25 books all Georgians should read

In April the Georgia Center for the Book announced its fourth list of "25 Books All Georgians Should Read 2010."
Bill Starr, the center's executive director, said, "The list is our way of celebrating the rich harvest of writers and writing we are blessed with in this state. We hope to use it to build bridges between readers and writers all over the state."
The list is produced with the assistance of the Georgia Humanities Council, the University of Georgia Press and Lenz Marketing of Decatur. It's a great list:
Snakeskin Road by James Braziel
A Cry of Angels by Jeff Fields
The Confederate General Rides North by Amanda Gable
Bombingham by Anthony Grooms
Luminous Mysteries: A Novel by John Holman
How Far She Went by Mary Hood
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
Hue and Cry: Stories by James Alan McPherson
When the Finch Rises by Jack Riggs
Nothing with Strings: NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories by Bailey White
The Heart of a Distant Forest by Philip Lee Williams
Winter Sky: New and Selected Poems, 1968-2008 by Coleman Banks
New and Selected Poems of Thomas Lux, 1975-1995
The Watchers by Memye Curtis Tucker
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up North by Roy Blount, Jr.
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed, and Karl Rove by Max Cleland
Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler
The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life by Lauretta Hannon
Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams by Paul Hemphill
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes
The Ballad of Blind Tom by Deirdre O'Connell
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
Bon Appetit Ya'll: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking by Virginia Wills.
You can order these books through the library's InterLibrary Loan program. Just ask any of the clerks at the circulation counter for help. If you want to order through your home computer, you'll need to come to the library to get your pin number (sorry, no phone calls) when you show your library card. You have to do this only once. There's lots of good reading on the list.
(Source: GA Public Library Service NEWS bulletin, June 2010)