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A look at 2001's Open Books.
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The first year of BreakAway comes to an end with this issue. What follows is the complete list of every Open Book excerpted this year (except for this week's, of course). Thanks to all participants. See you next year.
Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon
A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr.
The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara
H.M.S. Surprise, by Patrick O'Brian
Longitude, by Dava Sobel
The Cardinal Of The Kremlin, by Tom Clancy
A Confederacy Of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Funeral Games, by Mary Renault
The Tale Of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, by Beatrix Potter
The Double Helix, by James D. Watson
Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
The Day Of The Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris
The Bonfire Of The Vanities, by Tom Wolfe
Richard III; Henry IV, Part 1; and King Lear, by William Shakespeare
The Odyssey, by Homer
Chaos And Cyber Culture, by Timothy Leary
From Potter's Field, by Patricia Cornwell
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
Searching For Caleb, by Anne Tyler
The Medium Is The Massage: An Inventory Of Effects, by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
Strip Tease, by Carl Hiassen
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Final Cut: Dreams And Disaster In The Making Of Heaven's Gate, by Steven Bach
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece, by Ashley Kahn
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
The Shockwave Rider, by John Brunner
High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Genius, by James Gleick
Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
1984, by George Orwell
Wine & War: The French, The Nazis & The Battle For France's Greatest Treasure, by Don and Petie Kladstrup
If You're Talking To Me, Your Career Must Be In Trouble: Movies, Mayhem, And Malice, by Joe Queenan
Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch
2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
Living Faith, by Jimmy Carter
Third Helpings, by Calvin Trillin
The Dark Side Of The Game: My Life In The NFL, by Tim Green
The Stand, by Stephen King
Utopia, by Sir Thomas More
The Skystone, by Jack Whyte
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, by John Berendt
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