Book List, Sorted by Author
Looking for a good book? We love to read (mostly fiction) and this table shows most of the books we've read over the past three years, sorted by author. The Rating scale is 1 to 5; 5 being the best. To just see my favorite books, click here.
Should you want to read the review of any book, just note the Rating and Review Year. Then go to the compilation of reviews for that year, which are sorted by Rating. Click here for year 2000 reviews; here for 2001 reviews; here for year 2002 reviews. Reviews for 2004 and 2005 are linked in the review year column below.
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Author |
Book Title |
Rating |
Review Year |
| Atwood, Margaret |
Alias Grace |
4.3 |
|
| Baldacci, David |
Split Second |
3.0 |
|
| Bank, Melissa |
The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing |
4.1 |
|
|
Berg, Elizabeth |
Open House |
4.0 |
2001 |
|
Bhjalian, Chris |
Midwives |
3.5 |
2000 |
| Bourdain, Anthony |
Kitchen Confidential |
4.6 |
2002 |
|
Boyle, T. Coraghessan |
The Tortilla Curtain |
DNF |
2000 |
| Buck, Pearl S. |
The Good Earth |
4.0 |
|
|
Capote, Truman |
The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places |
4.5 |
2001 |
|
Capote, Truman |
Music for Chameleons |
4.1 |
2001 |
| Capote, Truman |
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Other Short Stories |
4.8 |
|
| Chabon, Michael |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay |
4.2 |
2002 |
| Chevalier, Tracy |
The Virgin Blue |
3.8 |
|
| Choukri, Mohamed |
Jean Genet in Tangier |
1.0 |
|
|
Coelho, Paulo |
The Alchemist |
3.0 |
2001 |
|
Cooley, Martha |
The Archivist |
4.0 |
2001 |
|
Cornwall, Patricia |
Cause of Death |
2.0 |
2000 |
|
Courtney, Bryce |
The Power of One |
3.0 |
2000 |
| Cowan, James |
A Mapmaker's Dream, Mediation of Fra Mauro |
DNF |
|
|
Crichton, Michael |
The Great Train Robbery |
4.4 |
2000 |
|
D'Aguiar, Fred |
Feeding the Ghosts |
2.0 |
2000 |
|
Dali Lama and Harold Cutler |
The Art of Happiness |
3.5 |
2000 |
|
Diamant, Anita |
The Red Tent |
3.5 |
2001 |
|
Doig, Ivan |
Ride with Me, Mariah Montana |
4.2 |
2000 |
|
Donleavy, J. P. |
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms |
3.0 |
2001 |
|
Drakulic, Slavenka |
cafe europa |
4.3 |
2001 |
|
Dubus III, Andre |
House of Sand and Fog |
4.1 |
2001 |
|
Edison, Thomas |
Hannah's Gift |
4.1 |
2000 |
|
Eggers, David |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
DNF |
2001 |
| Eugenides, Jeffrey |
Middlesex |
DNF |
|
| Faulkner, William |
The Sound and the Fury |
4.7 |
|
|
Fielding, Helen |
Bridget Jones' Diary |
DNF |
2000 |
| Findley, Timothy |
Dinner Along the Amazon |
4.4 |
2002 |
| Forester, E.M. |
Howard's End |
4.3 |
|
| Francis, Dick |
High Stakes |
3.8 |
2002 |
|
Francis, Jane |
From Now On |
2.9 |
2001 |
| Franzen, Robert |
Corrections |
4.3 |
2002 |
|
Fredrichsson, Marrianne |
Hanna's Daughters |
3.8 |
2000 |
| Gee, Maurice |
Plumb |
3.6 |
2002 |
| George, Elizabeth |
Missing Joseph |
3.8 |
2002 |
| Goldberg, Myla |
Bee Season |
3.5 |
2002 |
| Golden, Marita |
The Edge of Heaven |
DNF |
|
| Goldstein, Rebecca |
Mazel |
DNF |
|
|
Graham, Laurie |
Dog Days, Glenn Miller Night |
3.9 |
2001 |
|
Grass, Gunter |
The Tin Drum |
DNF |
2000 |
| Greene, Graham |
The Power and the Glory |
4.6 |
|
| Haddon, Mark |
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time |
4.5 |
|
|
Harris, Joanne |
Chocolat |
5.0 |
2000 |
| Hillenbrand, Laura |
Seabiscuit |
4.1 |
2002 |
|
Hoffman, Alice |
Local Girls |
4.0 |
2001 |
| Hosseini, Khaled |
The Kite Runner |
4.3 |
|
|
Hulme, Keri |
The Bone People |
3.5 |
2000 |
|
Irving, John |
A Widow for a Year |
4.0 |
2000 |
| James, P.D. |
Death in Holy Orders |
3.2 |
|
| Gish Jen |
The Love Wife |
4.1 |
|
|
Jen, Gish |
Typical American |
4.6 |
2001 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
The Namesake |
4.1 |
|
| Karon, |
At Home in Mitford |
3.4 |
2002 |
| Keyes, Marian |
Postcards from the Bed |
4.1 |
2002 |
| Kidd, Sue Monk |
The Secret Life of Bees |
4.3 |
2002 |
|
Knox, Elizabeth |
The Vintner's Luck |
4.7 |
2000 |
|
Krakauer, Jon |
Eiger Dreams -- Ventures Among Men and Moutains |
4.7 |
2001 |
| Krakauer, Jon |
Under the Banner of Heaven |
3/ DNF |
|
|
Kuralt, Charles |
An American Year |
4.1 |
2000 |
|
Lasky Knight, Kathryn |
Atlantic Circle |
3.5/DNF |
2001 |
| Lawrence, D.H. |
Sons and Lovers |
DNF |
|
| Lawson, Mary |
Crow Lake |
4.4 |
|
| Lehane, Dennis |
Mystic River |
2.0 |
|
| MacLeod, Alistair |
No Great Mischief |
DNF |
|
| McCall Smith, Alexander |
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency |
4.2 |
|
|
Martin, Steve |
Shop Girl |
3.5 |
2001 |
|
Mason, Richard |
The Drowning People |
4.1 |
2000 |
|
Minot, Susan |
Evening |
4.2 |
2001 |
| Mitchell, W.O. |
Roses are Difficult Her |
3.2 |
|
|
Morgan, Robert |
Gap Creek |
4.0 |
2001 |
| Nafisi, Azar |
Reading Lolita in Tehran |
4.5 |
|
| Oats, Joyce Carol |
We Were the Mulvaneys |
DNF |
2002 |
|
Orga, Irfan |
Portrait of a Turkish Family |
3.0 |
2001 |
| Orleans, Susan |
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup |
DNF |
|
|
O'Shaughnessy, Perri |
Invasion of Privacy |
3.5 |
2000 |
| Otto, Whitney |
A Collection of Beauties at the height of their popularity |
3.5 |
|
| Picoult, Jodi |
My Sister's Keeper |
DNF |
|
|
Pilcher, Rosamunde |
September |
DNF |
2001 |
| Radish, Chris |
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows |
DNF |
|
| Robinson, Marilynne |
Housekeeping |
3.8 |
|
|
Rowling, J K |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
4.5 |
2001 |
|
Rowling, J K |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
4.5 |
2000 |
| Rowling, J.K |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
4.3 |
|
| Russo, Richard |
Empire Falls |
4.4 |
2002 |
| Sacks, Oliver |
Uncle Tungsten |
4.5 |
2002 |
|
Schlink, Bernard |
The Reader |
4.0 |
2000 |
| Sedaris, David |
Me Talk Pretty Someday |
4.6 |
|
| Shields, Carol |
Unless |
3.3 |
|
|
Shields, Carole |
The Republic of Love |
3.0 |
2000 |
|
Shreeve, Anita |
The Pilot's Wife |
3.5 |
2000 |
| Siddons, Anne Rivers |
Islands |
DNF |
|
|
Smith, Wilbur |
The Seventh Scroll |
DNF |
2000 |
|
Sobel, Dava |
Galileo's Daughter |
4.2 |
2001 |
|
Stephenson, Neal |
Snow Crash |
3.1 |
2000 |
| Tan, Amy |
The Bonesetters Daughter |
4.0 |
2002 |
|
Thackery, William |
Vanity Fair |
DNF |
2000 |
|
Theroux, Paul |
Kowloon Tong |
4.4 |
2001 |
|
Theroux, Paul |
My Other Life |
4.8 |
2000 |
|
Tsukiyama, Gail |
Women of Silk |
3.5 |
2000 |
|
Uris, Leon |
Mila 18 |
DNF |
2000 |
|
Vreeland, Susan |
Girl in Hyacinth Blue |
4.1 |
2001 |
| Weiss, Brian L, Dr. |
Many Lives, Many Masters |
4.1 |
|
|
Wharton, Edith |
Ethan Frome |
3.8 |
2001 |
|
White, Bailey |
Quite a Year for Plums |
3.5 |
2001 |
|
Winchester, Simon |
The Professor and the Madman |
3.5 |
2000 |
|
Wouk, Herman |
The Hope |
3.8 |
2001 |
|
Yalom, Irvin D. |
When Nietzsche Wept |
4.1 |
2000 |
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