Fiction

• Ahab’s Wife, or, the Star-Gazer: A Novel (Fiction/Naslund) by Sena Jeter Naslund
  The author used one line from the classic tale Moby Dick to weave the story of a woman who would marry a man like Ahab, taking her from humble beginnings in Kentucky to life with a sea captain on the East Coast.
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: A Novel (Fiction/Chabon) by Michael Chabon
  On the eve of World War II, Joe Kavalier, recently escaped from Nazi-occupied Prague, and his cousin, Sammy Clay, create a comic book describing the adventures of a superhero called The Escapist.
• A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Fiction/Irving) by John Irving
  Owen Meany goes through life believing himself to be an instrument of God and is certain that he will ultimately sacrifice his life to save others.
• The Once and Future King (Science Fiction/White) by T.H. White
  This classic follows the story of Arthur, Merlyn, and the Knights of the Round Table.
• The Shadow of the Wind (Fiction/Ruiz Zafon) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  A young boy discovers a rare book with a mysterious history and is determined to uncover what really happened to its author.
• When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novel (Fiction/Otsuka) by Julie Otsuka
  A mother, daughter, and son most relocate from their home in Berkeley, California, to a Japanese internment camp.

Nonfiction

• Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest (Nonfiction/940.5421/Amb) by Stephen Ambrose
  The survivors of Easy Company’s elite paratrooping force tell their story, from basic training through the end of World War II.
• Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Biographies/966.404/Beah) by Ishmael Beah
  A quiet boy is forced into the violent life of a soldier in Sierra Leone.
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Biographies/610.92/Farmer) by Tracy Kidder
  Dr. Paul Farmer founded the charitable organization Partners in Health and is determined to travel throughout the world curing disease.
• The Right Stuff (Nonfiction/629.4097/Wol) by Tom Wolfe
  Seven military pilots flirt with great personal danger to become the first astronauts in the Mercury space program.
• Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Nonfiction/798.4/Hil) by Laura Hillenbrand
  A short horse, a large jockey, and a man who made his living replacing horses with cars combined to create one of the greatest horse racing legends of all time.
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations--One School at a Time (Nonfiction/371.822/Mor) by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
  Determined to thank members of the impoverished village that cared for him after a failed mountain climbing attempt, Greg Mortensen returns to Pakistan and Afghanistan building schools for girls.