What we’re reading according to the folks at Copperfield’s books. There appears to be a lot of you who want to read Julie & Julia before seeing the movie!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Novel, by Stieg Larsson.
A journalist and his punk prodigy investigate the disappearance of a woman forty years ago.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
A novel in letters describing life on the Channel Islands during German occupation.

Unaccustomed Earth: Stories, by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Short stories explore the divide between the first and second generations of Indian-American immigrants.

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense.
The political commentator speaks his mind.

The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, by Garth Stein.
Dog gleans wisdom from the topsy-turvy life of his race car-driving master.

Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell.
A young woman’s quest to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog: A Novel, by Muriel Barbery.
A Parisian apartment building is the setting for ruminations on beauty and life by the 54-year-old woman concierge and a 12-year-old tenant.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: A Novel, by J.K. Rowling.
Book Seven is just out in paperback.

Olive Kitteridge: Stories, by Elizabeth Strout.
Powerful linked stories about grief and connectedness in a town on the Maine coast.

Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson.
An American mountain climber returns to Pakistan and Afghanistan to build schools.