NON-FICTION

5 STARS
Story of Stuff, The by Annie Leonard

4½ STARS
Heading Home by Lawrence Scanlan
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Notes to My Mother-in-Law by Phyllida Law
Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran

4 STARS
U-Content by Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo
Searching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville
Chickens, Mules, & Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
White River Junctions by Dave Norman
Blizzard of Glass: Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker
Winne & Gurley:The Best Kept Family Secret by Robert G. Hewitt

3½ STARS
Manners for Womenby Mrs. Humphrey
Seeing Trees by Nancy R. Hugo & Robert Llewellyn
Walden by Henry David Thoreau

3 STARS
Canadian Food Guide, The by Pierre & Janet Berton
Memoirs by Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Small Furry Prayer, A by Steven Kotler

FICTION (of various genres, except mystery)

5 STARS
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Saturdays, The by Elizabeth Enright
Divine Ryans, The by Wayne Johnston
My Financial Career & Other Follies by Stephen Leacock
Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The by Wayne Johnston
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4½ STARS
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewllyn
Gillespie & I by Jane Harris
Sisters Brothers, The by Patrick DeWitt
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The by Mordecai Richler
Firmin by Sam Savaga
Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton
Practical Jean by Trevor Cole
MacBeth by William Shakespeare

4 STARS
African Love Stories Ama Ata Aidoo, editor:
Underpainter, The by Jane Urquhart
Twenty-Six by Leo McKay, Jr.
Recipe for Bees, A by Gail Anderson-Dergatz
419 by Will Ferguson
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Beggar’s Garden, The by Michael Christie
Secret River, The by Kate Grenville
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Suitable Boy, A by Vikram Seth
Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpoole
Art of Fielding, The by Chad Harbach
Land of Decoration, The by Grace McCleen
Homecoming of Samuel Lake, The by Jenny Wingfield
Holes by Louis Sachar
Dog’s Journey, A by W. Bruce Cameron
Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bentock
Sabine’s Notebook by Nick Bentock

3½ STARS
Golden Mean, The by Nick Bentock
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The by Thornton Wilder
Birth House, The by Ami McKay
Men At Arms by Evelyn Waugh
Old Man and the Sea, The by Ernest Hemingway
Cat’s Table, The by Michael Ondaatje
Virgin Cure, Theby Ami McKay
Absolutist, The by John Boyne
Oxford Messed Up by Andrea Kayne Kaufman
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A by William Shakespeare
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Carpet People, The by Terry Pratchett
Sense of an Ending, Theby Julian Barnes
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Flight of Gemma Hardy, The by Margot Livesay
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Antagonist, The by Lynn Coady
Midnight’s Childrenby Salman Rushdie
Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwarz
Lonesome Hero by Fred Stenson
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Three Junes by Julia Glass

3 STARS
Woman in White, The by Wilkie Collins
Illustrated Man, The by Ray Bradbury
Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy
Jest of God, A by Margaret Laurence
Broken Music by Marjorie Eccles
Echo Maker, The by Kevin Powers
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Doll’s House, The by Rumer Godden
Museum of Dr. Moses, The by Joyce Carol Oates
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Place for Johnny Bill, A by Ruth Juline Bishop

2½ STARS
Stranger, The by Albert Camus
Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, The by Steven Sherrill
Dove Creek by Paula Coomer

1 STAR
Kilmeny of the Orchard by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Promise Me Eternity by Ian Fox

MYSTERY

4½ STARS
Dog Who Knew Too Much, The by Spencer Quinn
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

4 STARS
Lesson in Secrets, A by Jacqueline Winspear
Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
Innocence of Father Brown, The by G.K. Chesterton
Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
Return of Captain John Emmett (WWI), The by Elizabeth Speller
Unmarked Grave, An by Charles Todd
Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins
Halfway House by Ellery Queen
Calling, The by Inger Ash Wolfe

3½ STARS
At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
Murder at Hazelmoor by Agatha Christie
Tragedy of Z, The by Ellery Queen
QBI by Ellery Queen
Red Trailer Mystery, The by Julie Campbell

3 STARS
Mapping of Love & Death, The by Jacqueline Winspear
Murder is a Crafty Business by Lila Philips
Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes
Yellowthread Street by William Marshall

2½ STARS
Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern, The by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

2 STARS
Crime at Black Dudley, The by Margery Allingham
Falling into Green: an Eco-Mystery by Cher Fischer
One Lonely Night by Mickey Spillane

1½ STARS
Shortage of Bodies, A by Gary D. McKay

1 STAR
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

DNF
Eyre Affair, The by Jasper Fforde

PICTURE BOOKS

5 STARS
What’s Wrong with Rosie? by Pippa Jagger; Illustrated by Gavin Rowe
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan A. Shea

4½ STARS
Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley; Illustrated by Robert Angaramo
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault; Illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Harry, The Dirty Dog by Gene Zion; Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
No Roses for Harry by Gene Zion; Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelman

4 STARS
Giraffe & Bird by Rebecca Bender
Fuddles by Frans Vischer
Jillian Jiggs & the Big Snow by Phoebe Gilman
A Few Blocks by Cybele Young
There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen by Sheree Fitch; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Market Square Dog, The by James Herriott; Illustrated by Ruth Brown
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Prairie Boy’s Winter, A by William Kurelek
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
One Winter Night by Jennifer Lloyd; Illustrated by Lynn Ray

3½ STARS
Curious George by Margaret Rey; Illustrated by Hans (H.A.) Rey
Eloise by Kay Thompson; Illustrated by Hilary Knight
Coyote Sings to the Moon by Thomas King; Illustrated by Johnny Wales

3 STARS
Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost; Illustrated by Susan A. Jeffers
Gimme Jimmy by Sherrill S. Cannon

2 STARS
Danny’s First Snow by Leonid Gore