91. Snow flower and the secret fan

Author: See, Lisa.

Title: Snow Flower and the secret fan : a novel

Publisher: New York : Random House, c2005.

Edition: 1st ed.

Description: 258 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Women -- China -- Fiction.
Married women -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Footbinding -- Fiction.
Childbirth -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
China -- Fiction.

Meeting: January 16, 2007

90. On beauty : a novel

Author: Smith, Zadie.

Title: On beauty : a novel

Subject(s):

College teachers -- Fiction.
Racially mixed children -- Fiction.

89. Running with scissors : a memoir

Author: Burroughs, Augusten.

Title: Running with scissors : a memoir

Subject(s):

Burroughs, Augusten -- Childhood and youth.
Burroughs, Augusten -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Amherst.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Amherst (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.

88. An autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth

Author: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

Title: An autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth

Subject(s):

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
Statesmen -- India -- Biography.

87. A fine balance

Author: Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-

Title: A fine balance : a novel

Subject(s):

Apartment houses -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Fiction.
India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction.

86. Minaret

Author: Aboulela, Leila, 1964-

Title: Minaret

Subject(s):

Sudanese -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Political refugees -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
Women domestics -- Fiction.
Muslim women -- Fiction.
Rich people -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.

85. Reason for hope : a spiritual journey

Author: Goodall, Jane, 1934-

Title: Reason for hope : a spiritual journey

Subject(s):

Goodall, Jane, 1934-
Spiritual biography -- England.

84. Under the banner of heaven : a story of violent faith

Author: Krakauer, Jon.

Title: Under the banner of heaven : a story of violent faith

Subject: Mormon fundamentalism.

83. Housekeeping

Author: Robinson, Marilynne.

Title: Housekeeping

Subject(s):

Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.
Mothers -- Death -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Aunts -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.

82. The Jane Austen book club

Author: Fowler, Karen Joy.

Title: The Jane Austen book club

Subject(s):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction.
Fiction -- Appreciation -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Group reading -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Sacramento Public Library -- Fiction.

81. The kite runner

Author: Hosseini, Khaled.

Title: The kite runner

Subject(s):

Kābol (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Male friendship -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Betrayal -- Fiction.
Boys -- Fiction.
Coming of age -- Fiction.

80. Anna Karenina : a novel in eight parts

Author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Title: Anna Karenina

Subject(s):

Married women -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.

79. When the heart waits : spiritual direction for life's sacred questions

Author: Kidd, Sue Monk

Title: When the heart waits : spiritual direction for life's sacred questions

Subject(s):

Spritual life -- Christianity.
Christian life.

78. The secret life of bees

Author: Kidd, Sue Monk.

Title: The secret life of bees

Subject(s):

African American women -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Beekeepers -- Fiction.

77. The Da Vinci code : a novel

Author: Brown, Dan, 1964-

Title: The Da Vinci code : a novel

Subject(s):

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Manuscripts -- Fiction.
Cryptographers -- Fiction.

76. Year of wonders : a novel of the plague

Author: Brooks, Geraldine

Title: Year of wonders : a novel of the plague

Subject(s):

Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction.
Plague -- Fiction.

75. Life of Pi : a novel

Author: Martel, Yann.

Title: Life of Pi : a novel

Subject(s):

Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Pacific Ocean -- Fiction.
Storytelling -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Zoo animals -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Tigers -- Fiction.

74. War is a force that gives us meaning

Author: Hedges, Chris.

Title: War is a force that gives us meaning

Subject(s):

War (Philosophy)
Hedges, Chris.
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.

73. Bel canto : a novel

Author: Patchett, Ann.

Title: Bel canto : a novel

Subject(s):

Women singers -- Fiction.
Victims of terrorism -- Fiction.
Embassy buildings -- Fiction.
South America -- Fiction.
Hostages -- Fiction.

72. The fellowship of the ring : being the first part of The lord of the rings

Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Title: The fellowship of the ring : being the first part of The lord of the rings

Subject(s):

Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

71. Seabiscuit : an American legend

Author: Hillenbrand, Laura.

Title: Seabiscuit : an American legend

Subject(s):

Seabiscuit (Race horse)
Race horses -- United States -- Biography.
Horse racing -- United States.

70. The hobbit, or There and back again

Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Title: The hobbit, or, There and back again

Subject(s):

Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

69. Eddie's bastard : a novel

Author: Kowalski, William, 1970-

Title: Eddie's bastard : a novel

Subject(s):

Irish Americans -- Fiction.
Grandparents as parents -- Fiction.

68. Lying awake

Author: Salzman, Mark.

Title: Lying awake

Subject(s):

Carmelite Nuns -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Epilepsy -- Patients -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

67. Travels with Charley : in search of America

Author: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

Title: Travels with Charley : in search of America

Subject(s):

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Journeys -- United States.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
United States -- Description and travel.

66. The legacy of luna : the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods

Author: Hill, Julia Butterfly.

Title: The legacy of Luna : the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods

Subject(s):

Hill, Julia Butterfly.
Pacific Lumber Company.
Women conservationists -- California -- Humboldt County -- Biography.
Luna (Calif. : Tree)
Old growth forest conservation -- California -- Humboldt County.
Redwood industry -- California.
Logging -- California -- Humboldt County.

65. All the president's men

Authors: Bernstein, Carl, 1944-
and Bob Woodward

Title: All the President's men

Subject(s):

Bernstein, Carl, 1944-
Woodward, Bob
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- -- Impeachment.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- -- Resignation from office.
Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Scandals -- Washington (D.C.) -- History.
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.

64. Things fall apart

Author: Achebe, Chinua.

Title: Things fall apart

Subject(s):
Igbo (African people) -- Fiction.
Men -- Nigeria -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- Race relations -- Fiction.

63. The girl with a pearl earring

Author: Chevalier, Tracy.

Title: Girl with a pearl earring

Subject(s):

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Fiction.
Painters, Dutch -- Fiction.
Historical fiction, English.
Netherlands -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.

62. The fountainhead

Author: Rand, Ayn.

Title: The fountainhead

Subject(s):

Architects -- Fiction.
Object (Philosophy) -- Fiction.

61. Anne of Green Gables

Author: Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.

Title: Anne of Green Gables

Subject(s):

Orphans -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Country life -- Fiction.
Prince Edward Island -- Fiction.

60. Tuesdays with Morrie

Author: Albom, Mitch, 1958-

Title: Tuesdays with Morrie

Subject(s):

Schwartz, Morris S.
Brandeis University -- Faculty -- Biography.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Teacher-student relationships -- United States -- Case studies.
Death -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.

59. The red tent

Author: Diamant, Anita.

Title: The red tent

Subject(s):

Dinah (Biblical character) -- Fiction.
Women in the Bible -- Fiction.

58. Milagro beanfield war

Author: Nichols, John Treadwell, 1940-

Title: The Milagro Beanfield War

Subject(s):

Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Fiction.
Water rights -- New Mexico -- Fiction.

57. Slaughterhouse-five : or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death

Author: Vonnegut, Kurt.

Title: Slaughterhouse-five : or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death

Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.

56. The vision

Author: Brown, Tom, 1950-

Title: The vision

Subject(s):

Brown, Tom, 1950-
Vision quests.

55. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets

Author: Rowling, J. K.

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Subject(s):

Wizards -- Juvenile fiction.
Magic -- Juvenile fiction.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
England -- Juvenile fiction.
Wizards -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.

54. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Author: Rowling, J. K.

Title: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Subject(s):

Wizards -- Juvenile fiction.
Magic -- Juvenile fiction.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
England -- Juvenile fiction.
Wizards -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction

53. Tortilla curtain : a novel

Author: Boyle, T. Coraghessan.

Title: The tortilla curtain : a novel

Subject(s):

Married people -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Illegal aliens -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Mexicans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- Fiction.

52. Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya sisterhood

Author: Wells, Rebecca, 1952-

Title: Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya sisterhood

Subject(s):

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction, American.
Family -- Louisiana -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.

51. Ordeal by hunger : the story of the Donner Party

Author: Stewart, George Rippey, 1895-

Title: Ordeal by hunger : the story of the Donner Party

Subject: Donner Party.

50. Sarah Canary

Author: Fowler, Karen Joy.

Title: Sarah Canary

Subject(s):

Chinese Americans -- Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.
Western stories.
Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.

49. Trainspotting

Author: Welsh, Irvine.

Title: Trainspotting

Subject(s):

Drug addicts -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Fiction.
Young men -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction.

48. Memoirs of a geisha : a novel

Author: Golden, Arthur, 1957-

Title: Memoirs of a geisha : a novel

Subject(s):

Geishas -- Japan -- Fiction.
Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

47. Midwives

Author: Bohjalian, Christopher A.

Title: Midwives

Subject(s):

Midwifery -- Fiction.
Trials -- Fiction.
Vermont -- Fiction.

46. Winter of our discontent

Author: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

Title: The winter of our discontent

Subject(s):

Conduct of life -- Fiction.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

45. Cold mountain

Author: Frazier, Charles, 1950-

Title: Cold mountain

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.

44. Cider house rules

Author: Irving, John, 1942-

Title: The cider house rules : a novel

Subject(s):

Physicians -- Maine -- Fiction.
Orphanages -- Fiction.
Abortion -- Fiction.

43. Reservation blues

Author: Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

Title: Reservation blues

Subject(s):

Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction.
Spokane Indians -- Fiction.
Washington (State) -- Fiction.

42. Giant's house

Author: McCracken, Elizabeth.

Title: The giant's house

Subject(s):

Man-woman relationships -- Massachusetts -- Cape Cod -- Fiction.
Women librarians -- Massachusetts -- Cape Cod -- Fiction.
Giants -- Massachusetts -- Cape Cod -- Fiction.
Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Fiction.