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Sort options:  Fiction   Nonfiction   Large Print   Teen   All   Title Author Sort Date 84 Charing Cross Road Hanff, Helene Nonfiction 1970 About Schmidt Begley, Louis Fiction 1997 The Accidental Tourist Tyler, Anne Fiction 1985 Airborn Oppel, Kenneth Teen 2005 Al Capone Does My Shirts Choldenko, Gennifer Teen 2004 All Over but the Shoutin' Bragg, Rick Nonfiction 1997 All Souls: A Family Story from Southie MacDonald, Michael Patrick Nonfiction 1999 The Amateur Marriage Tyler, Anne Fiction 2004 The Amateur Marriage LARGE PRINT Tyler, Anne Large Print 2004 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Chabon, Michael Fiction 2000 American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen Teen 2006 Among the Hidden Haddix, Margaret Peterson Teen 1998 Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons Landvik, Lorna Fiction 2003 Animal Farm Orwell, George Fiction 1993 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Kingsolver, Barbara Nonfiction 2007 Any Bitter Thing LARGE PRINT Wood, Monica Large Print 2006 Any Bitter Thing Wood, Monica Fiction 2006 The Art of Fielding Harbach, Chad Fiction 2011 The Art of Racing in the Rain Stein, Garth Fiction 2003 The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl Lyga, Barry Teen 2007 Atonement McEwan, Ian Fiction 2001 The Autobiography of My Mother Kincaid, Jamaica Fiction 1996 Beautiful Inez Schneider, Bart Fiction 2005 Bel Canto Patchett, Ann Fiction 2001 Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life Russert, Tim Nonfiction 2004 Bitter Grounds Benitez, Sandra Fiction 1997 Black Juice Lanagan, Margo Teen 2004 Blue Nights Didion, Joan Nonfiction 2011 The Body of Christopher Creed Plum-Ucci, Carol Teen 2001 The Boy From the Basement Shaw, Susan Teen 2004 The Brambles Minot, Eliza Fiction 2006 The Brambles LARGE PRINT Minot, Eliza Large Print 2006 Brave New World Huxley, Aldous Fiction 1946 Breath Eyes Memory Danticat, Edwidge Fiction 1998 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis Teen 1999 The Buddha in the Attic Otsuka, Julie Fiction 2011 Caleb's Crossing Brooks, Geraldine Fiction 2011 The Canterbury Papers Healey, Judith Koll Fiction 2004 The Cat's Table Ondaatje, Michael Fiction 2011 Chanda's Secrets Stratton, Allan Teen 2004 Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society Mah, Adeline Yen Teen 2005 City of the Beasts Allende, Isabel Teen 2002 The City of Ember DuPrau, Jeanne Teen 2003 Cleopatra: A Life Schiff, Stacy Nonfiction 2010 Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Fuller, Alexandra Nonfiction 2011 The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother McBride, James Nonfiction Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War Horwitz, Tony Nonfiction 1998 A Corner of the Universe Martin, Ann M. Teen 2002 A Country Doctor's Casebook: Tales from the North Woods MacDonald, Roger A. Nonfiction 2002 The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories Jewett, Sarah Orne Fiction 1995 Criss Cross Perkins, Lynne Rae Teen 2005 Crow Lake Lawson, Mary Fiction 2002 Cuba 15 Osa, Nancy Teen 2005 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Haddon, Mark Fiction 2003 Cutting For Stone Verghese, Abraham Fiction 2009 The Dante Club Pearl, Matthew Fiction 2004 The Days of Rondo Fairbanks, Evelyn Nonfiction 1990 Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir Gunther, John Nonfiction 1949 Digging to America Tyler, Anne Fiction 2006 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Wells, Rebecca Fiction 1996 The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Tzemach Lemmon, Gayle Nonfiction 2011 Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Sonnenblick, Jordan Teen 2004 Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement Rothman, Rodney Nonfiction 2005 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Mackler, Carolyn Teen 2003 Eat Pray Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy India and Indonesia Gilbert, Elizabeth Nonfiction 2006 Ellen Foster Gibbons, Kaye Fiction 1987 Emako Blue Woods, Brenda Teen 2004 The Emperor of Ocean Park Carter, Stephen L. Fiction 2002 Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott Fiction 2002 Enthusiasm Shulman, Polly Teen 2007 Everlost Shusterman, Neal Teen 2006 Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray Fiction 1993 Fat Kid Rules the World Going, K.L. Teen 2003 Feed Anderson, M.T. Teen 2002 A Fine Balance Mistry, Rohinton Fiction 1996 The First Part Last Johnson, Angela Teen 2003 First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Ung, Loung Nonfiction 2000 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Albom, Mitch Fiction 2003 The Florist's Daughter Hampl, Patricia Nonfiction 2007 Fruits Basket. Volume 1 Takaya, Natsuki Teen 2004 The Gathering Enright, Anne Fiction 2007 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Weatherford, Jack Nonfiction 2004 Gift from the Sea Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Nonfiction 2005 Gift from the Sea LARGE PRINT Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Large Print 2005 Gilead LARGE PRINT Robinson, Marilynne Large Print 2005 Gilead Robinson, Marilynne Fiction 2004 Girl in Translation Kwok, Jean Fiction 2010 The Girls from Ames Zaslow, Jeffrey Nonfiction 2009 Girls in White Dresses Close, Jennifer Fiction 2011 The Glass Castle Walls, Jeanette Nonfiction 2005 The Goblin Wood Bell, Hilari Teen 2003 The Good Daughters Maynard, Joyce Fiction 2010 The Grace of Silence Norris, Michele Nonfiction 2010 The Great Fire Hazzard, Shirley Fiction 2003 The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fiction 1996 The Handmaid's Tale Atwood, Margaret Eleanor Fiction 1986 The Happiness Project Rubin, Gretchen Nonfiction 2009 Hard Love Wittlinger, Ellen Teen 1999 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Eggers, Dave Nonfiction 2001 The Help Stockett, Kathryn Fiction 2009 Hole in My Life Gantos, Jack Teen 2002 Hope Was Here Bauer, Joan Teen 2000 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Ford, Jamie Fiction 2009 The Hours Cunningham, Michael Fiction 1998 House of Sand and Fog Dubus, Andre Fiction 1999 The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy Teen 2002 How Angel Peterson Got His Name Paulsen, Gary Teen 2003 How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn, Richard Fiction 1940 How I Live Now Rosoff, Meg Teen 2006 The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne Teen 2008 I Capture the Castle Smith, Dodie Fiction 1948 The Ice Storm Moody, Rick Fiction 2002 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Skloot, Rebecca Nonfiction 2010 In the Lake of the Woods O'Brien, Tim Fiction 1994 In the Lake of the Woods LARGE PRINT O'Brien, Tim Large Print 2007 In the Garden of Beasts Larson, Erik Nonfiction 2011 Interpreter of Maladies: Stories Lahiri, Jhumpa Fiction 1999 Into the Wild Krakauer, Jon Nonfiction 1996 The Invisible Bridge Orringer, Julie Fiction 2010 The Journey Home Olafur Johann Olafsson Fiction 2000 Julie and Romeo Get Lucky Ray, Jeanne Fiction 2005 Keesha's House Frost, Helen Teen 2003 The Kite Runner LARGE PRINT only 7 copies Hosseini, Khaled Large Print 2003 The Known World Jones, Edward P. Fiction 2003 The Known World LARGE PRINT Jones, Edward P. Large Print 2004 Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey Countess of Carnarvon Nonfiction 2011 Lake Wobegon Days Keillor, Garrison Fiction 1985 The Language of Blood Trenka, Jane Jeong Nonfiction 2005 The Language of Flowers Diffenbaugh, Vanessa Fiction 2011 The Last Communist Virgin Wang Ping Fiction 207 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Erdrich, Louise Fiction 2009, c2001 The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir Yang, Kao Kalia Nonfiction 2008 The Leftovers Perrotta,Tom Fiction 2011 The Lonely Polygamist Udall, Brady Fiction 2010 Looking for Alaska Green, John Teen 2005 The Lost Mother Morris, Mary McGarry Fiction 2005 Love Medicine Erdrich, Louise Fiction 1993 Main Street Lewis, Sinclair Fiction 1998 Maine Sullivan, J. Courtney Fiction 2011 Make Lemonade Virginia Euwer Wolff Teen 1993 The Man in My Basement Mosley, Walter Fiction 2004 The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Bartlett, Allison Hoover Nonfiction 2010 The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community Pipher, Mary Bray Nonfiction 2003 Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffrey Fiction 2002 The Mists of Avalon Bradley, Marion Zimmer Fiction 2001 Molokai Brennert, Alan Fiction 2003 Money Hungry Flake, Sharon Teen 2001 Montana 1948 Watson, Larry Fiction 1993 Mrs. Dalloway Woolf, Virginia Fiction 1993 My Detachment: A Memoir Kidder, Tracy Nonfiction 2005 My Heartbeat Freymann-Weyr, Garret Teen 2002 The Namesake Lahiri, Jhumpa Fiction 2003 Naruto 1: The Tests of the Ninja Kishimoto, Masashi Teen 2003 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1 Miyazaki, Hayao Teen 2004 Never Let Me Go Ishiguro, Kazuo Fiction 2005 The News from Paraguay Tuck, Lily Fiction 2004 Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America Ehrenreich, Barbara Nonfiction 2001 Night Wiesel, Elie Nonfiction 2006 The Night Circus Morgenstern, Erin Fiction 2011 The Night Strangers Bohjalian, Chris Fiction 2011 No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman Teen 2000 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency McCall Smith, Alexander Fiction 1998 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency LARGE PRINT McCall Smith, Alexander Large Print 2003 A Northern Light Donnelly, Jennifer Teen 2004 Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John Fiction 1965 On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon Gibbons, Kaye Fiction 1998 One Day Nicholls, David Fiction 2010 One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Fiction 1998 One Hundred Years of Solitude LARGE PRINT Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Large Print 2004 Out Kirino, Natsuo Fiction 2003 Out From Boneville Jeff Smith Teen 2005 Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir Register, Cheri Nonfiction 2000 The Pact Roers, Walter J. Fiction 2000 The Pact: A Love Story Picoult, Jodi Fiction 2006 The Painted Drum Erdrich, Louise Fiction 2005 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender Fiction 2010 Patty Jane's House of Curl Landvik, Lorna Fiction 1995 Peace Like a River Enger, Leif Fiction 2001 Persepolis Satrapi, Marjane Nonfiction 2003 The Pilot's Wife Shreve, Anita Fiction 1998 Pirates!: The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates Rees, Celia Teen 2003 A Place Where the Sea Remembers Benitez, Sandra Fiction 1993 The Plague of Doves Erdrich, Louise Fiction 2008 Please Look After Mom Shin, Kyung-Sook Fiction 2011 Pontoon Keillor, Garrison Fiction 2007 Pope Joan Cross, Donna Woolfolk Fiction 1996 Possession: A Romance Byatt, A. S. Fiction 2000 The Postmistress Blake, Sarah Fiction 2010 A Prayer for Owen Meany Irving, John Fiction 2002 Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane Fiction 2000 The Quiet American Greene, Graham Fiction 1992 The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Chang, Iris Nonfiction 1997 Rasputin's Daughter Alexander, Robert Fiction 2006 The Real Minerva Sharratt, Mary Fiction 2004 The Red Tent Diamant, Anita Fiction 1997 A Reliable Wife Goolrick, Robert Fiction 2009 The Road LARGE PRINT McCarthy, Cormac Large Print 2007 The Road McCarthy, Cormac Fiction 2006 Romiette and Julio Draper, Sharon Teen 1999 Room Donoghue, Emma Fiction 2010 Rules of Civility Towles, Amos Fiction 2011 Salvage the Bones West, Jesamyn Fiction 2011 The Samurai's Garden Tsukiyama, Gail Fiction 1994 Sarah's Key de Rosnay, Tatiana Fiction 2007 Saul and Patsy Baxter, Charles Fiction 2003 The Sea the Sea Murdoch, Iris Fiction 2001 Secret Daughter Gowda, Shilpi Somaya Fiction 2010 Seize the Day Bellow, Saul Fiction 1996 Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane Fiction 2003 Shadow Baby McGhee, Alison Fiction 2000 The Shadow of the Wind Ruiz Zafon, Carlos Fiction 2004 Shanghai Girls See, Lisa Fiction 2009 The Sheltering Sky Bowles, Paul Fiction 2000 Signs of Life Taylor, Natalie Nonfiction 2011 Skellig Almond, David Teen 2001 Slammerkin Donoghue, Emma, Fiction 2001 Slaves in the Family Ball, Edward Nonfiction 1998 Small Island Levy, Andrea Fiction 2005 Snow Pamuk, Orhan Fiction 2004 So Long, See You Tomorrow Maxwell, William Fiction 1980 The Soul Thief Baxter, Charles Fiction 2008 The Sound and the Fury Faulkner, William Fiction 1990 South of Superior Airgood, Ellen Fiction 2011 The Sparrow Russell, Mary Doria Fiction 1996 Speak Anderson, Laurie Halse Teen 2001 Specials Scott Westerfeld Teen 2006 Spilling Clarence Ursu, Anne Fiction 2002 Spirit Car : Journey to a Dakota Past Wilson, Diane Nonfiction 2006 Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry Teen 2000 State of Wonder Patchett, Ann Fiction 2011 Stay With Me Freymann-Weyr, Garret Teen 2006 Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Crutcher, Chris Teen 1993 A Step from Heaven Na, An Teen 2001 Still Alice Genova, Lisa Fiction 2009 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Wroblewski, David Fiction 2008 Stuck in Neutral Trueman, Terry Teen 2000 The Submission Waldman, Amy Fiction 2011 Suite Francaise LARGE PRINT Nemirovsky, Irene Large Print 2006 Suite Francaise Nemirovsky, Irene Fiction 2006 The Surrendered Lee, Chang-Rae Fiction 2010 Swamplandia! Russell, Karen Fiction 2010 The Sweet Hereafter Banks, Russell Fiction 1991 The Tale of Halcyon Crane Webb, Wendy Fiction 2010 Tangerine Bloor, Edward Teen 1997 Tangled Threads : a Hmong Girl's Story Shea, Pegi Deitz Teen 2003 Tears of a Tiger Draper, Sharon Teen 1994 These Granite Islands Stonich, Sarah Fiction 2002 These is My Words Turner, Nancy E. Fiction 1998 Those Who Save Us Blum, Jenna Fiction 2004 Three Cups of Tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time Mortenson, Greg and David Oliver Relin Adult Nonfiction Book 2006 Three Junes Glass, Julia Fiction 2002 Tiger's Wife Obreht,Tea Fiction 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper Fiction 1995 To Kill a Mockingbird LARGE PRINT Lee, Harper Large Print 1999 Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen, Ben Teen 2001 Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun: A Boy's Journey Whitmore, Arvella Teen 1999 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Smith, Betty Fiction 2001 True Believer Wolff, Virginia Euwer Teen 2001 The Turtle Catcher Helget, Nicole Fiction 2009 Tyrell Booth, Coe Teen 2006 The View from Mount Joy Landvik, Lorna Fiction 2008 A Visit from the Goon Squad Egan, Jennifer Fiction 2010 Waiting Jin, Ha Fiction 1999 Water for Elephants Gruen, Sara Fiction 2007 The Weird Sisters Brown, Eleanor Fiction 2011 What Alice Forgot Moriarty, Liane Fiction 2011 When the Emperor Was Divine Otsuka, Julie Fiction 2002 Where I Want to Be Griffin, Adele Teen 2005 Where No Gods Came O'Connor, Sheila Fiction 2003 Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith Terkel, Studs Nonfiction 2001 Wolf Hall Mantel, Hilary Fiction 2009 The Women of Brewster Place Naylor, Gloria Fiction 1982 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Egan, Timothy Nonfiction 2006 Wuthering Heights Bronte, Emily Fiction The Year of Magical Thinking Didion, Joan Nonfiction 2005 The Year of Pleasures Berg, Elizabeth Fiction 2006 The Year We Left Home Thompson, Jean Fiction 2011 Your Blues Ain't Like Mine Campbell, Bebe Moore Fiction 1992 Your Oasis on Flame Lake Landvik, Lorna Fiction 1998 Zach's Lie Smith, Roland Teen 2001 Zeitoun Eggers, David Fiction 2009