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JANUARY 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The lace reader / Brunonia Barry The cigarette century / Allan M. Brandt The plague of doves / Louise Erdrich The man who loved China / Simon Winchester The clothes on their backs / Linda Grant Battle cry of freedom / James M. McPherson
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Water for elephants / Sara Gruen H.I.V.E. / MARK Walden My sister’s keeper / Jodi Picoult Sold / Patricia McCormick The five people you meet in heaven / Mitch Albom By royal command / Charlie Higson
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Ugenia Lavender: she’s totally ingenious! / Geri Halliwell My extremely good story collection / Lauren Child Dr. Seuss’ tales to treasure / Dr. Seuss Mr. Men collection / Roger Hargreaves Madam President / Lane Smith Tales of a Fourth Grade nothing / Judy Blume What planet are you from Clarice Bean? / Lauren Child Dinosaur vs. Bedtime / Bob Shea Classic letterland ABC / Richard Carlisle & Lyn Wendon Henry & Ribsy / Beverly Cleary
FEBRUARY 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION So brave, young and handsome / Leif Enger Champlain’s dream / David Hackett Fischer The broken shore / Peter Temple Outliers / Malcolm Gladwell 2666 / Roberto Bolano Your heart matters / Mak Koon Hou
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Revolutionary road / Richard Yates The knife of never letting go / Patrick Ness The bookseller of Kabul / Asne Seierstad Night rise / Anthony Horowitz He’s just not that into you / Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo Wilderness / Roddy Doyle
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS I’m the best artist in the ocean / Kevin Sherry Diary of a wimpy kid / Jeff Kinney Curious George’s dinosaur discovery / Margret and H.A. Rey Arthur’s baby / Marc Brown Walt Disney’s Alice in wonderland / Jon Scieszka Heidi / Johanna Spyri All aboard! / Benedict Blathwayt Frog and toad together / Arnold Lobel Piper Reed, the great Gypsy / Kimberly Willis Holt The mouse and the motorcycle / Beverly Cleary
MARCH 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION When will there be good news / Kate Atkinson The nine / Jeffrey Toobin Eve Green / Susan Fletcher Freedom from fear / David M. Kennedy The lieutenant / Kate Grenville The best I could / Subhas Anandan
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION A mercy / Toni Morrison Inkdeath / Cornelia Funke Coldest winter / David Halberstam The declaration / Gemma Malley He’s just not that into you / Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo Un Lun Dun / China Mieville
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Marley & Me / adapted by M.K Gaudet Diary of a wimpy kid / Jeff Kinney Olivia forms a band / Ian Falconer Angelina’s baby sister / Katherine Holabird Louise: the adventures of a chicken / Kate DiCamillo My extremely good story collection / Lauren Child Pirates don’t change diapers / Lauren Childs Boys are dogs / Leslie Margolis Diary of a wimpy kid / Jeff Kinney
APRIL 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The help / Kathryn Stockett A terrible glory / James Donovan The flying Troutmans / Miriam Toews John Paul Jones / Evan Thomas Intuition / Allegra Goodman Team of rivals / Doris Kearns Goodwin
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaffer & Forever princess / Meg Cabot Annie Barrows Exposure / Mal Peet The white tiger / Aravind Adiga The general / Robert Muchamore John Lennon: the life / Philip Norman
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CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS First the egg / Laura Vacarro Seeger A pocket for Corduroy / Don Freeman Max’s Bunny / Rosemary Wells The secret garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett Sheep blast off! / Nancy Shaw Lilly’s big day and other stories / Kevin Henkes Curious George at the baseball game / Margaret and H.A. Rey Veronica on Petunia’s Farm / Roger Duvoisin Forever young / Bob Dylan The cardboard piano / Lynne Rae Perkins Diary of the wimpy kid: Rodrick rules / Jeff Kinney
MAY 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The cellist of Sarajevo / Steven Galloway The monster of Florence / Douglas Preston The household guide to dying / Debra Adelaide Women of the Gobi / Kate James Handle with care / Jodi Picoult The Penguin history of modern China / Jonathan Fenby
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION The associate / John Grisham The underneath / Kathi Appelt Sea of poppies / Amitav Ghosh The clique / Lisi Harrison The snowball / Alice Schroeder A wrinkle in time / Madeleine L’Engle Power of now / Eckhart Tolle
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS One boy / Laura Vaccaro Seeger The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman I got two dogs / John Lithgow Maisy goes camping / Lusy Cousins That book woman / Heather Henson Clifford the big red dog / Norman Bridwell There’s a wolf at the door: 5 classic tales / Zoe B. Alley Monsters vs. Aliens: team monster / Gail Herman
JUNE 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION Burnt Shadows / Kamila Shamsie Prisoner of State: the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang German Bride / Joanna Hershon Descent into Chaos / Ahmed Rashid The Color of Lightning / Paulette Jiles House of Cards / William D. Cohan ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Descent into Chaos / Ahmed Rashid Generation Dead / Daniel Waters House of Cards / William D. Cohan Hunted / P.C. Cast Slumdog Millionaire / Vikas Swarup Ways to Live / Sally Nicholls
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Birds / Kevin Henkes Harry and the Dinosaurs Story Collection / Ian Whybrow Moving Day for Sam The Seven Habits of Happy Kids / Sean Covey Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope / Nikki Grimes Geronimo Stilton Audio Collection Your Own Big Bed / Rita Bergstein Winnie Dancing on Her Own / Jennifer Richard Jacobson The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies: stories and poems selected by Jane Werner
JULY 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The writing on my forehead / Nafisa Haji Science: a history / John Gribbin Breathless in Bombay / Murzban F. Shroff Dinner with Mugabe / Heidi Holland The shack / William P. Young Nixonland / Rick Perlstein
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Change your thoughts, change your life / Wayne W. Dyer The Faire Folk Trilogy Sea of poppies / Amitav Ghosh Spartan Quest series Outliers / Malcolm Gladwell Life as we knew it / Susan Beth Pfeffer
CHILDREN Tiddler: the story-telling fish / Julia Donaldson Standing on my own two feet / Tamara Schmitz Two-minute bible stories / retold by Elena Pasquali Otto runs for president / Rosemary Wells
AUGUST 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The children’s book / A.S. Byatt Warlord / Carlo D’Este In the kitchen / Monica Ali A. Lincoln / Ronald C. White, Jr. Heliopolis / James Scudamore A year in Tibet / Sun Shuyun
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ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Pegasus descending / James Lee Burke Escape / Robert Muchamore The tin roof blowdown / James Lee Burke Double or die / Charlie Higson What I was / Meg Rosoff
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS I’m really ever so not well / Lauren Child The smartest giant in town / Julia Donaldson Just Teddy / Emily Lin The 7 habits happy kids / Sean Covey Tacky goes to camp / Helen Lester I don’t want a posh dog! / Emma Dodd Big bug surprise / Julia Gran The sandman / Ralph Fletcher
SEPTEMBER 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION In the kitchen / Monica Ali Anzio / Lloyd Clark The writing on my forehead / Nafisa Haji Home / Julie Andrews A reliable wife / Robert Goolrick The illustrious dead / Stephan Talty The world is curved / David M. Smick The cost of capitalism / Robert J. Barbera Fixing global finance / Martin Wolf
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION Between the assassination / Aravind Adiga The warlock lord / Terry Brooks The end of overeating / David A. Kessler The druids’ keep / Terry Brooks The secret of the sword / Terry Brooks
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Higher! Higher! / Leslie Patricelli Magic tree house (books 33-36) / Mary Pope Osborne Big words for little people / Jamie Lee Curtis I’m ever so not well / Lauren Child Ma! There’s nothing to do here! / Barbara Park This is the firefighter / Laura Godwin Snip snap! / Mara Bergman Up / adapted by Lisa Marsoli Judy Moody goes to college / Megan McDonald
OCTOBER 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The personal history of Rachel Dupree / Ann Weisgarber The link / Colin Tudge Upcountry / Graham McEune Titanic’s last secrets / Brad Matsen
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION The memory keeper’s daughter / Kim Edwards Purge / Sarah Littman The long walk / Slavomir Rawicz Heretic / Sarah Singleton A year in the world / Frances Mayes Kiss / Jacqueline Wilson
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Big bug surprise / Julia Gran Felicity wishes / Emma Thomson Smash! Crash! / Jon Scieszka Tales from the Arabian nights / Toby Stephens Bobo and the new neighbor / Gail Page Irish folk tales for children / Sharon Kennedy I am a rainbow / Dolly Parton
NOVEMBER 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The palace walk / Naguib Mahfouz 1789 / David Andress Map of the invisible world / Tash Aw The worst hard time / Timothy Egan Wolf hall / Hilary Mantel The river of lost footsteps / Thant Myint-U
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION The lost symbol / Dan Brown Mysteries & marvels of science / Phillip Clarke The white queen / Philippa Gregory World religions: Islam / Katy Gerner Train your brain to be a genius / John Woodward
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS Ducks don’t wear socks / John Nedwick The underneath / Kathi Appelt Poor Monty / Anne Fine Bog child / Siobhan Dowd Curious you: on your way! / Kathleen W. Zoehfeld Nate the great / Marjorie Weinman Sharmat The perfect thanksgiving / Eileen Spinelli The Thanksgiving story / Alice Dalgliesh TOP OF THE SHELF | COMMITTEE PICKS
DECEMBER 2009 ADULT FICTION ADULT NON FICTION The winter ghosts / Kate Mosse Expect a miracle / Dan Wakefield The Christmas sweater / Glenn Beck Poems that live forever Back to the table / Art Smith The book of Christian crafts / Deborah Morgenthal Creative Christmas crafts The complete cookie book / Elizabeth Wolf Cohen China syndrome / Karl Taro Greenfield Under the volcano / William Phelps
ADULT AUDIOS JUNIOR FICTION The hour I first believed / Wally lamb The bride’s farewell / Meg Rossoff Giving / Bill Clinton Snakehead / Anthony Horowitz The last lecture / Randy Pausch Season of secrets / Sally Nichols
CHILDREN CHILDREN/JUNIOR AUDIOS The Usborne introduction to the First World War / Ruth Brocklehurst Harry and the dinosaurs / Ian Whybrow The Usborne introduction to the Second World War / Paul Dowsell Body fuel for healthy bodies / Trisha Sertori