Year of Magical Thinking, The

Blue nights

Joan Didion

A heartbreaking work of staggering genius

Dave Eggers

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

Truth & Beauty

Ann Patchett

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri