Books Read in 1997
No.	Author	Title	Finished	Rating (-4 to +4)
32	Edwidge Danticat	Breath, Eyes, Memory [Buy]	12/26	+1
31	Scott Adams	Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook [Buy]	12/25	+2
30	Rosa Montero	Absent Love [Buy]	12/12	+1
29	Ernest Gaines	A Lesson Before Dying [Buy]	11/27	+2
28	Steve McConnell	Rapid Development [Buy]	11/14	+2
27	Jo-Ann Mapson	Shadow Ranch [Buy]	11/4	+2
26	Jose Raul Bernardo	The Secret of the Bulls [Buy]	10/22	+2
25	Joanna Trollope	The Best of Friends [Buy]	10/8	+1
24	Steve Maguire	Debugging the Development Process [Buy]	10/6	+3
23	Bill Bryson	Notes from a Small Island [Buy]	9/18	+2
22	Diana Gabaldon	Drums of Autumn [Buy]	9/4	+2
21	Donna Tartt	The Secret History [Buy]	8/21	+2
20	Diana Gabaldon	Voyager [Buy]	8/10	+3
19	Diana Gabaldon	Dragonfly in Amber [Buy]	8/1	+3
18	Diana Gabaldon	Outlander [Buy]	7/25	+3
17	Elizabeth Arthur	Antarctic Navigation [Buy]	7/13	+3
16	W. Michael Gear	The Morning River [Buy]	6/15	+3
15	Terry McMillan	How Stella Got Her Groove Back [Buy]	6/4	+1
14	Dervla Murphy	Muddling Through Madagascar [Buy]	5/31	0
13	Toni Morrison	The Bluest Eye [Buy]	5/13	+1
12	Robert Hellenga	The Sixteen Pleasures [Buy]	5/7	+2
11	Jung Chang	Wild Swans [Buy]	4/29	+1
10	Ken Follett	The Pillars of the Earth [Buy]	4/6	+2
9	Jon Krakauer	Into the Wild [Buy]	3/22	+2
8	Howard Gardner	Leading Minds [Buy]	3/20	-1
7	Sharon Kay Penman	When Christ and His Saints Slept [Buy]	3/17	+3
6	William Boyd	Brazzaville Beach [Buy]	March	+2
5	Sharon Kay Penman	The Reckoning [Buy]	February	+4
4	Scott McCloud	Understanding Comics [Buy]	February	+2
3	Sharon Kay Penman	Here Be Dragons [Buy]	January	+4
2	Stan Isaacs	The Fastest Kid on the Block [Buy]	January	0
1	Kamala Markandaya	Nectar in a Sieve [Buy]	January	+2
1998 books			1996 books

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