KAXE listener book recommendations

Last Saturday we started 2010 out right on Between You and Me with a book recommendation show. Here's a list, add your own suggestions!

Elaine from Chisholm:

Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Missing Mark and Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger

Willy from Grand Rapids:

Louis L'Amour's Sackett series
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson

Joe from Elk Grove, California:

The Great Game by Leopold Trepper
The novels of Alan Furst (set in pre WW II Europe)
The Family - The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlat

Lowell suggested:

Man-making: Men Helping Boys on their Journey to Manhood by Earl Hipp
The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Line of Modern Manhood essays
The Dead Get By With Everything & Coming Home Crazy by Bill Holm

Barb from Bovey

Chain Letter of the Soul and Eccentric Islands by Bill Holm
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

Jan suggested:

Olive Kittredge by Elizabeth Strout
Seeking Peace - Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World by Mary Pipher
Shelter Half by Carol Bly

DJ the DJ from Grand Rapids:

No Man's Land by Duong Thu Huong
anything by E. Annie Proulx

Bonnie suggested:

Chasing Fireflies and When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin

Cori from Bigfork:

The Easter House and Driftless by David Rhodes
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Michael from Mule Lake:

You Don't Have to Be Wrong for Me To be Right - Finding Faith Without Fanaticism by Brad Hirschfield
Neither Wolf Nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilght by Kent Nerburn

Gary from Taconite:

When Society Becomes an Addict by Anne Wilson Schaef
The Adjusted American - Normal Neurosis in the Individual and Society by Snell and Gail Putney
One Minute Wisdom by Anthony De Mello

Ruth suggested:

Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup

Eivor recommended a new book by her granddaughter:

The Career With You by Ingrid Stabb

Randy from Pokegama:

The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better by Chris Farrell
The Healing of America - A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid
Dragon House by John Shors
So Brave Young and Handsome by Leif Enger

Tarry suggested:
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy

Jennie suggested:

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

Janet from Raspberry Island:

Into the Forest by Jean Heglund

Krista from Bovey:

Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz

Kathy suggested:

Altar of Eden by James Rollins

Sandy from Canyon:

Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr

Laura from Little Falls:

The Martin Beck Mysteries

Melanie from New Brighton:

Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer

Renee from Cook:

Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer

Donna from Deer River

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Under the Flaming Skies by Daniel James Brown
The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown
anything by Lee Child or Vince Flynn for action, intrigue and suspense


also see Heidi's best of 2009 list and Margaret's list on the KAXE Blog.