According to the Guardian.uk, we've picked some of the 1000 "best" (or at least most read-worthy) novels, including Love in the Time of Cholera and Anna Karenina (can you tell I only looked at the love story part of the list?)
We might also find some inspiration for other classics (dates are listed for each book) for future months using that list or one provided by the Cincinatti Public Library.
Jan: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Feb: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Mar: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Apr: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
2008 Book List
Jan: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Feb: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards Mar: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Apr: Blindness by Jose Saramago May: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume Jun: Sex in the City movie, 2 year anniv party Jul: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Aug: skipped Sept: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Oct: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdich Nov: Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller Dec: skipped
2007 Book List
Jan: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Feb: Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan Mar: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Apr: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger May: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Jun: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik Jul: skipped Aug: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl Sep: Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather Mcelhatton Oct: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan Nov: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon Dec: Film- Grizzly Man with Timothy Treadwell
2006 Book List
Jun: Peyton Place by Grace Metalious Jul: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Aug: Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner Sept: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Oct:Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck Nov: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer & Night by Elie Wiesel Dec: skipped