DONE! With 1 whole month to spare!

I was introduced to some great new authors this year.

* recommended reading

• Ansay, A. Manette: Midnight Champagne
• Bear, Greg: Darwin's Radio
• Carr, Caleb: The Alienist *
• Deaver, Jeffrey: The Devil's Teardrop
• Edwards, Kim: The Memory Keeper's Daughter *
• Feehan, Christine: Wild Rain
• Gruen, Sarah: Water for Elephants *
• Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner *
• Isaacs, Susan: Compromising Positions *
• Jackson, Lisa: Cold Blooded
• Kidd, Sue Monk: The Secret Life of Bees *
• Lehane, Dennis: A Drink Before the War
• Margolin, Phillip: Ties That Bind
• Nance, John: Pandora's Clock
• O'Nan, Stewart: Snow Angels
• Peters, Elizabeth: Crocodile on the Sandbank
• Quirina, Fiona: Sex, A Mystery
• Rollins, James: Ice Hunt *
• Stoller, Debbie: Stitch 'n' Bitch - The Knitter's Handbook *
• Troup, Gary: Bad Twin
• Unger, Lisa: Beautiful Lies *
• Van Wormer, Laura: The Bad Witness
• Winthrop, Elizabeth: Island Justice
• (X) William X. Kienzle: Shadow of Death
• Yorke, Christy: The Secret Lives of the Sushi Club
• Zafon, Carlos Ruiz: The Shadow of the Wind *