Dissolution

C. J. Sanom, 2003

A historical mystery set in England in 1537, this first novel chronicles Thomas Cromwell's aggressive efforts to close down monasteries throughout the realm. When one of his commissioners is found gruesomely murdered, Cromwell commands the brilliant lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, to investigate the crime, a task that could either advance his career or sink it.

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Teacher Man

Frank Mccourt, 2005

The last installment of Frank Mccourt's trilogy about his life. This entertaining book is a vivid and humorous account of his years spent in the New York City public school system.

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Tender Bar

J.R. Moehringer, 2005

A memoir by J.R. Moehringer, national reporter for the Los Angeles Times and a Pulitzer Prize winner, who grew up in a neighborhood bar in Manhasset. Certainly not a place to offer an uplifting vision of the human condition, it nevertheless becomes second home for a fatherless boy in search of his identity.

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Through the Children's Gate

Adam Gopnick, 2006

In this collection of humorous and sentimental stories, Adam Gopnick chronicles his family's relocation from Paris to New York in 2000. The soul of the great city is revealed through the portraits of coaches, teachers, therapists, adversaries and friends.

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Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami, 2005

Far from a typical teenage runaway, 15-year-old Kafka, plagued by the secrets of his family, winds up at a mysterious library. In another story, an old man, Nakata, can only communicate with cats. The stories intertwine in this fantastical Japanese novel.

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The Hills at Home

Nancy Clark, 2003

Lily lives quietly in her family's big old Massachusetts house, until the summer her relatives descend upon her. Her thrice-widowed brother, Harvey, is followed by her hippie nephew and his children, and Harvey's comedian grandson and his girlfriend. A graduate student is on hand to chronicle the tumultuous summer of this quirky family.

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The Space Between Us

Thrity Umrigar, 2006

The author describes daily life in two very different households in modern-day Bombay, where the traditions that separate the classes and the sexes still persist. While money and class keep an upper class Parsi housewife and her servant from fully bridging the gap between them, they remain closer than either of them can fully see. As women, they suffer equally the abuse of men, the loss of love, and the joys and sorrows of motherhood.

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City of Light

Lauren Belfer, 1999

At the turn of the 20th century, a young headmistress of a prestigious girls' seminary in Buffalo, NY witnesses political struggles over the burgeoning electric industry in Niagara Falls. A wonderful blend of fictional and historical figures.

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The Faithful Spy

Alex Berenson, 2006

Lee Child meets Daniel Silva in this exciting story about loner CIA agent and devout Muslim, John Wells, who works deep undercover in Al Qaeda to stop a terrorist plot bigger than 9/11.

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The Other Side of the Bridge

Mary Lawson, 2006

This is an age-old story, set in northern Canada, of two brothers in love with the same woman. In Lawson's masterful hands, the tale of Arthur and Jake Dunn and the young woman who comes between them, chronicles the dangerous power of obsession.

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