January 2012

1) Gold Coast Elmore Leonard
2) Animal Farm George Orwell
3) This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald
4) The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
5) American Lion Jon Meacham
6) Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome
7) Edward Hopper Ivo Kranzfelder

December 2011

1) Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
2) The Last Founding Father (James Monroe) Harlow Giles Unger
3) The French Revolution A Very Short Introduction William Doyle
4) The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt
5) Love in the Ruins Walker Percy
6) John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life Paul C Nagle
7) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
8) The Orchard Keeper Cormac McCarthy

November 2011

1) American Sphinx Joseph J. Ellis
2) Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
3) Home and Away Rachel Wetesteon
4) James Madison Richard Brookheiser
5) The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break Steven Sherill
6) The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard
7) Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis

October 2011

1) Washington Ron Chernow
2) Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov
3) Starwater Strains Gene Wolfe
4) 77 Dream Songs John Berryman
5) Split Images Elmore Leonard
6) John Adams David McCullough
7) The Bible Repairman Tim Powers

September 2011

1) Castleview Gene Wolfe
2) The Comedians Graham Greene
3) A History of the American People Paul Johnson
4) Black Swan Green David Mitchell
5) Nuclear Dawn James P. Delgado
6) The Book of the Dun Cow Walter Wangerin

August 2011

1) The secret agent Joseph Conrad
2) Despair Vladimir Nabokov
3) Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
4) The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories Angela Carter
5) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold John Le Carre
6) Skippy Dies Paul Murray
7) The Magician King Lev Grossman
8) Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy
9) A Fine and Private Place Peter S Beagle
10)Godric Frederick Buechner
11) The Big Bounce Elmore Leonard

July 2011

1)The Last Gentleman Walker Percy
2)A Soldier of the Great War Mark Helprin
3)A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
4)Stories Ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio
5)How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
6) Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler
7) The Third Policeman Flann O'Brien
8) All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren
9) The Sunset Limited Cormac McCarthy
10) The Human Factor Graham Greene
11) Shriek: An Afterward Jeff Vandermeer