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Members have made reading recommendations throughout this site -- whether suggesting the books to help you in your transition to life in Norway, listing the books read by our Library Committee , or reviewing our Library books. For your convenience, we've compiled our lists of recommended books here. Many of these books are available from Amazon.com. When you purchase a book (or any other item) from Amazon.com by utilizing a link from this site, you support the AWC Oslo Library--we receive a credit of 5-15% of the selling price of each item you buy which is then used to purchase new books for our Library. Your purchase counts! So whether you are purchasing one of our recommended books or just looking for something new, hook up to Amazon.com from our site and support the Library!

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Library Committee Book Recommendations

Title	Author
The Beach	Alex Garland
The Art of Happiness : A Handbook for Living	Dalai Lama
The Seat of the Soul	Gary Zukav
Crazy in Alabama	Mark Childress
The Deep End of the Ocean	Jacquelyn Mitchard
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail	Bill Bryson
Stones from the River	Ursula Hegi
The Testament	John Grisham
The Poisonwood Bible	Barbara Kingsolver
Eaters of the Dead	Michael Chrichton
Booked to Die	John Dunning
Wild Swan	Jung Chang
Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur Golden
Angela's Ashes	Frank McCourt
Bonfires of the Vanities	Tom Wolf
The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood	Rebecca Wells
The Naked Madonna	Jan Weise
She's Come Undone	Wally Lamb
Beloved	Toni Morrison
Travels	Michael Chrichton
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day	Pearl Cleage
The Reader	Bernhard Schlink
Midwives	Chris Bohjalian
The Pilot's Wife	Anita Shreve
Where the Heart Is	Billie Letts

Living in Norway - Suggested Books

Title	Author
Living in Norway A Practical Guide	Michael Brady and Belinda Drabble
Culture Shock!: Living and Working Abroad	Monica Rabe
Culture Shock!: A Wife's Guide	Robin Pascoe
Culture Shock!: Norway	Elizabeth Su Dale
When in Rome Living and Working in a Foreign Country Personal and Professional Management	Beverly D. Roman
The Expatriate Handbook Guide to Living and Working Abroad	John W. Adams
The Adventure of Working Abroad : Hero Tales from the Global Frontier	Joyce Sautters Osland
The Expat's Guide to U.S. Taxes	Jane A. Bruno

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Last updated: November 15, 2009

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Library Committee Book Recommendations

Living in Norway - Suggested Books

Last updated:
November 15, 2009

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