It's hard to remember what I read yesterday!! So here's my attempt to keep track.  

Life-Changing:

Tinkers by Paul Harding--beautiful prose.  Highly recommended by Marilynne Robinson when she came to Grosse Pointe to read last month.  In fact, this was the only book that she recommended and she was so right.  It is breath-taking.

Highly Recommended:

The Help by Kathryn Stockett--as if you haven't heard this is great already!

Purple Hisbiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Little Bee by Chris Cleve--excellent audio CD.

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Invisible by Paul Auster--excellent audio CD read by author.  Slow start but worth sticking with it.

Be Mine by Laura Kasischke--middle-aged professor suddenly starts receiving anonymous love letters. What's going on?  Deals with so many issues re mid-life.  Excellent read.

Recommended:

Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore--She writes so well it's worth reading for the beautiful, lift-you-out-of-your-seat sentences.  The story is less compelling.

 A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert--nice idea but I would have liked to go deeper into the lives of each of these women rather than gloss over them.

Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies

Recommended with Reservations:

 The Year of the Flood: Margaret Atwood--Long and convoluted though entertaining and thought-provoking.