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Sally Beauman: Rebecca's Tale: A Novel

Dominick Dunne: People Like Us: A Novel

The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification : Part One, September 1787-February 1788 (Library of America)

Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey (Modern Library)

Ken Auletta: Googled: The End of the World As We Know It

Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall: A Novel

Anthony Trollope: The Claverings (Oxford World's Classics)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Maiden (Morland Dynasty)

Taylor Branch: Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 (America in the King Years)
The first in the trilogy of the history of Civil Rights Era. I'm re-reading this book on my Kindle. (*****)

Ethan Brown: Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans
Shoddy, bone-picking, and poorly written. Don't waste your time. (*)

Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre

Burl Barer: Body Count

Sam Gosling: Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

Mark Fuhrman: Murder In Spokane

Mark Fuhrman: Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death

Jean Hanff Korelitz: Admission

Paul Roberts: The End of Food

Elizabeth Jane Howard: Casting Off (Howard, Elizabeth Jane. Cazalet Chronicle, V. 4.)

Kevin Starr: California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Bruce Bawer: Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom

Nina Auerbach: Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress (Personal Takes)

Emily Cheney Neville: It's Like This, Cat

Susan Hill: The Risk of Darkness (Simon Serrailler Crime Novels)

Nicola Upson: Expert in Murder, An: A Josephine Tey Mystery

Vincent Bugliosi: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

C. S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (paper-over-board) (Narnia)

The Little Prince

Andrew Taylor: An Air That Kills

Morris Dickstein: Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
Did not finish. Excellent but dense and academic.

William Machester: The Death of a President November 20- November 25 1963

Seymour M. Hersh: The Dark Side of Camelot

John Berendt: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad

Steven D. Levitt: SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Susan Hill: Howards End is on the Landing

E. J. Hobsbawm: Industry and Empire: From 1750 to the Present Day (Economic Hist of Britain)

Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders (Modern Library Classics)

Justine Picardie: Daphne: A Novel
(***)

Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca
(****)

Daniel Silva: The Unlikely Spy

James Grant: Mr. Market Miscalculates: The Bubble Years and Beyond

Craig Johnson: Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Walt Longmire Mystery

Michael Connelly: The Black Ice (Harry Bosch)
(***)

Paul Levine: Night Vision
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Paul Levine: The Deep Blue Alibi: A Solomon vs. Lord Novel
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Paul Levine: Solomon vs. Lord
(****)

Craig Johnson: Death Without Company
(****)

Michael Connelly: The Black Echo (Harry Bosch)
(***)

James D. Hornfischer: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
(****)

Donna Leon: Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

Craig Johnson: The Cold Dish: A Novel

Carl Hiaasen: Nature Girl

Tim Dorsey: The Big Bamboo: A Novel
Another weird romp with Dorsey's anti-hero Serge Storms. (***)

H.W. Brands: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
One of the best biographies I've ever read. (*****)

Carl Hiaasen: Basket Case
An amusing newsroom mystery. (***)

Bob Morris: Bahamarama
A nice little bit of fratirical literature. (***)

Steve Coll: Ghost Wars
Very interesting book. Ghost Wars is vital reading for anyone wishing to know more about the background to the current situation in Afghanistan. (****)

Donald Westlake: Watch Your Back!
Amusing but not up to the high quality of Westlake's best work. (**)

John F. Wasik: The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, And the Creation of the Modern Metropolis
Good book but workmanlike prose. Solid biography of a largely forgotten figure who did much to make modern cities what they are. (***)

Michael Kazin: A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
A scholarly look at Bryan that dispels popular misconceptions. (****)

Candice Millard: River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
(****)