i gotta have me these:

The books are linked to who's blog I saw them on first when I decided I wanted to read them:
My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar (review from Trish's Reading Nook)
Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature
See You in A Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America by Logan Ward
(review from Bermudaonion)
Lulu in Marrakesh by Diane Johnson (S. Krishna's Books)
The Boy Who Wore Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (review from The Sleepy Reader)
The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins (the Book Nest)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min (from Violet Crush)
The Last Empress by Anchee Min (from Violet Crush)