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| Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | |||
| [http://www.amazon.com/The-Poisoners-Handbook-Forensic-Medicine/dp/014311882X The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York] | |||
| Lauren and Marc | |||
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| Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 | | Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 | ||
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| Monday, August 6, 2012 | | Monday, August 6, 2012 | ||
| [http://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Creativity-Works-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/B007QRI1UQ Imagine: How Creativity Works] | | [http://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Creativity-Works-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/B007QRI1UQ Imagine: How Creativity Works] | ||
| Lauren | | Lauren and Marc | ||
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| Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | ||
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-ebook/dp/B0047Y0FGY Bossypants ] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-ebook/dp/B0047Y0FGY Bossypants ] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Splendid-Suns-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159448385X A Thousand Splendid Suns] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Splendid-Suns-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159448385X A Thousand Splendid Suns] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062060627 The Song of Achilles] | |||
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/159420411X The Signal and the Noise] | |||
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine/dp/0393338827/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350270307&sr=1-1&keywords=the+big+short The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine/dp/0393338827/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350270307&sr=1-1&keywords=the+big+short The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/Casual-Vacancy-J-K-Rowling/dp/0316228532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350270338&sr=1-1&keywords=the+casual+vacancy The Casual Vacancy] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Casual-Vacancy-J-K-Rowling/dp/0316228532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350270338&sr=1-1&keywords=the+casual+vacancy The Casual Vacancy] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143122231 Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength] | * [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143122231 Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/Unbearable-Lightness-Being-Milan-Kundera/dp/0060932139 The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Unbearable-Lightness-Being-Milan-Kundera/dp/0060932139 The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel] | ||
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Girl-Novel-Gillian-Flynn/dp/030758836X Gone Girl] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Girl-Novel-Gillian-Flynn/dp/030758836X Gone Girl] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Hall-Novel-Hilary-Mantel/dp/0312429983 Wolf Hall] | * [http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Hall-Novel-Hilary-Mantel/dp/0312429983 Wolf Hall] | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Women-Work-Will/dp/0385349947 Lean In] | |||
Other books that haven't been proposed, but one day might be: | Other books that haven't been proposed, but one day might be: | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 30 April 2013
Scheduled books:
| Date | Book | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York | Lauren and Marc |
| Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 | Atonement: A Novel | Lacra |
| Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 | Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking | Lacra |
| Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 | The Windup Girl | Sandy |
| Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 | Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void | Lacra |
| Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 | Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel | John |
| Monday, August 6, 2012 | Imagine: How Creativity Works | Lauren and Marc |
| Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | None | Lacra |
Runners up:
- The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
- The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband
- The Name of the Rose
- State of Wonder
- Catch Me If You Can
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
- Bossypants
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- The Song of Achilles
- The Signal and the Noise
Other proposed books:
- Cloud Atlas: A Novel
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
- Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
- East of Eden
- Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
- 1776
- Fear and Trembling: A Novel
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
- The Casual Vacancy
- Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
- The Prophet
- The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't
- Gone Girl
- Wolf Hall
- Lean In
Other books that haven't been proposed, but one day might be: