Selection List 2008

This is the list of books we chose from for 2008.

  • "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
  • "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
  • "Why I Hate Canadians" by Will Ferguson
  • "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
  • "Stones From the River" by Ursula Hegi
  • "Metamorphoses" by Ovid
  • "Neuromancer" by William Gibson
  • "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt
  • "In the Company of the Courtesan" by Sarah Dunant
  • "The Secret Life of Lobsters" by Trevor Corson
  • "A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian" by Marina Lewycka

Second set for 2008-2009.

  • Watership Down by Richard Adams
  • Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - yes
  • Bangkok 8 by John Burdett - yes
  • The Fruit Hunters by Adam Gollner
  • The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
  • Mr Gilfil's Love Story by George Eliot
  • The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  • Blindness by Jose Saramago
  • A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  • The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
  • Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
  • Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
  • The Reckoning of Boston Jim by Claire Mulligan
  • Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope