The following is a list of books enjoyed by RSGC staff. The reading level and content ranges from young adult to adult. If you have a question about a book, please contact the reader or Mr. Hutton in the library.

Mr. D'Arcy recommends:

James H. Kunstler, The Long Emergency

Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma

Father Hodgins recommends:

Margaret MacMillan, The Uses and Abuses of History

Mr. Hutton recommends:

M.T. Anderson, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume 1: The Pox Party

Dennis Bock, The Communist's Daughter

John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes

Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur

John Le Carre, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

Michael Palin, Himalaya

Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures.

Mr. Lofft recommends:

Robert Malcomson, Capital in Flames

Ms. Magor recommends:

Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes

Dr. Newton recommends:

Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soul Craft

Carol Dwieck, Mindset

Richard Florida, Who's Your City?, Rise of the Creative Class

Howard Gardner, Five Minds for the Future

Henning Mankell, Kennedy's Brain

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Bernhard Schlinck, The Reader

Mr. O'Leary recommends:

Frank Delaney, Ireland

Mr. Robinson recommends:

Linda Greenlaw, The Hungry Ocean

Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm

Mr. Shum recommends:

Craig & Marc Kielburger, Me to We: Turning Self-Help on it's Head

Ms. Somerville recommends:

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Jeffrey Archer, A Prisoner of Birth

Pat Barker, Life Class

James Bartlemen, Raisin Wine

Alan Bennett, Untold Stories & The Uncommon Reader

John Berendt, City of Falling Angels

Giles Blunt, The Delicate Storm

Giles Blunt, Blackfly Season

Dennis Bock, The Communist's Daughter

Pat Capponi, Last Stop Sunnyside

James Chatto, The Greek for Love

Richard Clews, Finding Lily

Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer

Joan Didion, Democracy

John Gregory Dunne, Monster

Howard Engel, Memory Book

Anne Enright, The Gathering

Camilla Gibb, The Petty Details of So and So's Life

Alison Gordon, Prairie Hardball

Barbara Gowdy, Helpless

Michael Gruber, The Forgery of Venus

Daoud Hari, The Translator: a tribesman's memoir of Darfur

Michael Helm, The Projectionist

P.D. James, The Murder Room

Peter James, Dead Simple

Louis Jannetta, The King of the Maitre D's

Robert Kaplaw, Me and Orson Wells

Mary Lawson, The Other Side of the Bridge

Donna Leon, Acqua Alta

Stephen Lewis, Race Against Time

Roy Macgregor, A Life in the Bush

Linden MacIntyre, Causeway

Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

Tom Perrotta, The Abstinence Teacher

Anna Porter, The Book Fair Murders

Andrew Pyper, The Trade Mission

Ian Rankin, Exit Music

Ian Rankin, Mortal Causes

Ian Rankin, Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey

Michael Redhill, Consolation

Kathy Reichs, Cross Bones & Break no Bones

C.S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet

Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, Exit Ghost, & Patrimony

Robyn Scott, Twenty Chickens for a Saddle

Alice Sebold, The Almost Moon

Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

Zadie Smith, On Beauty

Colm Toibin, The Master

Madeleine Thien, Certainty

Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings

Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle

Richard Wright, October

Alissa York, Effigy

Ms. Uhre recommends:

Irene Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise

Mr. Van Herk recommends:

The Collected Works of Malcolm Gladwell:

• Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  
• Outliers: the Story of Success
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
  

Leonard Mlodinow, The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Ian Rankin, the Inspector Rebus novels

Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

Ms. Wagar recommends:

P.M. Forni, Choosing Civility: the Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct

Mr. Whiteley recommends:

John Updike, The Terrorist