Month-by-Month
COMPLETE NICK’S PICKS
2007
Jan What Is the What Dave Eggars
Feb The Uncomfortable Dead Taibo and Marcos
March If You Lived Here Dana Sachs
April The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
April Aya Abouet and Oubrerie
May The Speed of Light Javier Cercas
June A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
2006
Jan Memories of My Melancholy Whores Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Feb Captain of the Sleepers Mayra Montero
March Golden Boy Martin Booth
April Paradise Travel Jorge Franco
May Whiteman Tony D’Souza
June Fun Home Alison Bechdel
July Black Swan Green David Mitchell
Aug Let It Be Morning Sayed Kashua
Sept No God in Sight Altaf Tyrewala
Oct The Places In Between Rory Stewart
Oct Chicken with Plums Marjane Satrapi
Nov Brief Encounters with Che Guevara Ben Fountain
Nov Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow Faiza Guene
Decr Istanbul Orhan Pamuk
2005
Jan The Cruelest Journey Kira Salak
Feb Sightseeing Rattawut Lapcharoensap
March Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
April GileadMarilynne Robinson
May Rules for Old Men Waiting Peter Pouncey
June SaturdayIan McEwan
July It’s All Right Now Charles Chadwick
Aug The Story of My Baldness Marek Van der Jagt
Sept Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban Lisa Wixon
Oct The Rabbi’s Cat Joann Sfar
Nov My Detachment Tracy Kidder
Dec The Sea John Banville
2004
Jan The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad
Feb The Known World Edward P. Jones
March Against Love Laura Kipnis
April The Book of Joe Jonathan Tropper
May The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
June The Matter of Desire Edmundo Paz Soldan
July Sabbath Creek Judson Mitcham
Aug Dancing Arabs Sayed Kashua
Sept Persepolis 2 Marjane Satrapi
Oct Fourth Uncle in the Mountain Quang Van Nguyen
Nov The Darling Russell Banks
Dec The Twelve Little Cakes Dominika Dery
2003
Jan The Life of Pi Yann Martel
Feb I’m Not Scared Niccolo Ammaniti
March The Guru of Love Samrat Upadhyay
April Crabwalk Gunter Grass
May Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
June The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
July The Force of the Past Sandro Veronesi
Aug What Was She Thinking? Zoe Heller
Sept Approximately Heaven James Whorton, Jr.
Oct Platform Michel Houellebecq
Nov Lunch at the Piccadilly Clyde Edgerton
Dec Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2002
Jan The World Below Sue Miller
Feb The Jazz Bird Craig Holden
March Crow Lake Mary Lawson
April The Only Boy for Me Gil McNeil
May The True Sources of the Nile Sarah Stone
June Think of England Alice Elliott Dark
July You’re an Animal, Viskovitz! Alessandro Boffa
Aug The Fourth Treasure Todd Shimoda
Sept Goodbye Tsugumi Banana Yoshimoto
Oct Family Matters Rohinton Mistry
Nov The Little Friend Donna Tartt
Dec Prey Michael Crichton
2001
Oct Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie
Nov Border Crossing Pat Barker
Dec How to Be Good Nick Hornby