first things first: I AM IN SWARTHMORE! IT IS BEAUTIFUL! AND WEIRD!

also: some of these you knew already, some not. anyway:

1. from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler, e.l. konigsburg
2. after virtue, alasdair macintyre
3. brideshead revisited, evelyn waugh
4. the god of small things, arundhati roy
5. the age of innocence, edith wharton
6. high fidelity, nick hornby
7. the corrections, jonathan franzen
8. the english patient, michael ondaatje
9. lies and the lying liars who tell them, al franken
10. midnight's children, salman rushdie