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
- 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 My Review
- A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 15 by Louise Penny, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2019 Macmillan Audio My Review
- Trust, by Hernan Diaz, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Sentence is Death, by Anthony Horowitz, 2019, HarperCollins books My Review
- Glass Houses: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 13, by Louise Penny, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2017 Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, by Nicholas Dawidoff, 1995, 2011, Vintage Reprint Edition My Review
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage My Review
- A Great Reckoning: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 12, by Louise Penny, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2016 Macmillan Audio My Review
2023
- 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 My Review
- The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz, 2028, Audiobook narrated by Rory Kinnear, HarperAudio My Review
- The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Julia Whelen, Macmillan Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- 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 My Review
- Force of Nature, by Jane Harper, 2018, Audiobook Narrated by Stephan Shanahan, Macmillan Audio My Review
- A Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 8, by Louise Penny, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2012, Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York My Review
- The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio My Review
- The Forgiven, by Lawrence Osborne, 2012, Kindle edition, Hogarth My Review
- 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 My Review
- In Morocco, by Edith Wharton, 1920 My Review
- Relative Danger: A Mystery, by Charles Benoit, 2006, Poison Pen Press My Review
- Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 6, by Louise Penny, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio My Review
- City on Fire, by Don Winslow, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Ari Fliakos, Harper Audio My Review
- Executive Office: A look at the U.S. Presidents Through the Lens of Leadership, by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published My Review
- The Shadow Man, by Helen Fields, 2021, Avon, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., London My Review
- A Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 5, by Louise Penny, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2016, Macmillan Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- Con/Artist, by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York My Review
- Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Alfred Molina, Simon & Schuster Audio My Review
- Beatles, Books, Bombs, and Beyond, by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina My Review
- 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 My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Hangman, by Louise Penny, 2010, Good Reads Books My Review
- Politics and Pasta, by Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., with David Fisher, 2001, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Cruelest Month: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 3, by Louise Penny, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2015, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Charlie Thurston, Harper Audio My Review
- The Brass Verdict: The Lincoln Lawyer Series, Book 2, by Michael Connelly 2008, Audiobook narrated by Peter Giles, Hachette Audio My Review
- The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, by Buzz Bissinger, 2022, Harper My Review
- A Fatal Grace: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 2, by Louise Penny, 2006, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Dressed for Death, by Donna Leon, 1994, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci released in 2009, Blackstone Audio, Inc. My Review
- Iron Lake, by William Kent Krueger, 1999, Atria Books My Review
- he Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Adam Grupper, Hachette Audio My Review
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin, 2014, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill My Review
- The Survivors, by Jane Harper, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus, 2022, Doubleday, New York My Review
- My Italian Bulldozer, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Pantheon My Review
- Cooper’s Creek: Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback, by Alan Moorehead, first published in 1963, Kindle edition 2010; My Review
- 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 My Review
- Still Life: The Three Pines Mystery Series, Book 1, by Louise Penny, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Fishing for Fun, and to Wash your Soul, by Herbert Hoover, edited by William Nichols, 1964, Random House, New York My Review
- Reinventing American Health Care, by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, 2014, Public Affairs, A Member of Perseus Book Group, New York My Review
- Ocean State, by Stuart O’Nan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Sara Young My Review
- Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff, by Rosemary Mahoney, 2007, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company My Review
2022
- The Dry, by Jane Harper, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Stephen Shanahan, Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Next Accident, by Lisa Gardner, 2001, Bantam Books My Review
- The 1st Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith, 2003, Audiobook narrated by Lisette Lecat, Recorded Books My Review
- The Evening and the Morning, by Ken Follett, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Ken Lee, Penguin Audio My Review
- Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent, by Rex Bowman & Carlos Santos, 2022, University of Virginia Press, Charlottsville and London My Review
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah, 2016, Kindle Version, One World (an imprint of Random House), New York My Review
- The Rose Code, by Kate Quinn, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Maidens, by Alex Michalides, 2021, Kindle Edition, Caladon Books My Review
- 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. My Review
- Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan, 2021, Audiobook narrated by the author, PublicAffairs My Review
- Robert E. Lee: A Life, by Allen C. Guelzo, 2021, Kindle Edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
- Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, 1946, Audiobook narrated by Michael York, 2012, Blackstone Audio, Inc. My Review
- Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Edition, Little, Brown and Company My Review
- Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Candice Millard, 2017, Anchor Books My Review
- Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath, by Bill Browder, 2022, Kindle Edition, Simon & Schuster My Review
- Out of Africa, Shadows on the Grass, by Isak Denison, 1937 (Out of Africa), and 1960 (Shadows on the Grass), Kindle Edition, Vintage International My Review
- A Noble Radiance, by Donna Leon, 1998, Penguin Books My Review
- The Target, by David Baldacci, 2014, Grand Central Publishing My Review
- The Swans of Fifth Avenue, by Melanie Benjamin, 2016, Kindle Version, Delacorte Press My Review
- Billy Summers, by Stephen King, 2021, Kindle Edition, Scribner My Review
- The Anomaly, by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter, 2021, Kindle Edition, Other Press My Review
- Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, 2012, Hyperion Press My Review
- The Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabelle Allende, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Random House Audio My Review
- The Sentinel, by Lee and Andrew Child, 2020, Random House, LLC My Review
- A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, 1960, The Macmillian Company My Review
- Zero Fall: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, by Carol Leonnig, 2021, Kindle Edition, Random House My Review
- J.D. Salinger: A Life, by Kenneth Slawenski, 2012, Random House eBook Edition My Review
- The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, original publication 1951, Back Bay Books Paperback edition 2010, Little Brown and Company, New York My Review
- Earthly Remains: A Commissario Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon, 2017, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books My Review
- The Midnight Library: A Novel, by Matt Haig, 2020, Kindle Edition, Viking My Review
2021
- For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway, 1939, Kindle Hemingway Library Edition, Simon and SchusterMy Review
- The Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night, by Julian Sancton, Crown Publishing, 2021 My Review
- The Bomber Mafia, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2021, Kindle Version, Allen Lane Publishing My Review
- The Lion, by Nelson DeMillie, audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2010, Hachette Audio My Review
- The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, by Michael Lewis, 2021, Kindle version, W.W. Norton & Company My Review
- The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles, 2021, Atria Books My Review
- The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, 2021, by Walter Isaacson, Kindle version, Simon & Shuster My Review
- 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 My Review
- Becoming, by Michelle Obama, 2018, Crown Publishing Group, New York My Review
- Santa Fe Dead, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Penguin Books, LTD My Review
- Potshot, by Robert B. Parker, 2002, G.P. Putnams Sons My Review
- 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 My Review
- Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel, by Lee Child, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2018, Random House Audio My Review
- The Summer of the Red Wolf, by Morris L. West, 1971, Compania Financiera Perlina, S.A. My Review
- Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman, 2019, Atria Books My Review
- Night Over Water, by Ken Follett, 1991, Macmillan My Review
- The Girl with Seven Names, A North Korean Defector’s Story, by Hyeonseo Lee, 2015, Kindle Edition, William Collins My Review
- When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi, with forward by Abraham Verghese and epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, 2016, Random House, New York My Review
- Killer Smile, by Lisa Scottoline, 2004, Harpertorch, New York My Review
- Thief River Falls, by Brian Freeman, 2020, Thomas & Mercer, Seattle My Review
- The Stranger in My Genes, by Bill Griffeth, 2016, New England Historic Genealogical Society My Review
- Mila 18, by Leon Uris, 1961, Doubleday My Review
- Us Against You: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman, Audiobook narrated by Marin Ireland, 2018, Simon & Shuster Audio My Review
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925 My Review
2020
- The Nickel Boys: A Novel, by Colson Whitehead, Audiobook narrated by J.D. Jackson, 2019, Random House Audio My Review
- The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War, by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster My Review
- The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey, Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood, 2019, Nan A. Talese, Doubleday My Review
- Camino Island: A Novel, by John Grisham, 2017, Audiobook narrated by January LaVoy, Random House Audio My Review
- Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Random House Audio My Review
- The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel, by Marie Benedict, 2019, Sourcebooks Landmark My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Janson Directive, by Robert Ludlum, 2002, Audiobook narrated by Paul Michael, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Two Dollar Bill, by Stuart Woods, 2005, G.P. Putnam’s Sons My Review
- Finding Darwin’s God, A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, by Kenneth R. Miller, 1999, Harper Perennial, New York My Review
- The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero, by Timothy Egan, 2016, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books My Review
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House My Review
- New York: The Novel, by Edward Rutherfurd, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Mark Bramhall, Random House AudioMy Review
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster My Review
- Last Sermon for a Sinner, by Claremary P. Sweeney, 2019, EBookBakery Books My Review
- American Dirt: A Novel, by Jeanine Cummins, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Yareli Arizmendi, Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Kings Depart, The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution, by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books. My Review
- A Column of Fire, by Ken Follett, 2017, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio My Review
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben McIntyre, Kindle Version, 2018, Broadway Books, Reprint edition My Review
- Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Hope Davis, HarperAudio My Review
- Notre-Dame, A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals, by Ken Follett, 2019, Viking My Review
- The Summer Before the War: A Novel, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, LLC My Review
- Machines Like Me: A Novel, by Ian McEwan, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Steven Crossley, Recorded Books My Review
- Your Heart, My Hands, by Arun K. Singh, M.D., with John Hanc, 2019, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, New York My Review
2019
- Justine, by Lawrence Durrell, Kindle Version, originally published in 1957, this edition published in 2012 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., New York My Review
- The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims’ Progress, by Mark Twain, originally published by Mark Twain in 1869, Kindle Version, 2011, Digireads.com Publishing My Review
- Stolen Prey, by John Sanford, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone, Penguin Audio My Review
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1985, Audiobook read by Claire Danes, released in 2012, Audible Studios My Review
- The Last Days of Night: A Novel, by Graham Moore, 2017, Kindle Version, Random House LLC My Review
- The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer, 2010, Kindle Edition, Random House LLC My Review
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, Speigel & Grau My Review
- 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 My Review
- 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 York My Review
- Warlight: A Novel, by Michael Ondaatje, Audiobook narrated by Steve West, 2018, Random House Audio My Review
- Bear Town, by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Washington Square Press My Review
- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro, 2019, Knopf My Review
- The Chessmen: The Lewis Trilogy , by Peter May, 2016, Quercus, Reprint Edition My Review
- The Witch Elm: A Novel, by Tana French, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Paul Nugent, 2018, Penguin Audio My Review
- Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice, by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster My Review
- The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo, 2019, Audiobook read by the author, Macmillan Audio My Review
- The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company My Review
- The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant, 1965, Simon and Schuster, New York My Review
- Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy, 1986 My Review
- Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, 2018, Simon & Shuster, New York My Review
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou, 2018, Knopf My Review
- An American Marriage: A Novel, by Tayari Jones, Audiobook narrated by Sean Crisden and Elsa Davis, 2018, Highbridge, a division of Recorded Books My Review
- April 1865, by Jay Winek, 2001, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York My Review
2018
- 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 publisherMy Review
- Where the Crawdads Sing, by Della Owens, 2018, Kindle Edition, G.P. Putnam’s Sons My Review
- The Lewis Man: The Lewis Trilogy, by Peter May, 2015, Kindle Edition My Review
- Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission, by Brett Baier and Catherine Whitney, 2017, William Morrow My Review
- The Secret Servant, by Daniel Silva, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Phil Gigante, Brilliance AudioMy Review
- 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 York My Review
- The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Caroline Lee, Penguin Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, 2008, Audiobook narrated by Wanda McCaddon, Blackstone Audio Inc. My Review
- Educated: a Memoir, by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC My Review
- I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, 2014, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, Kindle version, Simon and Shuster Digital Sales, Inc. My Review
- The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, 2016, Kindle Version, Published by Anchor, sold by Random House, LLC My Review
- The Enemy, by Lee Child, 2004, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio My Review
- Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan, 2009, Algonquin Books My Review
- An Irish Country Village, by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook narrated by John Keating, 2008, Macmillan Audio My Review
- Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson, Audiobook narrated by Fennela Woolgar, 2013, Hachette Audio My Review
- The Richest Woman in America: Hettie Green in the Gilded Age, by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio
My Review - Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America, by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books My Review
- A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel, by Amor Towles, 2016, Viking My Review
- The Edge of Eternity, by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2014, Penguin Audio My Review
- Red Sparrow: A Novel, by Jason Matthews, 2013, Scribner My Review
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books My Review
- E’ is for Evidence, by Sue Grafton, 1988, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., New York My Review
- Deep Blue, by Randy Wayne White, 2016, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York My Review
2017
- South of Broad, by Pat Conroy, 2009, Random House, New York My Review
- To Capture What We Cannot Keep, by Beatrice Colin, 2016, Flatiron Books, New York
My Review - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis (Kindle Edition), by J. D. Vance, 2016, Harper My Review
- The Convivial Codfish, by Charlotte MacLeod, 1984, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York My Review
- The Association of Small Bombs, a novel, by Karen Mahajan, 2016, Penguin Books, New York My Review
- Winter of the World: The Century Trilogy, Book 2, by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2012, Penguin Audio My Review
- The Black House, by Peter May, 2009, Quercus, New York, London My Review
- Call Me Madame Alice, by K. W. Garlick, 2016, Stillwater River Publications, Chepachet, RI My Review
- Saving Sophie, by Ronald H. Balson, 2015, St. Martin’s Griffin, New York My Review
- Honor’s Voice, The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, by Douglas L. Wilson, 1998, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
- Look Again, by Lisa Scottoline, 2009, St. Martin’s Griffin, New York My Review
- In the Unlikely Event, by Judy Blume, audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney, 2015, Random House Audio My Review
- Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow, 2005, Penguin Books My Review
- Anatomy of a Soldier, by Harry Parker, 2016, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
- Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel, by Nancy Horan, audiobook CD, read by Kristin Potter, 2014, Random House Audio, My Review
- The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, New York My Review
- The Nix: a novel, by Nathan Hill, 2016, a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
2016
- Small Island, A Novel, by Andrea Levy, 2004, Picador, New York My Review
- Origins of a Catastrophe, by Warren Zimmerman, 1999, Times Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York My Review
- Skink, No Surrender, by Carl Hiaasen, audiobook read by Kirby Heyborne, 2014, Random House, LLC My Review
- The English Girl, by Daniel Silva, audiobook read by George Guidall, 2013, Harper-Collins Publishers My Review
- Orphan Train: A Novel, by Cristina Baker Kline, audiobook read by Jessica Almasy and Suzanne Toren, 2013, Audible, Inc. My Review
- The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, 2016, Harper My Review
- In Harm’s Way, by Doug Stanton, 2003, Henry Holt & Company, New York My Review
- The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Polly Stone, 2015, Macmillan Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Allure of Immortality, by Lyn Millner, 2015, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL My Review
- North River: A Novel, by Pete Hamill, 2007, Kindle edition by the Hachette Book Group My Review
- The Lake House: A Novel, by Kate Morton, 2015, Kindle Edition, Atria Books, Reprint Edition, sold by Simon and Schuster Digital Sales, Inc. My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Galton Case, by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996) My Review
- Intervention, by Robin Cook, 2009, audiobook read by George Guidall, Recorded Books, Frederick, MD My Review
- A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva, 2004, audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape My Review
- Boom!, Voices of the Sixties, Personal Reflection on the ’60’s and Today, by Tom Brokaw, 2007, Random House, Inc., New York My Review
- Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, The Forgotten War that Changed American History, by Brian Kilmead and Don Yaeger, 2015, Random House, New York My Review
- All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, 2014. Scribner, New York My Review
- The Presidents’ War, by Chris DeRose, 2014, Lyons Press, Guilford Connecticut My Review
- The Children Act, by Ian McEwan, 2014, Penguin Random House, New York My Review
- The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination, by Barry Strauss, 2015, Simon & Schuster, New York My Review
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel, by David Mitchell, audiobook narrated by Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox, 2010, Recorded Books My Review
- The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough, 2015, Simon and Schuster, New York My Review
2015
- Wildfire, by Nelson DeMille, 2006, Warner Books, New York My Review
- Into the Woods, by Tana French, 2007, Penguin Books My Review
- Analogies at War: Koriea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965, by Yuen Foong Khong, 1992, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ My Review
- The Man Who Invented Florida, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, book originally published 1997, Audiobook released 2010 by Tantor Audio My Review
- A Green Journey, by Jon Hassler, 1985, Ballentine Books, New York My Review
- A Spy Among Friends, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, 2014, by Ben Macintyre, Crown Publishing, New York My Review
- The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett, 1930, 1st Vintage Books Edition My Review
- Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande, 2014, Picador
- The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahari, Audiobook read by Sunil Maholtra, 2013, Audible.com My Review
- 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 My Review
- An Irish Country Girl, by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook read by Terry Donnelly, 2010, Midwest Tape, LLC, Holland, OH My Review
- Washington Square, by Henry James, originally published in 1880 as a magazine serial, Audiobook read by Lorna Raver, 2008, Tantor Media, Inc. My Review
- The Private Patient, by P.D. James Unabridged CD Audiobook (An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) Audio CD, 2008, read by Rosalyn Landor My Review
- Killing Patton, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2014, Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York My Review
- A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh, by Jeff Shaara, Audiobook, 2012, Narrated by Paul Michael, Random House Audio My Review
- The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, 2013, Viking Penguin Group My Review
- Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan, by Seymour Morris, Jr., 2014, Harper My Review
- Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, and Owen Lindsey, Penguin Audio My Review
- Arctic Chill, by Arnaldur Indridason, 2005, Audiobook narrated by George Guidall, 2011, Recorded Books, LLC My Review
- There’s Something about St. Tropez, by Elizabeth Adler, Audiobook narrated by Julie Briskman, 2009, BBC Audio My Review
- An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris, 2014, Vintage Reprint Edition My Review
- The Daughters of Mars: A Novel, by Thomas Keneally, Audible Audio Edition narrated by Jane Nolan, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd My Review
- The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin My Review
2014
- Fall On Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996, Touchstone Books, New York My Review
- A Traveller’s History of Turkey, by Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA My Review
- One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks My Review
- The Castaways: A Novel, by Elin Hilderbrand, Audiobook 2009, Read by Katie Hale, Hatchett Audio My Review
- Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwen, Audiobook version released 2012, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Random House Audiobooks My Review
- Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, 2010, Dutton, published by the Penguin Group, New York My Review
- Dreams of Joy: A Novel, by Lisa See, Audiobook, 2011, Read by Janet Song, Random House Audiobooks My Review
- Defending Jacob: A Novel, by William Landay, 2012, Delacorte Press, a division of Random House, New York My Review
- The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Translated by Lucia Graves, 2004, The Penguin Press, New York My Review
- Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernières, 2004, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House Inc., New York My Review
- The Towers of Trebizond, by Rose Macaulay,1957, Paperback edition, 2012, Ferrar Strauss and Cudahay, New York My Review
- Private Svoboda, Hope is the Last to Die, by Steven R. Roberts with Alexander von Svoboda, 2013, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI My Review
- The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Read by Tara Sands, 2011, Random House Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford, by Richard Snow, 2013, Scribner, New York My Review
- The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, by Michael Grunwald, 2006, Simon and Shuster Paperbacks, New York My Review
- Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, by Matthew Algeo, 2011, Chicago Review Press My Review
- Salt Sugar Fat, How the Food Giants Hooked Us, by Michael Moss, 2012, Random House, New York My Review
2013
- The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, by William Manchester, 1984, Audiobook, 2012, read by Frederick Davidson, Blackstone Audio My Review
- Turning Angel: A Novel, by Greg Isles, 2006, Pocket Books My Review
- George F. Kennan: An American Life, by John Lewis Gaddis, 2010, Penguin Books My Review
- The Ferguson Affair, by Ross Macdonald, 1960, republished in 2010 by Vintage Books, a division of Random House My Review
- Whiteout, by Ken Follett, 2004, Signet Publishing My Review
- An Innocent Man, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. by John Grisham, 2006, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Craig Wasson, 2006 My Review
- Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, 2011, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Jennifer Ehle My Review
- Armies of the Night, by Norman Mailer, 1968, The New American Library, New York My Review
- 11/22/63, by Stephen King, 2011, Scribner, New York My Review
- World Without End, by Ken Follett, 2008, New American Library, Penguin Books Ltd., London My Review
- A Secret Kept, by Tatiana de Rosnay, narrated by Simon Vance, 2010, Macmillan Audio My Review
- In the Garden of Beasts, Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, by Erik Larson, 2011, Broadway Paperbacks, New York My Review
- Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1903, 2005, Blackstone Audio, read by Frederick Davidson My Review
- Executive Privilege, by Phillip Margolin, 2008, Harper Audio, narrated by Jonathan Davis My Review
- The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan- A History of the End of the Cold War, by James Mann, 2010, Penguin Books My Review
- Wishin’ and Hopin’, by Wally Lamb, 2009, HarperAudio, performed by the author. My Review
- Protect and Defend, by Vince Flynn, 2007, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall My Review
- Gone Girl, A Novel, by Gillian Flynn, Crown Publishing, 2012 My Review
- Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, by R. A. Scotti, Back Bay Books, 2004 My Review
- Gold: A Novel, by Chris Cleave, 2012, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by Emilia Fox. My Review
- Persuasion, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD My Review
- Pursuit of Honor, by Vince Flynn, 2009, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall My Review
- Killing Lincoln, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2011, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York My Review
- Honor Bound, Terror on the F Train, by Steven R. Roberts, 2012, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI My Review
- JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters,by James W. Douglass, 2010, Touchstone My Review
- State of Wonder: A Novel, by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Hope Davis, 2011, Audible.com My Review
2012
- Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, by Barry Estabrook, 2012, Andrew McMeel Publishing My Review
- The Cat’s Table, by Michael Ondaatje, 2011, Audiobook read by the author, Random House Audio My Review
- The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., New York My Review
- A Sleeping Life, An Inspector Wexford Mystery, by Ruth Rendell, 1964, Audiobook Narrated by Nigel Anthony, 2010, AudioGO, North Kingstown, RI. My Review
- The Rider of the Ruby Hills, by Louis L’Amour, 1949, Audiobook read by Jim Gough, 2005, Blackstone Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- Small Vices, A Spencer Mystery (#24), by Robert B. Parker, 1998, Audiobook read by Burt Reynolds, 2005, Phoenix AudioBooks
- Monday Mornings: A Novel, by Sanjay Gupta, Audiobook read by Chrisian Rummel, 2013, Hachette Audio My Review
- The Submission, by Amy Waldman, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York My Review
- The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown, audible edition read by Paul Michael, 2009, Random House Audio, New York My Review
- Night, by Elie Wisel, 1972 (new translation by Marion Wiesel, 2006), Hill and Wang, a division of Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York My Review
- The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York My Review
- Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis, 1989, W.W. Norton & Company, New York My Review
- Citizens of London, by Lynne Olson, 2010, Random House, New York My Review
- The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean, 2006, Harper Perennial, New York My Review
- Hornet Flight, by Ken Follett, 2002, Audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape, Inc., Santa Ana, California My Review
- Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie, 2011, Random House, New York My Review
- One Second After, by William R. Forstchen, 2009, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York My Review
- Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, Audiobook Read by David LeDoux, 2010, MacMillan Audio, New York My Review
- River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard, 2005, Anchor Books, New York My Review
- The Big Short, Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis, 2010, W. W. Norton & Company, New York My Review
- Wild Bill Donovan, The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage, by Douglas Waller, 2011, Fress Press, New York My Review
- With Wings Like Eagles, A History of the Battle of Britain, by Michael Korda, 2009, Harper, New York My Review
- Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, 2009, First Vintage Books / Random House, New York My Review
2011
- A Question of Belief, A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, 2010, BBC Audiobooks America My Review
- Room: A Novel, by Emma Donoghue, 2010, Audiobook read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer and Robert Petkoff, Hachette Audio My Review
- 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).My Review
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers, originally published in 1940, read by Cherry Jones, 2004, HarperAudio My Review
- The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland, read my Simon Vance, 2010, Audible Audio Edition My Review
- Gila Country Legend: The Life and Times of Quentin Hulse, by Nancy Coggeshall, 2009, The University of New Mexico Press
- The Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng, 2008, Weinstein Books, New York My Review
- A Rope and a Prayer, A Kidnapping from Two Sides, by David Rhode and Kristen Mulvihill, 2010, The Penguin Group, New York My Review
- The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam, 2007, Hyperion, New York My Review
- Evening Class, by Maeve Binchy, 1999, audio book read by Kate Binchy, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio My Review
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls, 2006, Scribner, New YorkMy Review
- Outliers, The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008, audio book narrated by the author, Hatchett Audio, New York My Review
- Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff, 2010 My Review
- Big Trouble, by Dave Barry, audio book narrated by Dick Hill, 1999, Brilliance AudioMy Review
- Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866, audio book narrated by Anthony Heald, 2007, Blackstone Audio, Inc. My Review
- A World Lit Only by Fire, The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, by William Manchester, 1992, Little, Brown & Company, Limited, Boston My Review
- Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010, Random House, New York My Review
- Everglades: Doc Ford Series, Book 10, by Randy Wayne White, 2003, audio book, narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven MIMy Review
- Belize Survivor, Darker Side of Paradise, by Nancy R. Koerner, 2007, Published by NK Marketing My Review
- 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
- Clapton: The Autobiograpy, by Eric Clapton, audio book by narrated by Simon Vance My Review
- Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts, 2003, St. Martin’s Press, New York My Review
- The Flight of the Falcon, by Daphne Du Maurier, 1965, audio book read by James Callis, 2010, by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. My Review
2010
- 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 My Review
- Anatomy of Greed, The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider, by Brian Cruver, narrated by Mel Foster, 2004, Brilliance Audio My Review
- A Briefer History of Time, by Steven Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow, unabridged, read by Erik Davies, 2005, Random House Audio My Review
- A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1859, read by Frederick Davidson, 1988, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.My Review
- The Warden, by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1855, read by Simon Vance, 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. My Review
- The Blue Notebook, by James Andrew Levine, M.D., Ph.D., read by Meera Simhan, 2009, Random House Audio, New York My Review
- 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
- Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child, read by Dick Hill, 2009, Random House Audio, New York My Review
- Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2007, St. Martin’s Press, New York My Review
- From This Day Forward, by Cokie and Steve Roberts, 2000, William and Morrow Company, New York My Review
- Transfer of Power, by Vince Flynn, 1999, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. My Review
- Grand Finale, by Janet Evanovich, audio book narrated by C. J. Critt, 2009, Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc. My Review
- Murder at a Vineyard Mansion, by Philip R. Craig, audio book narrated by Tom Stechschulte, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC My Review
- Noah’s Compass, by Anne Tyler, audio book narrated by Arthur Morey, 2009, Random House Inc. My Review
- The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y. K. Lee, audio book narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, 2009, Penguin Audio My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney, 2006, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York My Review
- The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCullough, 1977, Simon and Schuster, New York My Review
- 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
- 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
- Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, NY My Review
- 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
- 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
- The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York My Review
- 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
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York My Review
- 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
- Rasputin’s Daughter, by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New YorkMy Review
- 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
- American Gospel, God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, by Jon Meacham, 2007, Audiobook. My Review
- The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York My Review
2009
- 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
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
- Hot Mahogany, a Stone Barrington Novel, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio My Review
- Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio My Review
- The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York My Review
- 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
- The First Salute, by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York My Review
- The Cat who Went to Paris, by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York My Review
- American Lion, Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham, 2008 My Review
- Body and Soul, by Frank Conroy, 1993 My Review
- The Reavers, by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 My Review
- Bitter, An American Mother and Daughter in China, 1987-88 — A Memoir, 2007, by Marguerite Linsert Lentz, self-published at Lulu.com
- Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, 2008, Grand Central Publishing, New York My Review
- Term Limits, by Vince Flynn, 1997, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, New York My Review
- Act of War, by Dale Brown, Read by Larry Pressman, 2005, Harper Collins Publishers (Abridgement approved by author)
- Ten Thousand Islands, by Randy Wayne White, Read by Ron McLarty, 2000 by Randy Wayne White, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC. My Review
- The Ha Ha, by Dave King, 2005, Little, Brown, and Company, New York
2008
- Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy, and the West, by Banazir Bhutto, 2008, HarperCollins Publishers, New York My Review
- 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 My Review
- A Land Remembered, A Novel, by Patrick D. Smith, 1984, Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL My Review
- The Walking Wind, by Tony Hillerman, Read by George Guidall, 2002 by Tony Hillerman, 2002 by Recorded Books, LLC. My Review
- Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier, Read by Will Patton, 2006 by Random House, Inc., 2006 by 3 Crows Productions. My Review
- Under a Wing, A Memoir, by Reeve Lindbergh, 1998, Simon & Schuster, New York My Review
- Fly Boys, A True Story of Courage, by James Bradley, 2003, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, New York My Review
- Saturday, by Ian McEwan, Read by Steven Crossley, 2005 by Ian McEwan, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC My Review
- 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. My Review
- The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, 1989, My Review
- Endgame, 1945, The Missing FInal Chapter of World War II, by David Safford, 2007, Little, Brown and Company, New York My Review
- 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. My Review
- 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 My Review
- The Bridesmaid, by Ruth Rendell, Read by Barbara Rosenblat, 1989 by Kinsmarkham Enterprised, Ltd., 1991 by Recorded Books My Review
- No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy, 2006, Vintage International, New YorkMy Review
- Everyman, by Phillip Roth, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by George Guidall. My Review
- The Colorado Kid, by Stephen King, 2005, Audioworks (Simon & Shuster), read by Jeffrey DeMunn. My Review
- Telegraph Days, by Larry McMurtry, 2006, Recorded Books, LLC, read by Annie Potts,My Review
- Moscow, 1812, Napolean’s Fatal March, by Adam Zamoyski, 2004, HarperCollins, New York My Review
2007
- The Screwtape Letters, How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation, by C.S. Lewis, 1959 My Review
- The Rising Tide, a Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara, 2006, Ballentine Books, New York My Review
- Shark River, by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Ron McLarty, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. My Review
- Tishomingo Blues, by Elmore Leonard, audiobook narrated by Frank Muller, 2001, Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York. My Review
- Parish Priest, Father Michael McGivney and American Catholocism, by Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster, 2006, HarperCollins Publishers, New York. My Review
- Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII, by Dr. Alfred Price and Mike Spick, 2000. Abbeydale Press, Leicester, England My Review
- Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky, Translated by Sandra Smith, 2006, Vintage International, New York My Review
- Echo Park, by Michael Connelly, 2006, Warner Books, New York, My Review
- Hour Game, by David Baldacci, audio CD, My Review
- 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
- Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006, Penguin Books, New York My Review
- Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, 2006, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina My Review
- A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, 2007, Riverhead Books, New York My Review
- Just One Look, by Harlan Coben, 2004, Signet Books, New American Library, New York
- Manhunt, by James L. Swanson, 2006, HarperCollins Publishing, New York
- 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
- The Moon and Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, unabridged audio book, 1994, Brilliance Audio, Grandhaven, MI, read by Michael Page.
- Atonement, by Ian McEwan, 2003, Anchor Books, New York My Review
- Flashman, by George McDonald Fraser, Penguin Books, New York, 1969 My Review
- Mayflower, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, New York, 2006 My Review
- The Reluctant Tuscan, How I Discovered My Inner Italian, by Phil Doran, 2005, Gothan Books, New York My Review
- Last Train to Paradise, by Les Standiford, 2002, Three Rivers Press, New York My Review
- The March, by E.L. Doctorow, 2006, Random House Trade Paperback My Review
- The Sea, by John Banville, 2005. Vintage Books, a Division of Random House My Review
- State of Denial, Bush at War, Part III, by Bob Woodard, 2006. Simon & Schuster. My Review
2006
- Floreana, A Woman’s Pilgrimage to the Glalapagos, by Margaret Wittmer, 1989, Moyer Bell Limited My Review
- Salem Falls, by Jodi Picoult, 2001, Pocket Books
- The World is Flat, A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas L. Friedman, 2005, Farrar, Straus and Giroux My Review
- Ghost Soldiers, The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission, by Hampton Sides, 2001, Random House, Inc.
- The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, Narrated by Patrick Tull, 1996, Recorded Books, Inc.
- In the Heart of the Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick, Read by Scott Brick, 2000, Putnam Berkley Audio & Books on Tape, Inc.
- Bad Company, by Jack Higgins, Narrated by Patrick Macuee, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC
- Carrie, by Stephen King, Narrated by Cissie Spacek, 1974 Stephen King, 2003, Recorded Books, LLC
- The Good Nanny, by Benjamin Cheever, Narrated by Gene Wilson, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC
- 1776, by David McCullough, 2005
- The Doolittle Raid, America’s daring first strike against Japan, by Carrol V. Glines, 1991
- Gravity, by Tess Gerritsen, 1999
- Against All Enemies, Inside America’s War on Terror, by Richard A. Clarke, 2004
- Something in the Water, by Peter Scott, 2000My Review
- All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot, 1972 My Review
- Hide and Seek, by James Patterson, 1996, Read by Kimberly Schraf, Books on Tape, Inc.
- 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.
- Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama, 1995, 2004 My Review
- Wolves Eat Dogs, by Martin Cruz Smith, 2004 My Review
- Prey, by Michael Crichton, 2002 My Review
- One Thousand White Women, The Journals of May Dodd, by Jim Fergus, 1998 My Review
- Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005 My Review
- The Darwin Conspiracy, by John Darnton, 2005 My Review
2005
- The Brethren, by John Grisham, 2000
- Death Takes Passage, by Sue Henry, 1997
- Kingsblood Royal, by Sinclair Lewis, 1947 My Review
- Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood, 2000, Read by Margot Dionne
- A Risk Worth Taking, by Robin Pilcher, 2004
- White Doves at Morning, by James Lee Burke, 2002
- The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, 1920, Read by Flo Gibson
- Shiloh, by Shelby Foote, 1952, 1992 by Recorded Books, Inc.
- Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002 My Review
- Sea of Glory, America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842, by Nathanial Philbrick, 2003 My Review
- Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, by Laurence Bergreen, 2003
- Tisha, as told to Robert Specht, 1976
- I Heard the Owl Call my Name, by Margaret Craven, 1973
- Where the Sea Breaks Its Back, The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska, by Corey Ford, 1966 My Review
- Devil in the White City – Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson, 2003
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001
- Skinny Dip, by Carl Hiaasen, 2004
- Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, 2003
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, 2003
- Looking for Alaska, by Peter Jenkins, 2001 My Review
- Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869, by Stephen Ambrose, 2000
- A Thousand Days in Venice, by Marlena De Blasi, 2002