Awards search:Christian Science Monitor Best Book

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century

by Thomas L. Friedman
Hardcover, ?
Tags
@attic12, history, current affairs
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
330.90511

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
fantasy, @attic12, victorian england, magic, alternate history, historical fiction, fiction, faerie world, napoleonic wars, london, gaslamp fantasy
Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (3 Vol. Collector's Edition Box Set)

by Susanna Clarke
Paperback, 2005
Tags
fantasy, victorian england, magic, alternate history, historical fiction, fiction, faerie world, napoleonic wars, london, gaslamp fantasy
Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
boxed set, fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, alternate history, magic, magicians, folio society
Collections
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Folio Society books
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback, 2007
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, science, cognitive science, popular science, human nature, prejudice
Collections
Popular Science, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
153.44

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
linguistics, reference, grammar, favourite, non-fiction, words, english language, wordplay
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
428.2

How to Be Good

by Nick Hornby
Paperback, 2001
Tags
fiction, lad lit, family & relationships, london, @attic14
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable

by Mark Dunn
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
epistolary, alphabet, words, english language, abecedarian, children, cautionary tales, humour, wordplay
Collection
Children's Lit & Picture Books
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Corrections: A Novel

by Jonathan Franzen
Ebook, 2010
Tags
@ebook, fiction, american literature, contemporary fiction, family & relationships
Collections
Digital Library, General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

by John Grogan
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, biography, memoir, dogs
Collections
Digital Library, Biography & Memoir
Series
Marley (1)
Status
Available
Call number
636.7527092

The Grand Complication

by Allen Kurzweil
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
books on books, fiction, mystery and detective, literary mystery, book collecting, libraries
Collection
Mystery, Detective & Crime
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel

by Peter Carey
Paperback, 2001
Tags
fiction, history, australian history, australian author, @attic14
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Yiddish Policemen's Union [limited edition]

by Michael Chabon
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
@signed, fiction, @limited, @attic11, alternate history, alaska, mystery, noir
Collection
Mystery, Detective & Crime
Status
Available
Call number
813

Black Swan Green

by David Mitchell
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, war, peer pressure, bildungsroman, british fiction
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tus

by Bill Buford
Paperback, 2007
Tags
cookbook, biography, memoir, recipes, restaurants
Collections
Cookbooks, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
920

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

by Marisha Pessl
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
fiction, school days, mystery, bildungsroman
Collection
Mystery, Detective & Crime
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Talk Talk

by T.C. Boyle
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
@signed, fiction, deafness, identity theft, contemporary fiction
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Then We Came to the End: A Novel

by Joshua Ferris
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
fiction, contemporary fiction, @attic02
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
fiction, science fiction, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, survival, american literature, family & relationships
Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Ladies of Grace Adieu: And Other Stories

by Susanna Clarke
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
@signed, children, primary school, fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, short stories, faerie world, gaslamp fantasy, gorgeous cover art
Collection
Children's Lit & Picture Books
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Mission Song

by John Le Carre
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, espionage, mystery and detective, thriller
Collection
Mystery, Detective & Crime
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Muriel Barbery
Paperback, 2009
Tags
fiction, realistic fiction, philosophy, family & relationships, @bookclub
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
843.92

Theft

by Peter Carey
Ebook, 2006
Tags
@ebook, fiction, australian literature, siblings, literary fiction
Collections
Digital Library, General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion
Paperback, 2007
Tags
biography, memoir, loss, death
Collection
Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Likeness

by Tana French
Ebook, 2008
Tags
@ebook, fiction, crime, ireland, mystery, murder mystery, detective, thriller
Collections
Digital Library, Mystery, Detective & Crime
Series
Dublin Murder Squad (2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, biography, memoir
Collection
Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
910.4092

Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
@signed, adventure, myths and legends, fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, magical realism, anansi
Collections
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Myths, Legends & Folklore
Series
American Gods (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Anansi Boys

by Neil Gaiman
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
@signed, @limited, hill house, fine press, fiction, fantasy, myths and legends, native american folklore, anansi
Collections
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Myths, Legends & Folklore
Series
American Gods (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Ibis Trilogy, Book 1: Sea of Poppies

by Amitav Ghosh
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
fiction, adventure, historical fiction, china, nautical fiction, gorgeous cover art
Collection
General Fiction
Series
The Ibis Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Annie Barrows
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
fiction, england, epistolary, war, historical fiction, romance
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback, 2008
Tags
education, homeschool, non-fiction, science, genius and talent
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
302

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

by Richard Holmes
Paperback, 2009
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, history, popular science
Collections
Digital Library, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
509.4109033

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
american literature, fiction, historical fiction, prejudice
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Children's Book

by A.S. Byatt
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
@ctm, fiction
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
fiction, historical fiction, england, tudor
Collection
General Fiction
Series
Wolf Hall Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
@signed, fiction, historical fiction, folio society
Collection
General Fiction
Series
Wolf Hall Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Imperfectionists

by Tom Rachman
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
@storage20, fiction, books on books, humour
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

by John Vaillant
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, environment, tigers
Collections
Digital Library, Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
599.75609577

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, reference, history, humour, household, essays
Collection
Non-fiction & Reference
Status
Available
Call number
643.1

Room

by Emma Donoghue
Paperback, 2010
Tags
fiction, suspense, contemporary fiction
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Tiger's Wife

by Tea Obreht
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
@ebook, fiction, eastern europe, magical realism, family & relationships
Collections
Digital Library, General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, science, popular science, psychology, personailty
Collections
Digital Library, Popular Science
Status
Available
Call number
155.2

State of Wonder

by Ann Patchett
Paperback, 2011
Tags
@ebook, fiction, medicine, amazon, brazil, south america, contemporary fiction
Collections
Digital Library, General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn
Ebook, 2012
Tags
@ebook, fiction, mystery, crime, @bookclub
Collections
Digital Library, Mystery, Detective & Crime
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Art of Fielding

by Chad Harbach
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
fiction, baseball, america, school days, coming of age, sports, realistic fiction
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Alif the Unseen

by G. Willow Wilson
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
fiction, fantasy, young adult
Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson
Paper Book, 2011
Tags
@ebook, non-fiction, biography, computing
Collections
Digital Library, Biography & Memoir
Status
Available
Call number
621.39092

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel

by Karen Joy Fowler
Ebook, 2014
Tags
@ebook, fiction, family, contemporary fiction, chimpanzees
Collections
Digital Library, General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
fiction, american literature
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton
Paperback, 2013
Tags
fiction, historical fiction, mystery, new zealand
Collection
General Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
823.92
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