The Books

Week 1: Fidali’s Way, by George Mastras (2009: Scribner, 388 pages)

Week 2: Pictures at an Exhibition, by Sara Houghteling (2009: Knopf, 243 pages)

Week 3: The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer (2003: Scribner, 219 pages)

Week 4: Disturbing the Peace, by Richard Yates (1975: Delta, 278 pages)

Week 5: Lit, by Mary Karr (2009: HarperCollins, 386 pages)

Week 6: Love and Summer, by William Trevor (2009: Viking, 212 pages)

Week 7: Homecoming, by Bernhard Schlink (2009: Vintage International, 250 pages)

Week 8: The Healing of America, by T.R. Reid (2009: Penguin, 278 pages)

Week 9: Family Album, by Penelope Lively (2009: Viking, 225 pages)

Week 10: The Servants’ Quarters, by Lynn Freed (2009: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 216 pages)

Week 11: I’m So Happy For You, by Lucinda Rosenfeld (2009: Back Bay Books, 268 pages)

Week 12: Open, by Andre Agassi (2009: Knopf, 388 pages)

Week 13: The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry (2009: Penguin, 300 pages)

Week 14: Hiccup!

Week 15: The Blue Horse, by Rick Bass (2009: Narrative Library, 50 pages)

Week 16: The Water Giver, by Joan Ryan (2009: Simon & Schuster, 260 pages)

Week 17: The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake (2010: Amy Einhorn/Putnam, 326 pages)

Week 18: Where the God of Love Hangs Out, by Amy Bloom (2010: Random House, 200 pages)

Week 19: All the Sad Young Literary Men, by Keith Gessen (2008: Viking, 242 pages)

Week 20: Just Kids, by Patti Smith (2010: Ecco/HarperCollins, 285 pages)

Week 21: The Bradshaw Variations, by Rachel Cusk (2009: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 234 pages)

Week 22: Noah’s Compass, by Anne Tyler (2009: Knopf, 277 pages)