Review
  19. The Target, by David Baldacci, 2014, Grand Central Publishing 2.5 stars My Review
  20. The Swans of Fifth Avenue, by Melanie Benjamin, 2016, Kindle Version, Delacorte Press 3.0 starsMy Review
  21. Billy Summers, by Stephen King, 2021, Kindle Edition, Scribner 3.5 stars My Review
  22. The Anomaly, by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter, 2021, Kindle Edition, Other Press 3.5 stars My Review
  23. Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, 2012, Hyperion Press3.0 stars My Review
  24. The Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabelle Allende, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Random House Audio3.0 stars My Review
  25. The Sentinel, by Lee and Andrew Child, 2020, Random House, LLC 1.5 starsMy Review
  26. A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, 1960, The Macmillian Company 4.0 stars My Review
  27. Zero Fall: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, by Carol Leonnig, 2021, Kindle Edition, Random House 3.5 starsMy Review
  28. J.D. Salinger: A Life, by Kenneth Slawenski, 2012, Random House eBook Edition 2.5 stars My Review
  29. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, original publication 1951, Back Bay Books Paperback edition 2010, Little Brown and Company, New York 3.5 stars My Review
  30. Earthly Remains: A Commissario Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon, 2017, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books 3.5 starsMy Review
  31. The Midnight Library: A Novel, by Matt Haig, 2020, Kindle Edition, Viking3.5 stars My Review


2021

  1. For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway, 1939, Kindle Hemingway Library Edition, Simon and Schuster3.5 starsMy Review
  2. The Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night, by Julian Sancton, Crown Publishing, 2021 3.0 stars My Review
  3. The Bomber Mafia, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2021, Kindle Version, Allen Lane Publishing 2.5 starsMy Review
  4. The Lion, by Nelson DeMillie, audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2010, Hachette Audio 3.0 stars My Review
  5. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, by Michael Lewis, 2021, Kindle version, W.W. Norton & Company 3.0 stars My Review
  6. The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles, 2021, Atria Books 3.0 stars My Review
  7. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, 2021, by Walter Isaacson, Kindle version, Simon & Shuster 4.5 stars My Review
  8. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, with an afterword by Mark Schorer, a Signet Classic, published by the Penguin Group, New York 4.0 starsMy Review
  9. Becoming, by Michelle Obama, 2018, Crown Publishing Group, New York3.5 stars My Review
  10. Santa Fe Dead, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Penguin Books, LTD 3.0 stars My Review
  11. Potshot, by Robert B. Parker, 2002, G.P. Putnams Sons 1.5 stars My Review
  12. What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life , by Dr. Sharon Saline, forward by Dr. Laura Markham, 2018, Tarcherperigee 3.5 stars My Review
  13. Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel, by Lee Child, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2018, Random House Audio2.5 stars My Review
  14. The Summer of the Red Wolf, by Morris L. West, 1971, Compania Financiera Perlina, S.A. 3.5 stars My Review
  15. Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman, 2019, Atria Books 3.5 stars My Review
  16. Night Over Water, by Ken Follett, 1991, Macmillan 3.0 stars My Review
  17. The Girl with Seven Names, A North Korean Defector’s Story, by Hyeonseo Lee, 2015, Kindle Edition, William Collins 4.5 stars My Review
  18. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi, with forward by Abraham Verghese and epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, 2016, Random House, New York 3.5 stars My Review
  19. Killer Smile, by Lisa Scottoline, 2004, Harpertorch, New York 3.0 stars My Review
  20. Thief River Falls, by Brian Freeman, 2020, Thomas & Mercer, Seattle 4.0 stars My Review
  21. The Stranger in My Genes, by Bill Griffeth, 2016, New England Historic Genealogical Society 3.0 stars  My Review
  22. Mila 18, by Leon Uris, 1961, Doubleday4.0 stars My Review
  23. Us Against You: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman, Audiobook narrated by Marin Ireland, 2018, Simon & Shuster Audio 2.0 stars My Review
  24. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925 4.0 stars My Review 


2020

  1. The Nickel Boys: A Novel, by Colson Whitehead, Audiobook narrated by J.D. Jackson, 2019, Random House Audio 3.0 stars My Review
  2. The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War, by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster3.0 stars My Review
  3. The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey, Macmillan Audio 4.0 stars My Review
  4. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood, 2019, Nan A. Talese, Doubleday 3.5 stars My Review
  5. Camino Island: A Novel, by John Grisham, 2017, Audiobook narrated by January LaVoy, Random House Audio 2 1/2 stars My Review
  6. Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Random House Audio3.0 stars  My Review
  7. The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel, by Marie Benedict, 2019, Sourcebooks Landmark 2 1/2 stars My Review
  8. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman, 2015, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon and Schuster Audio 3.0 stars My Review
  9. The Janson Directive, by Robert Ludlum, 2002, Audiobook narrated by Paul Michael, Macmillan Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  10. Two Dollar Bill, by Stuart Woods, 2005, G.P. Putnam’s Sons2.0 stars   My Review
  11. Finding Darwin’s God, A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, by Kenneth R. Miller, 1999, Harper Perennial, New York 3.5 stars  My Review
  12. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero, by Timothy Egan, 2016, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books 3.5 stars My Review
  13. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House 3.5 stars  My Review
  14. New York: The Novel, by Edward Rutherfurd, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Mark Bramhall, Random House Audio3.5 starsMy Review
  15. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster 4.0 stars My Review
  16. Last Sermon for a Sinner, by Claremary P. Sweeney, 2019, EBookBakery Books 2.0 stars My Review
  17. American Dirt: A Novel, by Jeanine Cummins, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Yareli Arizmendi, Macmillan Audio 2.0 stars  My Review
  18. The Kings Depart, The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution, by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books.4.5 stars My Review
  19. A Column of Fire, by Ken Follett, 2017, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio 3.5 stars My Review
  20. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben McIntyre, Kindle Version, 2018, Broadway Books, Reprint edition 3.5 stars  My Review
  21. Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Hope Davis, HarperAudio My Review
  22. Notre-Dame, A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals, by Ken Follett, 2019, Viking 3.5 stars My Review
  23. The Summer Before the War: A Novel, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, LLC 2 1/2 stars My Review
  24. Machines Like Me: A Novel, by Ian McEwan, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Steven Crossley, Recorded Books3.5 stars My Review
  25. Your Heart, My Hands, by Arun K. Singh, M.D., with John Hanc, 2019, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, New York 4.0 stars My Review

2019

  1. Justine, by Lawrence Durrell, Kindle Version, originally published in 1957, this edition published in 2012 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., New York 2.0 stars  My Review
  2. The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims’ Progress, by Mark Twain, originally published by Mark Twain in 1869, Kindle Version, 2011, Digireads.com Publishing 3 stars My Review
  3. Stolen Prey, by John Sanford, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone, Penguin Audio 2.0 stars My Review
  4. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1985, Audiobook read by Claire Danes, released in 2012, Audible Studios 4.0 stars My Review
  5. The Last Days of Night: A Novel, by Graham Moore, 2017, Kindle Version, Random House LLC 3.5 stars  My Review
  6. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer, 2010, Kindle Edition, Random House LLC 4.0 stars My Review
  7. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, Speigel & Grau 3.5 stars My Review
  8. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism, By John U. Bacon, Audiobook narrated by Johnny Heller, 2017, Harper Collins Publisher 3 stars My Review
  9. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past, by David Riech, 2018, Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House, New York3.5 stars My Review
  10. Warlight: A Novel, by Michael Ondaatje, Audiobook narrated by Steve West, 2018, Random House Audio 2 1/2 stars My Review
  11. Bear Town, by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Washington Square Press 4 stars  My Review
  12. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro, 2019, Knopf3 stars My Review
  13. The Chessmen: The Lewis Trilogy , by Peter May, 2016, Quercus, Reprint Edition  3.5 stars  My Review
  14. The Witch Elm: A Novel, by Tana French, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Paul Nugent, 2018, Penguin Audio 2.0 stars  My Review
  15. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice, by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster 4.5 stars My Review
  16. The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo, 2019, Audiobook read by the author, Macmillan Audio 3 stars My Review
  17. The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company 2 1/2 stars My Review
  18. The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant, 1965, Simon and Schuster, New York 5 starsMy Review
  19. Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy, 1986 3 1/2 stars My Review
  20. Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, 2018, Simon & Shuster, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  21. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou, 2018, Knopf 5 stars My Review
  22. An American Marriage: A Novel, by Tayari Jones, Audiobook narrated by Sean Crisden and Elsa Davis, 2018, Highbridge, a division of Recorded Books 3 stars My Review
  23. April 1865, by Jay Winek, 2001, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York 4 stars My Review

2018

  1. To the To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration, by Edward J. Larson, 2018, Kindle Edition, William Morrow publisher2 1/2 starsMy Review
  2. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Della Owens, 2018, Kindle Edition, G.P. Putnam’s Sons 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  3. The Lewis Man: The Lewis Trilogy, by Peter May, 2015, Kindle Edition 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  4. Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission, by Brett Baier and Catherine Whitney, 2017, William Morrow2 stars My Review
  5.  The Secret Servant, by Daniel Silva, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Phil Gigante, Brilliance Audio1 1/5 starsMy Review
  6. Killers of the Flower Moon, The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann, 2007, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House LLC, New York2 1/2 stars My Review
  7. The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Caroline Lee, Penguin Audio 2 1/2 stars My Review
  8. One Hell of a Gamble, The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, New York 4 stars My Review
  9. The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, 2008, Audiobook narrated by Wanda McCaddon, Blackstone Audio Inc. 3 1/2 stars My Review
  10. Educated: a Memoir, by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC 4 starsMy Review
  11. I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, 2014, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, Kindle version, Simon and Shuster Digital Sales, Inc. 3 1/2 stars My Review
  12. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, 2016, Kindle Version, Published by Anchor, sold by Random House, LLC three stars My Review
  13. The Enemy, by Lee Child, 2004, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio 3 1/2 stars My Review
  14. Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan, 2009, Algonquin Books3 1/2 stars My Review
  15. An Irish Country Village, by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook narrated by John Keating, 2008, Macmillan Audio3 1/2 stars My Review
  16. Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson, Audiobook narrated by Fennela Woolgar, 2013, Hachette Audio1 1/2 stars My Review
  17. The Richest Woman in America: Hettie Green in the Gilded Age, by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio
    2 1/2 stars My Review
  18. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America, by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books3 1/2 stars My Review
  19. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel, by Amor Towles, 2016, Viking4 stars My Review
  20. The Edge of Eternity, by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2014, Penguin Audio 2 1/2 stars My Review
  21. Red Sparrow: A Novel, by Jason Matthews, 2013, Scribner3 stars My Review
  22. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books 2 1/2 stars My Review
  23. E’ is for Evidence, by Sue Grafton, 1988, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., New York  3 stars My Review
  24. Deep Blue, by Randy Wayne White, 2016, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York 1 stars My Review

2017

  1. South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, 2009, Random House, New York 4 stars My Review
  2. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, by Beatrice Colin, 2016, Flatiron Books, New York
    2 1/2 stars  My Review
  3. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis (Kindle Edition), by J. D. Vance, 2016, Harper  3 1/2 stars My Review
  4. The Convivial Codfish, by Charlotte MacLeod, 1984, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York 3 stars My Review
  5. The Association of Small Bombs, a novel, by Karen Mahajan, 2016, Penguin Books, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  6. Winter of the World: The Century Trilogy, Book 2, by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2012, Penguin Audio 3 stars My Review
  7. The Black House, by Peter May, 2009, Quercus, New York, London 4 1/2 stars My Review
  8. Call Me Madame Alice, by K. W. Garlick, 2016, Stillwater River Publications, Chepachet, RI 1.5 stars My Review
  9. Saving Sophie, by Ronald H. Balson, 2015, St. Martin’s Griffin, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  10. Honor’s Voice, The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, by Douglas L. Wilson, 1998, Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2 stars My Review
  11. Look Again, by Lisa Scottoline, 2009, St. Martin’s Griffin, New York 3 stars My Review
  12. In the Unlikely Event, by Judy Blume, audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney, 2015, Random House Audio 3 stars My Review
  13. Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow, 2005, Penguin Books4 stars My Review
  14. Anatomy of a Soldier, by Harry Parker, 2016, Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  15. Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel, by Nancy Horan, audiobook CD, read by Kristin Potter, 2014, Random House Audio, 3 stars My Review
  16. The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  17. The Nix: a novel, by Nathan Hill, 2016, a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 4 stars My Review

2016

  1. Small Island, A Novel, by Andrea Levy, 2004, Picador, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  2. Origins of a Catastrophe, by Warren Zimmerman, 1999, Times Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York 4 stars My Review
  3. Skink, No Surrender, by Carl Hiaasen, audiobook read by Kirby Heyborne, 2014, Random House, LLC 2 1/2 stars My Review
  4. The English Girl, by Daniel Silva, audiobook read by George Guidall, 2013, Harper-Collins Publishers 1 1/2 stars My Review
  5. Orphan Train: A Novel, by Cristina Baker Kline, audiobook read by Jessica Almasy and Suzanne Toren, 2013, Audible, Inc. 3 1/2 stars My Review
  6. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, 2016, Harper 3 1/2 stars My Review
  7. In Harm’s Way, by Doug Stanton, 2003, Henry Holt & Company, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  8. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Polly Stone, 2015, Macmillan Audio 3 1/2 stars My Review
  9. The Last Hurrah: A Novel, by Edwin O’Connor, introduction by Jack Beatty, 2016 (originally published in 1956), Kindle Edition, University of Chicago, Reprint Edition 3 1/2 stars My Review
  10. The Allure of Immortality, by Lyn Millner, 2015, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL 4 stars My Review
  11. North River: A Novel, by Pete Hamill, 2007, Kindle edition by the Hachette Book Group 3 stars My Review
  12. The Lake House: A Novel, by Kate Morton, 2015, Kindle Edition, Atria Books, Reprint Edition, sold by Simon and Schuster Digital Sales, Inc.3 stars My Review
  13. The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, by Clifford Stoll, originally published in 1989, Kindle edition by Doubleday, 2012 3 stars My Review
  14. The Galton Case, by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996) 3 starsMy Review
  15. Intervention, by Robin Cook, 2009, audiobook read by George Guidall, Recorded Books, Frederick, MD 1 1/2 stars My Review
  16. A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva, 2004, audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape 3 stars My Review
  17. Boom!, Voices of the Sixties, Personal Reflection on the ’60’s and Today, by Tom Brokaw, 2007, Random House, Inc., New York  My Review
  18. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, The Forgotten War that Changed American History, by Brian Kilmead and Don Yaeger, 2015, Random House, New York 3 stars My Review
  19. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, 2014. Scribner, New York  4 starsMy Review
  20. The Presidents’ War, by Chris DeRose, 2014, Lyons Press, Guilford Connecticut 3 1/2 stars My Review
  21. The Children Act, by Ian McEwan, 2014, Penguin Random House, New York 3 stars My Review
  22. The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination, by Barry Strauss, 2015, Simon & Schuster, New York 3 stars My Review
  23. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel, by David Mitchell, audiobook narrated by Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox, 2010, Recorded Books 3 1/2 stars My Review
  24. The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough, 2015, Simon and Schuster, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review


2015

  1. Wildfire, by Nelson DeMille, 2006, Warner Books, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  2. Into the Woods, by Tana French, 2007, Penguin Books 3 stars My Review
  3. Analogies at War: Koriea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965, by Yuen Foong Khong, 1992, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 4 stars My Review
  4. The Man Who Invented Florida, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, book originally published 1997, Audiobook released 2010 by Tantor Audio 2 stars My Review
  5. A Green Journey, by Jon Hassler, 1985, Ballentine Books, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  6. A Spy Among Friends, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, 2014, by Ben Macintyre, Crown Publishing, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  7. The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett, 1930, 1st Vintage Books Edition 2 1/2 stars My Review
  8. Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande, 2014, Picador 5 stars
  9. The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahari, Audiobook read by Sunil Maholtra, 2013, Audible.com 2 1/2 stars My Review
  10. Crazy Horse, A Lakota Life, by Kingsley M. Bray, 2006, Volume 254 of the Civilization of the American Indian Series, The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK 3 1/2 stars My Review
  11. An Irish Country Girl, by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook read by Terry Donnelly, 2010, Midwest Tape, LLC, Holland, OH 2 stars My Review
  12. Washington Square, by Henry James, originally published in 1880 as a magazine serial, Audiobook read by Lorna Raver, 2008, Tantor Media, Inc.4 stars My Review
  13. The Private Patient, by P.D. James Unabridged CD Audiobook (An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) Audio CD, 2008, read by Rosalyn Landor 3 stars My Review
  14. Killing Patton, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2014, Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York 2 stars My Review
  15. A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh, by Jeff Shaara, Audiobook, 2012, Narrated by Paul Michael, Random House Audio 4 stars My Review
  16. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, 2013, Viking Penguin Group 4 1/2 stars My Review
  17. Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan, by Seymour Morris, Jr., 2014, Harper 2 1/2 stars My Review
  18. Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, and Owen Lindsey, Penguin Audio 3 1/2 stars My Review
  19. Arctic Chill, by Arnaldur Indridason, 2005, Audiobook narrated by George Guidall, 2011, Recorded Books, LLC 2 stars My Review
  20. There’s Something about St. Tropez, by Elizabeth Adler, Audiobook narrated by Julie Briskman, 2009, BBC Audio 2 stars My Review
  21. An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris, 2014, Vintage Reprint Edition 4 1/2 stars My Review
  22. The Daughters of Mars: A Novel, by Thomas Keneally, Audible Audio Edition narrated by Jane Nolan,  Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd 3 1/2 stars My Review
  23. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin 4 stars My Review

2014

  1. Fall On Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996, Touchstone Books, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  2. A Traveller’s History of Turkey, by Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA 2 stars My Review
  3. One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks  My Review
  4. The Castaways: A Novel, by Elin Hilderbrand, Audiobook 2009, Read by Katie Hale, Hatchett Audio 1 1/2 stars My Review
  5. Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwen, Audiobook version released 2012, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Random House Audiobooks 2 1/2 stars My Review
  6. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, 2010, Dutton, published by the Penguin Group, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  7. Dreams of Joy: A Novel, by Lisa See, Audiobook, 2011, Read by Janet Song, Random House Audiobooks My Review
  8. Defending Jacob: A Novel, by William Landay, 2012, Delacorte Press, a division of Random House, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  9. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Translated by Lucia Graves, 2004, The Penguin Press, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  10. Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernières, 2004, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House Inc., New York  4.5 stars My Review
  11. The Towers of Trebizond, by Rose Macaulay,1957, Paperback edition, 2012, Ferrar Strauss and Cudahay, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  12. Private Svoboda, Hope is the Last to Die, by Steven R. Roberts with Alexander von Svoboda, 2013, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI 4 stars My Review
  13. The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Read by Tara Sands, 2011, Random House Audio 2 stars My Review
  14. The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller, originally published in 1941, Second Edition, 2010, introduction by Will Short, afterword by Ian S. MacNiven, a New Directions Paperback 3 1/2 stars My Review
  15. I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford, by Richard Snow, 2013, Scribner, New York 3 1/2 stars My Review
  16. The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, by Michael Grunwald, 2006, Simon and Shuster Paperbacks, New York 4 stars My Review
  17. Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, by Matthew Algeo, 2011, Chicago Review Press 2 stars My Review
  18. Salt Sugar Fat, How the Food Giants Hooked Us, by Michael Moss, 2012, Random House, New York 4 stars My Review


2013

  1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, by William Manchester, 1984, Audiobook, 2012, read by Frederick Davidson, Blackstone Audio 4 stars My Review
  2. Turning Angel: A Novel, by Greg Isles, 2006, Pocket Books 3 stars My Review
  3. George F. Kennan: An American Life, by John Lewis Gaddis, 2010, Penguin Books3 1/2 stars My Review
  4. The Ferguson Affair, by Ross Macdonald, 1960, republished in 2010 by Vintage Books, a division of Random House 3 1/2 stars My Review
  5. Whiteout, by Ken Follett, 2004, Signet Publishing 2 1/2 stars My Review
  6. An Innocent Man, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. by John Grisham, 2006, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Craig Wasson, 2006 2 1/2 stars My Review
  7. Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, 2011, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Jennifer Ehle 3 1/2 stars My Review
  8. Armies of the Night, by Norman Mailer, 1968, The New American Library, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  9. 11/22/63, by Stephen King, 2011, Scribner, New York 3 stars My Review
  10. World Without End,  by Ken Follett, 2008, New American Library, Penguin Books Ltd., London  My Review
  11. A Secret Kept, by Tatiana de Rosnay, narrated by Simon Vance, 2010, Macmillan Audio 1 1/2 stars My Review
  12. In the Garden of Beasts, Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, by Erik Larson, 2011, Broadway Paperbacks, New York four stars My Review
  13. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1903, 2005, Blackstone Audio, read by Frederick Davidson four stars My Review
  14. Executive Privilege, by Phillip Margolin, 2008, Harper Audio, narrated by Jonathan Davis 3 1/2 stars My Review
  15. The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan- A History of the End of the Cold War, by James Mann, 2010, Penguin Books 2.0 Stars My Review
  16. Wishin’ and Hopin’, by Wally Lamb, 2009, HarperAudio, performed by the author.3 1/2 stars My Review
  17. Protect and Defend, by Vince Flynn, 2007, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall  2 1/2 stars My Review
  18. Gone Girl, A Novel, by Gillian Flynn, Crown Publishing, 2012   My Review
  19. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, by R. A. Scotti, Back Bay Books, 2004 four stars My Review
  20. Gold: A Novel, by Chris Cleave, 2012, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by Emilia Fox. 2 1/2 stars My Review
  21. Persuasion, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD 2 stars My Review
  22. Pursuit of Honor, by Vince Flynn, 2009, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall 2 stars My Review
  23. Killing Lincoln, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2011, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York 2 1/2 stars My Review
  24. Honor Bound, Terror on the F Train, by Steven R. Roberts, 2012, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI 2 1/2 stars My Review
  25. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters,by James W. Douglass, 2010, Touchstone 2 1/2 stars My Review
  26. State of Wonder: A Novel, by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Hope Davis, 2011, Audible.com2 1/2 stars My Review


2012

  1. Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, by Barry Estabrook, 2012, Andrew McMeel Publishing  My Review
  2. The Cat’s Table, by Michael Ondaatje, 2011, Audiobook read by the author, Random House Audio 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  3. The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., New York 2 starsMy Review
  4. A Sleeping LifeAn Inspector Wexford Mystery, by Ruth Rendell, 1964, Audiobook Narrated by Nigel Anthony, 2010, AudioGO, North Kingstown, RI. 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  5. The Rider of the Ruby Hills, by Louis L’Amour, 1949, Audiobook read by Jim Gough, 2005, Blackstone Audio My Review
  6. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, first published in 1997 this edition has an afterword published in 2004, W.W. Norton & Company 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  7. Small Vices, A Spencer Mystery (#24), by Robert B. Parker, 1998, Audiobook read by Burt Reynolds, 2005, Phoenix AudioBooks 2 1/2 stars
  8. Monday Mornings: A Novel, by Sanjay Gupta, Audiobook read by Chrisian Rummel, 2013, Hachette Audio 1 1/2 starsMy Review
  9. The Submission, by Amy Waldman, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  10. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, audible edition read by Paul Michael, 2009, Random House Audio, New York 1 starMy Review
  11. Night, by Elie Wisel, 1972 (new translation by Marion Wiesel, 2006), Hill and Wang, a division of Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York 5 starsMy Review
  12. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  13. Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis, 1989, W.W. Norton & Company, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  14. Citizens of London, by Lynne Olson, 2010, Random House, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  15. The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean, 2006, Harper Perennial, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  16. Hornet Flight, by Ken Follett, 2002, Audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape, Inc., Santa Ana, California My Review
  17. Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie, 2011, Random House, New York four starsMy Review
  18. One Second After, by William R. Forstchen, 2009, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  19. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, Audiobook Read by David LeDoux, 2010, MacMillan Audio, New York My Review
  20. River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard, 2005, Anchor Books, New York four starsMy Review
  21. The Big Short, Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis, 2010, W. W. Norton & Company, New York four starsMy Review
  22. Wild Bill Donovan, The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage, by Douglas Waller, 2011, Fress Press, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  23. With Wings Like Eagles, A History of the Battle of Britain, by Michael Korda, 2009, Harper, New York My Review
  24. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, 2009, First Vintage Books / Random House, New York four starsMy Review


2011

  1. A Question of Belief, A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, 2010, BBC Audiobooks America   My Review
  2. Room: A Novel, by Emma Donoghue, 2010, Audiobook read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer and Robert Petkoff, Hachette Audio 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  3. I Will Bear Witness, 1933-1941, A Diary of the Nazi Years, by Victor Klemperer, Translated by Martin Chalmers, 1999, Modern Library Paperback Edition, Random House, New York (First published in Germany under the title Ich will Aeugnis ablegen bis sum ltestn: Tagebucher 1933 von Victor Kempere, Copyright Aufbau-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1995).four starsMy Review
  4. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers, originally published in 1940, read by Cherry Jones, 2004, HarperAudio 1 starMy Review
  5. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland, read my Simon Vance, 2010, Audible Audio Edition four starsMy Review
  6. Gila Country Legend: The Life and Times of Quentin Hulse, by Nancy Coggeshall, 2009, The University of New Mexico Press
  7. The Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng, 2008, Weinstein Books, New York four starsMy Review
  8. A Rope and a Prayer, A Kidnapping from Two Sides, by David Rhode and Kristen Mulvihill, 2010, The Penguin Group, New York My Review
  9. The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam, 2007, Hyperion, New York My Review
  10. Evening Class, by Maeve Binchy, 1999, audio book read by Kate Binchy, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls, 2006, Scribner, New YorkMy Review
  12. Outliers, The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008, audio book narrated by the author, Hatchett Audio, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  13. Cleopatra: A Life,  by Stacy Schiff,  2010  My Review
  14. Big Trouble, by Dave Barry, audio book narrated by Dick Hill, 1999, Brilliance AudioMy Review
  15. Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866, audio book narrated by Anthony Heald, 2007, Blackstone Audio, Inc. four starsMy Review
  16. A World Lit Only by Fire, The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, by William Manchester, 1992, Little, Brown & Company, Limited, Boston My Review
  17. Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010, Random House, New York four starsMy Review
  18. Everglades: Doc Ford Series, Book 10, by Randy Wayne White, 2003, audio book, narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven MIMy Review
  19. Belize Survivor, Darker Side of Paradise, by Nancy R. Koerner, 2007, Published by NK Marketing My Review
  20. Hellhound on His Trail, The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin, by Hampton Sides, 2010, Doubleday, New York My Review
  21. Clapton: The Autobiograpy, by Eric Clapton, audio book by narrated by Simon Vance My Review
  22. Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts, 2003, St. Martin’s Press, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  23. The Flight of the Falcon, by Daphne Du Maurier, 1965,  audio book read by James Callis, 2010, by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. four starsMy Review

2010

  1. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, by G.K. Chesterton, audio book narrated by Simon Vance, originally published in 1908, christianaudio/Hovel Audio, 2004 two stars My Review
  2. Anatomy of Greed, The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider, by Brian Cruver, narrated by Mel Foster, 2004, Brilliance Audio 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  3. A Briefer History of Time, by Steven Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow, unabridged, read by Erik Davies, 2005, Random House Audio My Review
  4. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1859, read by Frederick Davidson, 1988, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.four starsMy Review
  5. The Warden, by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1855, read by Simon Vance, 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  6. The Blue Notebook, by James Andrew Levine, M.D., Ph.D., read by Meera Simhan, 2009, Random House Audio, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  7. Tears in the Darkness, The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath, 2009, by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman, read by Michael Prichard, Tantor Audio My Review
  8. Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child, read by Dick Hill, 2009, Random House Audio, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  9. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2007, St. Martin’s Press, New York My Review
  10. From This Day Forward, by Cokie and Steve Roberts, 2000, William and Morrow Company, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. Transfer of Power, by Vince Flynn, 1999, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  12. Grand Finale, by Janet Evanovich, audio book narrated by C. J. Critt, 2009, Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc. 1 1/2 starsMy Review
  13. Murder at a Vineyard Mansion, by Philip R. Craig, audio book narrated by Tom Stechschulte, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  14. Noah’s Compass, by Anne Tyler, audio book narrated by Arthur Morey, 2009, Random House Inc. two starsMy Review
  15. The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y. K. Lee, audio book narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, 2009, Penguin Audio 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  16. Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph J. Ellis, audio book narrated by Nelson Runger, 2000 by Joseph J. Ellis, 2001 by Recorded Books, LLC four starsMy Review
  17. The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney, 2006, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  18. The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCullough, 1977, Simon and Schuster, New York My Review
  19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland, audio book read by Simon Vance, 2008, Books on Tape, Westminster, MD My Review
  20. Dr. Finlay’s Casebook Omnibus, by A. J. Cronin, 2010, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland (from Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae published in 1978 and Adventures of a Black Bag, first published in 1943 and revised in 1969) My Review
  21. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, NY My Review
  22. The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, audio book read by Wanda McCaddon, 2008 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library) My Review
  23. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, first published 1860-1861, Audio Book narrated by Frederick Davidson, 1993, Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library and downloaded to my Sansa Clip mp3 player). My Review
  24. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York My Review
  25. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, written in 1798-1799, revised by the author in 1803, and first published (posthumously) in 1803, Audiobook narrated by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC. My Review
  26. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York My Review
  27. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York My Review
  28. Rasputin’s Daughter, by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New YorkMy Review
  29. The Sellout, How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System, by Charles Gasparino, 2009, Harper Business, New York My Review
  30. American Gospel, God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, by Jon Meacham, 2007, Audiobook. My Review
  31. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York My Review


2009

  1. Southern Exposure, A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand’s South Island, by Chris Duff, 2003, The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT My Review
  2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York four starsMy Review
  3. Hot Mahogany, a Stone Barrington Novel, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio My Review
  4. Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York My Review
  6. Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24’s over Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose, 2001, Simon & Shuster, New York My Review
  7. The First Salute, by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
  8. The Cat who Went to Paris, by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York My Review
  9. American Lion, Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham, 2008 My Review
  10. Body and Soul, by Frank Conroy, 1993 My Review
  11. The Reavers, by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 My Review
  12. Bitter, An American Mother and Daughter in China, 1987-88 — A Memoir, 2007, by Marguerite Linsert Lentz, self-published at Lulu.com
  13. Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, 2008, Grand Central Publishing, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  14. Term Limits, by Vince Flynn, 1997, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  15. Act of War, by Dale Brown, Read by Larry Pressman, 2005, Harper Collins Publishers (Abridgement approved by author)two stars
  16. Ten Thousand Islands, by Randy Wayne White, Read by Ron McLarty, 2000 by Randy Wayne White, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC. three starsMy Review
  17. The Ha Ha, by Dave King, 2005, Little, Brown, and Company, New York three stars


2008

  1. Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy, and the West, by Banazir Bhutto, 2008, HarperCollins Publishers, New York My Review
  2. Girls of Riyadh, by Rajaa Alsanea, Read by Kate Reading, 2005 by Rajaa Alsanea, Translation 2007 by Rajaa Alsanea and Marilyn Booth, 2007 by Penguin Audio 2 starsMy Review
  3. A Land Remembered, A Novel, by Patrick D. Smith, 1984, Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL My Review
  4. The Walking Wind, by Tony Hillerman, Read by George Guidall, 2002 by Tony Hillerman, 2002 by Recorded Books, LLC. My Review
  5. Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier, Read by Will Patton, 2006 by Random House, Inc., 2006 by 3 Crows Productions. 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  6. Under a Wing, A Memoir, by Reeve Lindbergh, 1998, Simon & Schuster, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  7. Fly Boys, A True Story of Courage, by James Bradley, 2003, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, New York three starsMy Review
  8. Saturday, by Ian McEwan, Read by Steven Crossley, 2005 by Ian McEwan, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC My Review
  9. Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Advisor to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia, by Janet Wallach, 1996, by Janet Wallach, Anchor Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., New York. four starsMy Review
  10. The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, 1989, 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. Endgame, 1945, The Missing FInal Chapter of World War II, by David Safford, 2007, Little, Brown and Company, New York three starsMy Review
  12. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, original written 1863-1868, new translation published in 2007 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2 starsMy Review
  13. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek, by Lilian Jackson Braun, Read by George Guidall, 2002 by Lilian Jackson Braun, 2002 by Recorded Books, LLC 2 starsMy Review
  14. The Bridesmaid, by Ruth Rendell, Read by Barbara Rosenblat, 1989 by Kinsmarkham Enterprised, Ltd., 1991 by Recorded Books 2 starsMy Review
  15. No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy, 2006, Vintage International, New Yorkfour starsMy Review
  16. Everyman, by Phillip Roth, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by George Guidall. 2 starsMy Review
  17. The Colorado Kid, by Stephen King, 2005, Audioworks (Simon & Shuster), read by Jeffrey DeMunn. 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  18. Telegraph Days, by Larry McMurtry, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by Annie Potts,one starMy Review
  19. Moscow, 1812, Napolean’s Fatal March, by Adam Zamoyski, 2004, HarperCollins, New York 4 1/2 starsMy Review


2007

  1. The Screwtape Letters, How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation, by C.S. Lewis, 1959 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  2. The Rising Tide, a Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara, 2006, Ballentine Books, New York three stars My Review
  3. Shark River, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Ron McLarty, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. three starsMy Review
  4. Tishomingo Blues, by Elmore Leonard, audiobook narrated by Frank Muller, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  5. Parish Priest, Father Michael McGivney and American Catholocism, by Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster, 2006, HarperCollins Publishers, New York. My Review
  6. Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII, by Dr. Alfred Price and Mike Spick, 2000. Abbeydale Press, Leicester, England My Review
  7. Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky, Translated by Sandra Smith, 2006, Vintage International, New York My Review
  8. Echo Park, by Michael Connelly, 2006, Warner Books, New York, My Review
  9. Hour Game, by David Baldacci, audio CDMy Review
  10. Mysteries of the Middle Ages, The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe, by Thomas Cahill, 2006, Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, New York My Review
  11. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006, Penguin Books, New York My Review
  12. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, 2006, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 5 starsMy Review
  13. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, 2007, Riverhead Books, New York 4 1/2 starsMy Review
  14. Just One Look, by Harlan Coben, 2004, Signet Books, New American Library, New York 
  15. Manhunt, by James L. Swanson, 2006, HarperCollins Publishing, New York three stars
  16. The Forsyte Saga: Book 2, In Chancery, by John Galsworthy, 1920, unabriged audio book, 1988, Recorded Books, LLC, Charlotte Hill, MD, read by Neil Hunt 
  17. The Moon and Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, unabridged audio book, 1994, Brilliance Audio, Grandhaven, MI, read by Michael Page. 2 1/2 stars
  18. Atonement, by Ian McEwan, 2003, Anchor Books, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  19. Flashman, by George McDonald Fraser, Penguin Books, New York, 1969three stars My Review
  20. Mayflower, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, New York, 2006 four starsMy Review
  21. The Reluctant Tuscan, How I Discovered My Inner Italian, by Phil Doran, 2005, Gothan Books, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  22. Last Train to Paradise, by Les Standiford, 2002, Three Rivers Press, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  23. The March, by E.L. Doctorow, 2006, Random House Trade Paperback 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  24. The Sea, by John Banville, 2005. Vintage Books, a Division of Random House My Review
  25. State of Denial, Bush at War, Part III, by Bob Woodard, 2006. Simon & Schuster. four starsMy Review


2006

  1. Floreana, A Woman’s Pilgrimage to the Glalapagos, by Margaret Wittmer, 1989, Moyer Bell Limited 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  2. Salem Falls, by Jodi Picoult, 2001, Pocket Books 
  3. The World is Flat, A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas L. Friedman, 2005, Farrar, Straus and Giroux My Review
  4. Ghost Soldiers, The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission, by Hampton Sides, 2001, Random House, Inc. 3 1/2 stars
  5. The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, Narrated by Patrick Tull, 1996, Recorded Books, Inc.
     
  6. In the Heart of the Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Read by Scott Brick, 2000, Putnam Berkley Audio & Books on Tape, Inc. 
  7. Bad Company, by Jack Higgins, Narrated by Patrick Macuee, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC 
  8. Carrie, by Stephen King, Narrated by Cissie Spacek, 1974 Stephen King, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC 
  9. The Good Nanny, by Benjamin Cheever, Narrated by Gene Wilson, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC two stars
  10. 1776, by David McCullough, 2005 four stars
  11. The Doolittle Raid, America’s daring first strike against Japan, by Carrol V. Glines, 1991 
  12. Gravity, by Tess Gerritsen, 1999 
  13. Against All Enemies, Inside America’s War on Terror, by Richard A. Clarke, 2004 
  14. Something in the Water, by Peter Scott, 2000two starsMy Review
  15. All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot, 1972 My Review
  16. Hide and Seek, by James Patterson, 1996, Read by Kimberly Schraf, Books on Tape, Inc. 
  17. The Forsyte Saga, Book One: The Man of Property, Narrated by Neil Hunt, 1920, 21, 22, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1988 by Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD. 3 1/2 stars
  18. Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama, 1995, 2004 My Review
  19. Wolves Eat Dogs, by Martin Cruz Smith, 2004 1 1/2 starsMy Review
  20. Prey, by Michael Crichton, 2002 1 1/2 starsMy Review
  21. One Thousand White Women, The Journals of May Dodd, by Jim Fergus, 1998 three starsMy Review
  22. Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005 three starsMy Review
  23. The Darwin Conspiracy, by John Darnton, 2005 2 1/2 starsMy Review


2005

  1. The Brethren, by John Grisham, 2000 2 1/2 stars
  2. Death Takes Passage, by Sue Henry, 1997 2 1/2 stars
  3. Kingsblood Royal, by Sinclair Lewis, 1947 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  4. Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood, 2000, Read by Margot Dionne 3 1/2 stars
  5. A Risk Worth Taking, by Robin Pilcher, 2004 2 1/2 stars
  6. White Doves at Morning, by James Lee Burke, 2002 one star
  7. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, 1920, Read by Flo Gibson three stars
  8. Shiloh, by Shelby Foote, 1952, 1992 by Recorded Books, Inc. 2 1/2 stars
  9. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002 five starsMy Review
  10. Sea of Glory, America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842, by Nathanial Philbrick, 2003 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, by Laurence Bergreen, 2003 3 1/2 stars
  12. Tisha, as told to Robert Specht, 1976 three stars
  13. I Heard the Owl Call my Name, by Margaret Craven, 1973 2 1/2 stars
  14. Where the Sea Breaks Its Back, The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska, by Corey Ford, 1966 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  15. Devil in the White City – Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson, 2003 four stars
  16. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001 1 1/2 stars
  17. Skinny Dip, by Carl Hiaasen, 2004 1 1/2 stars
  18. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, 2003 three stars
  19. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, 2003 4 1/2 stars
  20. Looking for Alaska, by Peter Jenkins, 2001 one starMy Review
  21. Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869, by Stephen Ambrose, 2000 2 1/2 stars
  22. A Thousand Days in Venice, by Marlena De Blasi, 2002 three stars