Book List

2010 Book List

  1. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
  2. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
  3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

2009 Book List

  1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  2. The Good Life by Jay McInerney
  3. The Big Show: A Tribute to ESPN’s Sportcenter by Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann
  4. Work Types by Jean M. Kummerow, Nancy J. Barger, and Linda K. Kirby
  5. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
  6. Made To Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
  7. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander
  8. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
  9. Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature Is at Odds with Economics — and Why It Matters by Peter A. Ubel
  10. The Associate by John Grisham
  11. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  12. Food Inc.: A Participant Guide by Karl B. Weber (Editor)
  13. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
  14. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

2008 Book List

  1. One Mississippi by Michael Childress
  2. We Die Alone : A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth
  3. Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events That Shaped the Modern South by Curtis Wilkie
  4. The Appeal by John Grisham
  5. Mississippi: An American Journey by Anthony Walton
  6. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
  7. Marriage Is for Keeps: Foundations for Christian Marriage by John F. Kippley
  8. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  9. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
  10. Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity by James C. Cobb
  11. Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern South by James C. Cobb
  12. The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
  13. The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy

2007 Book List

  1. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
  2. Turning of the Tide by Don Yeager
  3. Red Zone by Mike Lupica
  4. G33k Mafia by Rick Dakan
  5. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
  6. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
  7. Taps by Willie Morris
  8. In Search of Willie Morris by Larry L. King
  9. Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
  10. Mark Twain: A Biography by Clinton Cox
  11. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
  12. Great Southern Mysteries by E. Randall Floyd
  13. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  14. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  15. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
  16. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
  17. King of Lies by John Hart
  18. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
  19. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
  20. Meat Market: Inside the Smash Mouth World of College Football Recruiting by Bruce Feldman

2006 Book List

  1. New York Days by Willie Morris
  2. Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox
  3. The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
  4. Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm
  5. The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick
  6. The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. Mitnick
  7. CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solution by Andy Budd, Cameron Moll, and Simon Collison
  8. designing web graphics.4 by Lynda Weinman with Ali Karp
  9. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer by Warren St. John
  10. The End of California by Steve Yarbrough
  11. Confederacy of Silence by Richard Rubin
  12. Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer

2005 Book List

  1. A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett
  2. The Broker by John Grisham
  3. The Courting of Marcus Dupree by Willie Morris
  4. Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman
  5. The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler
  6. Porno by Irvine Welsh
  7. The Dream Directory by David C. Lohff
  8. Chronicles: Volume 1 by Bob Dylan
  9. The Dirt by Motley Crue w/ Neil Strauss
  10. The Last of the Southern Girls by Willie Morris
  11. North Toward Home by Willie Morris
  12. Stag: A Story about Coming of Age — In a Bar by Tim Relf
  13. Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett