These books were highly recommended by participants at the recent "Books We Love" session of LOL at MHS:
The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and Birth in America
by Joseph Priestly (Adult Biography, B Priestly)
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution (textbook)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare (TEEN PB Speare Book on Cassette)
Project 17 by Laurie Stolarz (TEEN Stolarz)
Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling (J Rowling JCD books)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (J Funke book on cassette)
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikus Swarup (on order)
Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven (Adult SF, Niven)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (Adult SF, Gibson)
Brisingr (and Inheritance series) by Christopher Paolini (TEEN SF Paolini TEEN CD Book)
Legend of Luke ( rest of the Redwall series) by Brian Jacques (J Jacques)
Interesting Times (Discworld series) by Terry Pratchett (Adult SF, Pratchett)
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen (Adult Fiction, Gruen Adult CD Book)
Alex Rider series (starts with Stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz (TEEN Horowitz,
TEEN PB Horowitz TEEN CD Book)
The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares (Adult Fiction, Brashares)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Adult Fiction, Kidd Cassette book)
Midnight for Charlie Bone (& Charlie Bone series) by Jenny Nimmo (J Nimmo JCD Books)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (TEEN Chbosky)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, Hosseini Adult CD book movie version)
Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (TEEN Rhodes)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Adult SF, Adams TEEN SF, Adams)
I Am Messenger by Markus Zusak (TEEN Zusak TEEN CD book)