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The Book Worm:  Best Books / Survey Results

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book ...
Emerson

Last issue we invited you to vote for your favorite books ... past or present ... fact or fiction.

We're still new in the neighborhood, so we didn't hear from lots of people, but those we did hear from had some interesting titles to suggest.  ...

Here, some titles very new, some, somewhat old, both fiction and not, is a sampling of the results:

• First Choices ...
  
  • Beyond The Pale, E. Dykewomyn
    
  • The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
    
  • American Pastorale, Philip Roth
    
  • Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel
    
  • The Barron in the Trees, Italo Calvino
    
  • The Myth of Male Power, Warren Farrell
    
  • Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende
    
• Second Choices ...
  
  • Refuge: An Unnatural History of Time and Place, Terry Tempest Williams
    
  • Licks of Love, John Updike
    
  • Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
    
  • The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
    
  • Original Sin, P.D. James
    
  • Lemprière's Dictionary, Lawrence Norfolk
    
  • Waiting, Ha Jin
    
• Third Choices ...
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  • Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver
    
  • A River Town, Thomas Keneally
    
  • One Thousand White Women, Jim Fergus
    
  • City of Light, Lauren Belfer
    
  • The Lyre of Orpheus, Robertson Davies
    
  • Merrick, Anne Rice
    

There you have it ... or should we say 'them'?  ...

We're thinking about making a Best Books list an on-going feature here at DownStreet.  In addition, we'd like to hear from more book clubs in the area, whether open to new members or not.  Either way, we'd like to publish your reading lists, either here in the magazine, or in our Community Pages.

If your book club is interested in participating, please e-mail us at ...

    books@downstreetmagazine.com

Let us know the name of your club, if any, how many members, and, if you're open to new members, where and when you meet.  Finally, don't forget tell us about your recent or up-coming reading list.

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