SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
BOOKS NOTABLE FOR THEIR ORIGINALITY
FICTION
As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Citrus County by John Brandon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch
JPod by Douglas Coupland
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Wonder When You’ll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
NONFICTION
Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower
American Voyeur by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
Ardency by Kevin Young
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
I Am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Kampung Boy by Lat
Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Rats by Robert Sullivan
The Secret Family by David Bodanis
She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Stitches by David Small