Also-Ran Reading List

Those books that were proffered for our consideration and were passed over in favor of other books.

Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison (Jasmine)- winner Namesake
Autograph Man, Zadie Smith (Asha)-winner Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Ordinary Wolves, Seth Kantner (Christine) - winner Roaches
Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Christine) - winner Roaches
My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk (Liz) - winner Atonement
Middlesex, Jeffery Eugenides (Liz)- winner Atonement
Memoirs of a Survivor, Doris Lessing (Chris) - winner Lot 49
World of Vikram Lall, M.G. Vassaaji (Chris) - winner Lot 49
Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut (Linda) - winner Fierce Invalids
Snow Crash, Neil Stephenson (Linda) - winner Fierce Invalids
Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Scott) - winner Fountainhead
Deception, Denise Mina (Scott) - winner Fountainhead
Disgrace, J.M. Coetze (Scott) - winner Fountainhead
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (Scott) - winner Fountainhead
Feddy and Fredericka, Mark Helprin (Sunni) - winner Name of the Rose
Witching Hour, Anne Rice (Christine) - winner Name of the Rose
Sandstorm, James Rollins (Rachel)- winner Name of the Rose
Club Duma, Arturo Perez-Reverte (Linda) - winner Name of the Rose
Straight Man, Richard Russo (Chris)- winner Name of the Rose
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (Rachel) - winner Voyage
Unless, Carol Shields (Rachel) - winner Voyage
On Secret Service, John Jakes (Sunni) - winner Running with Scissors
First Deadly Sin, Lawrence Sanders (Sunni) - winner Running with Scissors
In the time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez (Christine) - winner Kite Runner
Master Butcher’s Singing Club, Louise Erdrich (Liz) - winner Seven Types of Ambiguity
Veronica, Mary Gaitskill (Liz) - winner Seven Types of Ambiguity
Saving Fish from Drowning, Amy Tan (Hera) - winner Girl Who Played Go
All the Names, Jose Saramago (Linda) - winner Girl Who Played Go
Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee (Scott) - winner Girl Who Played Go
Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison (Danica) - winner Disgrace
Jazz, Toni Morison (Danica) - winner Disgrace
Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Christopher Moore (Danica) - winner Disgrace
All the Names, Jose Saramago (Linda) - winner Kafka on the Shore
The Trial, Franz Kafka (Linda) - winner Kafka on the Shore
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo (Linda) - winner When We Were Orphans
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Hera) - winner When We Were Orphans
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Rachelle) - winner When We Were Orphans
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Christine) - winner When We Were Orphans
The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom (Sunni) - winner Orphans
Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley (Liz) - winner When We Were Orphans
Until I Find You, John Irving (Wayne) - winner All the Names
The March, E.L. Doctorow (Wayne) - winner All the Names
The Known World, Edward P. Jones (Wayne) - winner All the Names
Night, Elie Wiesel (Sunni) - winner Cloud Atlas
Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton (Sunni) - winner Cloud Atlas
Hand I Fan With, Tina Mcelroy Ansa (Jasmine) - winner I Lucifer
On Beauty, Zadie Smith (Rachelle)- winner Inheritance of Loss
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (Rachelle) - winner Inheritance of Loss
The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor (Rachelle) - winner Inheritance of Loss
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Ehys (Melissa) - winner Double Bind
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris (Melissa) - winner Double Bind
Saving Fish From Drowning, Amy Tan (Melissa) - winner Double Bind
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See (Melissa) - winner Double Bind
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (John) - winner Curious Incident
Baby Proof, Emily Griffin (John) - winner Curious Incident
Grendel, John Gardner (Christine) - winner Revolutionary Road
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell (Christine) - winner Revolutionary Road
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris (Hera) - winner Kavalier & Clay
Boomsday - Christopher Buckley (Hera) - winner Kavalier & Clay
Reservation Road - John Burnham Schwartz (Liz) - winner No Country
Divisadero - Michael Ondaatje (Liz) - winner No Country
Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart (Matt) - winner Lamb
Brothers, Da Chen (Matt) - winner Lamb
Saturday, Ian McEwan(Scott) - winner Zen and the Art
Black Swan Green, David Mitchell (Scott) - winner Zen and the Art
The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud (Scott) - winner Zen and the Art
Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov (Linda) - winner If on a Winters Night
Only Revolutions, Mark Danieleqski (Linda) - winner If on a Winters Night
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (Wayne) - winner Lullaby
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (Wayne) - winner Lullaby
The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar (Missy) - winner Gracious Plenty
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Missy) - winner Gracious Plenty
1.19 Minutes, Jodi Picoult (Sunni) - winner God of Animals
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (Sunni) - winner God of Animals
What is the What, Dave Eggers (Stacey) - winner Human Stain
Brother, I am Dying, Edwidge Danticat (Stacey) - winner Human Stain
Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Jamila) - winner Oscar Wao
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Jamila) - winner Oscar Wao
Unburnable, Marie Elena John (Jonathan) - winner Polished Hoe
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain (Jonathan) - winner Polished Hoe
The Road, Cormac McCarthy (Rachelle) - winner Choke
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini (Rachelle) - winner Choke
Saturday, Ian McEwan (Scott) - winner A Supposedly Fun Thing
Black Swan Green, David Mitchell (Scott) - winner A Supposedly Fun Thing
1984, George Orwell (Scott) - winner A Supposedly Fun Thing
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis (Melissa I) - winner Moon is a Harsh Mistress
My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk (Melissa I) - winner Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Hyperion, Dan Simmons (Christine) - winner Martian Chronicles
Venus on the Half Shell, Phillip Jose Farmer (Christine) - winner Martian Chronicles
Stolen Child, Keith Donohue (Linda) - winner Elegance of the Hedgehog
Book of Lost Things, John Connolly (Linda) - winner Elegance of the Hedgehog
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel (Nesha) - winner Egalia’s Daughters
Pawn of Prophecy, David Eddings (Nesha) - winner Egalia’s Daughters
My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult (Sunni) - winner Lucky One
Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Connie Godwin (Sunni) - winner Lucky One
War at Home, Kris Nelscott(Angela) - winner Cane River
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison(Angela) - winner Cane River
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Phyllis) -winner Say You Are One of Them
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (Phyllis - winner Say You Are One of Them
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mia) - winner Unburnable
Autobiography of My Mother (Mia) - winner Unburnable
Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Calli) - winner Snow Falling
Learning Joy from Dogs with Collars, Lauralee Summer(Calli) - winner Snow Falling

Last Updated March 5, 2010