Reference and User Services Association Announces
"The List for America's Readers"
www.ala.org/rusa/notable.html

"These titles have been selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge and for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers"

* = owned by Portsmouth Public Library

F I C T I O N

• *Ali, Monica, Brick Lane
• *Antunes, Antonio Lobo, The Inquisitor's Manual,
• *Boyd, William, Any Human Heart, Random/Knopf
• Carey, Edward, Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City
• Casares, Oscar, Brownsville: Stories
• *Haddon, Mark, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• *Hosseini, Khaled, The Kite Runner
• *Jones, Edward P., The Known World,
• *Lethem, Jonathan, The Fortress of Solitude
• *Morrison, Toni, Love
• *O'Connor, Joseph, Star of the Sea
• *Packer, ZZ, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
• *Saramago, Jose, The Cave,

N O N   F I C T I O N

• Boyd, Valerie, Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
• Faderman, Lillian, Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir,
• Hagedorn, Ann, Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad,
• Hays, Sharon, Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform,
• *Kidder, Tracy, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,
• *King, Ross, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling,
• *Krakauer, Jon, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith,
• *LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole, Random Family: Love, Drugs, and Coming of Age in the Bronx,
• *Pringle, Peter, Food Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto-The Promises and Perils of the Biotech
• Quammen, David, Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind,
• Taubman, William, Krushchev: The Man and His Era,
• *Von Drehle, David, Triangle: The Fire That Changed America,

P O E T R Y

• Espada, Martin, Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002,

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