11/17/2005
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“One Book, One City - Indy’s Choice” Program announces Indy’s 25
Final book selection among the 25 titles
INDIANAPOLIS - After receiving 273 book recommendations, the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library today released Indy’s 25, a list of 25 books that includes the book that will ultimately become the final book for the city to read.
This year, residents were asked to nominate their favorite page-turner. Indy’s 25 is a compilation of all types of page-turners, from thrillers and suspense stories to dramas and love stories.
The books were chosen by reviewing each nomination against pre-determined criteria that included finding books with wide appeal, books that would encourage discussion, books that contain significant cultural, social or historical issues, and books that appeal to a wide range of readers. Indy’s 25, in alphabetical order, are:
Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors
-Piers Read
Bonfire of the Vanities
-Tom Wolfe
Catch Me If You Can
-Frank Abagnale
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
-Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code
-Dan Brown
Devil in a Blue Dress
-Walter Mosley
Eye of the Needle
-Ken Follett
The Godfather
-Mario Puzo
Gone with the Wind
-Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
-J. K. Rowling
The Hunt for Red October
-Tom Clancy
In Cold Blood
-Truman Capote
Interview with the Vampire
-Anne Rice
Isaac’s Storm
-Erik Larson
Jaws
-Peter Benchley
The Kite Runner
-Khaled Hosseini
Lonesome Dove
-Larry McMurtry
The Lovely Bones
-Alice Sebold
Marley & Me
-John Grogan
One for the Money
-Janet Evanovich
Postmortem
-Patricia Cornwell
Rebecca
-Daphne Du Maurier
The Street Lawyer
-John Grisham
The Time Traveler’s Wife
-Audrey Niffenegger
Valley of the Dolls
-Jacqueline Susann
The final book, Indy’s Choice, will be announced to the public in mid-December. Throughout January, residents will be encouraged to participate in book discussions and other "One Book"-related programming at their local libraries and other organizations.
"One Book, One City - Indy’s Choice," a collaboration between the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, was created to unite the community around reading and discussing one book.
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