2003 Staff Book Picks

In early 2004, Skokie Public Library staff were asked to select their favorite books read in 2003. Here are the results!

Click on the call number to check the status of the book in the Skokie Public Library catalog. And, in case you missed them, it's not too late to see our Annual Staff Picks for books, films, and music from 2002 to the present!

		Hornby, Nick. How to Be Good. 2001. Fiction HOR McGilligan, Patrick. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. 2003. B H6743.mc Russo, Richard. The Whore’s Child and Other Stories. 2002. Fiction RUS Steinbach, Alice. Without Reservations. 2000. 818.54 S81963.wi Weisberger, Lauren. The Devil Wears Prada. 2003. Fiction WEI                 Selected by Cecilia C.
		Franzen, Jonathan. How to Be Alone: Essays. 2002. 814.54 F8374.ho Miller, Sue. The Story of My Father. 2003. 362.196831 M Remen, Rachel Naomi. My Grandfather's Blessings. 2001. 296.72 R Sears, Stephen. Gettysburg. 2003. 973.7349 S Weinstein, Arnold. A Scream Goes through the House: What Literature Teaches Us about Life. 2003. 801.3 W                 Selected by Cheryl S.
		Epstein, Joseph. Fabulous Small Jews. 2003. Fiction EPS Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. 2002. Fiction EUG Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. 2003. Fiction LAH Nifisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. 2003. 830.9 N Wolff, Tobias. Old School. 2003. Fiction WOL                 Selected by Corie G.
		Griffiths, Michael. Bibliophilia. 2003. Fiction GRI Heller, Zoe. What Was She Thinking? 2003. Fiction HEL Nifisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. 2003. 830.9 N Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. 2003. B S2537.pe Thompson, Craig. Blankets: An Illustrated Novel. 2003. Teen 741.5973 T477.bL PBK                 Selected by Jennifer P-B.
		Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. 2001. Fiction BRA Downing, Michael. Breakfast with Scot. 1999. Fiction DOW Halliday, Ayun. The Big Rumpus: A Mother's Tale from the Trenches. 2002. 649.1 H PBK Ozeki, Ruth L. All Over Creation. 2003. Fiction OZE Parent, Marc. Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me about Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life. 2001. 306.874 P                 Selected by Jessica G.
		Connelly, Michael. Chasing the Dime. 2002. Mystery CON Evanovich, Janet. To the Nines. 2003 Mystery EVA Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City. 2003. Nonfiction 364.1523 L Patterson, James. The Big Bad Wolf. 2003. Fiction PAT Waldman, Ayelet. The Big Nap. 2001. Mystery WAL                 Selected by Julie M.
		MacDonald, Ann-Marie. Fall on Your Knees. 1996. Fiction MAC MacDonald, Ann-Marie. The Way the Crow Flies. 2003. Fiction MAC                 Selected by Laura H.
		Collins, Billy. Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems. 2001. 811.54 C7118.sa Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. 2000. B E293.he Erdritch, Louise. Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. 2001. Fiction ERD McCall Smith, Alexander. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. 2002. Mystery MCC Stewart, Chris. Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia. 1999. 946.8 S                 Selected by Lukie M.
		Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. 2003. Youth Fiction CUS Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure. 2002. Voice of Youth Fiction HOE Martin, Valerie. Property. 2003. Fiction MAR Spinney, Caroll. The Wisdom of Big Bird. 2003. 791.45028 S757wi Sternig, Barbara. Secrets of a Tabloid Reporter. 2002. 071.3 S                 Selected by Mandy O.
		Conason, Joe. Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth. 2003. 973.931 C Hedges, Chris. War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. 2002. 355.02 H Ivins, Molly. Bushwhacked. 2003. 973.931 I Kriwaczek, Paul. In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet and the Ideas That Changed the World. 2003. 295 K Pagels, Elaine. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. 2003. 229.8 P                 Selected by Mark K.
		Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2002. Fiction KID Lehane, Dennis. Shutter Island. 2003. Mystery LEH MacDonald, Ann-Marie. The Way the Crow Flies. 2003. Fiction MAC Trigiani, Adriana. Lucia, Lucia. 2003. Fiction TRI Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie Dobbs. 2003. Fiction WIN                 Selected by Mary C.
		The Best American Nonrequired Reading. 2003. 810.8006 B Fitzgerald, Penelope. The Blue Flower. 1995. Fiction FIT Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2002. Fiction KID Maher, Bill. When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help fight the War on Terrorism. 2002. 973.931 M Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta. Motherland. 2001. Fiction VIJ                 Selected by Maryann M.
		Benfey, Christopher E.G. The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan. 2003. 303.4827305 B Carey, Jacqueline. Kushiel's Dart. 2001. Science Fiction CAR Liss, David. The Coffee Trader. 2003. Mystery LIS McCafferty, Kate. Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl. 2002. Fiction MCC Truong, Monique T.D. The Book of Salt. 2003. Fiction TRU                 Selected by Michaela H.
		Flook, Maria. Invisible Eden. 2003. 364.1523 F Fusilli, Jim. A Well-known Secret. 2002. Mystery FUS Lipman, Elinor. The Pursuit of Alice Thrift. 2003. Fiction LIP Pedersen, Laura. Beginner's Luck. 2003. Fiction PED PBK Umrigar, Thrity. Bombay Time. 2001. Fiction UMR                 Selected by Pam W.
		Collins, Billy. Poetry 180: A Turn Back to Poetry. 2003. 811.608 P Hadden, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2003. Fiction HAD Hemingway, Earnest. The Nick Adams Stories. 1972. Fiction HEM McEwan, Ian. Atonement. 2001. Fiction MCE Origo, Iris. War in Val d'Orcia: 1943-1944: A Diary. 1947. 940.5345 O                 Selected by Pat G.
		Cleverly, Beverly. Ragtime in Simla. 2002. Mystery CLE Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2002. Fiction KID Landvik, Lorna. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons. 2003. Fiction LAN Lehane, Dennis. Shutter Island. 2003. Mystery LEH Spencer-Fleming, Julia. In the Bleak Midwinter. 2002. Mystery SPE                 Selected by Ricki N.
		Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. 2003. Fiction HOS MacDonald, Ann-Marie. The Way the Crow Flies. 2003. Fiction MAC Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. 2003. Fiction MAR Salzman, Mark. True Notebooks. 2003. 808.042071 S Tremain, Rose. The Colour. 2003. Fiction TRE                 Selected by Roseann S.
		Fforde, Jasper. Thursday Next in Lost in a Good Book. 2002. Science Fiction FFO Hart, Erin. Haunted Ground. 2003. Mystery HAR Hillerman, Tony. The Sinister Pig. 2003. Mystery HIL Peters, Elizabeth. Children of the Storm. 2003. Mystery PET Snicket, Lemony. The Bad Beginning. 1999. Youth Fiction SNI                 Selected by Sharon W.
		Beranbaum, Rose Levy. The Bread Bible. 2003. 641.815 B Earley, Tony. Jim the Boy. 2000. Fiction EAR Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. 1973. Fiction GRE PBK Hazzard, Shirley. The Great Fire. 2003. Fiction HAZ Rubin, Nancy. Isabella of Castile. 1991. B I744ru                 Selected by Sheila D.
		Fitzgerald, Penelope. The Blue Flower. 1995. Fiction FIT Hansen, Ron. Mariette in Ecstasy. 1991. Fiction HAN Marai, Sandor. Embers. 2001. Fiction MAR Russo, Richard. The Whore’s Child and Other Stories. 2002. Fiction RUS Wood, James. The Book against God. 2003. Fiction WOO                 Selected by Steven J.
		Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. 2001. Fiction BRO Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. 2001. 305.569 E Enger, Leif. Peace Like A River. 2001. Fiction ENG Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains. 2003. B F2344ki Waldman, Ayelet. Daughter's Keeper. 2003. Fiction WAL                 Selected by Terry R.