Have you read a book in our collection that you think others would enjoy? Please let us know and we will add your suggestion to our Great Reads 101 list of 2012.
Here are books, both old and new, recommended by staff and patrons over the last year. Somebody in Limington loved each of these books. We list by book title, author and classification.
101 Great Reads of 2011
- BIO - Biography
- F - Fiction
- Jr F - Junior Fiction
- MM pbk - Mass Market paperback
- NF - Non Fiction
- YA - Young Adults
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree: Darling Dahlias, Book 1 by Susan Wittig Albert / F
Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert / F
The Peach Keeper by Allen, Sarah Addison / F
Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals by Stephen Ambrose / NF 305.31 AMBR
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson / YA F
Deliver Us from Evil: Shaw & Katie James, Book 2 by David Baldacci by F
Hell’s Corner, Camel Club, Book 5 by David Baldacci / F
The School of Night by Louis Bayard / F
Death of a Chimney Sweep: Hamish MacBeth, Book 27 by M.C. Beaton / F
The Jefferson Key: Cotton Malone, Book 7 by Steve Berry / F
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy / F
Royal Blood: Royal Spyness Mystery, Book 4 by Rhys Bowen / F
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: Flavia de Luce, Book 2 by Alan Bradley / F
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks / F & Audiobook
A Sister’s Secret: Sisters of Holmes County, Book 1 by Wanda E. Brunstetter / F
At Home by Bill Bryson / NF 643 BRYS
Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover’s Soul by Jack Canfeild / NF 636.1 CANF
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato / NF 304.8 CANN
Dead or Alive by Tom Clancey / F
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark / F
Whispers of the Bayou by Mindy Stearns Clark / F
The Drowning Man by Margaret Coel / F
The Fifth Witness: Mickey Haller, Book 4 by Michael Connelly / F
Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell / F
Tail Spin: FBI Thriller, Book 12 by Catherine Coulter / F
The Silent War by John Pina Craven / NF 359.9
Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler / F
Whiter than snow by Sandra Dallas / F
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver / F
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati / F
Vulcan’s Forge: Philip Mercer, Book 1 by Jack DuBrul / MMPBK
The Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone / F
Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich / F
Now You See Her by Joy Fielding / F
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer / NF 973.3 FISC
Acts of Treason by Vince Flynn / F
Fall of Giants: Century Trilogy, Book 1 by Ken Follett / F
Bonecracker by Dick Francis / F
Love You More by Lisa Gardner / F
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee / F
Body Double: Rizzoli & Isles, Book 4 by Tess Gerritsen / F
Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge / F
Knockdown by Sarah Graves / F
War Stories of the Infantry: Americans in Combat, 1918 to Today by Michael Green / NF 356
A Secret Gift by Ted Gup / NF 973.917 GUP
Night Road by Kristin Hannah / F
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman / F
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby / F
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving / F
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean / NF
The God of the Hive: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes, Book 10 by Laurie R. King / F
Remember me? by Sophie Kinsella / F
Iron Lake: Cork O'Connor, Book 1 by William Kent Kreuger / MMPBK
The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring / MMPBK
Tales from the Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang / NF 398.2
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson / NF 943.086
True North by Kathryn Lasky / YA F
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane / F
Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell / F
Classic Fishing Stories: Twenty Timeless Angling Tales by Nick Lyons / NF 799.1
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber / F
A Dog’s Life by Ann Martin / Jr F
Game of Thrones: Song of Fire & Ice, Book 1 by George R. R. Martin / F & Audiobook
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty / F
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton / F
His Majesty’s Dragon: Temerarie, Book 1 by Naomi Novik / F
Sixkill: Spenser, Book 40 by Robert B. Parker / F
Private: Jack Morgan, Book 1 by James Patterson / F
Med Head by James Patterson & Hal Friedman / YA NF 616.8
In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson / F
Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen / YA F
The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick / NF 978
The Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front-Porch Blues by John R. Powers / F
Impact by Douglas Preston/ F
My Neck of the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich / NF 917.41 RICH
The Search by Nora Roberts / F
Altar of Eden by James Rollins / F
On the Line: Will: Bill Smith, Lydia Chin, Book 10 by SJ Rozan / F
Bygones: Sommerfeld, Book 1 by Kim Vogel Sawyer / F
Ghosts on the Coast of Maine by Carol Olivieri Schulte / NF 133.1 SCHU
The Alchemist: Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel, Bk. 1 by Michael Scott / YA F & Audiobook
The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto / NF 974.7 SHOR
Rescue by Anita Shreve / F
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman / Jr F
The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva / F
Three weeks with my brother by Nicholas Sparks / NF 306.875
One was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming / F
Big Girl by Danielle Steel / F
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein / F
Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani / F
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese / F
Clara & Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland / F
The Purpose Driven life by Rick Warren / NF 248.2
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White / F
Summer at Willow Lake: Lakeshore Chronicles, Book 1 by Susan Wiggs / MMPBK
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester / F
A Lesson in Secrets: Maisie Dobbs, Book 8 by Jacqueline Winspear / F
Great Big Book of Children's Games by Debra Wise / NF 790
Kisser: Stone Barrington, Book 17 by Stuart Woods / F
The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodward / NF 974.1
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak / F