~ Suggestions from Around the Circle ~
December 2, 2013 

Ecstatic Nation: confidence, crisis, and compromise, 1848-1877 by Brenda Wineapple

How Starbucks Saved My Life: a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else; How to Save Your Own Life: 15 lessons on finding hope in unexpected places by Michael Gates Gill

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon; Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith

A Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer

The Lilac Bus: stories by Maeve Binchy

Margaret Thatcher: the authorized biography, from Grantham to the Falklands by Charles Moore

All the Great Prizes: the life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt by John Taliaferro

The King of Lies by John Hart

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Too Much Happiness: stories by Alice Munro

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place; The Museum Guard by Howard Norman

Stella Bain by Anita Shreve

Here If You Need Me: a true story by Kate Braestrup

Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

No Joke: making Jewish humor by Ruth R. Wisse

The Boy in the Suitcase; Invisible Murder; Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis

ADHD According to Zoë: The real deal on relationships, finding your focus & finding your keys by Zoë Kessler

George Washington's Secret Six: the spy ring that saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

Accidental Medical Discoveries: tales of tenacity, sagacity, and plain dumb luck by Robert W. Winters

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Season 1 (DVD, based on the novels of Alexander McCall Smith, audiobook format also available)