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2002
Top Ten Reads
Books
that entertained or impressed us the most
Books
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Vickie
Adkins
- The Cranberry Queen -
Kathleen DeMarco
- Thin Air
- Bette Nordberg
- Graven Images -
Nancy Mehl
- After the Locusts - Jan
Coleman
- Home Is Where the Murder Is
- Carolyn Rogers
- A Garrard County Tragedy
- Phyllis Brown
- A Garden to Keep - Jamie
Langston Turner
- The Hammer Will Fall -
Tim Ritter
- Second Opinion - Hannah
Alexander
- Personal Wars - Richard
Siebert, MD
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Elaine
Broome
- Uncivil Seasons -
Michael Malone [Police Procedural]
- The Curse of Chalion -
Lois McMaster Bujold [Fantasy]
- Diplomatic Immunity -
Lois McMaster Bujold [Fantasy]
- Steps to the Altar - Earlene
Fowler [Mystery]
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice
- Laurie R. King [Historical Mystery]
- Gaudy Night -
Dorothy L. Sayers [Classic Mystery]
- The Chalion Heads - Barry
Maitland [British Detective]
- A Fine and Bitter Snow
- Dana Stabenow [Suspense]
- Wings of Fire - Charles
Todd [Historical Mystery]
- Winter & Night - S.J.
Rozan [Suspense]
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Barbara
Buhrer
- Relentless Pursuit - Alexander
Kent [Historical Naval]
- Puzzle Bark Tree - Stephanie
Gurtler [Romance mystery]
- Hunting Wind
- Steve Hamilton [Suspense]
- Without Fail
- Lee Child [Suspense]
- The Bishop in the West Wing
- Andrew M Greeley [Mystery]
- At Risk - Kit Ehrman
[Suspense]
- Bone of Contention - Roberta
Gellis [Medieval mystery]
- Beat Until Stiff
- Claire M Johnson [Cozy mystery]
- The Embroidered Corpse
- Brian Kavanagh [Cozy mystery]
- Waynes Dead - Christy
Tillery French [Suspense
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Robyn
Glazer
- No Man Standing - Barbara
Seranella [Mystery]
- Bad Seed - Beth Saulnier
[Mystery]
- Heaven on Earth - Marilyn
Pappano [Contemporary Romance]
- Cold justice - Jonnie
Jacobs [Mystery]
- Flashover - Suzanne Chazin
[Mystery]
- Angels - Marian Keyes
[Chick-Lit]
- Mortal Prey
- John Sanford [Mystery]
- The Lovely Bones - Alice
Sebold [Fiction]
- To Give or Decieve - Malinda
Terreri [Mystery]
- Slow Dollar - Margaret
Maron [Mystery]
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Suzie
Housley
- Paradise Found - Mary
Campisi [Contemporary]
- Behind Enemy Lines - Cindy
Dees [Suspense]
- An Accidental Woman -
Barbara Delinsky [Contemporary]
- Runaway Bay - Lisa Hendrix
[Contemporary]
- The Bride Sale - Candice
Hern [Historical]
- Navy Seal Dad - Metsy
Hingle [Series]
- In the Blink of an Eye
- Julie Miller [Romance]
- The Grotto - Evelyn Rogers
[Paranormal]
- Afterimage - Jaye Roycraft
[Paranormal]
- Behind the Veil - JoAnna
Wayne [Series]
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Rachel
A Hyde
- Archaeology is Rubbish
- Tony Robinson with Mick
Aston [Nonfiction]
- The Rival Queens - Fidelis
Morgan [Historical Crime]
- A Catch of Consequence
- Diana Norman [General Historical]
- His Majesty's Envoy -
Richard Patton [General Historical]
- Dangerous Angels series
- Francesca Lia Block [Juvenile]
- Agatha Raisin & the Quiche
of Death - M C Beaton [Humor]
- The Ill-Made Mute/Lady of
the Sorrows - Cecilia Dart-Thornton [Fantasy]
- Time For Aristotle - Jennifer
Macaire [Romance]
- Angel The Casefiles Vol I
[TV Tie-In] - Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte & Maryelizabeth
Hart [Horror]
- Seek A New Dawn - E V
Thompson - [Saga]
- The French Executioner
- C C Humphreys - [Adventure]
- Julian Stockwin -
Artemis [Sea Story]
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Susan
(Suebuggy) Johnson
- Hard Eight
- Janet Evanovich [Mystery]
- Beach House - James Patterson
[Fiction]
- Second Chance
- James Patterson [Detective/Sleuth]
- Daddy's Little Girl
- Mary Higgins Clark [Suspense]
- On the Street Where You Live
- Mary Higgins Clark [Suspense]
- Slow Dollar -
Margaret Marron [Mystery]
- Monteiths Mountains
- Skip Brooks [Fiction]
- A Perfect Evil
- Alex Kava [Detective/Police]
- Grave Secrets
- Kathy Reichs [Suspense]
- The Next Accident
- Lisa Gardner [Suspense
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Carolyn
Howard-Johnson
- Life of Pi
- Yann Martel [Literary]
- The Greater Goode - Amy
Schorr Ferris [Young Adult]
- Word Work
- Bruce Holland Rogers [Inspirational / Writers]
- First the Raven - Leora
G. Krygier [Literary]
- Night Crimes
- Judith Woolcock Colombo [Mystery/ Psycho thriller]
- Beauty Bites Beast
- Ellen Snortland [Nonfiction]
- East of Kabul West of New
York - Tamin Ansary
[Memoir]
- John Adams
- David McCullough [Nonfiction]
- The World is Round -
Nikky Finney [Black, Poetry]
- Five Quarters of the Orange
- Joanne Harris [Fiction]
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Kristie
Leigh Maguire
- Forever Until We Meet
- Vicki M. Taylor
- I Love You - Samuel Alesich
- The Runaway Bride - Patricia
McLinn
- Slow Hands - Lauren Bach
- Soul 2 Soul - Craig S.
Tulepan
- Winter Fire - Kathy Fischer-Brown
- Silverbridge - Joan Wolf
- The Gunn of Killearnan
- Dorice Nelson
- Battleground U.S.A.
- Mark Haeuser
- This Is The Place
- Carolyn Howard-Johnso
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Nancy
Mehl
My Top Ten..Eleven
umm, Twelve
okay!!! Thirteen List!!! (In no particular order - because that
would have really finished me!)
- The Grass Dance - Laurel
Johnson [Nonfiction / Inspirational]
- Alley of Wishes - Laurel
Johnson [Literary]
- When You Upon a Star -
Nancy Marie [Inspirational Fiction]
- Soldier of the Legion
- Marshall S. Thomas [Science Fiction]
- Sock Monkey Blues - John
Laurence Robinson [Mystery / Detective]
- Full Circle - Pat Browning
[Mystery]
- The Passion of Artemisia
- Susan Vreeland [Literary]
- Irregardless of Murder
- Ellen Kennedy [Cozy Mystery]
- Jezebel - Gordon A. Kessler
[Suspense / Horror]
- Serving Gravy with a Slotted
Spoon - Freda Gower Ward [Humor]
- The Red Church - Scott
Nicholson [Horror]
- Index of Suspicion - Robert
E. Armstrong [Suspense]
- Desert Wives - Betty Webb
[Mystery / Detectiv
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Jen
Oliver
- What Dreams May Come -
Richard Matheson [Fiction]
- First Cut - Leah Ruth
Robinson [Medical Thriller]
- Sleeping Murder - Agatha
Christie [Murder Mystery]
- Shadow Prey - John Sandford
[Horror]
- If I'd Only Known... -
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer [Non-fiction, Psychology]
- Life Lessons - Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross and David Kessler [Non-fiction, Self-help]
- The Wild Vine - Sandra
Pesini and Shirley Mattson Wolf [Fiction]
- Toughest Battle - Regina
Pride [Fiction]
- Empty Promises - Ann Rule
[Non-Fiction-True Crime]
- Envy - Sandra Brown
[Fiction
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Jo
Rogers
- Into the Path of Gods
- Kathleen Cunningham Guler [Historical Fantasy]
- Inn the Shadow of Dragons
- Kathleen Cunningham Guler [Historical Fantasy]
- Against the Fall of Night
- Arthur C. Clarke [Science Fiction]
- Henderson's Spear - Ronald
Wright [Historical Fiction]
- Twice Dead - Elizabeth
Dearl [Mystery]
- The Wayfarer Redemption
- Sara Douglass [Fantasy]
- Enchanter - Sara Douglass
[Fantasy]
- Starman - Sara Douglass
[Fantasy]
- Warchild - Karin Lowachee
[Science Fiction]
- Shadow Planet - William
Shatner [Science Fiction
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Beverly
Rowe
- The Stephanie Plum Series
(Yeah, all 8 of them) - Janet Evanovich [Suspense/Humor]
- The Fiery Cross - Diana
Gabaldon [Historical/Fantasy]
- Aindreas the Messenger
- Gerald McDaniel [Fiction/Historical]
- The Belly of the Dragon
- Jack Romig [Suspense/Historical]
- The Fire Lover - Joseph
Wambaugh [Nonfiction/True Crime]
- Law Dog - J. Lee Butts
[Fiction/Western]
- Basket Case - Carl Hiaasen [Fiction/Humor]
- The Dark of the Eye
- Douglas Clegg [Fiction/Horror]
- Grapes of Wrath - John
Steinbeck (Again) [Fiction/Classic]
- We Were the Mulvaneys
- Joyce Carol Oates [Fiction/Contemporary
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Brenda
Weeaks
- Dig Deep for Murder
- Kate Kingsbury [Historical Mystery]
- Deaf Child Crossing -
Marlee Matlin [Children's
book]
- Honor's Kingdom - Owen
Parry [Historical Mystery]
- April Fool Dead - Carolyn
Hart [Cozy Mystery]
- Opportunity Slips - Sherban
Young
- Lost - Gregory Maguire
[Supernatural Fiction]
- Rush Home Road - Lori
Lansens [Fiction]
- Miss Julia Throws a Wedding
- Ann B. Ross [Fiction]
- Cochlear Implants in Children
- Christiansen, Leigh, Branson [Health / Deaf
Related]
- Panini, Bruschetta, Crostini
- Viana La Place [Cookbook]
- Partisans and Redcoats
- Walter B. Edgar [History
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