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Archives
- 2009.11.19: National Book Award Winners
- 2009.11.18: Whistling In the Dark by Lesley Kagen
- 2009.11.16: Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
- 2009.11.13: Huge by James W Fuerst
- 2009.11.11: Secret Son by Laila Lalami
- 2009.11.09: Knitwits
- 2009.11.06: Death Comes As Epiphany : A Catherine LeVendeur Mystery by Sharan Newman
- 2009.11.04: Essex County Trilogy by Jeff Lemire
- 2009.11.02: Blame by Michelle Huneven
- 2009.10.30: New World Monkeys by Nancy Mauro
- 2009.10.28: Sex, Thugs, and Rock & Roll Edited by Todd Robinson
- 2009.10.26: South of Broad by Pat Conroy
- 2009.10.23: Chinatown Beat by Henry Chang
- 2009.10.21: A Certain Slant Of Light by Laura Whitcomb
- 2009.10.18: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
- 2009.10.16: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
- 2009.10.14: Black Sabbatical: Poems by Brett Eugene Ralph
- 2009.10.12: Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
- 2009.10.09: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
- 2009.10.07: Vampires!
- 2009.10.05: Quonset Huts & A-Frames
- 2009.10.02: A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- 2009.09.30: The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
- 2009.09.28: $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better by Christopher Steiner.
- 2009.09.25: The Complete Illustrated Guide To The Kings & Queens Of Britain
- 2009.09.23: Graphic Memoirist - Jeffrey Brown
- 2009.09.21: Slammerkin : A Novel by Emma Donoghue.
- 2009.09.18: Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka
- 2009.09.16: Alibi by Teri Woods
- 2009.09.14: The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil
- 2009.09.04: Not all dictionaries are made the same...
- 2009.09.02: The White Queen : Cousins' War ; Book One by Philippa Gregory
- 2009.08.31: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- 2009.08.26: Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
- 2009.08.25: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
- 2009.08.22: Bat-Manga!
- 2009.08.21: This Side of Paradise and others by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 2009.08.19: Get Caught Reading--Obama Does!
- 2009.08.17: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
- 2009.08.14: Chasing Smoke by Bill Cameron
- 2009.08.12: Shirley Jackson: Horror Stories!
- 2009.08.10: 2009 Hugo Awards
- 2009.08.07: The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience / Edited by Sean Manning.
- 2009.08.05: The Unicorn Tapestries : Fact and Fiction
- 2009.08.03: Big Fish
- 2009.07.31: Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins
- 2009.07.29: E. Lynn Harris Dies
- 2009.07.27: Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock's Greatest Robbery by Jason Buhrmester
- 2009.07.24: The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
- 2009.07.22: The Photography of Gordon Parks
- 2009.07.20: Shirley Jackson Award Winners
- 2009.07.17: A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
- 2009.07.15: Julie & Julia
- 2009.07.13: Inside the Spanish-American War: A History Based on First-Person Accounts by James M. McCaffrey
- 2009.07.10: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- 2009.07.08: The Best In Tent Camping - Wisconsin
- 2009.07.06: H.G. Wells Science Fiction Pioneer!
- 2009.07.01: Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
- 2009.06.29: Havana by Stephen Hunter
- 2009.06.26: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- 2009.06.24: The Sculpture of Deborah Butterfield
- 2009.06.22: Middle East Investigation
- 2009.06.19: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
- 2009.06.17: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- 2009.06.15: The Audies 2009
- 2009.06.12: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac
- 2009.06.10: The Big Sleep/Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
- 2009.06.08: The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
- 2009.06.06: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- 2009.06.03: With The Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
- 2009.06.01: Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
- 2009.05.28: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- 2009.05.26: Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright
- 2009.05.22: Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry.
- 2009.05.20: Hold Love Strong by Matthew Aaron Goodman
- 2009.05.18: American Elf by James Kochalka
- 2009.05.15: 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards Winners
- 2009.05.13: In Theaters Now--But Read the Book First!
- 2009.05.11: Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
- 2009.05.08: Holy Moly: A Novel by Ben Rehder
- 2009.05.06: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- 2009.05.04: Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
- 2009.05.01: Ashes by Kenzo Kitakata
- 2009.04.29: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
- 2009.04.27: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
- 2009.04.24: The Hotel Dick by Axel Brand
- 2009.04.20: The Wild Trees by Richard Preston
- 2009.04.20: The Glister by John Burnside
- 2009.04.16: Sundays at Tiffany's
- 2009.04.13: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- 2009.04.11: Life Is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper
- 2009.04.08: The House at Midnight
- 2009.04.06: The Last Stand of Fox Company : A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.
- 2009.04.02: Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
- 2009.03.31: Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
- 2009.03.29: Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
- 2009.03.27: What I Did For Love
- 2009.03.24: Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run
- 2009.03.22: Where There's Smoke by Terra Little
- 2009.03.17: Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes by Frank Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
- 2009.03.16: The Last Time I Was Me
- 2009.03.13: Spade & Archer by Joe Gores
- 2009.03.10: March Thrills
- 2009.03.07: Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
- 2009.03.04: Finnish Summer Houses
- 2009.03.02: The Women by T.C. Boyle
- 2009.02.27: Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain
- 2009.02.25: The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
- 2009.02.19: Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- 2009.02.17: Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler
- 2009.02.14: August Derleth Program on February 28th!!!!
- 2009.02.10: The Historian: A Novel
- 2009.02.06: Blood River: A Journey to Afica's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher
- 2009.02.03: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- 2009.01.29: Suburban World: The Norling Photos
- 2009.01.27: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- 2009.01.26: Life With My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone
- 2009.01.23: The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan
- 2009.01.20: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
- 2009.01.16: The Lions of Iwo Jima by Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret) and James A. Warren
- 2009.01.13: Parrots Parrots Everywhere
- 2009.01.09: Smoked: A Thriller by Patrick Quinlan
- 2009.01.06: What It Is by Lynda Barry
- 2009.01.04: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems 1946-1966 by Charles Bukowski
- 2008.12.29: Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes
- 2008.12.29: Fairy tales for adults
- 2008.12.26: The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston
- 2008.12.22: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
- 2008.12.20: I can has lybearee book?
- 2008.12.17: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
- 2008.12.15: An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco
- 2008.12.13: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
- 2008.12.11: Animal Farm by George Orwell
- 2008.12.09: The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
- 2008.12.06: Do Cats Hear With Their Feet?: Where Cats Come From, What We Know About Them, And What They Think About Us
- 2008.12.04: Ulysses: Departures, Journeys & Returns. The Artwork of Andrew Schoultz.
- 2008.12.02: Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan
- 2008.11.30: Dark of the Moon
- 2008.11.25: Silk
- 2008.11.22: Ravens in the Storm: A Personal History of the 1960s Antiwar Movement
- 2008.11.19: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- 2008.11.17: Dancing naked at the edge of dawn
- 2008.11.15: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
- 2008.11.12: Competitive birding? Yes, competitive birding.
- 2008.11.11: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
- 2008.11.05: Testimony by Anita Shreve
- 2008.11.03: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 2008.10.31: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- 2008.10.29: Ray Davies - Not Like Everybody Else by Thomas Kitts
- 2008.10.27: Can You Ever Forgive Me? Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel
- 2008.10.24: Dumbfounded: A Memoir by Matt Rothschild
- 2008.10.22: Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered by Peter S. Wells
- 2008.10.20: The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
- 2008.10.17: Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino
- 2008.10.15: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
- 2008.10.13: Run Man Run by Chester Himes
- 2008.10.11: The mermaid chair by Sue Monk Kidd, 2005
- 2008.10.07: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- 2008.10.04: Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design
- 2008.10.01: Dracula by Bram Stoker
- 2008.09.29: Urban Fiction: Quick Picks
- 2008.09.25: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
- 2008.09.23: A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- 2008.09.18: Want the Dish?
- 2008.09.17: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
- 2008.09.16: Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
- 2008.09.12: The deadliest hurricane in history
- 2008.09.11: Best of September
- 2008.09.08: Frankenstein: A Cultural History by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
- 2008.09.04: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- 2008.09.02: The Time Traveler's Wife: A novel
- 2008.08.29: Spellbinding Tales
- 2008.08.27: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
- 2008.08.25: Bitterroot by James Lee Burke
- 2008.08.22: Author: Joe Meno
- 2008.08.20: Author: Geraldine Brooks
- 2008.08.18: Focus on the Family?
- 2008.08.15: Kill Zone
- 2008.08.14: The Sister by Poppy Adams
- 2008.08.11: Urban Fiction: The Sequels
- 2008.08.08: Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by J. Maarten Troost
- 2008.08.06: Photographer: Stephen Shore
- 2008.08.04: Tana French Thrills
- 2008.07.30: Ghost Mountain Boys - 2007 RR Donnelley Literary Award Winner
- 2008.07.28: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories by Raymond Carver
- 2008.07.25: The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
- 2008.07.21: The Echo From Dealey Plaza
- 2008.07.16: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
- 2008.07.14: The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
- 2008.07.11: Time Travel (for people who don’t read Science Fiction)
- 2008.07.09: Steppin' On A Rainbow by Kinky Friedman
- 2008.07.07: Urban Fiction: Keeping It Real
- 2008.07.03: The Disappearance by Genevieve Jurgensen
- 2008.07.01: The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
- 2008.06.28: Home-Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts
- 2008.06.27: The Illuminator
- 2008.06.24: (not your average) Cinema Guides
- 2008.06.21: Urban Fiction
- 2008.06.20: Down River by John Hart
- 2008.06.18: The Art of Racing in the Rain
- 2008.06.16: Graphic Novelist: Jason
- 2008.06.13: Excellent Wisconsin Writer: Michael Perry
- 2008.06.11: Austenland
- 2008.06.09: Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey
- 2008.06.06: Contest
- 2008.06.04: Memoir Mania
- 2008.06.02: Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist by Nancy Goldstein
- 2008.05.29: Fletch by Gregory McDonald
- 2008.05.27: Our Feathered Friends
- 2008.05.23: The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald
- 2008.05.21: Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg & Ruthanna Hopper
- 2008.05.20: The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 2008.05.16: Check these out and start gardening today.
- 2008.05.14: Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
- 2008.05.12: The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
- 2008.05.09: The Queen's Man : A Medieval Mystery
- 2008.05.07: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- 2008.05.05: Get to Know Diablo Cody
- 2008.05.01: Author: Trevor Corson
- 2008.04.30: Charles Bukowski - Contemporary Novelist and Poet
- 2008.04.28: Dandy in the Underworld: An Unauthorized Autobiography by Sebastian Horsley
- 2008.04.25: Queens & Seamstresses
- 2008.04.23: Stealing the General
- 2008.04.21: Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
- 2008.04.18: A Man on the Moon
- 2008.04.15: Autism Awareness Month Selections
- 2008.04.14: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- 2008.04.09: Welcome!