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25 Books to Remember from 2001


	Among the Missing Chaon, Dan \| Ballantine, © 2001 \| FIC C Brilliant, haunting stories that examine the mysteries of everyday life. Reserve This Title
	April 1865: The Month that Saved America Winik, Jay \| HarperCollins, © 2001 \| 973.7 W A sweeping saga about the last month of the American Civil War. Reserve This Title
	Beauty and the Beasts: Woman, Ape, and Evolution Jahme, Carole \| Soho Press, © 2000 \| 599.8072 J How and why women dominate the field of primatology. Reserve This Title
	The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Pollan, Michael \| Random House, © 2001 \| 306.45 P A lively exploration of the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Reserve This Title
	Carter Beats The Devil Gold, Glen David \| Hyperion, © 2001 \| FIC G A thrilling blend of magic and history in the fictional biography of illusionist Charles Carter. Reserve This Title
	Choke Palahniuk, Chuck \| Doubleday, © 2001 \| FIC P A quirky, satiric and surrealistic novel about families and the American Dream. Reserve This Title
	The Corrections Franzen, Jonathan \| Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, © 2001 \| FIC F A dark, penetrating glimpse of contemporary American family life. Reserve This Title
	The Corset: A Cultural History Steele, Valerie \| Yale University Press, © 2001 One of the most controversial garments in the history of fashion has its day in court. Reserve This Title
	Fast Food Nation Schlosser, Eric \| Houghton Mifflin, © 2001 \| 394.1097 S A fascinating and revealing examination of the global fast food phenomenon. Reserve This Title
	Feast of the Goat Vargas-Llosa, Mario \| Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, © 2001 \| FIC V Intertwining narratives about the last days of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. Reserve This Title
	Five Points: The 19th-century New York City Neighborhood that Stole Elections, Invented Tap Dance, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum Anbinder, Tyler \| Free Press, © 2001 \| 974.71 A An eye-opening chronicle of poverty in New York's infamous neighborhood. Reserve This Title
	Grant Smith, Jean Edward \| Simon and Schuster, © 2001 \| B Grant S A detailed reassessment of the former American president's reputation and life. Reserve This Title
	Half a Life Naipaul, V.S. \| Knopf, © 2001 \| FIC N An outsider's exploration of place and identity. Reserve This Title
	Hans Christian Andersen--The Life Of A Storyteller Wullschlager, Jackie \| Knopf, © 2000 \| B Andersen W The literary and psychological influences which propelled the Danish fantasist's fame. Reserve This Title
	How To Be Good Hornby, Nick \| Riverhead Books, © 2001 \| FIC H A witty, profound novel about marriage, parenthood and middle-age angst. Reserve This Title
	John Adams McCullough, David \| Simon and Schuster, © 2001 \| B Adams M An epic portrait of a man, his new country, and a changed world. Reserve This Title
	The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Erdich, Louise \| HarperCollins, © 2001 \| FIC E A rich, metaphorical novel of Ojibwe history, suffering and survival. Reserve This Title
	Mary Shelley Seymour, Miranda \| Grove Press, © 2000 \| B Shelley S "Frankenstein's" author as prodigy, feminist and social critic. Reserve This Title
	My Name Is Red Pamuk, Orhan \| Knopf, © 2001 \| FIC P A tale of art and murder in 16th century Istanbul. Reserve This Title
	Poems 1968-1998 Muldoon, Paul \| Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, © 2001 \| 821 Muldoon Masterful reflections on the dark and light sides of human nature. Reserve This Title
	A Primate's Memoir Saplosky, Robert \| Scribner, © 2001 \| 599.8651 S A primatologist's irreverent and passionate account of his long-term research on baboons. Reserve This Title
	Seabiscuit Hillenbrand, Laura \| Random House, © 2001 \| 798.4 H The fascinating history of an unlikely American champion. Reserve This Title
	Summer of a Dormouse Mortimer, John \| Viking, © 2000 \| B Mortimer Growing old with grace and grumbling: the delightful memoir of an English man of letters. Reserve This Title
	True History of the Kelly Gang Carey, Peter \| Knopf, © 2001 \| FIC C A multi-layered portrait of the Australian outlaw and folk hero, Ned Kelly. Reserve This Title
	What Lips My Lips Have Kissed Epstein, Daniel Mark \| Henry Holt and Company, © 2001 \| B Millay E An exceptional critical biography that proves for some, art is life. Reserve This Title
Back to the Branch Libraries home page Books to Remember is an annual list of 25 titles chosen for their ability to provide an informative or transformative reading experience for adults. Selection criteria include literary excellence, aesthetic appeal, uniqueness of concept and command of subject matter. Selected by the following committee from the staff of The New York Public Library: Jennifer Craft, Chair and Michael Hearn, Co-chair, with Stewart Bodner, Joan Jankell, Karenann Jurecki and Michael Watkins. Selected titles appearing on this booklist may be available in recorded, braille or large print versions. For more information, please contact the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011-4211, (212) 206-5400, (212) 206-5458 (TTY).