This book group meets on the third Wednesday of each month except December. Please check the calendar for upcoming titles.
2020 | ||
January | Grann, David | Killers of the Flower Moon |
February | Quinn, Kate | The Huntress |
March | Lee, Min Jin | Pachinko |
2019 | ||
January | Badani, Sejal | Trail of Broken Wings |
February | Sagan, Carl | Contact |
March | Tartt, Donna | The Goldfinch |
April | Towles, Amor | A Gentleman in Moscow |
May | Ozeki, Ruth | A Tale for the Time Being |
June | Morine, David | Two Coots in a Canoe |
July | Dalai Lama | The Book of Joy |
August | Shakespeare, William | The Tempest |
September | Picoult, Jodi | A Spark of Light |
October | O’Brien, Keith | Fly Girls |
November | Atwood, Margaret | Hag-Seed |
2018 | ||
January | Demick, Barbara | Nothing to Envy |
February | Dickens, Charles | David Copperfield |
March | Ruskovich, Emily | Idaho |
April | Backman, Fredrik | Britt-Marie Was Here |
May | Cash, Wiley | The Last Ballad |
June | Kidder, Tracy | Hometown |
July | Favorite children’s chapter book | |
August | Winters, Ben H. | Underground Railroad |
September | Philbrick, Nathaniel | Heart of the Sea |
October | Basu, Shrabani | Victoria & Abdul |
November | McKay, Ami | The Witches of New York |
2017 | ||
January | Dykstra, Natalie | Clover Adams |
February | Bohjalian, Chris | Sandcastle Girls |
March | Classic Fairy Tales | |
April | Benjamin, Melanie | Aviator’s Wife |
May | Belfer, Lauren | And After the Fire |
June | Kallos, Stephanie | Sing Them Home |
July | Picoult, Jodi | The Storyteller |
August | Alvarez, Julia | In the Time of Butterflies |
September | Gawande, Atul | Being Mortal |
October | Moore, Kathleen Dean | Piano Tide |
November | Hiaasen, Carl | Tourist Season |
2016 | ||
January | Doerr, Anthony | All the Light We Cannot See |
February | Steinbeck, John | Sweet Thursday |
March | Bateson, Mary Catherine | Composing a Further Life |
April | Remarque, Erich Maria | All Quiet on the Western Front |
May | Reader’s choice | |
June | McLain, Paula | The Paris Wife |
July | Swyler, Erika | Book of Speculation |
August | Sloan, Robin | Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore |
September | Bohjalian, Chris/Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Double Bind/The Great Gatsby |
October | Les Becquets, Diane | Breaking Wild |
November | Bingham, Harry | Talking to the Dead |
2015 | ||
January | Wallach, Janet | Desert Queen |
February | Costello, Mark | Big If |
March | Winchester, Simon | The River at the Center of the World |
April | Brooks, Malcolm | Painted Horses |
May | Steinbeck, John | The Winter of our Discontent |
June | Atkinson, Kate | Life After Life |
July | Taylor, Alan | The Divided Ground |
August | Mason, Jamie | Three Graves Full |
September | Shacochis, Bob | The Woman Who Lost Her Soul |
October | Fey, Tina | Bossypants |
November | Ehrlich, Gretel | A Match to the Heart |
2014 | ||
January | Cash, Wiley | A Land More Kind Than Home |
February | Benioff, David | City of Thieves |
March | Riley, Rhonda | The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope |
April | Merullo, Roland | Talk Funny Girl |
May | Moore, Liz | Heft |
June | McCann, Colum | TransAtlantic |
July | Schwarz, Christina | The Edge of the Earth |
August | Reader’s choice | Reader’s choice |
September | McKibben, Bill | Wandering Home |
October | Kidder, Tracy | Strength in What Remains |
November | Austen, Jane | Northanger Abbey |
2013 | ||
January | Larson, Erik | In the Garden of Beasts |
February | Vreeland, Susan | The Passion of Artemisia |
March | Cronin, Justin | The Passage |
April | Pelletier, Cathie | Once Upon a Time on the Banks |
May | Woodrell, Daniel | Winter’s Bone |
June | ||
July | Winspear, Jacqueline | Maisie Dobbs |
August | Parks, Brad | The Girl Next Door |
September | Shapiro, Barbara A. | The Art Forger |
October | O’Melveny, Regina | The Book of Madness and Cures |
November | Walton, Jo | Among Others |
2012 | ||
January | Donoghue, Emma | Room |
February | Silko, Leslie Marmon | Gardens in the Dunes |
March | Pirsig, Robert M. | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
April | Skloot, Rebecca | Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
May | Stegner, Wallace | Recapitulation |
June | Vreeland, Susan | Clara and Mr. Tiffany |
July | Dubus, Andre, III | Townie |
August | Kamensky, Jane | Blindspot |
September | McCracken, Elizabeth | The Giant’s House |
October | Poe, Edgar Allen | Tales of Terror and Detection |
November | Ephron, Nora | I Feel Bad about my Neck |
December | Franklin, Ariana | City of Shadows |
2011 | ||
January | Zusak, Markus | The Book Thief |
February | Tinti, Hannah | The Good Thief |
March | Wood, Patricia | Lottery |
April | Kingsolver, Barbara | The Lacuna |
May | Dillard, Annie | Pilgrim at Tinker’s Creek |
June | Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities |
July | French, Tana | Faithful Place |
August | Blake, Sarah | Postmistress |
September | Smith, Patti | Just Kids |
October | Verghese, A. | Cutting for Stone |
November | Janzen, Rhoda | Mennonite in a Little Black Dress |
2010 | ||
January | Guterson, David | The Other |
February | Phillips, Arthur | The Egyptologist |
March | Lee, Harper | To Kill A Mockingbird |
April | Munro, Alice | Hateship, Friendship Courtship, Loveship, Marriage |
May | Bauermeister, Erica | The School of Essential Ingredients |
June | Stout, Elizabeth | Olive Kitteridge |
July | Brooks, Geraldine | March |
August | Horwitz, Tony | Confederates in the Attic |
September | Ehrenreich, Barbara | Bright-sided |
October | Jordan, Hillary | Mudbound |
November | Atwood, Margaret | The Year of the Flood |
2009 | ||
January | Turner, Nancy | These Is My Words |
February | Perrotta, Tom | The Abstinence Teacher |
March | Esquivel, Laura | Like Water For Chocolate |
April | Fadiman, Anne | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down |
May | Capote, Truman | In Cold Blood |
June | Updike, John | Rabbit, Run |
July | Agee, Jonis | The River Wife |
August | McInerney, Monica | The Faraday Girls |
September | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. | Colored People |
October | Conroy, Pat | Beach Music |
November | Martel, Hilary | Eight Months on Ghazzah Street |
2008 | ||
January | Banks, Russell | The Darling |
February | Eggers, Dave | What Is the What |
March | Maugham, Somerset | The Painted Veil |
April | Gilbert, Elizabeth | Eat, Pray, Love |
May | Lewis, C.S. | The Screwtape Letters |
June | Dallas, Sandra | Tallgrass |
July | Coelho, Paulo | The Alchemist |
August | Mortenson, Greg | Three Cups of Tea |
September | Ackerman, Diane | The Zookeeper’s Wife |
October | Lippman, Laura | What the Dead Know |
November | McEwan, Ian | On Chesil Beach |
2007 | ||
January | Shreve, Anita | Light On Snow |
February | Kress, Nancy | Beggars In Spain |
March | Kelly, James Patrick | Burn |
April | Roach, Mary | Stiff: the Curious Life of Human Cadavers |
May | LeGuin, Ursula K. | The Left Hand of Darkness |
June | Rule, Rebecca | The Best Revenge |
July | Tolan, Sandy | The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East |
August | Gaiman, Neil | Anansi Boys |
September | Atkinson, Kate | Case Histories |
October | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
November | Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher | A Midwife’s Tale |
2006 | ||
January | Courtney, Bryce | The Power of One |
February | Kawabata, Yasunari | Snow Country |
March | Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart |
April | Roy, Arundhati | The God of Small Things |
May | Williams, Niall | The Fall of Light |
June | Cisneros, Sandra | Caramelo |
July | Winterson, Jeanette | The Passion |
August | Lamb, Wally | I Know This Much is True |
September | Hall, Donald | Here At Eagle Pond |
October | Goodman, Ellen | I Know Just What You Mean |
November | Pamuk, Orhan | Snow |
2005 | ||
January | Krakauer, Jon | Into the Wild |
February | Kurson, Robert | Shadow Divers |
March | Simpson, Joe | Touching the Void |
April | Newby, Eric | A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush |
May | Jones, Ben | The Rope Eater |
June | Markham, Beryl | West with the Night |
July | Krakauer, Jon | Under the Banner of Heaven |
August | Karr, Mary | Liar’s Club |
September | Russo, Richard | Nobody’s Fool |
October | Reichs, Kathy | Deja Dead |
November | Ehrenreich, Barbara | Nickel and Dimed |
2004 | ||
January | Gibbons, Stella | Cold Comfort Farm |
February | McDermott, Alice | Charming Billy |
March | Kesey, Ken | One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest |
April | Shulman, Alix Kates | Drinking the Rain |
May | Wicker, Christine | Lily Dale: The Town that Talks to the Dead |
June | Orlean, Susan | The Orchid Thief |
July | Morrison, Tony | Beloved |
August | Robinson, Marilyn | Housekeeping |
September | Jen, Gish | Typical American |
October | King, Stephen | Salem’s Lot |
November | Proulx, Annie | Heart Songs |
2003 | ||
January | Reichl, Ruth | Tender at the Bone |
February | Ward, Jane | Hunger |
March | Trillin, Clavin | The Tummy Trilogy |
April | Volk, Patricia | Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family |
May | Schiavelli, Vincent | Bruculinu, America |
June | West, Michel Lee | Consuming Passions |
July | ||
August | Reichl, Ruth | Comfort Me with Apples |
September | Russo, Richard | Empire Falls |
October | Metalious, Grace | Peyton Place |
November | McMurtry, Larry | The Last Picture Show |