As we say goodbye to 2010 and usher in 2011, this seems like a good time to share with you some of Missoula Public Library staff’s favorite reads of 2010. Not all the selections were necessarily written in 2010 but may have been read by staff this year. How many have you read?
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Aimee Bender
Mr. Peanut, Adam Ross
Jillian (IT)
The Dreamer, Pam Munoz Ryan
Art and Max, David Wiesner
Island Beneath the Sea, Isabel Allende
Ape House, Sara Gruen
Into the Beautiful North, Luis Urrea
Karen (Children’s)
The Infinities, John Banville
The Gathering, Anne Enright
Descartes Loneliness, Allen Grossman
(Heather, Frenchtown Branch)
Under This Unbroken Sky, Shandi Mitchell
Tiger Moon, Penelope Lively
God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours, Regina Brett
(Christine, Reference)
Holy Water, James Othmer
(Elizabeth, Assistant Director)
Here’s Looking at Euclid, Alex Bellos
One Dog at a Time, Pen Farthing
Bookweird, Paul Glennon
(Marge, Reference)
The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids, Tom Hodgkinson
The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
The Glamour of Grammar, Roy Peter Clark
(Molly, Reference)
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris
What I Thought I Knew, Alive Eve Cohen
Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
(Cara, Reference)
The Good, Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, Sy Montgomery
(Lisa, Public Relations)
The Devil’s Rooming House, M. William Phelps
Fall of Giants, Ken Follett
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici: A Novel, C.W. Gortner
Daughters of Witching Hill: A Novel, Mary Sharratt
The Queen’s Lover: A Novel, Vanora Bennett
(Annie, Circulation, favorite Historical Fiction)
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