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2009

JANUARY 2009

• Arabella, by Georgette Heyer (•)
• Sylvester, by Georgette Heyer (•)
• The Scar, by China Miéville (•)

APRIL 2009

• Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
• Sylvester, by Georgette Heyer
• Regency Buck, by Georgette Heyer
• The Corinthian, by Georgette Heyer
• Sprig Muslin, by Georgette Heyer
• The Reluctant Widow, by Georgette Heyer
• The Quiet Gentleman, by Georgette Heyer

MAY 2009

• Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
• The Artist and the Mathematician, by Amir Aczel
• White Teeth, by Zadie Smith

JUNE 2009

• Demon’s Lexicon, by Sarah Rees Brennan
• The Harafish, by Naguib Mahfouz (trans. Catherine Cobham)
• Outlaws of the Marsh, vol. 1, by Shi Nai’an (trans. Sidney Shapiro)
• Outlaws of the Marsh, vol. 2, by Shi Nai’an (trans. Sidney Shapiro)

2008

JANUARY 2008

• Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian
• The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
• Mike and Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse
• This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, by Gordon Korman
• Go Jump in the Pool!, by Gordon Korman
• Plum Pie, by P.G. Wodehouse
• Beware the Fish!, by Gordon Korman
• The War With Mr. Wizzle, by Gordon Korman
• The Zucchini Warriors, by Gordon Korman
• Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood, by Gordon Korman
• Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall, by Gordon Korman
• Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis
• Mr. Sampath: The Printer of Malgudi, by R.K. Narayan

FEBRUARY 2008

• Maurice, by E.M. Forster (•)
• The Invention of Love, by Tom Stoppard (•)

MARCH 2008

• The History Boys, by Alan Bennett
• Endgame and Act Without Words, by Samuel Beckett (•)
• The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, by David Shenk (•)
• Vita Brevis: A Letter to Saint Augustine, by Jostein Gaarder (trans. Anne Born) (•)

APRIL 2008

• The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity, by Martin Palmer (•)
• Mike at Wrykyn, by P.G. Wodehouse (•)
• Leave It to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse (•)
• Silence, by Shusaku Endo (trans. William Johnston) (•)

MAY 2008

• The McSweeney’s Joke Book of Book Jokes, by McSweeney’s (ed. John Hodgman)
• Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire
• Personal Days, by Ed Park

JUNE 2008

• The Black Powder War, by Naomi Novik
• The Nine Tailors, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World, by Matthew Stewart

JULY 2008

• The Unfinished Clue, by Georgette Heyer

AUGUST 2008

• The Italian Secretary, by Caleb Carr
• The House of Many Ways, by Diana Wynne Jones
• Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie, by Barbara Goldsmith
• The Defense, by Vladimir Nabokov

SEPTEMBER 2008

• Queens’ Play, by Dorothy Dunnett

OCTOBER 2008

• Cotillion, by Georgette Heyer
• These Old Shades, by Georgette Heyer
• Devil’s Cub, by Georgette Heyer
• Lady of Quality, by Georgette Heyer
• The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer
• Frederica, by Georgette Heyer
• The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer
• The Victory of Eagles, by Naomi Novik
• The Masqueraders, by Georgette Heyer

NOVEMBER 2008

• The Mask of Apollo, by Mary Renault (•)
• Bonk, by Mary Roach (•)

DECEMBER 2008

• The Annotated Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (annot. Alfred Appel) (•)

2007

JANUARY 2007

• Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
• The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse
• The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse

APRIL 2007

• If on a winter’s night a traveler, by Italo Calvino (trans. William Weaver)
• The Mating Season, by P.G. Wodehouse

MAY 2007

• The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks
• Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Neuromancer, by William Gibson

JUNE 2007

• My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk
• The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, by Neal Stephenson

JULY 2007

• Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace (•)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (•)

AUGUST 2007

• The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (trans. William Weaver) (•)
• Three Kingdoms, vol. 1, by Luo Guanzhong (trans. Moss Roberts) (•)
• Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl (•)
• The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay (•)

SEPTEMBER 2007

• The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle, by Catherine Webb (•)
• The Birthday of the World, by Ursula K. Le Guin (•)

OCTOBER 2007

• Idoru, by William Gibson (•)
• Making Money, by Terry Pratchett (•)
• Empire of Ivory, by Naomi Novik (•)

NOVEMBER 2007

• The Ladies of Grace Adieu, by Susanna Clarke (•)
• The World of Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse (•)
• Hangman’s Holiday, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Faces Under Water, by Tanith Lee (•)
• A Bed of Earth, by Tanith Lee (•)
• Tooth and Claw, by Jo Walton (•)
• Flaubert’s Parrot, by Julian Barnes (•)
• The Invisible Ring, by Anne Bishop (•)

DECEMBER 2007

• A Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett (•)
• Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett
• The Pinhoe Egg, by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde (•)
• Busman’s Honeymoon, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie (•)

2006

JANUARY 2006

• Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding (•)
• The Club Dumas, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (trans. Sonia Soto) (•)
• The Charterhouse of Parma, by Stendhal (trans. Richard Howard) (•)
• The Grand Tour, or The Purloined Coronation Regalia, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (•)

MARCH 2006

• The Devil in Music, by Kate Ross (•)
• Conrad’s Fate, by Diana Wynne Jones (•)

MAY 2006

• His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik (•)
• Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro (•)
• Throne of Jade, by Naomi Novik (•)
• In the Beginning…was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson (•)

JUNE 2006

• Unexpected Magics, by Diana Wynne Jones (•)
• Emily of New Moon, by L.M. Montgomery
• Emily Climbs, by L.M. Montgomery
• Emily’s Quest, by L.M. Montgomery
• The Blue Castle, by L.M. Montgomery
• A Tangled Web, by L.M. Montgomery

AUGUST 2006

• Color: A Natural History of the Palette, by Victoria Finlay
• The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (trans. Lucia Graves)

SEPTEMBER 2006

• The Counterfeiters, by André Gide

NOVEMBER 2006

• The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner
• I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith

2005

JANUARY 2005

• Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, by Ilyon (trans. Tae-hung Ha) (•)
• The Book of Jhereg, by Steven Brust (•)
• Comfort and Joy, by Jim Grimsley (•)
• Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)

MARCH 2005

• Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (•)
• Taltos, by Steven Brust (•)
• Phoenix, by Steven Brust (•)
• Athyra, by Steven Brust (•)
• Orca, by Steven Brust (•)

MAY 2005

• The Phoenix Guards, by Steven Brust (•)
• Dragon, by Steven Brust (•)
• Five Hundred Years After, by Steven Brust (•)

JUNE 2005

• The Fairy Godmother, by Mercedes Lackey (•)
• The Deer and the Cauldron, vol. 1, by Louis Cha (trans. John Minford) (•)
• Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox, by G.K. Chesterton (•)
• The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (•)
• Claudius the God, by Robert Graves (•)
• Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card (•)
• Dreams Made Flesh, by Anne Bishop (•)
• The Paths of the Dead, by Steven Brust (•)
• Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (•)
• Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster (•)
• The Lord of Castle Black, by Steven Brust (•)
• Unnatural Death, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)

JULY 2005

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling (•)
• Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami (trans. Jay Rubin) (•)
• Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)

AUGUST 2005

• Issola, by Steven Brust (•)
• Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (•)
• Sethra Lavode, by Steven Brust (•)
• His Grace of Osmonde, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (•)
• Sputnik Sweetheart, by Haruki Murakami (trans. Philip Gabriel) (•)

SEPTEMBER 2005

• Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (•)

OCTOBER 2005

• Have His Carcase, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Thud!, by Terry Pratchett (•)
• Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (•)
• Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami (trans. Philip Gabriel) (•)

NOVEMBER 2005

• Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)

DECEMBER 2005

• Cut to the Quick, by Kate Ross (•)
• Four Ways to Forgiveness, by Ursula K. Le Guin (•)
• A Broken Vessel, by Kate Ross (•)
• Whom the Gods Love, by Kate Ross (•)
• Foucault’s Pendulum, by Umberto Eco (trans. William Weaver) (•)
• Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino (trans. William Weaver) (•)

2004

MAY 2004

• Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
• Primary Inversion, by Catherine Asaro
• The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett

JUNE 2004

• The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Jay Fowler (•)
• A Hat Full of Sky, by Terry Pratchett (•)
• The Merlin Conspiracy, by Diana Wynne Jones (•)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (•)
• The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith (•)

JULY 2004

• A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (•)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Phillip K. Dick (•)
• Lord Peter, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Swordspoint, by Ellen Kushner (•)
• Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett (•)
• Whose Body?, by Dorothy L. Sayers (•)
• Little Black Book of Stories, by A.S. Byatt (•)
• Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood (•)
• Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold (•)
• An Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro (•)
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams (•)

AUGUST 2004

• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, by Laurie R. King (•)
• Wyrms, by Orson Scott Card (•)
• A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin (•)
• The King Must Die, by Mary Renault (•)
• Ever Since Darwin, by Stephen Jay Gould
• A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin (•)
• Winter Birds, by Jim Grimsley (•)
• Dream Boy, by Jim Grimsley (•)

OCTOBER 2004

• Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss (•)