Jordan Rich Show Winter 2009 Book List

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt  (biography)
by Edmund Morris

Spy Trilogy: Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match  (spy novels – three in one)
by Len Deighton

Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of James A. Garfield  (political history, biography)
by Kenneth Ackerman
JR note – also check out “Young J. Edgar” and “Boss Tweed” by same author

Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson  (true crime, psychology)
by Keith Ablow

We’ve Got it Made in America: A Common Man’s Salute to an Uncommon Country  (inspirational, business)
by John Ratzenberger
(actor from “Cheers”)

The Pillars of the Earth  (historical fiction)
by Ken Follett
JR note – also check out by same author of “Eye of the Needle,” and “The Key to Rebecca”

Dewey: the Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World  (animals, inspirational)
by Vicki Myron

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919  
by Stephen Puleo

The Reader  (romantic, historical WWII era fiction)
by Bernhard Schlink

The Starlite Drive-In  (coming of age novel)
by Marjorie Reynolds

Broken Wing  (romance and adventure in Napoleonic Era)
by Judith James

African-American Music: An Introduction  
by Mellonee Burnim

The Stars of Ballymenone  (Irish history, music and stories)
by Henry Glassie

From Baghdad, with Love: A Marine, The War, and a Dog Named Lava  (Iraq War, animal story, inspirational)
by Jay Kopelman

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist  (biography illustrated)
by Nancy Goldstein

The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow  (children’s, inspirational)
by Joey Green

The Historian  (A vampire novel)
by Elizabeth Kostova

My Name is Red  (ancient mystery thriller)
by Orhan Pamuk

Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk  (ancient mystery thriller)
by Boris Akunin

Stalin's Ghost  (political thriller, mystery) JR note – also check out “Gorky Park” by same author
by Martin Cruz Smith

Lost and Found  (novel of love, loss and moving on)
by Jacqueline Sheehan

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog  (animals, inspiration)
by Ted Kerasote

The Shack  (novel of mystery, awe, spirituality)
by William P. Young

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era  (history)
by James McPherson

The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to become the Smartest Person in the World  (human interest, autobiography)
by AJ Jacobs