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Ellen's book list
This is a list of all the books I read in 1996, along with my ratings. (On the left are links to the rest of the books I've read since 1988, when I first started keeping track.) The "Buy" links take you to that book on Amazon (the paperback version) and the author links take you the Amazon page that lists all of that author's books. My -4 to +4 ratings scale is explained below the list.

Books Read in 1996
No. Author Title Rating
(-4 to +4)
23 Robert James Waller Puerto Vallarta Squeeze [Buy] +2
22 Bronwyn Drainie My Jerusalem [Buy] 0
21 Sharon Butala Upstream [Buy] +2
20 Thomas Landauer The Trouble With Computers [Buy] +2
19 Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1/2) [Buy] -2
18 Pat Conroy Beach Music [Buy] +4
17 Anne Tyler Ladder of Years [Buy] +3
16 Nick Hornby High Fidelity [Buy] -2
15 Jo-Ann Mapson Blue Rodeo [Buy] +2
14 Julian Barnes Flaubert's Parrot [Buy] -4
13 David Guterson Snow Falls on Cedars [Buy] +3
12 Sharon Kay Penman Falls the Shadow [Buy] +4
11 Jack Finney Time and Again [Buy] +1
10 Max DePree Leadership is an Art [Buy] +2
9 Jane Smiley Moo [Buy] -1
8 Sharon Kay Penman The Sunne in Splendour [Buy] +4
7 Chaim Potok The Chosen [Buy] +2
6 Barbara Quick Northern Edge [Buy] +2
5 Marlo Morgan Mutant Message Down Under [Buy] +3
4 Neal Stephenson Snow Crash [Buy] 0
3 Jane Smiley Barn Blind [Buy] +1
2 Jane Smiley Duplicate Keys [Buy] +2
1 Enkelis, Olsen,
& Lewenstein
On Our Own Terms [Buy] +2
 
 1997 books
 
1995 books 

Rating Scale
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4
All-time worst Hated it, struggled through it Annoyingly bad Sorry I read it Could take it or leave it Okay, enjoyable enough Good book, enjoyed it Great book, loved it All-time favorite

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