Madison Library » lists http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP Madison, New Hampshire Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:10:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Best Books List http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/01/05/best-books-list/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/01/05/best-books-list/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:23:15 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=753 We heard from local readers (and one not-so-local via our Facebook page), who told us what their favorite books from the past decade were (2000-2009). Here’s the list, in no particular order:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini Tolstoy: A Biography by A.N. Wilson The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke Shutter [...]]]> We heard from local readers (and one not-so-local via our Facebook page), who told us what their favorite books from the past decade were (2000-2009). Here’s the list, in no particular order:

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
  • Tolstoy: A Biography by A.N. Wilson
  • The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
  • One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke
  • Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (“great ending!”)
  • Three Cups of  Tea by Greg Mortenson (“stayed with me”)
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon-2 votes (“feeling of you are there”) (“so imaginative, great story”)
  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw

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