Good Reads from our May 12, 2009 Title Swap:

Alison, Jane The Sisters Antipodes: Compelling memoir recounts how her parents divorced and switched partners and children with another couple they met in Australia.

Boyle, T.C. The Women: Biographic novel about Frank Lloyd Wright's succession of failed marriages and affairs.

Chiger, Krystyna The Girl in the Green Sweater: Holocaust survivor Chiger details her early years, largely spent hiding from Nazi persecution.

Cleave, Chris Little Bee: Brutal story that seals the fate of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan.

French, Tana The Likeness: Dublin murder squad detective Cassie Maddox assumes the identity of a murder victim.

Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, Pray, Love: Travelogue of soul-searching and self-discovery across three countries.

Golenbock, Peter Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers: Reminiscences about the most beloved baseball team of all times.

Grann, David The Lost City of Z: Legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett's final expedition into the Amazon, seeking the lost city of El Dorado.

Haigh, Jennifer Baker Towers: This novel depicts life in postwar Pennsylvania through the struggles of one widow trying to raise five children.

Hailey, Elizabeth Forsythe A Woman of Independent Means: A novel written in letters from Bess Steer Garner spanning from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1940's.

Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit: An American Ledgend: Sportswriter Hillenbrand retells the riveting story of an unlikely racehorse who became an American obsession during the Depression.

Mortenson, Greg Three Cups of Tea: Memoir of how some failures lead to success. After an unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, Mortenson was sheltered in a small Pakistani village and, in return, built the village's first school.

Price, Richard Lush Life: A murder on the lower east side becomes a vehicle to peel apart the layers of class and history in that neighborhood.

Richmond, Michelle The Year of Fog: The novel traces a traumatic year in the life of photographer Abby Mason, after she loses her fiance's six-year- old daughter.

de Rosnay, Tatiana Sarah's Key: On the 60th anniversary of the roundup of Jews in Paris, a writer investigates this dark episode that leads to her long-hidden family secrets and the ordeal of Sarah.

Tolstoy, Leo Death of Ivan Ilych: The first major fictional work published by Tolstoy; this short novel reflects the author's struggle to find the meaning of life.

Umrigar, Thrity The Weight of Heaven: In the years following the death of their seven-year-old son, the Benton's witness the steady deterioration of their marriage. The couple seeks a fresh start in India.

Verghese, Abraham Cutting for Stone: Sweeping novel that moves from India to Ethiopia to a hospital in NYC over decades and generations.