The Patron Saint of Liars Ann Patchett

The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians Peter Heather

The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Brief Introduction John Blair

Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F. Stefan Aust

Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami

Cyteen C.J. Cherryh

Portland: People, Politics, and Power 1851-2001 Jewel Lansing

Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to Kissinger G.R. Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper,  T.G. Otte

International Politics: A Framework for Analysis K.J. Holsti

Conflict and Cooperation: Evolving Theories of International Relations Marc A. Genest

The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 Gordon S. Wood

A Home for Scared People Chris Onstad

Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Haitian Revolution ed. Nick Nesbitt

Champion: Joe Louis, Black Hero in White America Chris Mead

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks

Toussaint Louverture: A Biography Madison Smartt Bell

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution C.L.R. James

Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry Lawrence A. Peskin

Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans Joyce Appleby

Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic Joanne B. Freeman

The Forge of God Greg Bear

The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World ed. David Geggus

Vermeer: A View of Delft Anthony Bailey

Homage to Catalonia George Orwell

Encountering Revolution: Haiti and the Making of the Early Republic Ashli White

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece Paul Cartledge

Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents eds. Laurent Dubois & John D. Garrigus

Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity J.E. Lendon

A Proslavery Foreign Policy: Haitian-American Relations during the Early Republic Tim Matthewson

Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution Gordon S. Brown

Orders from France: The American and the French in a Revolutionary World, 1780-1820 Roger G. Kennedy

Beowulf transl. Seamus Heaney

The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. Robert Drews

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship that Changed America Mark Perry

Presumed Innocent Scott Turow

The Savage Detectives Roberto Bolaño

Geek Love Katherine Dunn

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer James L. Swanson

Beowulf and the Critics J.R.R. Tolkien

A Dance with Dragons George R.R. Martin

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois

The History of Money Jack Weatherford

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois

The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America: 1815-1846 Charles Sellers

The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815-1840 Daniel Feller

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Daniel Walker Howe

Baseball Between the Numbers The Baseball Prospectus

Hunger Knut Hamsun

The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl Tim Pratt

Spell Games T.A. Pratt

Broken Mirrors T.A. Pratt

Bone Shop T.A. Pratt

Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 Eric Foner

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era James M. McPherson

The Rats James Herbert

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr

In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History Ellen Morris Bishop

Under the Dome Stephen King

The Anglo-Saxons ed James Campbell

I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society Amy Alkon

About a Boy Nick Hornby

The Road Cormac McCarthy

Why Sinatra Matters Pete Hammil

Augustine: A Very Short Introduction Henry Chadwick

Dead Reign T.A. Pratt

The Civilization of the Middle Ages Norman F. Cantor

The Soul of Latin America: The Cultural and Political Tradition Howard J. Wiarda

Modern European History, 1871-2000 David Welch

The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money John Dos Passos

Worst Song, Played on Ugliest Guitar Chris Onstad

The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found Mary Beard

Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman

American Colonies: The Settling of North America Alan Taylor

Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763 William M. Fowler, Jr.

Africans: The History of a Continent John Iliffe

History of Africa Kevin Shillington

Anyone who stumbles across this post can read a free book by following that link.  Additionally, anyone who wants to can register at the site and vote for the book; once a month the top five rated books are read by HarperCollins editors themselves.  This is no guarantee of publication, but I thought it’s worth a shot.  So, the book has been set free; read or not, as you choose.

Oishinbo A la Carte: Ramen & Gyoza Tetsu Kariya & Akira Hanasaki

High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed Michael Kodas

One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing Katherine Dunn

Shot in the Heart Mikal Gilmore

First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History Colin G. Calloway

A History of Rome Marcel Le Glay et al

Roman Warfare Adrian Goldsworthy

Audran also had a brain modification plug-in that allowed him to assume the persona of Nero Wolfe.  Perhaps when they develop the technology I’ll get the moddy that plugs in Audran plugging in Wolfe.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois

Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain

The Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois

Ancient Greece Sarah Pomeroy et al.

To Make Our World Anew, Vol. II: A History of African Americans from 1880 ed. Robin D. G. Kelley & Earl Lewis

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

Poison Sleep by T.A. Pratt

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Tick-Tock by Dean Koontz

To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans to 1880 ed. Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis

Race And Revolution by Gary B. Nash

Watchmen Allan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Topics in Contemporary Mathematics Ignacio Bello et al

Shadow Divers Robert Kurson

The Assassins Joyce Carol Oates

The Darkest Evening of the Year Dean Koontz

The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin’s Secret Service Andrew Meier

The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III Edward Gibbon

Broken Angels Richard K Morgan

Western Civilization: Volume II: Since 1500 Jackson J Spielvogel