OCTOBER
SHALIMAR THE CLOWN By Salman Rushdie
**** SELECTION
LITERARY--While religious extremism destroys Kashmiri villages, jealousy has global consequences. (Nov/Dec 2005)
THE WORLD TO COME By Dara Horn ****
LITERARY--Chagall, a valuable sketch, a Yiddish novelist, and a young man's dreams. (Mar/Apr 2006)
THE HISTORIAN By Elizabeth Kostova ***1/2
LITERARY--Anne Rice meets Dan Brown. (Sept/Oct 2005)
THE TENTH CIRCLE By Jodi Picoult *** 1/2
LITERARY--A popular high school freshman accuses the star hockey player of date rape. (May/June 2006)
THE LIGHTHOUSE The New Adam Dalgliesh Mystery By P. D. James *** 1/2
CRIME--On a remote resort off England's Cornish coast, the guests die off. (Mar/Apr 2006)
ANANSI BOYS By Neil Gaiman *** 1/2
SF--In this graphic novel by the author of Sandman, two sons of a god wreak havoc. (Nov/Dec 2005)
PRAYERS FOR THE ASSASSIN *** 1/2 By Robert Ferrigno
SF--In 2040, the United States is a Muslim nation. (May/June 2006)
THE RIVER OF DOUBT Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey By Candice Millard **** SELECTION
BIOGRAPHY--A treacherous Amazonian journey capped off the politico's amazing life. (Jan/Feb 2006)
THE BEATLES By Bob Spitz ****
BIOGRAPHY--The authoritative history of these musical cultural icons. (Mar/Apr 2006)
NOVEMBER
THE TIME IN BETWEEN By David Bergen *** 1/2
LITERARY--A Vietnam vet and his children try to make peace with the past. (Mar/Apr 2006)
MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES By Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***
LITERARY--A 90-year-old man falls in love with a 14-year-old virgin. (Jan/ Feb 2006)
TURNING ANGEL By Greg Iles *** 1/2
CRIME--When a high school golden girl is murdered, a dark secret emerges. (May/June 2006)
THE LOST PAINTING The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece By Jonathan Harr *** 1/2
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