Book Reviews: Fiction
- A Cabinet of Wonders by Renee Dodd
- A Call To Colors by John J. Gobbell
- A Country Affair: A Barleybridge Novel by Rebecca Shaw
- A Day of Small Beginnings by Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum
- A Howl for Mayflower by Dan Gilmore
- A Line Between Friends by Michele VanOrt Cozzens
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
- Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
- Addled by JoeAnn Hart
- Afternoons with Emily by Rose MacMurray
- Ain't No Sunshine by Candice Dow
- All The Numbers by Judy Merrill Larsen
- All This Belongs to Me by Ad Hudler
- All Will Be Revealed by Robert Anthony Siegel
- Allah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma; translated by Frank Wynne
- Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell
- And Baby Makes Two by Judy Sheehan
- Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah
- Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
- Another Life by Ann Roth
- At Some Disputed Barricade by Anne Perry
- B-Mother by Maureen O'Brien
- Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
- Before by Joseph Hurka
- Before I Go by Riley Weston
- Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
- Blameless by Thom Lemmons
- Blood of Angels by Reed Arvin
- Blue Springs by Peter Rennebohm
- Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
- Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
- Bottom Line by Kimberly Stuart
- Bound for Inca Snows by K.L. Smith
- Breadfruit: A Novel by Celestine Vaite
- Breakable You by Brian Morton
- Broken Paradise by Cecilia Samartin
- Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion
- Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Camille Claudel, a Novel by Alma H. Bond
- Caribbean Calling by J D Gordon
- Catalina by Markus Orths; translated by Helen Atkins
- Chance Murphy and the Battle of Morganville by Josh P. McClary
- Changes in Attitude by Kathleen Shaputis
- Chasing Eden by S.L. Linnea
- Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
- Clay's Quilt by Silas House
- Company by Max Barry
- Consolation: A Novel by Michael Redhill
- Country Lovers by Rebecca Shaw
- Country Wives by Rebecca Shaw
- Cover the Butter by Carrie Kabak
- Crescent Veil by Judith Sanders; with Dr. Frank J. Malinoski
- Cross by James Patterson
- Daisies Never Die by Judy Lawn
- Dancing in the Void by Robert Edward Levin
- Daniel Isn't Talking by Marti Leimbach
- Deadwood by Pete Dexter
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
- Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee
- Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub
- Double Daggers by James R. Clifford
- Envious Shadows by R. P. Burnham
- Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey
- Exile by Richard North Patterson
- Family Baggage by Monica McInerney
- Family and Other Accidents by Shari Goldhagen
- Far Above Rubies by Cynthia Polansky
- Flight of the Goose by Lesley Thomas
- Footsteps: A Novel by Umm Zakiyyah
- For Jennie by Donna L. Gestri
- Fort Pillow by Harry Turtledove
- Fortunate Son: A Novel by Walter Mosley
- Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite
- Friends and Mothers by Louise Limerick
- Full Circle by Joyce L. Rapier
- Gardenias by Faith Sullivan
- Gentlemen by Klas Ostergren; Translated by: Tiina Nunnally
- Gibraltar by Cami Tapley
- God Don't Play by Mary Monroe
- Good Things by Mia King
- Goodbye Lemon by Adam Davies
- Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
- Haunting at Gray Wolf Lodge by Victoria Wayne
- Helen of Troy by Margaret George
- Hidden Grace by Garland Roper
- Hollywood and Sunset by Luke Salisbury
- I'm Not Julia Roberts by Laura Ruby
- If There Be Pain by Gloria Mallette
- In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
- In the Land of Second Chances by George Shaffner
- In the Province of Saints by Thomas O'Malley
- Innocent Traitor: a novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
- Instant Love by Jami Attenberg
- Island Inferno by Chuck Holton
- Jennifer Government by Max Berry
- Joplin's Ghost by Tananaruve Due
- Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
- Knitting (A Novel) by Anne Bartlett
- Learning to Breathe by Karen White
- Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex
- Let them Eat Cake by Tom Angus
- Like Sheep Gone Astray by Leslie J. Sherrod
- Lost in NashVegas by Rachel Hauck
- Love Creeps by Amanda Filipacchi
- Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
- Love and War in California by Oakley Hall
- Ludie's Life by Cynthia Ryland
- Madame Mirabou's School of Love by Barbara Samuel
- Maddalena: Book One of The Golden Tripolis Trilogy by Eva Jana Siroka
- Madonnas of Leningrad (The) by Debra Dean
- Malinche by Laura Esquivel; Translated by Ernestro Mestre-Reed
- Mary Modern by Camille DeAngelis
- Match Made in Heaven by Bob Mitchell
- McKettrick's Luck by Linda Lael Miller
- McKettrick's Pride by Linda Lael Miller
- Meeting Her Match by Debra Clopton
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Mercy Room (The) by Gilles Rozier (translated from the French by Anthea Bell)
- Miss Julia Stands Her Ground by Ann B. Ross
- Miss Understanding by Stephanie Lessing
- Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
- Mission to America by Walter Kirn
- Moloka'i Nui Ahina: Summers on the Lonely Isle by Kirby Wright
- My Invisible Husband by Sheila M. Goss
- My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan
- Nefertiti by Nick Drake
- No Dominion by Charlie Huston
- No One's Ever Sick in Springfield by Chaz Thompson
- Nomad's Land by Susan Kathleen
- Norma Ever After by Nancy Baxter
- Of Ice And Steel by D. Clayton Meadows
- Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
- On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
- On This Day by Melody Carlson
- On a Darkling Plain by R.P. Burnham
- On the Path of Alchemical Fusion by Konstantin Serebrov
- On the Way to Red Square by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues
- One Mississippi by Mark Childress
- Our Holocaust by Amir Gutfreund; translated by Jessica Cohen
- Paint it Black by Janet Fitch
- Penultimate Chance Saloon (The) by Simon Bret
- People of the Nightland by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
- Perfect for You by Sylvia Lett
- Places the Dead Call Home by Paul L. Hall
- Queen of the Underworld by Gail Godwin
- Raising Hope by Katie Willard
- Rasputin's Daughter by Robert Alexander
- Red Baker by Robert Ward
- Red River by Lalita Tademy
- Red Sky Lament by Edward Wright
- Right as Rain by Bev Marshall
- Rococo by Adriana Trigiani
- Samsara Moon by S. H. Post
- Saraceno by Djelloul Marbrook
- Saturday by Ian McEwan
- Searching for Steely Dan by Rick Goeld
- Seducing Harry: An Epicurean Affair by Judith Marks-White
- Self Storage by Gayle Brandeis
- Sense of Paper by Taylor Holden
- Sequence by Lori Andrews
- Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period by Marge Piercy
- She Ain't the One by Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison
- Silenced Cry by Marta Stephens
- Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Snow Moon Rising by Lori L. Lake
- Soapsuds by Finola Hughes and Digby Diehl
- Spanish Lullaby by Linda Dominique Grosvenor
- Speak Right On by Mary E. Neighbour
- Spinning Dixie by Eric Dezenhall
- Stand Clear Doors Closing by Shane Conroy
- Still Life with Husband by Lauren Fox
- Stillbird by Sandra Shwayder Sanchez
- Straight Up by Lisa Samson
- Stranded by Lorena McCourtney
- Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, Sandra Smith
- Sunny Side Up by Ginger Rodgers
- Swap by Sam Moffie
- Sweet Home Carolina by T. Lynn Ocean
- Sweetwater by Roxana Robinson
- Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe
- Tell Me Everything by Sarah Salway
- The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
- The Alchemist's Daughter by Katherine McMahon
- The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, annotated and edited by David M. Shapard
- The Aura of Love by Kathy J. Marsh
- The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long
- The Bard of Bethlehem by David James Trapp
- The Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake
- The Big Shuffle by Laura Pedersen
- The Bird Woman by Kerry Hardie
- The Blue Taxi by N.S. Koenings
- The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
- The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
- The Bronte Project by Jennfer Vandever
- The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
- The Cajun Cowboy by Sandra Hill
- The Castro Gene by Todd Buchholz
- The Cherry Pit by Donald Harington
- The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
- The Crimson Portrait by Jody Sheilds
- The Da Vinci Barcode by Judith P. Shoaf
- The Diviners by Rick Moody
- The Echo by Minette Walters
- The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
- The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas, 2006
- The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
- The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
- The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman
- The Girls by Lori Lansens
- The Good Life by Jay McInerney
- The Gravedigger by Peter Grandbois
- The Ha-Ha by Dave King
- The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- The Honeymoon is Over by Keith Lee Johnson
- The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
- The House of Pendragon Book by Debra A. Kemp
- The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
- The Keep by Jennifer Egan
- The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
- The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
- The Lavender Hour by Anne D. LeClaire
- The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
- The Lions Game (CD) by Nelson DeMille
- The Lost Choice by Andy Andrews
- The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
- The Maeve Chronicles: Magdalen Rising by Elizabeth Cunningham
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Mission Song by John le Carre
- The Mystical Labyrinth in Russia by Konstantin Serebrov
- The Mystical Underground of Moscow by Konstantin Serebrov
- The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart
- The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin
- The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang
- The Other Side of Air by Jeanne Braselton
- The Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey
- The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
- The People's Act of Love by James Meek
- The Perimeter: The Taking of the High Seas Explorer by Jeff Foster
- The Pitcher Shower by Donald Harington
- The Priest and the Nazi by John LeConte
- The Protege by Stephen Frey
- The Rhythm of the Road by Albyn Leah Hall
- The Right Brother: Seasons In A Small Town by Patricia McLinn
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Rolexxx Club by Meta Smith
- The Scent of Blood by Raymond Miller
- The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner
- The Secret Sisters by Joni Rodgers
- The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
- The Secret of Us by Roxanne Henke
- The Secret of the Lonely Grave by Albert A. Bell, Jr.
- The Sisters Mortland by Sally Beauman
- The Spirit of Sweetgrass by Nicole Seitz
- The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
- The Summer We Got Saved by Pat Cunningham Devoto
- The Templar Legacy by Ballantine
- The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
- The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis
- The Town That Came A-Courtin' by Ronda Rich
- The Wayward Muse by Elizabeth Hickey
- The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
- The Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
- The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
- The Wisdom of Yawdy Rum by Micheal Lane
- The Year the Music Changed by Diane Thomas
- Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
- Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Kinkenborg
- To Keep a Husband: An Ex-Wives Novel by Lindsay Graves
- To Love Mercy by Frank S. Joseph
- Tomorrow They Will Kiss by Eduardo Santiago
- Trash Talk by Robert Gussin
- True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
- Uncertain Pilgrims by Lenore Carroll
- Uncharted by Angela Hunt
- Ursula's Maiden Army by Philip Griffin
- Valentine: A Love Story by Chet Raymo
- Village Diary by Miss Read
- Village School by Miss Read
- Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi
- Waiting for White Horses by Nathan Jorgenson
- We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
- We Shall Not Sleep by Anne Perry
- Wedgewood Grey by John Aubrey Anderson
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
- When Charlotte Comes Home by Maureen Millea Smith
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch
- Whiteman by Tony D'Souza
- Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille
- Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
- Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
- Ya Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells
- Zoology by Ben Dolnick