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| Bel Canto by Ann Patchett |
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| "This should be on the list of every literate music lover. The story is riveting, the participants breathe and feel and are alive, and throughout the elegantly written novel, music pours forth so splendidly that the reader hears it and is overwhelmed by its beauty. Ann Patchett is a special writer who has written a special book." - Lloyd Moss, WXQR |
| Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini |
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| "This is one of those unforgettable stories that stay with you for years. All the great themes of literature and of life are the fabric of this extraordinary novel: love, honor, guilt, fear, and redemption." - Isabel Allende |
| Peace Like a River by Leif Enger |
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| "Once in a great while, a book comes along that has such wonderful characters and marvelous prose, that you read it as much for the pure joy it offers on every page as to find out how it ends." - Tom Walker, The Denver Post |
| Silas Marner by George Eliot |
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| What is the value of human relations, the connection between souls? In Silas Marner George Elliot expels this question in the story of a reclusive weaver in a small English town who learns to trade his love of gold for the love of those around him. |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nite-Time by Mark Haddon |
| Reviews by the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and the Miami Herald use such words to describe the book as “Astonishingly captivating,” “Both clever and observant,” “Smart, honest and wrenching.” |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd |
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| “The tale of one motherless daughter’s discovery of what family really means – and of the strange and wondrous places we find love.” – The Washington Post |
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