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Oregonian Book Club Selections

All titles shelved in Fiction collection, except as noted: M=mystery, SF=science fiction, NF=nonfiction.

Johnson, Craig: The Cold Dish

(September 2007)

M

Interview with Johnson in the October 28, 2007 Oregonian.
Aguilar, George W.: When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation

(August 2007)

NF

979.5004 A283w 2005

Interview with Aguilar in the October 7, 2007 Oregonian.
Moody, Skye: Washed Up: The Curious Journeys of Flotsam & Jetsam

(July 2007)

NF

578.7699 M817w 2006

Interview with Moody in the August 5, 2007 Oregonian.
Gardner, Lisa: Gone

(May 2007)

Interview with Gardner in the May 6, 2007 Oregonian.
Gaitskill, Mary: Veronica

(April 2007)

Interview with Gaitskill in the April 1, 2007 Oregonian.
Strayed, Cheryl: Torch

(March 2007)

Interview with Strayed in the March 4, 2007 Oregonian.
Bates, Judy Fong: Midnight at the Dragon Café

(February 2007)

Interview with Bates in the February 4, 2007 Oregonian.
McCourt, Frank: Teacher Man: A Memoir

(November 2006)

NF

B-Ma137tm 2005

Interview with McCourt in the November 5, 2006 Oregonian.
Roach, Mary: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

(October 2006)

NF

129 R628s 2005

Interview with Roach in the October 1, 2006 Oregonian.
Kallos, Stephanie: Broken for You

(September 2006)

Interview with Kallos in the September 3, 2006 Oregonian.
Doig, Ivan: This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

(August 2006)

NF

B-Do684t

Interview with Doig in the August 6, 2006 Oregonian.
Rock, Peter: The Bewildered: A Novel

(July 2006)

Interview with Rock in the July 2, 2006 Oregonian.
Daugherty, Tracy: The Woman in the Oil Field: Stories

(June 2006)

Interview with Daugherty in the June 4, 2006 Oregonian.
Davis, Claire: Season of the nake

(May 2006)

Interview with Davis in the May 7, 2006 Oregonian.
Guterson, Mary: We Are All Fine Here

(April 2006)

Interview with Guterson in the April 2, 2006 Oregonian.
Raban, Jonathan: Waxwings

(March 2006)

Interview with Raban in the March 5, 2006 Oregonian.
Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner

(February 2006)

Hosseini answers questions from readers in the February 5, 2006 Oregonian.
Berendt, John: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story

(January 2006)

NF

975.8724 B488m

Interview with Berendt in the January 8, 2006 Oregonian.
Goldberg, Myla: The Bee Season: A Novel

(December 2005)

Interview with Berendt in the December 4, 2005 Oregonian.
Olsen, Gregg: Starvation Heights

(November 2005)

NF

364.1523 O515s 2005

Olsen answers questions from readers in the November 6, 2005 Oregonian.
Winchester, Simon: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883

(October 2005)

NF

551.21 W759k 2003

Interview with Winchester in the October 2, 2005 Oregonian.
Ozick, Cynthia: Heir to the Glimmering World

(September 2005)

Article about Ozick in the September 4, 2005 Oregonian.
Schiff, Stacy: Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)

(August 2005)

NF

B-N1171s 1999

Article about Schiff in the August 7, 2005 Oregonian.
Winston, Lolly: Good Grief: A Novel

(July 2005)

Interview with Winston in the July 3, 2005 Oregonian.
Jones, Edward P.: The Known World

(June 2005)

Interview with Jones in the June 5, 2005 Oregonian.
Kidd, Sue Monk: The Secret Life of Bees

(May 2005)

Interview with Kidd in the May 1, 2005 Oregonian.
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.): Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

(April 2005)

NF

796.357 L675m 2003

Interview with Lewis in the April 3, 2005 Oregonian.
Greer, Andrew Sean: The Confessions of Max Tivoli

(March 2005)

Interview with Greer in the March 6, 2005 Oregonian.
Drummond, Laurie Lynn: Anything You Say Dan and Will Be Used Against You: Stories

(February 2005)

Interview with Drummond in the February 6, 2005 Oregonian.
Ehrlich, Gretel: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland

(January 2005)

NF

919.82 E33t 2001

Feature on Ehrlich in the January 2, 2005 Oregonian.
Bass, Rick: Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had

(December 2004)

NF

636.752 B317c 2000

Interview with Bass in the December 5, 2004 Oregonian.
Haupt, Lyanda Lynn: Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds: Notes from a Northwest Year

(November 2004)

NF

598.07234 H374r 2001

Profile of Haupt and her book in the November 7, 2004 Oregonian.
Hitchcock, George: One-Man Boat: The George Hitchcock Reader

(October 2004)

NF

818.5 H674o 2003

Interview with Hitchcock in the October 3, 2004 Oregonian.
Doyle, Brian: Leaping: Revelations and Epiphanies

(September 2004)

NF

242 D754L 2003

Interview with Doyle in the September 5, 2004 Oregonian.
Nelscott, Kris: Smoke-Filled Rooms

(August 2004)

M

Interview with Nelscott in the August 1, 2004 Oregonian.
Lipsky, David: Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point

(July 2004)

NF

355.007 L767a 2003

Interview with Lipsky in the July 4, 2004 Oregonian.
Haruf, Kent: Plainsong

(June 2004)

Interview with Haruf in the June 6, 2004 Oregonian.
McCall Smith, Alexander: The Kalahari Typing School for Men

(May 2004)

M

Interview with McCall Smith in the May 2, 2004 Oregonian.
Ford, G. M.: Fury: A Novel

(April 2004)

M

Interview with Ford in the April 4, 2004 Oregonian.
Emmons, Cai: His Mother's Son

(March 2004)

Interview with Emmons in the March 7, 2004 Oregonian.
Skloot, Floyd: The Open Door: A Novel

(February 2004)

Interview with Skloot in the February 1, 2004 Oregonian.
Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451

(January 2004)

SF

Interview with Bradbury in the January 4, 2004 Oregonian.
Tartt, Donna: The Little Friend

(December 2003)

Interview with Tartt in the December 7, 2003 Oregonian.
Braly, Malcolm: On the Yard

(November 2003)

Article about Braly and On the Yard in the November 2, 2003 Oregonian.
Cisneros, Sandra: Caramelo: Or Pure Cuento: A Novel

(October 2003)

Interview with Cisneros in the October 5, 2003 Oregonian.
Walter, Jess: Over Tumbled Graves

(September 2003)

Interview with Walter in the September 7, 2003 Oregonian.
Glass, Julia: Three Junes

(August 2003)

Interview with Glass in the August 3, 2003 Oregonian.
Hillenbrand, Laura: Seabiscuit: An American Legend

(July 2003)

NF

798.4 H651s 2001

Interview with Hillenbrand and discussion of the book in the July 6, 2003 Oregonian.
Kroeber, Theodora: Ishi in Two Worlds; A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

(June 2003)

NF

970.004 K93i

Discussion of the book in the June 1, 2003 Oregonian.
Brooks, Geraldine: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

(May 2003)

Interview with Brooks in the May 4, 2003 Oregonian.
Abbey, Edward: Desert Solitaire

(April 2003)

NF

818.5 A124d 1988

Feature on the book in the April 6, 2003 Oregonian.
Barrett, Andrea: Servants of the Map: Stories

(March 2003)

Interview with Barrett in the March 2, 2003 Oregonian.
Udall, Brady: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel

(February 2003)

Interview with Udall in the February 1, 2003 Oregonian.
Gaines, Ernest J.: A Lesson Before Dying

(January 2003)

Multnomah County Library's first community reading program selection. For more information, see Everybody Reads.
Dolnick, Edward: Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

(December 2002)

NF

917.913 D665d 2001

Interview with Dolnick in the December 7, 2002 Oregonian.
Fox, Paula: Borrowed Finery: A Memoir

(November 2002)

NF

B-Fo8325b 2001

Interview with Fox in the November 2, 2002 Oregonian.
Maguire, Gregory: Lost

(October 2002)

Interview with Maguire in the October 5, 2002 Oregonian.
Otto, Whitney: The Passion Dream Book: An Novel

(September 2002)

Interview with Otto in the September 7, 2002 Oregonian.
Capuzzo, Mike: Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence

(August 2002)

NF

597.3 C255c 2001

Interview with Capuzzo in the August 3, 2002 Oregonian.
Beckham, Stephen Dow: Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen

(July 2002)

NF

970.1 B39r 1996

Interview with Beckham in the July 6, 2002 Oregonian.
Gallagher, Dorothy: How I Came Into My Inheritance: And Other True Stories

(June 2002)

NF

B-Ga135h 2001

Interview with Gallegher in the June 1, 2002 Oregonian.
Robinson, Eden: Monkey Beach

(May 2002)

Interview with Robinson in the May 4, 2002 Oregonian.
Pearson, T. R.: Blue Ridge

(April 2002)

Interview with Pearson in the April 6, 2002 Oregonian.
Min, Anchee: Red Azalea

(March 2002)

NF

B-Mi66r

Interview with Min in the March 2, 2002 Oregonian.
Heinz, W. C. (Wilfred Charles): The Professional

(February 2002)

Discussion in the February 2, 2002 Oregonian.
Malarkey, Tucker: An Obvious Enchantment: A Novel

(January 2002)

Discussion in the January 5, 2002 Oregonian.
Josephy, Alvin M.: A Walk Toward Oregon: A Memoir

(November 2001)

NF

B-Jo7795w 2000

Discussion in the December 5 Oregonian.
Barcott, Bruce: The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier

(October 2001)

NF

917.9778 B244m

Discussion in the November 3 Oregonian.
Schneider, Katie: All We Know of Love

(September 2001)

Discussion in the October 6 Oregonian.
Bowden, Mark: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

(August 2001)

NF

967.73053 B784b 2000

Discussion in the September 1 Oregonian
Lesley, Craig: Storm Riders

(July 2001)

Discussion in the August 4 Oregonian
Lethem, Jonathan: Motherless Brooklyn

(June 2001)

Discussion in the July 7 Oregonian
Ellison, Ralph: Juneteenth: A Novel

(May 2001)

Discussion in the June 2 Oregonian
Tyau, Kathleen: Makai

(April 2001)

Discussion in the May 5 Oregonian
Sobel, Dava: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

(March 2001)

NF

B-G158s 1999

Discussion in the April 7 Oregonian
Barbara J. Scot: Prairie Reunion

(February 2001)

NF

B-Sco81p

Discussion in the March 3 Oregonian
Peter Carey: Jack Maggs

(January 2001)

Discussion in the February 3 Oregonian
Richard Shelton: Going Back to Bisbee

(December 2000)

NF

979.1 S545g

Discussion in the January 6 Oregonian
Pete Fromm: Night Swimming: Stories

(November 2000)

Discussion in the December 2 Oregonian
John Steinbeck: The Long Valley

(October 2000))

Discussion in the November 4 Oregonian
Timothy Egan: The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest

(September 2000)

NF

979.5 E28g

Discussion in the October 7 Oregonian
James Welch: The Indian Lawyer

(August 2000)

Discussion in the September 2 Oregonian
April Henry: Circles of Confusion

(July 2000)

M

Discussion in the August 5 Oregonian
Diane Smith: Letters From Yellowstone

(June 2000)

Discussion in the July 1 Oregonian
David James Duncan: The Brothers K

(May 2000)

Discussion in the June 4 Oregonian
Michael Pollan: Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

(April 2000)

NF

635.9 P771s

Discussion in the May 7 Oregonian
Kim Barnes: In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country

(March 2000)

NF

B-Ba26265i

Discussion in the April 2 Oregonian
Rosina Lippi: Homestead

(February 2000)

Discussion in the March 5 Oregonian
William Kotzwinkle: The Bear Went Over the Mountain

(January 2000)

Discussion in the February 6 Oregonian
Ann Patchett: The Magician's Assistant

(December 1999)

Discussion in the January 9 Oregonian
Robert Leo Heilman: Overstory: Zero: Real Life in Timber Country

(November 1999)

NF

979.5 H466o

Discussion in the December 5 Oregonian
Susan Malka Choi: The Foreign Student

(October 1999)

Discussion in the November 7 Oregonian
Robert Michael Pyle: Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide

(September 1999)

NF

001.944 P996w

Discussion in the October 3 Oregonian
Molly Gloss: The Jump-Off Creek

(August 1999)

Discussion in the September 5 Oregonian
A. J. Verdelle: The Good Negress

(July 1999)

Discussion in the August 1 Oregonian
Robin Cody: Ricochet River

(June 1999)

Discussion in the July 4 Oregonian
Peter Ho Davies: The Ugliest House in the World: Stories

(May 1999)

Discussion in the June 6 Oregonian
Patrick McGrath: Asylum

(April 1999)
Stephen Kuusisto: Planet of the Blind

(March 1999)

NF

362.41 K97p 1998
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: The Mistress of Spices

(February 1999)

Discussion in the March 7 Oregonian
Robert Clark: In the Deep Midwinter

(January 1999)

Discussion in the February 7 Oregonian
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