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BOOKS READ LIST.

From 1995, through the present, the GOOS have read and discussed a variety of literary works over many a good meal. The full list is recounted here.

TitleAuthorDragooned Goo
The SnowgoosePaul GallicoJohn Clifford
The NovelJames MichenerJohn Hill
Rising TideJohn BarryCharles Prosser
Undaunted CourageSteven AmbroseJames R. Clary, Jr.
Cold MountainCharles FrazierBill Booth
Mutual ContemptJeff ShesolGus Dalton
News of a KidnappingGabriel Garcia MarquezWoody Facundus
The English PatientMichael OndaatjeJohn Clifford
All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthyBill Fisher
The Last LionWilliam ManchesterDavid Wall
The Short Stories of Ernest HemingwayErnest HemingwayPaul Dammers
As I Lay DyingWilliam FaulknerAlan Carey
A Lesson Before DyingErnest GainesJohn Hill
The EnduranceCaroline AlexanderFrederic Billings
Dante’s Inferno DanteJesse Gellrich
The PlagueAlbert CamusClay Waggenspack
A Man in FullTom WolfeBill Booth
Roughing ItMark TwainJim Clary, Jr.
Love in the RuinsWalker PercyLarry Michaud
Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy TooleScott Andrews
The Perfect StormSebastian JungerJohn Clifford
The Stories of John CheeverJohn CheeverGus Dalton
House of MirthEdith WhartonWoody Facundus
The Human StainPhillip RothFrederic Billings
Confucius Lives Next DoorT.R. ReidHerb Dyer
Maxwell PerkinsScott BergAlan Carey
Eat the RichP.J. O’RourkeScott Thurston
Fifth BusinessRobertson DaviesMort "Bubber" Currier
The Red TentAnita DiamantLarry Michaud
A World Lit Only By FireWilliam ManchesterBill Fisher
John AdamsDavid McCulloughFrank McArthur
April 1865Neil WinikFrederic Billings
In Harm’s WayDoug StantonJohn Clifford
East of the MountainsDavid GutersonPaul Dammers
Appointment in SamarraJohn O’HaraGus Dalton
Death in VeniceThomas MannJesse Gellrich
Seven Storey MountainThomas MertonLuke Corsten
In the Heart of the SeaNathaniel PhillbrickFred Billings
The Red Badge of CourageStephen CraneClay Waggenspack
The Life of PiYann MartelJohn Clifford
The Hemingway Book Club of KosovaPaula HuntleyGeorge "Buzzy" Anding
The Education of Little TreeForrest CarterPage Acree
The Da Vinci CodeDan BrownHerb Dyer
Ava’s ManRick BraggLarry Michaud
The Professor and the MadmanSimon WinchesterBryan Luikart
Skeletons in the ZaharaDean KingGeorge "Buzzy" Anding
The Maltese FalconDashiel HammettJim Clary, Jr.
Alias GraceMargaret AtwoodWally Dunlap
My Life and Hard TimesJames ThurberClay Waggenspack
A Bend In The RiverV.S. NaipaulScott Thurston
BlindnessJose SaramagoScott Thurston
From Death To Morning : The Short Stories of Thomas WolfeThomas WolfeAlan Carey
Three Theban Plays SophoclesJesse Gellrich
The Bridge of San Luis ReyThornton WilderJohn Clifford
The End of The AffairGraham GreeneGus Dalton
Huckleberry FinnMark TwainClay Waggenspack
Dark Star SafariPaul TherouxKeith Richardson
Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The LegendJames I. RobertsonJames Clary, Jr.
The Secret AgentJoseph ConradWally Dunlap
And Quiet Flows the DonMikhail SholokhovJohn Clifford
1776David McCulloughBryan Luikart
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensAlan Carey
The MarchE.L. DoctorowJim Clary, Jr.
Love In The Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia MarquezHerman Moyse
DublinersJames JoyceClay Waggenspack
Winesburg, OhioSherwood AndersonKeith Richardson
Islam RevealedAnis ShorroshFred Hogeman
The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldBubber Currier
The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael PollanKeith Richardson
Palace WalkNaguib MahfouzLou Leggio
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert CaroGus Dalton
Three Cups of TeaGreg MortensonBob Thurston
Northwest PassageKenneth RobertsGene McCann
A Passage to IndiaE.M. ForsterLou Leggio
KingfishRichard WhiteHerb Dyer