The annual Cookie/Book Exchange always yields a rich list of recommended readings. Here are some works that made an impression on WWLW members in 2000. See links below for lists from other years.
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Alvarez, Julia | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent |
| Ansay, A. Manette | Midnight Champagne |
| Barr, Nevada | Liberty Falling |
| Beckerman, Ilene | Love, Loss, and What I Wore |
| Belfer, Lauren | City of Light |
| Bilik, Jen, ed. | Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs |
| Binchy, Maeve |
Circle of Friends Evening Class Glass Lake |
| Bragg, Rick | All Over but the Shoutin' |
| Card, Orson Scott | Homecoming series |
| Chiaverini, Jennifer | The Quilter's Apprentice |
| D'Aluisio, Faith and Peter Menzel | Women in the Material World |
| Dobson, Joanne | The Northbury Papers |
| Fernández Revuelta, Alina | Castro's Daughter |
| Fitch, Janet | White Oleander |
| Francis, Dick | Field of Thirteen |
| Gaffney, Patricia | The Saving Graces |
| Gaines, Ernest J. | A Lesson before Dying |
| Goodman, Allegra | Kaaterskill Falls |
| Hale, Constance | Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose |
| Hannah, Kristin | On Mystic Lake |
| Harris, Joanne | Chocolat |
| Irving, John | A Widow for One Year |
| Jamison, Kay R. |
Touched with Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament An Unquiet Mind |
| Johnston, Wayne | The Colony of Unrequited Dreams |
| Karon Jan | Mitford Years series |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | The Poisonwood Bible |
| LaMott, Anne | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life |
| Lipman, Elinor | The Inn at Lake Devine |
| Maraniss, David | When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi |
| McCourt, Frank | Angela's Ashes |
| McCracken, Elizabeth | The Giant's House |
| McDermott, Alice | Charming Billy |
| Monfredo, Miriam Grace | Must the Maiden Die |
| Monroe, Mary Alice | The Book Club |
| Opdyke, Irene Gut | In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer |
| Ozeki, Ruth L. | My Year of Meats |
| Peck, Richard | London Holiday |
| Putney, Mary Jo | The Wild Child |
| Quindlen, Anna | Black and Blue |
| Reichl, Ruth | Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table |
| Roy, Arundhati | The God of Small Things |
| Strout, Elizabeth | Amy and Isabelle |
| Thackeray, William Makepeace | Vanity Fair |
| Trillin, Calvin | Family Man |
| Zita, Jacquelyn N. | Body Talk: Philosophical Reflections on Sex and Gender |
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