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| Title (NF=non-fiction) | Author (Gender) | When & Where |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexander Dumas | 04/06- Cara in Ro$$ |
| Metropolis | Elizabeth Gaffney | 03/06- Nancy in SF |
| Moloka'i | Alan Brennert | 02/06- Dana in Marin |
| Dreams From My Father | Barack Obama | 01/06- Mennette in Kens. |
| Thirteen Senses: A Memoir | Victor Villasenor | 12/05- Lydia in SF |
| The Pact: A Love Story | Jodi Picoult | 10/05- Celeste in Oakland |
| The Namesake | Jhumpa Lahiri | 09/05- Kathi in Marin |
| All Over Creation | Ruth Ozeki | 08/05- Lisa in Novato |
| The Book of Salt | M. Truong | 07/05- Aurora in Kensington |
| cANDY fREAK | Steve Almond | 06/05- Cara in Ro$$ | The Shadow of The Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | 05/05- Ellen in Piedmont |
| The Beauty Myth | Naomi Wolf | 04/05- Nancy in SF |
| The Confessions of Max Tivoli | Andrew Sean Greerd | 03/05- Celeste in Oakland |
| The Bookseller of Kabul (NF) | Asne Seierstad | 02/05- Laura in El Cerrito |
| The Dogs of Babel | Carolyn Parkhurst | 01/05- Lydia in SF |
| The Good Earth | Pearl Buck | 12/04- Mennette in Kens |
| Easter Island | Jennifer Vanderbe | 10/04- Aurora in Kens |
| The Buffalo Soldier | Chris Bohjalian | 09/04- Nancy in SF |
| Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | 08/04- Kathi in Oakland |
| 1421: The Year China Discovered America | Gavin Menzies | 07/04- Celeste in Oakland |
| The Botany of Desire | Michael Pollan | 06/04- Ellen in Piedmont |
| The Lobster Chronicles (NF) | Linda Greenlaw | 05/04- Lisa in Marin |
| The Devil in the White City (NF) | Erik Larson | 04/04- Lydia in SF |
| Reading Lolita in Tehran (NF) | Azar Nafisi | 02/04- Jeannette in SF |
| The Bonesetter's Daughter | Amy Tan | 01/04- Dana in Marin |
| Cry, The Beloved Country | Alan Paton | 12/03-Aurora in Kens |
| Fast Food Nation (NF) | Eric Schlosser | 10/03-Jeanne in Montclair |
| The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | 09/03-Lydia in SF |
| Three Junes | Julia Glass | 08/03-Ellen in Piedmont |
| Recapitulation | Wallace Stegner | 07/03-Cara in Ross | Seabiscuit: An American Legend (NF) | Laura Hillenbrand | 06/03-Lisa in Novato |
| The Dive From Clausen's Pier | Ann Packer | 05/03-Nancy in SF |
| Naked Came The Phoenix | Edited By Marcia Talley | 04/03-Jeanne in Oakland |
| Red (NF) | T.T. Williams | 03/03-Celeste in Oakland |
| Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | 02/03-Jeannette in SF |
| Gig (NF) | Bowe,Bowe & Streeter | 01/03-Lydia in SF |
| The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen | 11/02-Celeste in Oakland |
| The Flamingo's Smile | Stephen Jay Gould | 9/02-Kathi's in Oakland |
| Word for Word | Tobias Wolf | 8/02-Ft. Mason in SF |
| Grace | J.R. Woods | 7/02-Mennette's in Kens |
| Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje | 6/02-Aurora's in Kens |
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Michael Chabon | 5/02 - Lydia's in SF |
| Letters From Yellowstone | Diane Smith | 3/02-Jeannette in SF |
| Prodigal Summer | Barbara Kingsolver | 02/02 - Laura in Berkeley |
| The Samurai's Garden | Gail Tsukiyama | 01/02-Dana in Marin |
| The Battle for God | Karen Armstrong | 11/01-Nancy in SF |
| Tran-Sister Radio | Chris A. Bohjalian | 11/01/01
JV in OKland |
| Personal History (NF) | Katharine Graham | 09/01 - Jeannette in SF |
| The Rich Man's Table | Scott Spencer | 08/01 - Lydia in SF |
| Daughter of Fortune | Isabel Allende | 07/01 - Mennette in Kens. |
| White Oleander | Janet Fitch | 06/01 - Laura in Berkeley |
| The Good Mother | Sue Miller | 05/01 - Barbara in SF |
| We Were the Mulvaneys | Joyce Carol Oates | 03/01 Celeste & Oprah Oakland |
| The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (NF) | Rudy Doyle | 02/01 - Aurora of Kens |
| While I Was Gone | Sue Miller | 01/01 - KDS in OK |
| Five Fortunes | Beth Gutcheon | 11/00-Nancy in SF |
| Through a Window | Jane Goodall | 10/00 - Celeste in OKland |
| Harry
Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone
Buster's Midnight Cafe |
J.
K. Rowling
Sandra Dallas |
09/00 - Barbara in SF |
| London: The Novel | Edward Rutherfurd | 08/00 - Laura in Berk |
| Amy & Isabelle | Elizabeth Strout | 07/00 - Lisa in Marin |
| The Persian Pickle Club | Sandra Dallas | 06/00 - Mennette in Kens |
| House of Sand and Fog | Andre Dubus III | 05/2000 - Lydiaof SF |
| Amsterdam | Ian McEwan | 03/2000 - KD-S of OK |
| The Club Dumas | Arturo Perez-Reverte | 02/00 - Jeannette of SF |
| Water Witches | Chris Bohjalian | 01/00 - Barbara of SF |
| The Aguero Sisters | Cristina Garcia | 11/99 - Celeste of OK |
| Bitch (NF) | Elizabeth Wurtzel | 10/99-Ellen In SF |
| I Know This Much is True | Wally Lamb | 9/99 - Jeanne of OK |
| Paradise | Toni Morrison | 8/99 - Nancyof SF |
| Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work (NF) | Jackson Benson | 7/99-Martha of OK |
| The Pilot's Wife | Anita Shreve | 6/99 - Lydia in SF |
| Are You Somebody?(NF) | Nuala O'Faolain | 5/99 - Mennetteof Kens |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden | 4/99 - Laura of Berkeley |
| Speaking Truth to Power (NF) | Anita Hill | 3/99-AG of Kens |
| Midwives | Chris Bohjalian | 2/99 - Jeannette in SF |
| Rain of Gold (NF) | Victor Villasenor | 1/99 Kathi of OK |
| Miriam's Kitchen (NF) | Elizabeth Ehrlich | 11/98 Nancyof SF |
| The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | 10/98Barbaraof SF |
| Salt Dancers | Ursula Hegi | 09/98 JV of OK |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel | Rebecca Wells | 08/98 Celeste in OK |
| Alias Grace | Margaret Atwood | 07/98 Lydiain SF |
| A Civil Action (NF) | Jonathan Harr | 06/98 - Barbara of SF |
| Gaudy Night | Dorothy Sayers | 05/98 Martha of OK |
| Le Divorce | Diane Johnson | 04/98 Mennette in KS |
| A Stolen Tongue | Sheri Holman | 03/98 - JV of Ok |
| The Color of Water (NF) | James McBride | 02/98 - NC of SF |
| Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | 01/98 - JH of SF |
| The Hundred Secret Senses | Amy Tan | 11/97 - ML of KS |
| An Anthropologist on Mars (NF) | Oliver Sacks(M) | 10/97 - JB of SF |
| Into Thin Air(NF) | Jon Krakauer (M) | 9/97 - AG of EC |
| She's Come Undone | Wally Lamb (M) | 8/97 - KD-S of OK |
| High Tide in Tuscon: Essays From Now or Never | Barbara Kingsolver | 07/97 - TM of OK |
| Stones From The River | Ursula Hegi | 05/97 - ES of SF |
| Arranged Marriage: Stories | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | 04/97 - LA of SF |
| Men in Black | Scott Spencer(M) | 03/97 - KD of OK |
| Woman of the Inner Sea | Thomas Keneally(M) | 02/97 - CB of OK |
| Wild Swans(NF) | Jung Chang(F) | 01/97 - NC of SF |
| Morality Play | Barry Unsworth(M) | 11/96 - ML of KNS |
| The Book of Ruth | Jane Hamilton(F) | 10/96 - AG of EC |
| A Virtuous Woman(opt'l Ellen Foster) | Kaye Gibbons(F) | 9/96 - ES of SF |
| Corelli's Mandolin (F) | Louis de Bernieres(M) | 9/96 - JV of OK |
| Pilgrim At Tinker Creek (NF) | Annie Dillard(F) | 7/96 - CB |
| True North (NF) | J.K. Conway (F) | 6/96 - TM |
| The Liar's Club: A Memoir (NF) | M. Karr (F) | 5/96 - JH |
| Reviving Ophelia (NF) | M. Pipher (F) | 4/96 - CFB |
| The Beak of the Finch (NF) | J. Weiner (M) | 3/96 - NC |
| Sixteen Pleasures | R. Hellenga (M) | 2/96 - LA |
| The Virgin Suicides | J. Eugenides (M) | 1/96 - MM |
| Wuthering Heights | E. Bronte (F) | 11/95 - AG |
| A Map of the World | J. Hamilton (F) | 10/95 - KD |
| The Stone Diaries | C. Shields (F) | 9/95 - NC |
| Mansfield Park | J. Austen (F) | 8/95 - ES |
| Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories | G. Marquez (M) | 7/95 - LA |
| Coffee Will Make You Black | A. Sinclair (F) | 6/95 - TM |
| A Chief & Her People | W. Mankiller (F) | 5/95 - AG |
| Confession of a Madame Psyche | D. Bryant (F) | 3/95 - NC |
| Women of the Silk | G. Tsukiyama (F) | 2/95 - CAB |
| A Dangerous Woman | M. Morris (F) | 1/95 - LA |
| Arabian Jazz | D. AbuJaber (F) | 12/94 - EP |
| The Famished Road | B. Okri (M) | 11/94 - CFB |
| Consider This, Senora | H. Doerr (F) | 10/94 - KD |
| Postcards | A. Proulx (F) | 9/94 - SP |
| Cut to the Quick | K. Ross (F) | 8/94 - NC |
| The English Patient | M. Ondaatje (M) | 7/94 - TM |
| Balkan Ghosts | R. Kaplan (M) | 6/94 - ES |