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#BroaderBookshelf 2021:Read a Book by a Journalist (Fiction)

  • Chantal W.
  • Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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One of our prompts for the 2021 #BroaderBookshelf Challenge is to read a book by a journalist, but if nonfiction is not your game then try your hand at these fiction offerings.  

There are some great middle grade titles here if you want to try your hand at something different or if you have a kiddo with whom you would like to share the reading experience.

The White Tiger

The White Tiger

A Novel
Adiga, Aravind.
Published in 2008
276 pages ; 23 cm
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Book
 
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Albom, Mitch, 1958-
Published in 2003
196 pages ; 19 cm
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Book
 
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Albom, Mitch, 1958- author.
Published in 2018
213 pages ; 20 cm.
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Book
 
Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
Published in 1995
291 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

A Novel
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.
Published in 2006
197 pages ; 21 cm.
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Book
 
The System of Dante's Hell

The System of Dante's Hell

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
Published in 1965
154 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Bad Move

Bad Move

Barclay, Linwood.
Published in 2004
310 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Broken Promise

Broken Promise

Barclay, Linwood, author.
Published in 2015
500 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
A Noise Downstairs

A Noise Downstairs

A Novel
Barclay, Linwood, author.
Published in 2018
356 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Big Trouble

Big Trouble

Barry, Dave.
Published in 1999
255 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Peter & the Starcatchers

Peter & the Starcatchers

Barry, Dave.
Published in 2004
442 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Book
 
The Worst Class Trip Ever

The Worst Class Trip Ever

Barry, Dave, author.
Published in 2015
214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Fleishman is in Trouble

Fleishman is in Trouble

A Novel
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy, author.
Published in 2019
373 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Caleb's Crossing

Caleb's Crossing

Brooks, Geraldine.
Published in 2011
ix, 306 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Book
 
People of the Book

People of the Book

A Novel
Brooks, Geraldine.
Published in 2008
372 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Cold Case Squad

Cold Case Squad

A Novel
Buchanan, Edna.
Published in 2004
261 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Legally Dead

Legally Dead

A Novel
Buchanan, Edna.
Published in 2008
358 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Miami, It's Murder

Miami, It's Murder

Buchanan, Edna.
Published in 1994
244 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Nuremberg

Nuremberg

The Reckoning
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008.
Published in 2002
366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Rake

The Rake

A Novel
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008.
Published in 2007
278 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
All the Conspirators

All the Conspirators

Bulosan, Carlos.
Published in 2005
xxviiii, 161 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Messenger

The Messenger

A Novel
Burke, Jan.
Published in 2008
305 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer

A Novel
Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.
Published in 2019
403 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Published in 2012
527 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
The Black Echo

The Black Echo

Connelly, Michael, 1956- author.
Published in 2017
xiv, 402 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
The Late Show

The Late Show

Connelly, Michael, 1956- author.
Published in 2017
405, 31 pages ; 25 cm.
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Book
 
The Poet

The Poet

Connelly, Michael, 1956- author.
Published in 2017
xiii, 530 pages ; 19 cm
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Book
 
Paradise City

Paradise City

Day, Elizabeth, 1978- author.
Published in 2015
354 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Party

The Party

Day, Elizabeth, 1978- author.
Published in 2017
294 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Rogue Island

Rogue Island

DeSilva, Bruce.
Published in 2010
302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Bleak House

Bleak House

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Published in 1948
xxii, 880 pages : plates. ; 19 cm.
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Book
 
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Published in 2009
xii, 508 pages ; 18 cm
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Book
 
Oliver Twist, Or, the Parish Boy's Progress

Oliver Twist, Or, the Parish Boy's Progress

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Published in 2005
xiii, 496 pages ; 18 cm
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Book
 
A Book of Common Prayer

A Book of Common Prayer

Didion, Joan.
Published in 1995
272 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The Last Thing He Wanted

The Last Thing He Wanted

Didion, Joan.
Published in 1996
227 pages ; 23 cm
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Book
 
The Big Secret

The Big Secret

Earley, Pete.
Published in 2004
302 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Lethal Secrets

Lethal Secrets

Earley, Pete.
Published in 2005
pages ; cm.
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Book
 
A Stricken Field

A Stricken Field

Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998.
Published in 2011
xi, 314 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Forever

Forever

A Novel
Hamill, Pete, 1935-
Published in 2003
613 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy

Harris, Robert, 1957-
Published in 2014
xi, 429 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Dog Stars

The Dog Stars

Heller, Peter, 1959-
Published in 2012
319 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The River

The River

Heller, Peter, 1959- author.
Published in 2019
253 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Sun Also Rises.

The Sun Also Rises.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Published in 1926
247 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey

Hiaasen, Carl.
Published in 2013
317 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Chomp

Chomp

Hiaasen, Carl.
Published in 2012
290 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Flush

Flush

Hiaasen, Carl.
Published in 2005
263 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Hoot

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl.
Published in 2002
292 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Razor Girl

Razor Girl

A Novel
Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Published in 2016
333 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Squeeze Me

Squeeze Me

A Novel
Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Published in 2020
335 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Squirm

Squirm

Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Published in 2018
276 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Blessing Way

The Blessing Way

Hillerman, Tony.
Published in 2009
1 online resource
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Ebook
 
The Director

The Director

A Novel
Ignatius, David, 1950-
Published in 2014
386 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Bloodmoney

Bloodmoney

A Novel
Ignatius, David, 1950- author.
Published in 2011
372 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Paladin

The Paladin

A Spy Novel
Ignatius, David, 1950- author.
Published in 2020
310 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Immigrant, Montana

Immigrant, Montana

Kumar, Amitava, 1963- author.
Published in 2018
304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web

Lagercrantz, David, author.
Published in 2015
399 pages ; 24 cm.
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Book
 
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye

Lagercrantz, David, author.
Published in 2017
vii, 347 pages ; 25 cm.
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Book
 
The Debt to Pleasure

The Debt to Pleasure

A Novel
Lanchester, John.
Published in 1996
xv, 251 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004.
Published in 2010
563 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004.
Published in 2011
724, 13 pages : maps ; 19 cm.
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Book
 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004.
Published in 2008
465 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Baltimore Blues

Baltimore Blues

Lippman, Laura, 1959-
Published in 2006
1 online resource.
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Ebook
 
The Distant Echo

The Distant Echo

McDermid, Val.
Published in 2003
404 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Mermaids Singing

The Mermaids Singing

McDermid, Val.
Published in 2007
text file
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Ebook
 
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

McDermid, Val, author.
Published in 2014
343 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
Published in 2011
959 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

A Work of Fiction
O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
Published in 2009
233 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

A Fairy Story
Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
Published in 1956
xxiii, 139 pages ; 18 cm
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Book
 
1984

1984

Orwell, George, 1903-1950, author.
Published in 2017
298 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Before I Forget

Before I Forget

Pitts, Leonard.
Published in 2009
365 pages ; 23 cm
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Book
 
Freeman

Freeman

A Novel
Pitts, Leonard.
Published in 2012
404 pages ; 23 cm
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Book
 
Freeman

Freeman

A Novel
Pitts, Leonard.
Published in 2012
1 online resource (413 pages)
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Ebook
 
Grant Park

Grant Park

Pitts, Leonard.
Published in 2015
391 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Gideon's Sword

Gideon's Sword

Preston, Douglas J.
Published in 2011
342 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Relic

The Relic

Preston, Douglas J.
Published in 1996
473 pages ; 18 cm
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Book
 
Tyrannosaur Canyon

Tyrannosaur Canyon

Preston, Douglas J.
Published in 2006
398 pages ; 18 cm
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Book
 
Old Bones

Old Bones

Preston, Douglas J., author.
Published in 2019
369 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Imperfectionists

The Imperfectionists

A Novel
Rachman, Tom.
Published in 2010
viii, 272 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Delicious!

Delicious!

A Novel
Reichl, Ruth.
Published in 2014
380 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Midnight Show Murders

The Midnight Show Murders

A Billy Blessing Novel
Roker, Al, 1954-
Published in 2010
292 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Talk Show Murders

The Talk Show Murders

A Billy Blessing Novel
Roker, Al, 1954-
Published in 2011
290 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Piranhas

The Piranhas

The Boy Bosses of Naples
Saviano, Roberto, 1979- author.
Published in 2018
xii, 345 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Blood is Still

The Blood is Still

Skelton, Douglas, author.
Published in 2021
329 pages ; 24 cm.
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Book
 
Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

A Thriller
Skelton, Douglas, author.
Published in 2020
298 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Concrete Desert

Concrete Desert

Talton, Jon.
Published in 2001
212 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Pain Nurse

The Pain Nurse

Talton, Jon.
Published in 2009
228 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Devil May Dance

The Devil May Dance

A Novel
Tapper, Jake, author.
Published in 2021
327 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Hellfire Club

The Hellfire Club

Tapper, Jake, author.
Published in 2018
342 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author.
Published in 2014
xlvi, 345 pages : map ; 20 cm.
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Book
 
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author.
Published in 2014
xxxvi, 233 pages ; 20 cm.
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Book
 
Always True to You in My Fashion

Always True to You in My Fashion

Wesley, Valerie Wilson.
Published in 2002
305 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Devil's Gonna Get Him

Devil's Gonna Get Him

Wesley, Valerie Wilson.
Published in 1995
212 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Hush

Hush

A Novel
White, Kate, 1950-
Published in 2010
341 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Sixes

The Sixes

A Novel
White, Kate, 1950-
Published in 2011
376 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Wolfe, Tom.
Published in 2008
xiv, 685 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
A Man in Full

A Man in Full

A Novel
Wolfe, Tom.
Published in 2001
690 pages ; 23 cm
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Author

Chantal W.

Research and Readers' Advisory Manager

British mystery show addict and lover of fantasy, romance and mystery novels.

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