2000s Reading List

2000

• Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul by Jack Canfield
• The Brethren by John Grisham
• The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer
• Side Effects by Michael Palmer
• Flash Back by Michael Palmer
• No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson
• Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
• Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe
• The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
• Scavenger by Tom Savage

2001

• Introducing the Bible by William Barclay
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Timeline by Michael Crichton
• Message in a Bottle Nicholas Sparks
• All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell
• Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
• Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
• Post-Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
• The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
• Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth’s Last Days by Tim LaHaye
• Tribulation Force: Continuing Drama of Left Behind by Tim LaHaye
• Nicolae: Rise of the Antichrist by Tim LaHaye
• Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides by Tim LaHaye
• Apollyon: The Destroyer Unleashed by Tim LaHaye
• Assassins: Jerusalem, Target: Anichrist by Tim LaHaye
• The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession by Tim LaHaye

2002

• Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
• Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
• Mission Compromised by Oliver North
• From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harmful Intent by Baine Kerr
• The Summons by John Grisham
• Hornet’s Nest by Patricia Cornwell
• Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell
• Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
• Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne by Tim LaHaye
• The Remnant by Tim LaHaye

2003

• The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
• Finding Your Religion by Scotty McLennan
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
• Shock by Robin Cook
• The Patient by Michael Palmer
• Charleston by John Jakes
• Against an Infinite Horizon by Ronald Rolheiser
• The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy
• Blind Side by Catherine Coulter
• The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
• The Beach House by James Patterson
• Let Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity
• The New Thought Police byTammy Bruce
• The Death of Right and Wrong by Tammy Bruce

2004

• The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
• The Courage to be Chaste by Benedict J. Groeschel
• The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
• The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
• Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong
• Gone for Soldiers by Jeff Shaara
• Billy Bean – Going the Other Way by Billy Bean & Chris Bull
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong
• The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush by Rob Myers

2005

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
• Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
• True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
• The New American Revolution by Tammy Bruce

2006

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
• Here, Bullet by Brian Turner
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
• March by Geraldine Brooks
• The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Blink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
• At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
• Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner

2007

Personal Reading:

• The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
• Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
• Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

College Assignments:

• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
• Why Nations Go to War by John G. Stoessinger

2008

Personal Reading:

• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
• Without Warning by John Birmingham

College Assignments:

• How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
• Texts and Contexts by Steven Lynn
• Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan
• When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
• Parts by Tedd Arnold
• And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• Fables by Arnold Lobel
• Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
• Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
• Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman
• The Book that Jack Wrote  by Jon Scieszka
• White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman
• The Butter Battle Book  by Dr. Seuss
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

2009

Personal Reading:

• Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
• Certain Jeopardy by Jeff Struecker & Alton Gansky
• Through the Fire by Shawn Grady
• Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton
• Broken Angel by Sigmund Brouwer 
• The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

College Assignments:

• The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
• Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua
• So Far From God by Ana Castillo
• Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez
• Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
• The Line of the Sun by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• When I Was Peurto Rican by Esmerelda Santiago
• The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia
• Our House in the Last World by Oscar Hijueolos
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
• Passing by Nella Larsen

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