Recommended Books for Review

These books were considered by the common reading selection committee for 2007. Each title is linked to a description on the Barnes & Noble web site.

Book of Fred (320 pages)
Abby Bardi
The Inextinguishable Symphony: a True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany (352 pages)
Martin Goldsmith
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future (352 pages)
Jeff Goodell
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Non-fiction (354 pages)
Melissa Fay Greene
The Kite Runner (400 pages)
Khaled Hosseini
Interpreter of Maladies (160 pages)
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Power of Babel (352 pages)
John McWhorter
Lost in the Cosmos (272 pages)
Walker Percy
The Plot Against America (416 pages)
Philip Roth
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (416 pages)
Jeffrey Sachs
The Working Poor: Invisible in America (352 pages)
David K. Shipler
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race (320 pages)
Beverly Tatum
Blood Done Sign My Name (368 pages)
Timothy Tyson
The Space Between Us (352 pages)
Thrity Umrigar
The Future of Life (256 pages)
Edward O. Wilson
Banker to the Poor (288 pages)
Muhammad Yunus

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