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Seven Deadly Social Sins

• Politics without Principle
• Wealth without Work
• Commerce without Morality
• Pleasure without Conscience
• Education without Character
• Science without Humanity
• Worship without Sacrifice

(Gandhi)

2009 reading list

Aciman, Andre. Call Me by Your Name

Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

Aslan, Reza. No god but God

Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn

Barr, Nevada. Blood Lure

Beschloss, Michael. Presidential Courage

Billingham, Mark. Death Message

Burke, James Lee. Rain Gods

Cahill, Thomas. Mysteries of the Middle Ages

Chang, Henry. Chinatown Beat

Child, Lee. Nothing to Lose

Connolly, Michael. The Brass Verdict

Cornwell, Patricia. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed

Cornwell, Patricia. The Front

Cullen, Dave. Columbine

Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel

Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother

Edwardson, Ake. Death Angels

Edwardson, Ake. Never End

Ellroy, James. L.A. Confidential

Ellroy, James. The Black Dahlia

Epping, Randy Charles. A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy

Fairstein, Linda. Lethal Legacy

Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering

Fossum, Karin. Don't Look Back

Gaiman, Neil. Stardust

George, Elizabeth. Well-Schooled in Murder

Gilbert, G.M. Nuremberg Diary

Giller, Marc D. Hammerjack

Glass, Leslie. Judging Time

Glass, Leslie. Loving Time

Harris, Sam. The End of Faith

Hesse, Herman. Siddhartha

Hitchens, Christopher. The Trial of Henry Kissinger

Indridason, Arnaldur. Arctic Chill

Indridason, Arnaldur. The Draining Lake

Johansen, Iris. Stalemate

Kellerman, Jonathan. Bones

Keneally, Thomas. Schindler's List

Klinenberg, Eric. Heat Wave

Kumar, Satish. The Buddha and the Terrorist

Laymon, Richard. Savage

Leon, Donna. About Face

Leon, Donna. Death at La Fenice

Leon, Donna. Dressed for Death

Leon, Donna. The Girl of His Dreams

Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics

Lewis, Bernard. The Crisis of Islam

Lovesey, Peter. Skeleton Hill

Magee, Mike (ed). All Available Boats

Mankell, Henning. Before the Frost

Mankell, Henning. Faceless Killers

Mankell, Henning. The Dogs of Riga

Mankell, Henning. The Fifth Woman

Mankell, Henning. The Man Who Smiled

Mankell, Henning. The White Lioness

McDevitt, Jack. Polaris

McDevitt, Jack. Seeker

McDevitt, Jack. The Devil's Eye

Meacham, Jon. Franklin and Winston

Merton, Thomas. The Way of Chuang Tzu

Murch, Walter. In the Blink of an Eye

Orwell, George. Why I Write

Painter, Nell Irvin. Standing at Armageddon

Pattison, Eliot. Bone Rattler

Pattison, Eliot. Prayer of the Dragon

Pattison, Eliot. The Lord of Death

Price, Richard. Clockers

Qiu Xiaolong. A Loyal Character Dancer

Qiu Xiaolong. Death of a Red Heroine

Ramo, Joshua Cooper. The Age of the Unthinkable

Rankin, Ian. Bleeding Hearts

Rankin, Ian. Blood Hunt

Rankin, Ian. Exit Music

Raymond, Derek. He Died With His Eyes Open

Raymond, Derek. How the Dead Live

Raymond, Derek. I Was Dora Suarez

Sherwood, Robert. Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History

Shorto, Russell. Descartes' Bones

Sigurdardottir, Yrsa. Last Rituals

Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo. Roseanna

Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo. The Laughing Policeman

Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo. The Locked Room

Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

Stephenson, Neal. Anathem

Stross, Charles. Singularity Sky

Theorin, Johan. Echoes from the Dead

Wallace, David Foster. Consider the Lobster

Wallace, David Foster. The Broom of the System

Wilentz, Sean (ed). The Best American History Essays on Lincoln

Wilson, F. Paul. Harbingers

Wilson, Robert. A Darkening Stain

Wray, John. Lowboy