Books are the treasured wealth of the world
and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. 
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

The Book Shelf

Here is a listing of books that were not chosen during this period but were among those under consideration. Feel free to take a book from the shelf once you have completed the chosen titles or if you prefer something here instead of the monthly choice. These may appear in the next season's booklist.... Enjoy!

• Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness and the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
• My Abandonment by Peter Rock
• The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• Gardenias for Breakfast by Robin Jones Gunn
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Pope Joan by Donna Woolfork Cross
• Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• The Passage by Justin Cronin
• Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan