Jackpot at the Local Library

My brother was aghast when he saw my library book in hand the other day. Said he doesn't like the potential germs, and wasn't I tad nervous about them? On the contrary, I love my local library, and I love the idea of holding and reading the very same book that others have. It somehow satisfies my sense of community, knowing that I am one of many who has participated in the same literary experience. Germs be damned!

And I love buying used books for the same reason. So, when I went to the library the other day and found some real treasures on the shelf of $1 books for sale, I was one happy reader! This is my haul~none of which I have read, all of which I have been wanting to read:

• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Oprah's 2008 Book Club Selection. (I know, I know.) I always thought it would be fun to have a pairing, reading this book and Hamlet and discussing them together.
  
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has just come out with a new book, so evidently I am behind in my reading.
  
• Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. Winner of the Pen/ Faulkner Award. I can't wait to read this one. Lots of good buzz about it, if I recall correctly.
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk. A Nobel laureate whose work I've yet to read.
• Lush Life by Richard Price. I remember when this book came out it got a lot of hype, and I heard the author interviewed on NPR. He sounded interesting, and I tucked the title of this book away in the recesses of my mind, promising myself that I must really read it someday...
• The Anglo Files by Sarah Lyall. An American living in Britain writes a book about it. NOW WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT??????????????????????
• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory. I've never read her books, deeming them too trashy, but I really liked the movie The Other Boleyn Girl, so hey, why not give this novel about the warring cousins--the Yorks, Lancasters, and Tudors--a try? And I am such a snob! The author has a Ph.D., for goodness sake!
  

How about you? Have you read any of these novels?