Staff Favorite Books of 2007

Amy

Sweetheart Deal by Claire Matturro

Double Cross by James Patterson

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks.

Beth

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis

Bob

If a Pirate I Must Be . . . by Richard Sanders

Empire of Blue Water by Stephen Talty

Clare

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Hatred for Tulips by Richard Lourie

David

Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why they Fail by Amy Chua

The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easter

Donna E

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl by Mariane Pearl

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Forrest

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell

Kevin

Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee

Sacco and Vanzetti: the Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind by Bruce Watson

Bel Canto: a Novel by Ann Patchett

The World Is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman

Crazy Eights: a Jake Hines Mystery by Elizabeth Gunn

Mary H

God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

Mary S

An Idiot Girl’s Christmas by Laurie Notaro

Marilyn

Mad Dash: a Novel by Patricia Gaffney

Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel

Spare Change by Robert Parker

Secret Servant by Daniel Silva

Miriam

Grace (eventually) by Anne Lamott

Nancy M.

Fast Forward 1 : Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge edited by Lou Anders.

Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Nancy W

Castaway Kid by R.B. Mitchell

Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about what Really Matters by Peter Kreeft

Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 by Damon DiMarco.

Phil

Spook Country by William Gibson

Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet--Better, Faster, Easier by Mark Frauenfelder

Veganomicon : The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

Rex

Planet Earth as You've Never Seen it Before by Alastair Fothergill

Sarah

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowlings

Val

Why Good Things Happen to Good People by Dr. Stephen Post