This luncheon book discussion series began in 1997. We meet at noon on the first Tuesday of the month.
| 2018 | ||
| January | Brown, Daniel James | The Boys in the Boat |
| February | Gilman, Charlotte Perkins | The Yellow Wallpaper |
| March | Gyasi, Yaa | Homegoing |
| April | Vance, J. D. | Hillbilly Elegy |
| May | Moriarty, Liane | The Husband’s Secret |
| 2017 | ||
| January | Hooper, Emma | Etta and Otto and Russell and James |
| February | Hunt, Laird | Neverhome |
| March | Watson, Larry | Montana 1948 |
| April | Patchett, Ann | The Patron Saint of Liars |
| May | Mosher, Howard Frank | Northern Borders |
| June | Fisher, Carrie | Postcards from the Edge |
| August | Alvarez, Julia | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents |
| September | Strout, Elizabeth | My Name is Lucy Barton |
| October | Doctorow, E. L. | Ragtime |
| November | Morton, Kate | The Distant Hours |
| December | Towles, Amor | Rules of Civility |
| 2016 | ||
| January | Kincaid, Jamaica | My Garden (Book) |
| February | Yousafzai, Malala | I Am Malala |
| March | Carter, Forrest | The Education of Little Tree |
| April | Backman, Fredrik | A Man Called Ove |
| May | Haruf, Kent | Our Souls at Night |
| June | Lee, Harper | Go Set a Watchman |
| July | Zevin, Gabrielle | Storied Life of A. J. Fikry |
| August | Meyer, Philipp | The Son |
| September | Wiesel, Elie | Night |
| October | Kline, Christina Baker | Orphan Train |
| November | Merullo, Roland | Breakfast with Buddha |
| December | Oliveira, Robin | My Name is Mary Sutter |
| 2015 | ||
| January | Morrell, David | Murder as a Fine Art |
| February | A winter tale – Reader’s choice | |
| March | Frasier, Charles | Nightwoods |
| April | Sendker, Jan-Phillipp | The Art of Hearing Heartbeats |
| May | Rasmussen, Rebecca | The Bird Sisters |
| June | Rendell, Ruth | The Girl Next Door |
| July | Chevalier, Tracy | Remarkable Creatures |
| August | Kidd, Sue Monk | The Invention of Wings |
| September | Lamb, Wally | We Are Water |
| October | Gladwell, Malcolm | The Tipping Point |
| November | Penny, Louise | Still Life |
| December | Kingsolver, Barbara | Flight Behavior |
| 2014 | ||
| January | Petterson, Per | Out Stealing Horses |
| February | Ryan, Tom | Following Atticus |
| March | Collins, Suzanne | Hunger Games |
| April | Smith, Lee | Guests on Earth |
| May | London, Jack | Call of the Wild |
| June | Landay, William | Defending Jacob |
| July | Strout, Elizabeth | The Burgess Boys |
| August | Joyce, Rachel | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry |
| September | ||
| October | Hillenbrand, Laura | Unbroken |
| November | Erdrich, Louise | The Round House |
| December | Doig, Ivan | The Bartender’s Tale |
| 2013 | ||
| January | Waldman, Ayelet | Red Hook Road |
| February | Hall, Meredith | Without a Map: A Memoir |
| March | Watson, Steven J. | Before I Go to Sleep |
| April | Morgenstern, Erin | The Night Circus |
| May | Martel, Yan | The Life of Pi |
| June | Simonson, Helen | Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand |
| July | DuMaurier, Daphne | Rebecca |
| August | Obreht, Tea | The Tiger’s Wife |
| September | Russo, Richard | The Risk Pool |
| October | Pavone, Chris | The Expats |
| November | Foer, Jonathan Safran | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
| December | Neville, Stuart | Ratlines |
| 2012 | ||
| January | Ellroy, James | Black Dahlia |
| February | Perkins-Valdez, Dolen | Wench |
| March | Stuart, Julia | The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortise |
| April | Rachman, Tom | The Imperfectionists |
| May | Franklin, Tom | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter |
| June | Portis, Charles | True Grit |
| July | McCourt, Frank | Teacher Man |
| August | Cather, Willa | Death Comes for the Archbishop |
| September | Diffenbaugh, Vanessa | The Language of Flowers |
| October | Clark, Edie | The Place He Made |
| November | Brown, Eleanor | The Weird Sisters |
| December | Stockett, Kathryn | The Help |
| 2011 | ||
| January | Alvord, Lori Arviso | The Scalpel and the Silver Bear |
| February | Lehane, Dennis | The Given Day |
| March | McLarty, Ron | The Memory of Running |
| April | Tsukiyama, Gail | The Samurai’s Garden |
| May | Hoffman, Alice | The Story Sisters |
| June | Rhodes, David | Driftless |
| July | Cleave, Chris | Little Bee |
| August | Doctorow, E. L. | Homer and Langley |
| September | Kristof, Nicholas D. | Half the Sky |
| October | Horan, Nancy | Loving Frank |
| November | Genova, Lisa | Still Alice |
| December | Ford, Jamie | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet |
| 2010 | ||
| January | O’Nan, Stewart | Last Night at the Lobster |
| February | Russell, Mary Doria | The Sparrow |
| March | Harrison, Colin | The Finder |
| April | Harrison, Jim | True North |
| May | Proulx, Annie | Just the Way It Is |
| June | Salinger, J.D. | Catcher in the Rye |
| July | Barry, Brunonia | The Lace Reader |
| August | Brooks, Geraldine | People of the Book |
| September | Schaffer, Mary Ann | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
| October | Robinson,Marilynne | Gilead |
| November | Wroblewski, David | Edgar Sawtelle |
| December | Greer, Andrew Sean | The Story of a Marriage |
| 2009 | ||
| January | Bohjalian, Chris | Before You Know Kindness |
| February | Russell, Mary Doria | A Thread of Grace |
| March | Wood, Monica | Any Bitter Thing |
| April | Russo, Richard | Bridge of Sighs |
| May | Braestrup, Kate | Here If You Need Me |
| June | Krauss, Nicole | The History of Love |
| July | Revoyr, Nina | The Age of Dreaming |
| August | Lott, Brett | A Song I Knew By Heart |
| September | Fergus, Jim | The Wild Girl |
| October | King, Laurie | The Beekeeper’s Apprentice |
| November | Mosher, Howard Frank | Waiting for Teddy Williams |
| December | Pelletier, Cathie | Nbeaming Sonny Home |
| 2008 | ||
| January | McCarthy, Cormac | The Road |
| February | Tyler, Anne | Digging to America |
| March | Haddon, Mark | A Spot of Bother |
| April | Montgomery, Sy | The Good, Good pig |
| May | Goodman, Carol | The Seduction of Water |
| June | Divakaruni, Chitra | Sister of My Heart |
| July | O’Brien, Tim | The Things They Carried |
| August | Kurson, Robert | Crashing Through |
| September | Kingsolver, Barbara | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle |
| October | Bloom, Amy | Away |
| November | Fowler, Therese | Souvenir |
| December | McCrumb, Sharyn | The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter |
| 2007 | ||
| January | Sheldon, Sydney | Morning, Noon, and Night |
| February | Coben, Harlan | No Second Chance |
| March | Morrissey, Bill | Edson |
| April | Hahn, Mary | The Old Wills Place |
| May | McCullers, Carson | Member of the Wedding |
| June | Gruen, Sarah | Water for Elephants |
| July | Picoult, Jodi | My Sister’s Keeper |
| August | Davis, Cindy | Voice from the Ashes |
| September | McEwan. Ian | Atonement |
| October | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
| November | DeMille, Nelson | The Charm School |
| December | Brooks, Geraldine | A Year of Wonders |
| 2006 | ||
| January | Foer, Jonathan Safran | Everything Is Illuminated |
| February | Hosseini, Khaled | The Kite Runner |
| March | Bacon, Charlotte | There is Room for You |
| April | Orwell, George | 1984 |
| May | Lent, Jeffrey | In the Fall |
| June | Haddon, Mark | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| July | Larson, Erik | The Devil in the White City |
| August | Niffenegger, Audrey | The Time Traveler’s Wife |
| September | Tryon, Thomas | Lady |
| October | Goodman, Ellen | Value Judgements |
| November | Mayor, Archer | St. Alban’s Fire |
| December | Albom, MItch | Five People You Meet In Heaven |
| 2005 | ||
| January | Winchester, Simon | The Professor and the Madman |
| February | Clark, Mary Higgins | Loves Music, Loves to Dance |
| March | Shelton, Peter | Climb to Conquer |
| April | Hearn, Lian | Across the Nightingale Floor |
| May | Hegi, Ursula | Stones from the River |
| June | Lehane, Dennis | Shutter Island |
| July | Kincaid, Nanci | As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me |
| August | Child, Lee | Killing Floor |
| September | Danticat, Edwidge | Dew Breaker |
| October | MacDonald, Ann-Marie | The Way the Crow Flies |
| November | Paley, Grace | Later the Same Day |
| December | Bohjalian, Chris | Trans-Sister Radio |
| 2004 | ||
| January | Norden, Lewis | Wolf Whistle |
| February | Lehane, Dennis | Mystic River |
| March | Sebold, Alice | The Lovely Bones |
| April | Watson, Larry | Montana 1948 |
| May | Dubus, Andre, III | The House of Sand and Fog |
| June | Mayle, Peter | A Year in Provence |
| July | Mistry, Rohinton | A Fine Balance |
| August | Pedersen, Laura | Last Call |
| September | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The Scarlet Letter |
| October | Simic, Charles | A Fly in the Soup |
| November | Picoult, Jodi | Second Glance |
| December | Casey, John | Spartina |
| 2003 | ||
| January | Bryson, Bill | I’m a Stranger Here Myself |
| February | Llywelyn, Morgan | 1916: A Novel |
| March | Michael C. White | A Brother’s Blood |
| April | Irving, John | A Prayer for Owen Meany |
| May | Frazier, Charles | Cold Mountain |
| June | Enger, Lief | Peace Like a River |
| July | Kidd, Sue Monk | The Secret Life of Bees |
| August | Dexter, Pete | Paris Trout |
| September | Parini, Jay | Benjamin’s Crossing |
| October | Brown, Rosellen | Before and After |
| November | Gardiner, John | Grendel |
| December | Grisham, John | Skipping Christmas |
| 2002 | ||
| January | Edgerton, Clyde | Raney |
| February | Rich, Louise Dickinson | We Took to the Woods |
| March | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s |
| April | Proulx, E. Annie | The Shipping News |
| May | Erdrich, Louise | The Bingo Palace |
| June | Chevalier, Tracy | Girl With a Pearl Earring |
| July | Lansdale, Joe R. | The Bottoms |
| August | Diamant, Anita | The Red Tent |
| September | Hebert, Ernest | The Old American |
| October | Pullman, Philip | The Golden Compass |
| November | Collins, Wilkie | The Woman in White |
| December | Mayor, Archer | Open Season |
| 2001 | ||
| January | McBain, Ed | Ghosts |
| February | Bohjalian, Chris | Water Witches |
| March | Hillerman, Tony | Skinwalkers |
| April | Bank, Melissa | The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing |
| May | Baldacci, David | Wish You Well |
| June | MacDonald, Ann- Marie | Fall on Your Knees |
| July | Goodwin, Doris Kearns | Wait Til Next Year |
| August | Haruf, Kent | Plainsong |
| September | O’Brien, Tim | In the Lake of the Woods |
| October | Shreve, Anita | Weight of Water |
| November | Busch, Frederick | Closing Arguments |
| December | Schlink, Bernard | The Reader |
| 2000 | ||
| January | Patterson, Richard North | The Final Judgment |
| February | Bradford, Richard | Red Sky at Morning |
| March | Lipman, Elinor | The Inn at Lake Devine |
| April | Bragg, Rick | All Over But The Shoutin’ |
| May | Golden, Arthur | Memoirs of a Geisha |
| June | Kingsolver, Barbara | The Poisonwood Bible |
| July | Grisham, John | A Time to Kill |
| August | Ayn Rand | The Fountainhead |
| September | Parker, Robert | The Spencer Novels |
| October | Jenkins, Dan | Semi-tough |
| November | Grisham, John | A Civil Action |
| December | Lipman, Elinor | Ladies Man |
| 1999 | ||
| January | Chandler, Raymond | The Big Sleep |
| February | Hall, Donald | String too Short to Be Saved |
| February | Kenyon, Jane | A Boat of Quiet Hours: Poems |
| March | Gibbons, Kaye | Charms for the Easy Life |
| April | Bohjalian, Chris | Midwives |
| May | Albom, Mitch | Tuesdays with Morrie |
| June | Guterson, David | Snow Falling on Cedars |
| July | Francis, Dick | To the Hilt |
| August | Bryson, Bill | A Walk in the Woods |
| September | Kingsolver, Barbara | Pigs in Heaven |
| October | Banks, Russell | The Sweet Hereafter |
| November | Block, Lawrence | The Burglar In the Closet |
| December | Junger, Sebastian | The Perfect Storm |
| 1998 | ||
| January | Conway, Jill Ker | The Road From Coorain |
| February | Doyle, Roddy | The Woman Who Walked Into Doors |
| March | Burke, James Lee | Heaven’s Prisoners |
| April | Evanovich, Janet | One for the Money |
| May | Mosher, Howard Frank | A Stranger in the Kingdom |
| June | Rule, Rebecca | The Best Revenge |
| July | Bush, Barbara | Barbara Bush Story |
| August | Kidder, Tracy | Among School Children |
| September | Brown, Sam | Crime of Coy Bell |
| October | Smith, Lee | Family Linen |
| November | King, Tabitha | Pearl |
| December | Hubbel, Sue | A Country Year |
| 1997 | ||
| November | Reynolds, Sheri | Rapture in Canaan |
| December | Sparks, Nicholas | The Notebook |
