Best of 2007

NONFICTION

Abstract and colour techniques in painting. Claire Harrigan. 751.4 HAR
The age of turbulence: adventures in a new world. Alan Greenspan. 332.11 GRE, CD 332.11 GRE
Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery. David Attenborough. 508.022 ATT
America in space: NASA’s first fifty years. 629.409 AME
American creation: triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic. Joseph J. Ellis. 973.3 ELL
Animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life. Barbara Kingsolver. 630.2 KIN, CD 641 KIN
Are we Rome?: the fall of an empire and the fate of America. Cullen Murphy. 973.931 MUR
Arsenals of folly: the making of the nuclear arms race. Richard Rhodes. 355.0217 RHO
The art of political murder: who killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman. 972.81 GOL
At the center of the storm: my years at the CIA. George Tenet. 327.12 TEN
The atomic bazaar: the rise of the nuclear poor. William Langewiesche. 355.0217 LAN
Better: a surgeon’s notes on performance. Atul Gawande. 617 GAW
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable. Nassim Nicholas Taleb. 003.2 TAL
Blackwater: the rise of the world’s most powerful mercenary army. Jeremy Scahill. 355.354 SCA
The Blair years: extracts from the Alastair Campbell diaries. 941.086 CAM
Blessed unrest: how the largest movement in the world came into being, and why no one saw it coming. Paul Hawken. 333.72 HAW
The body has a mind of its own: how body maps in your brain help you to do (almost) everything better. Sandra Blakeslee, Matthew Blakeslee. 150 BLA
The boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro’s schoolmates from revolution to exile. Patrick Symmes. 972.91 SYM
The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science. Natalie Angier. 500 ANG
Can’t buy me love: the Beatles, Britain, and America. Jonathan Gould. 782.4216 GOU
Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the forgotten story of football’s greatest battle. Lars Anderson. 796.332 AND
Catching the big fish: meditation, consciousness, and creativity. David Lynch. 158.12 LYN
Cheating destiny: living with diabetes, America’s biggest epidemic. James S. Hirsch. 616.462 HIR
China road: a journey into the future of a rising power. Rob Gifford. 951.06 GIF
The coldest winter: America and the Korean War. David Halberstam. 951.904 HAL
Cultural amnesia: necessary memories from history and the arts. Clive James. 909.098 JAM
Dancing with Rose: finding life in the land of Alzheimer’s. Lauren Kessler. 616.831 KES
The dangerous book for boys. Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden. 031.02 IGG
The day of battle: the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. Rick Atkinson. 940.5421 ATK
Dead certain: the presidency of George W. Bush. Robert Draper. 973.931 DRA
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries. Neil deGrasse Tyson. 523.88 TYS
The diary of Petr Ginz, 1941-1942. Y 940.5318 GIN
The discovery of France: a historical geography from the Revolution to the First World War. Graham Robb. 944 ROB
Down the Nile: alone in a fisherman’s skiff. Rosemary Mahoney. 916.2 MAH
Driven out: the forgotten war against Chinese Americans. Jean Pfaelzer. 979.4 PFA
The elephant in the playroom: ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of raising kids with special needs. 306.874 ELE
Elephants on acid: and other bizarre experiments. Alex Boese. 500 BOE
Everything he hasn’t told you yet: a new way to get men talking about stuff that matters. Burton Silver and Martin O’Connor. 155.632 SIL
The father of all things: a Marine, his son, and the legacy of Vietnam. Tom Bissell. 959.7043 BIS
The feminine mistake: are we giving up too much? Leslie Bennetts. 331.4 BEN
Fifteen candles: 15 tales of taffeta, hairspray, drunk uncles, and other Quinceanera stories. 395.24 FIF
Forced to be family: a guide for living with sinister sisters, drama mamas, and infuriating in-laws. Cheryl Dellasega. 646.78 DEL
Forever on the mountain: the truth behind one of mountaineering’s most controversial and mysterious disasters. James M. Tabor. 796.522 TAB
From the bottom up: one man’s crusade to clean America’s rivers. Chad Pregracke. 363.7394 PRE
Gomorrah. Roberto Saviano. 364.106 SAV
Good calories, bad calories: challenging the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease. Gary Taubes. 613.283 TAU
The greatest battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the desper-ate struggle for Moscow that changed the course of World War II. Andrew Nagorski. 940.5421 NAG
Hotel: an American History. A.K. Sandoval-Strausz. 647.94 SAN
The house that George built: with a little help from Irving, Cole, and a crew of about fifty. Wilfrid Sheed. 782.4216 SHE
How doctors think. Jerome Groopman. 610.696 BRO
How your house works: a visual guide to understanding & maintaining your home. Charlie Wing. 643 WIN
The human touch: our part in the creation of a universe. Michael Frayn. 128 FRA
I am a strange loop. Douglas Hofstadter. 153 HOF
I am America (and so can you!) Stephen Colbert. 818 IAM
Imperial life in the emerald city: inside Iraq’s Green Zone. Rajiv Chandrasekaran. 956.7044 CHA
In Europe: travels through the twentieth century. Geert Mak. 940.5 MAK
India after Gandhi: the history of the world’s largest democracy. Ramachandra Guha. 954.04 GUH
Indian summer: the secret history of the end of an empire. Alex von Tunzelmann. 954.035 VON
The intellectual devotional American history: revive your mind, complete your education, and converse confidently about our nation’s past. David S. Kidder. 973 KID
The invisible cure: Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS. Helen Epstein. 362.1969 EPS
Kabul Beauty School: an American woman goes behind the veil. Deborah Rodriguez. 305.486 ROD, CD 915.81 ROD
King, Kaiser, Tsar: three royal cousins who led the world to war. Catrine Clay. 940.309 CLA
The kings of New York: a year among the geeks, oddballs, and geniuses who make up America’s top high school chess team. Michael Weinreb. 794.1 WEI
The last Mughal: the fall of a dynasty: Delhi, 1857. William Dalrymple. 954.031 DAL
Last night I dreamed of peace: the diary of Dang Thuy Tram. 959.7043 DAN
Legacy of ashes: the history of the CIA. Tim Weiner. 327.12 WEI
Leviathan: the history of whaling in America. Eric Jay Dolin. 639.28 DOL
Lone survivor: the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10. Marcus Luttrell. 958.1047 LUT
The long road home: a story of war and family. Martha Raddatz. 956.7044 RAD
Medical apartheid: the dark history of medical ex-perimentation on black Americans from colonial times to the present. Harriet A. Washington. 174.28 HAR
Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain. Oliver Sacks. 781.11 SAC
The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. Jeffrey Toobin. 347.7326 TOO
Nine ways to cross a river: midstream reflections on swimming and getting there from here. Akiko Busch. 551.483 BUS
Nixon and Mao: the week that changed the world. Margaret MacMillan. 327.73 MACM
No sheep for you: knit happy with cotton, silk, linen, hemp, bamboo, and other delights. Amy R. Singer. 746.432 SIN
The occupation of Iraq: winning the war, losing the peace. Ali A. Allawi. 956.7044 ALL
Once upon a quinceañera: coming of age in the USA. Julia Alvarez. 395.24 ALV
1001 ideas for kitchen organization. Joseph R. Provey. 643.3 PRO
Overtreated: why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer. Shannon Brownlee. 362.1 BRO
Paris: the secret history. Andrew Hussey. 944.36 HUS
Planet Earth as you’ve never seen it before. 508 PLA
Plumbing. Rex Cauldwell. 696.1 CAU
The politics of heaven: America in fearful times. Earl Shorris. 973.93 SHO
Poor people. William T. Vollmann. 362.5 VOL
Power, faith, and fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the present. Michael B. Oren. 327.73 ORE
Practical wisdom for parents: demystifying the preschool years. Nancy Schulman. 649.123 SCH
Predators: who they are and how to stop them. Gregory M. Cooper, Michael R. King. 362.88 COO
The pursuit of glory: Europe, 1648-1815. Tim Blanning. 940.25 BLA
The rest is noise: listening to the twentieth century. Alex Ross. 780.9 ROS
Rethinking thin: the new science of weight loss–and the myths and realities of dieting. Gina Kolata. 613.25 KOL
Sacco and Vanzetti: the men, the murders, and the judgment of mankind. Bruce Watson. 345.025 WAT
Sea of thunder: four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945. Evan Thomas. 940.5426 THO
Shadow of the Silk Road. Colin Thubron. 915 THU
The siege of Mecca: the forgotten uprising in Islam’s holiest shrine and the birth of al Qaeda. Yaroslav Trofimov. 953.8053 TRO
A slave no more: two men who escaped to freedom: including their own narratives of emancipation. David W. Blight. 973.7115 BLI
The star machine. Jeanine Basinger. 791.4309 BAS
Storm world: hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming. Chris Mooney. 363.7387 MOO
Supreme conflict: the inside story of the struggle for control of the United States Supreme Court. Jan Crawford Greenburg. 347.7326 GRE
Takeover: the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy. Charlie Savage. 973.931 SAV
Terra: our 100-million-year-old ecosystem–and the threats that now put it at risk. Michael Novacek. 576.84 NOV
30,000 years of art: the story of human creativity across time and space. 709 THI
Until proven innocent: political correctness and the shameful injustices of the Duke lacrosse rape case. Stuart Taylor, Jr., K.C. Johnson. 364.1532 TAY
Vaccine: the controversial story of medicine’s greatest lifesaver. Arthur Allen. 614.47 ALL
The war: an intimate history, 1941-1945. Geoffrey C. Ward. 940.5373 WAR
Whiskey tango foxtrot: a photographer’s chronicle of the Iraq War. Ashley Gilbertson. 956.7044 GIL
The whisperers: private life in Stalin’s Russia. Orlando Figes. 947.084 FIG
Why Marines fight. James Brady. 359.96 BRA
The wild trees: a story of passion and daring. Richard Preston. 585.5 PRE
The world without us. Alan Weisman. 304.2 WEI
You, staying young: the owner’s manual to extending your warranty. Mehmet C. Oz. 612.67 OZ, Large Type 612.67 OZ
The zookeeper’s wife: a war story. Diane Ackerman. 940.5318 ACK, Large Type 940.5318 ACK

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

About Alice. Calvin Trillin. B Trillin
Agent Zigzag: a true story of Nazi espionage, love, and betrayal. Ben Macintyre. 940.5486 MACI
Alexis de Tocqueville: a life. Hugh Brogan. B Tocqueville
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House princess to Washington power broker. Stacy A. Cordery. B Longworth
Amerigo: the man who gave his name to America. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. B Vespucci
Boone: a biography. Robert Morgan. B Boone
Born on a blue day: inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant: a memoir. Daniel Tammet. 616.8588 TAM
Born standing up: a comic’s life. Steve Martin. B Martin
Brother, I’m dying. Edwidge Danticat. B Danticat
Clapton: the autobiography. Eric Clapton. B Clapton
Coltrane: the story of a sound. Ben Ratliff. 781.65 RAT
Crashing through: a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see. Robert Kurson. 362.41 KUR
The Diana chronicles. Tina Brown. B Diana, Large Type B Diana
Edith Wharton. Hermione Lee. B Wharton
Einstein: his life and universe. Walter Isaacson. B Einstein, Large Type B Einstein, CD B Einstein
FDR. Jean Edward Smith. B Roosevelt
The florist’s daughter. Patricia Hampl. 818 HAM
Gerald R. Ford. Douglas Brinkley. 973.925 BRI
Gertrude Bell: queen of the desert, shaper of nations. Georgina Howell. B Bell
Grand avenues: the story of the French visionary who designed Washington, D.C. Scott W. Berg. 975.301 BER
Here if you need me: a true story. Kate Braestrup. B Braestrup
Ike: an American hero. Michael Korda. B Eisenhower
Iggy Pop: open up and bleed. Paul Trynka. B Pop
An illuminated life: Belle da Costa Greene’s journey from prejudice to privilege. Heidi Ardizzone. B Greene
Infidel. Ayaan Hirsi Ali. B Hirsi Ali
Leni: the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl. Steven Bach. B Riefenstahl
Leonard Woolf. Victoria Glendinning. B Woolf
Little heathens: hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression. Mildred Armstrong Kalish. 977.761 KAL
A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier. Ishmael Beah. 966.4 BEA, Y 966.4 BEA, Large Type 966.404 BEA
Look me in the eye: my life with Asperger’s. John Elder Robison. 616.8588 ROB, CD 616.8588 ROB
The lost world of James Smithson: science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian. Heather Ewing. B Smithson
Love is a mix tape: life and loss, one song at a time. Rob Sheffield. B Sheffield
Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu. Laurence Bergreen. B Polo
The mistress’s daughter. A. M. Homes. B Homes
Nixon and Kissinger: partners in power. Robert Dallek. 973.924 DAL
Nureyev: the life. Julie Kavanagh. B Nureyev
Once upon a country: a Palestinian life. Sari Nusseibeh. 956.944 NUS
One drop: my father’s hidden life– a story of race and family secrets. Bliss Broyard. B Broyard
Opening day: the story of Jackie Robinson’s first season. Jonathan Eig. B Robinson
The ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: a woman in world history. Linda Colley. B Marsh
Pistol: the life of Pete Maravich. Mark Kriegel. B Maravich
Poster child: a memoir. Emily Rapp. B Rapp
Schulz and Peanuts. David Michaelis. B Schulz
Shoot the widow: adventures of a biographer in search of her subject. Meryle Secrest. B Secrest
Stanley: the impossible life of Africa’s greatest explorer. Tim Jeal. B Stanley
Tasting the sky: a Palestinian childhood. Ibtisam Barakat. Y 956.95 BAR
Thomas Hardy. Claire Tomalin. B Hardy
Too close to the sun: the audacious life and times of Denys Finch Hatton. Sara Wheeler. B Hatton
Touch and go: a memoir. Studs Terkel. B Terkel
Toussaint Louverture: a biography. Madison Smartt Bell. B Toussaint Louverture
Two lives: Gertrude and Alice. Janet Malcolm. B Stein
Von Braun: dreamer of space, engineer of war. Michael J. Neufeld. B Von Braun
Warm Springs: traces of a childhood at FDR’s polio haven. Susan Richards Shreve. 614.549 SHR
When she was white: the true story of a family divided by race. Judith Stone. B Laing

COOKING

The art of simple food. Alice Waters. 641.5 WAT
Cucina del sole: a celebration of southern Italian cooking. Nancy Harmon Jenkins. 641.5945 JEN
Desserts by the yard: from Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: recipes from the sweetest life ever. Sherry Yard. 641.86 YAR
Gluten-free girl: how I found the food that loves me back– & how you can, too. Shauna James Ahern. 641.5631 AHE
How to cook everything vegetarian: simple meatless recipes for great food. Mark Bittman. 641.5636 BIT
How to pick a peach: the search for flavor from farm to table. Russ Parsons. 641.35 PAR
Revolutionary Chinese cookbook: recipes from Hunan Province. Fuchsia Dunlop. 641.595 DUN
A twist of the wrist: quick flavorful meals with ingredients from jars, cans, bags, and boxes. Nancy Silverton. 641.555 SIL

LITERATURE

Classics for pleasure. Michael Dirda. 809 DIR
Cleopatra’s nose: 39 varieties of desire. Judith Thurman. 814 THU
The curtain: an essay in seven parts. Milan Kundera. 814 KUN
Due considerations: essays and criticism. John Updike. 814 UPD
How to talk about books you haven’t read. Pierre Bayard. 809 BAY
Other colors: essays and a story. Orhan Pamuk. 894.3 PAM
Portraits and observations: the essays of Truman Capote. 814 CAP
Soldier’s heart: reading literature through peace and war at West Point. Elizabeth D. Samet. 810.71 SAM
The windows of Brimnes: an American in Iceland. Bill Holm. 814 HOL

POETRY

Blue lipstick: concrete poems. John Grandits. Y 811 GRA
Captivity. Laurie Sheck. 811 SHE
The collected poems, 1956-1998. Zbigniew Herbert. 891.85 HER
Elegy: poems. Mary Jo Bang. 811 BAN
The poet slave of Cuba: a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Margarita Engle. Y 811 ENG
Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005. Robert Hass. 811 HAS
Tough boy sonatas. Curtis L. Crisler. Y 811 CRI
Your own, Sylvia: a verse portrait of Sylvia Plath. Stephanie Hemphill. Y 811 HEM

RELIGION

After the baby boomers: how twenty- and thirty-somethings are shaping the future of American religion. Robert Wuthnow. 200.973 WUT
Amish grace: how forgiveness transcended tragedy. Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher. 364.1523 KRA
God is not great: how religion poisons everything. Christopher Hitchens. 200 HIT
Head and heart: American Christianities. Garry Wills. 277.3 WIL
How to read the Bible: a guide to scripture, then and now. James Kugel. 221.6 KUG
A Jesuit off-Broadway: center stage with Jesus, Judas, and life’s big questions. James Martin. 812 MAR
The misunderstood Jew: the Church and the scan-dal of the Jewish Jesus. Amy-Jill Levine. 261.26 LEV
The preacher and the presidents: Billy Graham in the White House. Nancy Gibbs. 269.2 GIB
Reading Judas: the Gospel of Judas and the shaping of Christianity. Elaine Pagels. 229.822 PAG
Religious literacy: what every American needs to know–and doesn’t. Stephen Prothero. 200.7 PRO, CD 200.71 PRO
The scandalous Gospel of Jesus: what’s so good about the good news? Peter J. Gomes. 226 GOM
The stillborn God: religion, politics, and the modern West. Mark Lilla. 201.72 LIL
The year of living Biblically: one man’s humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible. A.J. Jacobs. 220 JAC

REFERENCE

The encyclopedia of popular music. R 781.64 ENC

FICTION

The abstinence teacher. Tom Perrotta. Fic PER
The air we breathe. Andrea Barrett. Fic BAR
Angelica. Arthur Phillips. Fic PHI
Away. Amy Bloom. Fic BLO
The bad girl. Mario Vargas Llosa. Fic VAR, Spanish Lang. Fic VAR
Bangkok haunts. John Burdett. Fic BUR
Be near me. Andrew O’Hagan. Fic OHA
The beautiful miscellaneous. Dominic Smith. Fic SMI
The beautiful things that heaven bears. Dinaw Mengestu. Fic MEN
Beyond reach. Karin Slaughter. Fic SLA
The big girls. Susanna Moore. Fic MOO
The blood of flowers. Anita Amirrezvani. Fic AMI
Body of lies. David Ignatius. Fic IGN
Bridge of sighs. Richard Russo. Fic RUS
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao. Junot Diaz. Fic DIA
By George. Wesley Stace. Fic STA
Celluloid memories. Sandra Kitt. Fic KIT
Cheating at canasta. William Trevor. Fic TRE
Coal black horse. Robert Olmstead. Fic OLM
Dancing to Almendra. Mayra Montero. Fic MON, Spanish Lang. Fic MON
Delirium. Laura Restrepo. Fic RES
Devotion. Howard Norman. Fic NOR
Divisadero. Michael Ondaatje. Fic OND
Eureka. Jim Lehrer. Fic LEH
The exception. Christian Jungersen. Fic JUN
Exit ghost. Philip Roth. Fic ROT
Falling man. Don DeLillo. Fic DEL
Fieldwork. Mischa Berlinski. Fic BER
Finn. Jon Clinch. Fic CLI, CD Fic CLI
Fire in the blood. Irene Nemirovsky. Fic NEM
Flight. Sherman Alexie. Fic ALE
Foreigners. Caryl Phillips. Fic PHI
The 47th samurai. Stephen Hunter. Fic HUN
Free food for millionaires. Min Jin Lee. Fic LEE
A free life. Ha Jin. Fic JIN
The gathering. Anne Enright. Fic ENR
The god of animals. Aryn Kyle. Fic KYL
The god of spring. Arabella Edge. Fic EDG
A good and happy child. Justin Evans. Fic EVA
The gravedigger’s daughter. Joyce Carol Oates. Fic OAT
Hannibal rising. Thomas Harris. Fic HAR
Heart-shaped box. Joe Hill. Fic HIL, CD Fic HIL, Spanish Lang. Fic HIL
House lights. Leah Hager Cohen. Fic COH
House of meetings. Martin Amis. Fic AMI
In the country of men. Hisham Matar. Fic MAT
In the driver’s seat: stories. Helen Simpson. Fic SIM
The Indian clerk. David Leavitt. Fic LEA
The Italian lover. Robert Hellenga. Fic HEL
Interred with their bones. Jennifer Lee Carrell. Fic CAR
Jamestown. Matthew Sharpe. Fic SHA
Knots. Nuruddin Farah. Fic FAR
Last night at the Lobster. Stewart O’Nan. Fic ONA
Let the Northern Lights erase your name. Vendela Vida. Fic VID
Like you’d understand, anyway: stories. Jim Shepard. Fic SHE
Lost City Radio. Daniel Alarcon. Fic ALA, Spanish Lang. Fic ALA
Lost paradise. Cees Nooteboom. Fic NOO
Lottery. Patricia Wood. Fic WOO
Loving Frank. Nancy Horan. Fic HOR
The lying tongue. Andrew Wilson. Fic WIL
Mary Modern. Camille DeAngelis. Fic DEA
The Maytrees. Annie Dillard. Fic DIL, CD Fic DIL
The Ministry of Special Cases. Nathan Englander. Fic ENG
Mister Pip. Lloyd Jones. Fic JON, Y Fic JON
Mothers and sons: stories. Colm Toibin. Fic TOI
Narn i ch^in Hurin: the tale of the children of Hurin. J.R.R. Tolkien. Fic TOL, Y Fic TOL, J TOL, Spanish Lang. Fic TOL
Nineteen minutes. Jodi Picoult. Fic PIC
On Chesil Beach. Ian McEwan. Fic MACE
Orpheus lost. Janette Turner Hospital. Fic HOS
The other side of you. Salley Vickers. Fic VIC
Out stealing horses. Per Petterson. Fic PET
Past perfect. Susan Isaacs. Fic ISA
Paula Spencer. Roddy Doyle. Fic DOY
Peony in love. Lisa See. Fic SEE, Large Type
Pontoon. Garrison Keillor. Fic KEI
The post-birthday world. Lionel Shriver. Fic SHR
Power play. Joseph Finder. Fic FIN
The raw shark texts. Steven Hall. Fic HAL
Red cat. Peter Spiegelman. Fic SPI
The reluctant fundamentalist. Mohsin Hamid. Fic HAM
Returning to earth. Jim Harrison. Fic HAR, CD Fic HAR
Run. Ann Patchett. Fic PAT
Sacred games. Vikram Chandra. Fic CHA
The savage detectives. Roberto Bolano. Fic BOL
The scandal of the season. Sophie Gee. Fic GEE
The secret servant. Daniel Silva. Fic SIL
The Septembers of shiraz. Dalia Sofer. Fic SOF
The seventh well. Fred Wander. Fic WAN
The shadow catcher. Marianne Wiggins. Fic WIG
Skylark farm. Antonia Arslan. Fic ARS
Someone knows my name. Lawrence Hill. Fic HIL
The Spanish bow. Andromeda Romano-Lax. Fic ROM
Stalin’s ghost. Martin Cruz Smith. Fic SMI
Strange as this weather has been. Ann Pancake. Fic PAN
Surveillance. Jonathan Raban. Fic RAB
Swim to me. Betsy Carter. Fic CAR
The terror. Dan Simmons. Fic SIM, CD Fic SIM
Then we came to the end. Joshua Ferris. Fic FER
A thousand splendid suns. Khaled Hosseini. Fic HOS, Large Type Fic HOS, CD Fic HOS
Travels in the scriptorium. Paul Auster. Large Type Fic AUS
Tree of smoke. Denis Johnson. Fic JOH
Trespass. Valerie Martin. Fic MAR
The vanishing act of Esme Lennox. Maggie O’Farrell. Fic OFA
The view from Castle Rock: stories. Alice Munro. Fic MUN
War and peace. Leo Tolstoy; translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky. Fic TOL 2007
The Welsh girl. Peter Ho Davies. Fic DAV
What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng. Dave Eggers. Fic EGG
The wheel of darkness. Douglas Preston. Fic PRE
White lies. Jayne Ann Krentz. Fic KRE, Large Type Fic KRE
The winds of Marble Arch and other stories: a Connie Willis compendium. Connie Willis. Fic WIL
The winter lodge. Susan Wiggs. Fic WIG, Large Type Fic WIG
World without end. Ken Follett. Fic FOL
The year of fog. Michelle Richmond. Fic RIC

MYSTERY

American detective: an Amos Walker novel. Loren D. Estleman. Mystery EST
A beautiful blue death. Charles Finch. Mystery FIN
The broken shore. Peter Temple. Mystery TEM
The Chicago way. Michael Harvey. Mystery HAR
The collaborator of Bethlehem. Matt Beynon Rees. Mystery REE
The Commission. Michael Norman. Mystery NOR
The crime writer. Gregg Hurwitz. Mystery HUR
Down river. John Hart. Mystery HAR
Fresh kills. Reggie Nadelson. Mystery NAD
Ghostwalk. Rebecca Stott. Mystery STO
Heartsick. Chelsea Cain. Mystery CAI
High season. Jon Loomis. Mystery LOO
In the woods. Tana French. Mystery FRE
The Indian bride. Karin Fossum. Mystery FOS
Kept: a Victorian mystery. D.J. Taylor. Mystery TAY
Mistress of the art of death. Ariana Franklin. Mystery FRA
Nefertiti: the book of the dead. Nick Drake. Mystery DRA
New England white. Stephen L. Carter. Mystery CAR
Person of interest. Theresa Schwegel. Mystery SCH
The snow empress. Laura Joh Rowland. Mystery ROW
Songs of innocence. Richard Aleas. Mystery ALE
The Spellman files. Lisa Lutz. Mystery LUT
Spook country. William Gibson. Mystery GIB
The tenderness of wolves. Stef Penney. Mystery PEN
Three bags full: a sheep detective story. Leonie Swann. Mystery SWA
The tin roof blowdown: a Dave Robicheaux novel. James Lee Burke. Mystery BUR
Wash this blood clean from my hand. Fred Vargas. Mystery VAR
The water’s lovely. Ruth Rendell. Mystery REN
What the dead know. Laura Lippman. Mystery LIP
The woods. Harlan Coben. Mystery COB
The Yiddish policemen’s union. Michael Chabon. Mystery CHA

RELIGIOUS FICTION

A bigger life: an Eden Plain novel. Annette Smith. Rel. Fic SMI
Crimson eve. Brandilyn Collins. Rel. Fic COL
Feeling for bones. Bethany Pierce. Rel. Fic PIE
The master of secrets. D.S. Lliteras. Rel. Fic LLI
Quaker summer. Lisa Samson. Rel. Fic SAM
Saving Erasmus. Steven Cleaver. Rel. Fic CLE
Willow Springs. Jan Watson. Rel. Fic WAT

SCIENCE FICTION

Acacia. David Anthony Durham. Sci. Fic DUR
Bright of the sky. Kay Kenyon. Sci. Fic KEN
Cauldron. Jack McDevitt. Sci. Fic MACD
Ilario: the lion’s eye. Mary Gentle. Sci. Fic GEN
In war times. Kathleen Ann Goonan. Sci. Fic GOO
Making money: a novel of Discworld. Terry Pratchett. Sci. Fic PRA
The name of the wind. Patrick Rothfuss. Sci. Fic ROT
Scar night. Alan Campbell. Sci. Fic CAM
Shelter. Susan Palwick. Sci. Fic PAL
The silver ship and the sea. Brenda Cooper. Sci. Fic COO
Un lun dun. China Mieville. Sci. Fic MIE
Ysabel. Guy Gavriel Kay. Sci. Fic KAY

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Exit wounds. Rutu Modan. Graphic Fic MOD
I killed Adolf Hitler. Jason. Graphic Fic JAS
The magical life of Long Tack Sam. Ann Marie Fleming. Graphic 793.8 FLE
Notes for a war story. Gipi. Graphic Fic GIP
Shortcomings. Adrian Tomine. Graphic Fic TOM

YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS

The arrival. Shaun Tan. Y 741.5 TAN
Aya. Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie. Y 741.5 ABO
Laika. Nick Abadzis. Y 741.5 ABA
Marvel Zombies. Robert Kirkman. Y 741.5 KIR
Re-gifters. Mike Carey. Y 741.5 CAR
Robot dreams. Sara Varon. Y 741.5 VAR
Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare. Y 741.5 SHA

CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT FICTION

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. Sherman Alexie. Y Fic ALE
The astonishing adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl. Barry Lyga. Y Fic LYG
The Aurora County All-Stars. Deborah Wiles. J WIL, J AUDIO CD WIL
Beige. Cecil Castellucci. Y Fic CAS
Before I die. Jenny Downham. Y Fic DOW, Y AUDIO CD DOW
Bone by bone by bone. Tony Johnston. Y Fic JOH
Book of a thousand days. Shannon Hale. Y Fic HAL
Converting Kate. Beckie Weinheimer. Y Fic WEI
Cures for heartbreak. Margo Rabb. Y Fic RAB
A darkling plain. Philip Reeve. Y Fic REE
Deadline. Chris Crutcher. Y Fic CRU
Diary of a wimpy kid: Greg Heffley’s journal. Jeff Kinney. J KIN
Dragonhaven. Robin McKinley. Y Fic MACK
Dragon’s keep. Janet Lee Carey. Y Fic CAR
Dramarama. E. Lockhart. Y Fic LOC
Dreamquake: book two of the Dreamhunter duet. Elizabeth Knox. Y Fic KNO
Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer. Y Fic MEY, Y AUDIO CD MEY
Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Lynne Jonell. J JON
Epic. Conor Kostick. Y Fic KOS
Evil genius. Catherine Jinks. Y Fic JIN
Evolution, me & other freaks of nature. Robin Brande. Y Fic BRA
Extras. Scott Westerfeld. Y Fic WES, Y AUDIO CD WES
The falconer’s knot. Mary Hoffman. Y Fic HOF
Firestorm. David Klass. Y Fic KLA, Large Type Fic KLA
First light. Rebecca Stead. J STE
For now. Gayle Friesen. Y Fic FRI
Freak show. James St. James. Y Fic SAI
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. J.K. Rowling. Y Fic ROW, J ROW, Large Type Fic ROW, CD Fic ROW, Y AUDIO CD ROW, J AUDIO CD ROW, J AUDIO Cassette ROW
Hero. Perry Moore. Y Fic MOO
How it happened in Peach Hill. Marthe Jocelyn. Y Fic JOC
How to steal a dog. Barbara O’Connor. J OCO
Hush: an Irish princess’ tale. Donna Jo Napoli. Y Fic NAP
I am Rembrandt’s daughter. Lynn Cullen. Y Fic CUL
I love you, Beth Cooper. Larry Doyle. Y Fic DOY
The invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures. Brian Selznick. J SEL
Jack Plank tells tales. Natalie Babbitt. J BAB
The land of the silver apples. Nancy Farmer. Y Fic FAR
Leepike Ridge. N.D. Wilson. J WIL
The lion hunter. Elizabeth E. Wein. Y Fic WEI
Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac. Gabrielle Zevin. Y Fic ZEV
Middle school is worse than meatloaf: a year told through stuff. Jennifer L. Holm. J HOL
Mistik Lake. Martha Brooks. Y Fic BRO
My mother the cheerleader. Robert Sharenow. Y Fic SHA
The mysterious Benedict Society. Trenton Lee Stewart. J STE
The mysterious edge of the heroic world. E.L. Konigsburg. J AUDIO CD KON
The new policeman. Kate Thompson. J THO, Y Fic THO
No talking. Andrew Clements. J CLE
Notes from the midnight driver. Jordan Sonnenblick. Y Fic SON
The off season. Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Y Fic MUR
On the wings of heroes. Richard Peck. J PEC, J AUDIO CD PEC
Peak. Roland Smith. Y Fic SMI
Powers. Ursula K. Le Guin. Y Fic LEG
Red spikes. Margo Lanagan. Y Fic LAN
Remembering Mrs. Rossi. Amy Hest. J HES
Repossessed. A.M. Jenkins. Y Fic JEN
The restless dead: ten original stories of the supernatural. Y Fic RES
Skulduggery Pleasant. Derek Landy. Y Fic LAN
Slam. Nick Hornby. Y Fic HOR
Someday this pain will be useful to you. Peter Cameron. Y Fic CAM
Spanking Shakespeare. Jake Wizner. Y Fic WIZ
Story of a girl. Sara Zarr. Y Fic ZAR
Strays. Ron Koertge. Y Fic KOE
The sweet far thing. Libba Bray. Y Fic BRA
A swift pure cry. Siobhan Dowd. Y Fic DOW
The talented Clementine. Sara Pennypacker. J PEN
Tamar. Mal Peet. Y Fic PEE
Thirteen reasons why. Jay Asher. Y Fic ASH
This is what I did. Ann Dee Ellis. Y Fic ELL
The Titan’s curse. Rick Riordan. J RIO, J AUDIO CD RIO
Touching snow. M. Sindy Felin. Y Fic FEL
Town boy. Lat. Y Fic LAT
Twisted. Laurie Halse Anderson. Y Fic AND
Undercover. Beth Kephart. Y Fic KEP
The Wednesday wars. Gary D. Schmidt. Y Fic SCH
What the moon saw. Laura Resau. Y Fic RES
What they found: love on 145th street. Walter Dean Myers. Y Fic MYE
The white darkness. Geraldine McCaughrean. Y Fic MACC
White night: a novel of the Dresden files. Jim Butcher. Y Fic BUT
Why war is never a good idea. Alice Walker. Y Fic WAL
Wicked lovely. Melissa Marr. Y Fic MAR
Wildwood dancing. Juliet Marillier. Y Fic MAR

CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT POETRY

Blue lipstick: concrete poems. John Grandits. Y 811 GRA
The poet slave of Cuba: a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Margarita Engle. Y 811 ENG
Today and today: haiku. Kobayashi Issa. E 895.6 KOB
Tough boy sonatas. Curtis L. Crisler. Y 811 CRI
The wizard. Jack Prelutsky. E 811 PRE
Your own, Sylvia: a verse portrait of Sylvia Plath. Stephanie Hemphill. Y 811 HEM

PICTURE BOOKS & EASY READERS

The all-I’ll-ever-want Christmas doll. Patricia C. McKissack. Pic MACK
The apple pie that Papa baked. Lauren Thompson. Pic THO
At night. Jonathan Bean. Pic BEA
Babies in the bayou. Jim Arnosky. Pic ARN
Bow-Wow bugs a bug. Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague Cash. Pic NEW
Dimity Dumpty: the story of Humpty’s little sister. Bob Graham. Pic GRA
Dog and Bear: two friends, three stories. Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Pic SEE
Fancy Nancy and the posh puppy. Jane O’Connor. Pic OCO
Fox. Kate Banks. Pic BAN
Fred stays with me! Nancy Coffelt. Pic COF
A good day. Kevin Henkes. Pic HEN
How to be a baby, by me, the big sister. Sally Lloyd-Jones. Pic LLO
I am invited to a party! Mo Willems. Pic WIL
The incredible book eating boy. Oliver Jeffers. Pic JEF
Knuffle Bunny too: a case of mistaken identity. Mo Willems. Pic WIL
Let it shine: three favorite spirituals. Ashley Bryan. Pic BRY
Little Red Riding Hood. Jerry Pinkney. Pic PIN
Max counts his chickens. Rosemary Wells. Pic WEL
Mother Goose numbers on the loose. Leo and Diane Dillon. Pic DIL
My friend is sad. Mo Willems. E WIL First Grade
Not a box. Antoinette Portis. Pic POR
Nothing. Jon Agee. Pic AGE
1 2 3: a child’s first counting book. Alison Jay. Pic JAY
Orange pear apple bear. Emily Gravett. Pic GRA
Pip & Squeak. Ian Schoenherr. Pic SCH
A second is a hiccup: a child’s book of time. Hazel Hutchins. Pic HUT
Thank you, Bear. Greg Foley. Pic FOL
There is a bird on your head! Mo Willems. Pic WIL
Today I will fly! Mo Willems. E WIL First Grade
When dinosaurs came with everything. Elise Broach. Pic BRO

NONFICTION

Dinosaurs: the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. J 567.9 HOL
The down-to-earth guide to global warming. Laurie David, Cambria Gordon. J 363.7387 DAV
Glass slipper, gold sandal: a worldwide Cinderella. Paul Fleischman. J 398.2 FLE
An inconvenient truth: the crisis of global warming. Al Gore. J 363.7387 GOR
Living color. Steve Jenkins. J 591.47 JEN
May I pet your dog?: the how-to guide for kids meeting dogs (and dogs meeting kids). Stephanie Calmenson. E 636.7 CAL
Pocket babies and other amazing marsupials. Sneed B. Collard III. J 599.2 COL
The poet king of Tezcoco: a great leader of ancient Mexico. Francisco Serrano. J 972.018 SER
Sneeze! Alexandra Siy. J 612.2 SIY
Spiders. Nic Bishop. J 595.44 BIS
Tuttle’s Red Barn: the story of America’s oldest family farm. Richard Michelson. J 975.1 MIC

BIOGRAPHY

Dolley Madison saves George Washington. Don Brown. JB Madison
Down the Colorado: the story of John Wesley Powell, the one-armed explorer. Deborah Kogan Ray. JB Powell
Henry’s freedom box. Ellen Levine. EB Brown
The many rides of Paul Revere. James Cross Giblin. JB Revere
The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain. Peter Sis. JB Sis

CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT AUDIOBOOKS

Bloody Jack: being an account of the curious adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy. L. A. Meyer. Y AUDIO CD MEY
Cave of the dark wind: a Never Land book. Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson. J AUDIO CD BAR
Clementine. Sara Pennypacker. J AUDIO CD PEN
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. J.K. Rowling. Y AUDIO CD ROW, CD Fic ROW, J AUDIO CD ROW, J AUDIO Cassette ROW
The higher power of Lucky. Susan Patron. J AUDIO CD PAT Newbery
The rules of survival. Nancy Werlin. Y AUDIO CD WER
Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Alfred Molina. J AUDIO CD STE

CHILDREN’S DVDS

Charlotte‘s web. DVD Children C
Knuffle Bunny. DVD Children K
Peter Pan. DVD Children Platinum ed. P
Ratatouille. DVD Children R

AUDIOBOOKS

Airborn. Kenneth Oppel. Y AUDIO CD OPP
Before I die. Jenny Downham. Y AUDIO CD DOW
The book thief. Markus Zusak. Y AUDIO CD ZUS
The dead fathers club. Matt Haig. CD Fic HAI
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. J.K. Rowling. CD Fic ROW, Y AUDIO CD ROW, J AUDIO CD ROW, J AUDIO Cassette ROW
Natural born charmer. Susan Elizabeth Phillips. CD Fic PHI

CDS

CeU. CD MA CEU CEU C-92
Easy tiger. Ryan Adams. CD MR ADAM ET A-02
I am. Chrisette Michele. CD MR CHRI IAM C-02
Live at Massey Hall 1971. Neil Young. CD MA YOUN LMH Y-82
Long road out of Eden. Eagles. CD MR EAGL LRO E-02
Neon bible. Arcade Fire. CD MR ARCA NB A-85
Not too late. Norah Jones. CD MJ JONE NTL J-25
Russian album. Anna Netrebko. CD B NETR RA N-02
Undiscovered. James Morrison. CD MA MORR UND M-02
Wincing the night away. The Shins. CD MR SHIN WNA S-05

DVDS

Becket. DVD Drama B
Bridge to Terabithia. DVD Drama B
Casino Royale. DVD Action Adv. C
Days of heaven. DVD Drama D
Dreamgirls. DVD Drama D
Facing the giants. DVD Drama F
Freedom Writers. DVD Drama F
Hairspray. DVD Musical H
Happy feet. DVD Musical H
The heart of the game. DVD 796.323
The illusionist. DVD Mystery I
Night at the museum. DVD Comedy N
The painted veil. DVD Drama P
Planet Earth. DVD 508
The prestige. DVD Drama P
The Queen. DVD Drama Q
Sicko. DVD 362.1
The Simpsons movie. DVD Comedy S
The ultimate gift. DVD Drama U
The war. DVD 940.53

LO MEJOR DE 2007 EN ESPAÑOL / THE BEST OF 2007 IN SPANISH

La bruja de Portobello. Paulo Coelho. Spanish Lang. Fic COE
Los ejercitos. Evelio Rosero. Spanish Lang. Fic ROS
El enigma de Paris. Pablo De Santis. Spanish Lang. Fic SAN
Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar. Virginia Vallejo. Spanish Lang. B Vallejo
Ayude a sus hijos a triunfar en la escuela secundaria y llegar a la universidad: guia para padres latinos. Mariela Dabbah. Spanish Lang. 373.182 DAB
Ismaelillo. Jose Marti. Spanish Lang. 861 MAR
Quiubole con– tu cuerpo, el ligue, tu imagen, el sexo, las drogas y todo lo demas: un libro para niñas, chavas, chicas o como quieras llamarles–. Gaby Vargas. Spanish Lang. 155.533 VAR
Quiubole con– tu cuerpo, el ligue, tus cuates, el sexo, tu familia, las drogas y todo lo demas: manual de supervivencia para hombres. Gaby Vargas. Spanish Lang. 155.532 VAR
El regalo del tiempo: cartas a mis hijos. Jorge Ramos. Spanish Lang. 170.44 RAM
La ventaja latina en el trabajo: aprovecha quien eres para alcanzar tus metas. Mariela Dabbah y Arturo Poire. Spanish Lang. 650.1 DAB
ABeCedarios: Mexican folk art ABCs in English and Spanish. Cynthia Weill, K.B. Basseches. Sp. Lang. Pic WEI
El conejito Knuffle: un cuento aleccionador. Mo Willems. Sp. Lang. Pic WIL
10 patitos de goma. Eric Carle. Sp. Lang. Pic CAR
El joven Zorro: la marca de hierro. Jan Adkins. Sp. Lang. J ADK
Martina, una cucarachita muy linda: un cuento cubano. Carmen Agra Deedy. Sp. Lang. Pic DEE
My colors, my world = Mis colores, mi mundo. Maya Christina Gonzalez. Sp. Lang. Pic GON
My name is Gabito: the life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez = Me llamo Gabito : la vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Monica Brown. Sp. Lang. JB Garcia Marquez
Quien se esconde? Satoru Onishi. Sp. Lang. Pic ONI