 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $11.49 My favorite book of 2009. A stunning 1st novel with characters that I have not stopped thinking about.
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 | The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Buy used from: $0.23 Both truly harrowing and truly beautiful, a story like no other I have ever read.
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 | A Lesson Before Dying (Five star) by Ernest J. Gaines
Buy used from: $4.18 From the 1st year of Oprah's book club, a book of pain and dignity that I have never forgotten.
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| Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
Buy used from: $9.99 An unusual but impactful family saga. In my top 3 books of the year I read it.
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 | Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.64 Was Stephen King's favorite novel of 2005 and one of mine the following year. Complex but worth reading (I read it twice in a row to make sure I'd connected all the dots!).
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: $8.52 / Used from: $2.22 Strange, confusing and wonderful. One of my top 3 books the year I read it.
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 | The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $0.99 Sweet, sad and full of Woman Power!!! :)
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 | Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 Had no idea when I bought it that it was decades old. It didn't matter. It transcends time. (nonfiction)
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 | Life Makeovers: 52 Practical & Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time by Cheryl Richardson
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $0.01 If you are stuck or your life is at a crossroads and you're not sure which path to take, this is the book to read. (nonfiction)
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 | The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To An Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.60 This was a small book I got as part of an online course I took on Ford's "The Best Year of Your Life," but this one ended up being the more impactful of the two for me. (nonfiction)
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