austinquiltgirl: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid

Interesting book about a man who is Pakistani, living in New York City and what happens to him after 9/11. Towards the end I was ready to finish but very much worth reading.

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2012 Book List

The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Panther by Nelson DeMille
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
The Summer He Didn't Die by Jim Harrison
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution by Richard Slotikin
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
Creole Bell by James Lee Burke
A Pig in Provence by Georgeanne Brennan
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
Wild : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Canada by Richard Ford
Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'shaughnessy
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
The Lifeboat by Charlotten Rogan
Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
Uncorked: One Man's Journey Through the Crazy World of Wine by Marco Pasanella
I Am An Execution: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran
Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
The Innocent by David Baldacci
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Calico Joe by John Grisham
By the Iowa Sea: a memoir by Joe Blair
Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Home Front by Kristin Hannah
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Another Piece of my Heart by Jane Green
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
Men in the Making by Bruce Machart
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Zero Day by David Baldacci
Balitimore Blues by Laura Lippman
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
The Litigators by John Grisham

2011 Book List

I Am Half Sick of Shadows: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley
The Girl in the Green Rain Coat by Laura Lippman
Plenty by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon
Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke
Son of Stone by Stuart Woods
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
1105 Yakima St by Debbie Macomber
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Dick Francis' Gamble by Felix Francis
40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering by Alice Waters
The Bride's House by Sandra Dallas
Farm City by Novella Carpenter
Rosie by Anne Lamott
Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper
Night Work by Steve Hamilton
In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Girl's in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Forty Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering by Alice Waters
Bruno: Chief of Police by Martin Walker
Two for the Money by Janet Evanovich
My Korean Deli: Risking it all for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe
Flower Net by Lisa See
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough
Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank
The Privledges by Jonathan Dee
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee
1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
10th Anniversary by James Patterson
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
Bel Air Dead by Stuart Woods
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber
The Free World by David Bezmozgis
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
The Adults by Alison Espach
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini
You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein
The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Decision Points by George W. Bush
A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
The Autobiography of an Execution by David Dow
My nest isn't empty, it just has more closet space : the amazing adventures of an ordinary woman by Lisa Scottoline
Model Home by Bruce Puchner
The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
Vida by Patricia Engel
Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper
Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
Rescue by Anita Shreve
To Fetch a Thief: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor by Matthew Latimer
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough

2010 Book List

Room by Emma Donoghue
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk : A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Plan B by Jonathan Tropper
The Confession by John Grisham
Cross Fire by James Patterson
In The Company of Others by Jan Karon
The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
Galveston by Nick Pizzolatto
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Whiter than Snow by Sandra Dallas
This is Where I Leave you by Jonathan Tropper
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber
Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
The Widower's Tale by Julie Glass
Last Night at the Chateau Marmont
The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream : Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life by Wade Rouse
War by Sebastian Junger
The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Judgement Calls by Alafair Burke
Promises to Keep by Jane Green
In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Lion by Nelson DeMille
Lowcountry Summer by Dorthea Benton Frank
The Scent of Rain and Lightening by Nancy Pickard
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Deliver us from Evil by David Baldacci
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
Innocent by Scott Turow
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Ford County by John Grisham
Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Deception by Jonathan Kellerman
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
House Rules by Jodie Picoult
Horns by Joe Hill
The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
Brava Valentine by Adriana Trigiana
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
Cleaving by Julie Powell
The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Worst Case by James Patterson
Kisser by Stuart Woods
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
The English Major by Jim Harrison
True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
Under the Dome by Stephen King
The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips
The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley
Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh

2009 Book List - Most Recently Read at the Top

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline
American Rebel (The Life of Clint Eastwood ) by Marc Elliot
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
True Blue by David Baldacci
Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman
Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Taylor Kidd
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Day the Falls Sttod Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Apologize! Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian
When I'm Falling by Laura Moriarty
The Spire by Richard North Patterson
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Even Money by Dick and Felix Francis
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
The Shimmer by David Morrell
New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Return to Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand
Olive Kittridge by Elizabeth Strout
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
Swimsuit by James Patterson
Second Hand by Michael Zadoorian
Swimming to Antartica by Lynne Cox
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Adultery for Beginners by Sarah Duncan
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
8th Confession by James Patterson
Generation Kill by Evan Wright
First Family by David Baldacci
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods
The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict
The Color of Lightening by Paulette Jiles
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
Run for your Life by James Patterson
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiana
The Associate by John Grisham
I Know this Much is True by Wally Lamb
Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods
Show No Fear by Peri O'Shaughnessy
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
What are You Like? by Anne Enright
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
The Department of Lost and Found by Alison Winn Scotch
Summer Light by Roxana Robinson
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Enemy Woman by Paulette Jiles
Sammy's House by Kristin Gore
The Gatehouse by Nelson Demille
Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian