| Jane
Austen |
Emma
Sense and Sensibility |
| Russell
Banks |
The
Sweet Hereafter |
| John
Buchan |
The
Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Peter
Carey |
Oscar
and Lucinda |
| Tom
Clancy |
A
Clear and Present Dange
The Hunt for Red October
Patriot Games |
| Avery
Corman |
Kramer
Vs. Kramer |
| Michael
Crichton |
The
Andromeda Strain
Disclosure
Jurassic Park
The Lost World |
| Nicholas
Evans |
The
Horse Whisperer |
| E.
M. Forster |
Howard's
End
A Passage to India
A Room with a View |
| John
Fowles |
The
French Lieutenant's Woman |
| Olivia
Goldsmith |
The
First Wives' Club |
| John
Grisham |
The
Firm
The Pelican Brief
The Rainmaker
A Time to Kill |
| Dashiell
Hammett |
The
Maltese Falcon |
| Jim
Harrison |
Legends
of the Fall |
| Alice
Hoffman |
Practical
Magic |
| John
Irving |
The
Hotel New Hampshire
The World According to Garp |
| Henry
James |
The
Portrait of a Lady
The Wings of a Dove |
| Nikos
Kazantzakis |
The
Last Temptation of Christ |
| Ken
Kesey |
One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| W.P.
Kinsella |
Shoeless
Joe (Field of Dreams) |
| Harper
Lee |
To
Kill a Mockingbird |
| Norman
Maclean |
A
River Runs Through It |
| Terry
McMillan |
How
Stella Got Her Groove Back
Waiting to Exhale |
| Larry
McMurtry |
Terms
of Endearment |
| Jacquelyn
Mitchard |
The
Deep End of the Ocean |
| Margaret
Mitchell |
Gone
with the Wind |
| Toni
Morrison |
Beloved |
| Michael
Ondaatje |
The
English Patient |
| Whitney
Otto |
How
to Make an American Quilt |
| Mario
Puzo |
The
Godfather |
| Anna
Quindlen |
One
True Thing |
| Carl
Sagan |
Contact |
| Nicholas
Sparks |
Message
in a Bottle |
| William
Styron |
Sophie's
Choice |
| Robert
James Waller |
The
Bridges of Madison County |
Melissa
Banks - The Girls' Guide to Hunting and
Fishing
As it explores the life lessons of Jane,
the contemporary American Everywoman --
who combines the charm of Bridget Jones,
the vulnerability of Ally McBeal, and the
wit of Lorrie Moore -- "The Girls'
Guide to Hunting and Fishing" offers
wise, poignant and laugh-out-loud insight.
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Kate
Christensen - In the Drink
An intelligent, witty and completely readable
novel about the life of a normal young woman
trying to find love and success in the Big
Apple.
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Nora
Ephron - Heartburn
A pregnant cookbook writer discovers her
husband is in analysis and having an affair
and she suffers from six weeks of intense
heartburn. Great fun.
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Katie
Fforde - Wild Designs
Modern comedy by promising new English writer
about the struggles of a 38 year old mother
of three dealing with many new and difficult
events in her life.
Stately
Pursuits
Funny and endearing story of a young woman
who after finding her lover in bed with
another woman, retreats to the crumbling
estate of an aging relative and ends up
finding a new love.
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Helen
Fielding: Bridget Jones - The Edge of
Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is another
laugh-out-loud look at the life of 90's
Everywoman Bridget Jones. Picking up where
the blockbuster bestselling Bridget Jones'
Diary left off. It has all the charm and
hearty laughs that made Diary such a smash.
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Suzanne
Finnamore - Otherwise Engaged
What happens to an attractive, intelligent,
formerly rational woman when the man she
has been chasing finally pops the question?
Eve has 12 months until the big day - plenty
of time to contemplate the exasperating
ritual otherwise known as modern marriage.
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Marian
Keyes - Watermelon
Hilarious story of how an abandoned new
mother fights her way back to independence
in spite of her philandering husband and
Dublin family.
Rachel's
Holiday
Again the author takes a comic, poignant
look at a 90's woman sorting out her life.
Lucy
Sullivan is Getting Married
Lucy Sullivan is getting married...or is
she? Lucy doesn't even have a boyfriend.
(To be honest, she isn't that lucky in love).
But Mrs. Nolan - a local psychic - has read
her tarot cards and predicted that Lucy
will be walking down the aisle within the
year. There's the small matter of no boyfriend.
But then Lucy meets Gus, gorgeous, unreliable
Gus. And she starts to wonder if he could
be the future Mr. Lucy Sullivan. Or could
it be handsome Chuck? Or Daniel, the world's
biggest flirt? Or even cute Jed, the new
boy at work? Maybe the idea of Lucy Sullivan
getting married isn't so unlikely, after
all....
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Terry
McMillan - How Stella Got Her Groove
Back
Successful 40-something divorcee looking
to put some excitement back in her life
by going on vacation.
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Richard
Peck - London Holiday
Fun beach read about three middle aged women
who go on a trip to London to change their
lives.
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Cathleen
Schine - Rameau's Niece
Comic novel of manners in contemporary Manhattan.
Spoofs the cultural elite.
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Amy
Sohn - Run Catch Kiss
Hilarious and wise, Run Catch Kiss is a
tongue-in-cheek commentary on the voyeuristic
and avaricious culture that created that
dangerous nineties phenomenon: the single
girl who wants it all.
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Gail
Storey - The Lord's Motel
Delightfully narrated novel about the absurdities
of modern life as a single librarian. Mary
Tyler Moore in the 90's.
God's
Country Club
This sequel to the Lord's Motel continues
the romantic, tongue-in-cheek adventures
of a single librarian as she looks for true
love.
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Laura
Zigman - Animal Husbandry
A funny look at one woman's way of coping
with her relationship. The reader may find
herself laughing out loud.
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