Sonderbooks Fiction Index

Within each category, the books are listed by rating, with the most recent reviews listed first.
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Adventure

*****Q & A, by Vikas Swarup

*****Zorro, by Isabel Allende

*****The Great Impersonation, by E. Phillips Oppenheim

*****Watership Down, by Richard Adams
*****Caravan, by Dorothy Gilman

****Killer Smile, by Lisa Scottoline

****The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
****Balance of Power, by Richard North Patterson

****The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope
****The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan
****The Four Feathers, by A. E. W. Mason
****Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie

****China Run, by David W. Ball
****The Curse of Treasure Island, by Francis Bryan
****Learning to Fly, by April Henry
****Drummer in the Dark, by T. Davis Bunn

***The Haunted Bookshop, by Christopher Morley

***Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown

***The Summons, by John Grisham

**Winner Take All, by T. Davis Bunn

*Jester, by James Patterson and Andrew Gross

Christian

*****The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis

****The Jerusalem Scrolls, by Brock and Bodie Thoene
***Redemption, by Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley
***The Garden at the Edge of Beyond, by Michael Phillips

***German Enchantment, by Irene B. Brand, Dianne Christner, Pamela Griffin, and Gail Gaymer

***Stones of Jerusalem, by Bodie and Brock Thoene

***Desecration, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
***Sarah, by Orson Scott Card

**The Remnant, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

Christmas

****A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

****A Christmas Guest, by Anne Perry

***There's Something About Christmas, by Debbie Macomber

***Deck the Halls, by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark

***Silent Night, by Mary Higgins Clark

***The Christmas Train, by David Baldacci

***Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham

**Secret Santa, by Robert Tate Miller and Beth Polson

**The Christmas Basket, by Debbie Macomber

Fantasy

*****Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

*****The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

*****The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien

****One Good Knight, by Mercedes Lackey
****Till We Have Faces, by C. S. Lewis

****The Fairy Godmother, by Mercedes Lackey
****Stealing the Elf-King's Roses, by Diane Duane
****Sunshine, by Robin McKinley

****The Wolf Hunt, by Gillian Bradshaw
***Solstice Wood, by Patricia A. McKillip
***The Dragon Quintet, edited by Marvin Kaye
***Tales Before Tolkien, edited and with commentary by Douglas A. Anderson
***Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
**The Dragonbone Chair, by Tad Williams
**Phantastes, by George MacDonald
**Take a Thief, by Mercedes Lackey

*Morgawr: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 3, by Terry Brooks

*Antrax: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 2, by Terry Brooks

Historical

*****The Canterbury Papers, by Judith Koll Healey
*****These Three Remain: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 3, by Pamela Aidan
*****An Assembly Such As This: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 1, by Pamela Aidan

*****Beyond the Limit, by Joan Spicci

*****Cleopatra's Heir, by Gillian Bradshaw

*****The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy

*****The Sand-Reckoner, by Gillian Bradshaw
****The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett
****The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, by Louise Murphy
****Duty and Desire: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 2, by Pamela Aidan

****Render Unto Caesar, by Gillian Bradshaw
****Legacy of Love, by Joanne Trollope writing as Caroline Harvey

****Five Quarters of the Orange, by Joanne Harris
****Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy
****The Elusive Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy

****Davita's Harp, by Chaim Potok
***Blackbird House, by Alice Hoffman

***The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier
***Lord Tony’s Wife, by Baroness Orczy
***The Laughing Cavalier, by Baroness Orczy
***Old Men at Midnight, by Chaim Potok
***The Ash Garden, by Dennis Bock

***Cane River, by Lalita Tademy

**Holy Fools, by Joanne Harris
**Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian

Humorous

*****Confessions of Super Mom, by Melanie Lynne Hauser

****Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley

****Jeeves in the Offing, by P. G. Wodehouse

****Carry On, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse
****The Zygote Chronicles, by Suzanne Finnamore

***An Ex to Grind, by Jane Heller

***The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, by Alexander McCall Smith

***Lucky Stars, by Jane Heller
***The Secret Ingredient, by Jane Heller

**A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby

*The Nanny Diaries, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Literary

*****Knitting, by Anne Bartlett

*****Nights of Rain and Stars, by Maeve Binchy
*****Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

*****My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult

*****To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

*****The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

*****Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

****Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Picoult

****The Shop on Blossom Street, by Debbie Macomber
****Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture, by Apostolos Doxiadis

****The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger

****The Probable Future, by Alice Hoffman

****The Dive From Clausen's Pier, by Ann Packer

****Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, by Lorna Landvik

****The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
****In the Stacks, edited by Michael Cart
***The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios: Short Fiction, by Yann Martel

***The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
***The Wild Numbers, by Philibert Schogt
***Good Harbor, by Anita Diamant
***Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen, by Fay Weldon
***We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
***Fatima's Good Fortune, by Joanne and Gerry Dryansky
***The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
***Child of my Heart, by Alice McDermott
***Coastliners, by Joanne Harris

***Blessings, by Anna Quindlen
**Dearly Beloved, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

**The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler

Mystery

*****Morality for Beautiful Girls, by Alexander McCall Smith

*****The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith

*****Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

****Moving Is Murder, by Sara Rosett

****Blue Shoes and Happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith

****Case of Lies, by Perri O'Shaughnessy

****The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde
****Jane and the Wandering Eye, by Stephanie Barron
****Eight of Swords, by David Skibbins

****In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, by Alexander McCall Smith
****A Moment on the Edge, edited by Elizabeth George

****The Sunday Philosophy Club, by Alexander McCall Smith

****The Full Cupboard of Life, by Alexander McCall Smith

****The Kalahari Typing School for Men, by Alexander McCall Smith

****Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, by Stephanie Barron

****Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith

****Death of a Village, by M. C. Beaton
****The Curse of the Pharaohs, by Elizabeth Peters
****Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters

****Lord of the Silent, by Elizabeth Peters

***Irish Crystal, by Andrew M. Greeley

***Size 12 Is Not Fat, by Meg Cabot

***Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, by Alexander McCall Smith

***Not a Girl Detective, by Susan Kandel

***Died in the Wool, by Mary Kruger

***Cross Bones, by Kathy Reichs

***Suspense and Sensibility, by Carrie Bebris
***The Tale of Hill Top Farm, by Susan Wittig Albert
***Jane and the Man of the Cloth, by Stephanie Barron
***Murder is Academic, by Christine Poulson
***Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower

***Monday Mourning, by Kathy Reichs

***Pride and Prescience, by Carrie A. Bebris

***The Deeds of the Disturber, by Elizabeth Peters
***Snobbery With Violence, by Marion Chesney
***Lion in the Valley, by Elizabeth Peters

***Dead Ringer, by Lisa Scottoline
***The Mummy Case, by Elizabeth Peters
***Rebecca's Tale, by Sally Beauman

***Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House, by Stephanie Barron

***Kaleidoscope, by Dorothy Gilman

**Death of an Outsider, by M. C. Beaton
**A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage, by Mark Twain

Romance

*****Jane Austen in Scarsdale, by Paula Marantz Cohen

*****Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

*****Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
*****The Blue Castle, by L. M. Montgomery
****The Cinderella Pact, by Sarah Strohmeyer

****A Good Yarn, by Debbie Macomber

****Otherwise Engaged, by Eileen Goudge

****Every Boy's Got One, by Meg Cabot

****Seven Blessings, by Ruchama King
****A Second Legacy, by Joanna Trollope writing as Caroline Harvey

****The Wedding, by Nicholas Sparks

****Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, by James Patterson

****Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen

****Quentins, by Maeve Binchy

***Table for Five, by Susan Wiggs

***Sam's Letters to Jennifer, by James Patterson
***Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories, by Rosamunde Pilcher

Science Fiction

*****The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde

*****Dangerous Notes, by Gillian Bradshaw
*****The Children of the Star Trilogy, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
****That Hideous Strength, by C. S. Lewis
****Perelandra, by C. S. Lewis
****Out of the Silent Planet, by C. S. Lewis

****The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

****Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
****The Wrong Reflection, by Gillian Bradshaw

****The Well of Lost Plots, by Jasper Fforde

****Lost In a Good Book, by Jasper Fforde

****The Far Side of Evil, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl

***The Plot To Save Socrates, by Paul Levinson
***Changing Planes, by Ursula K. LeGuin
***Star Wars: The Approaching Storm, by Alan Dean Foster
**2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke

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Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

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