This list records all of the books presented and read by the CUUC Book Club from January 2004 to the present. In 2006, the book club started the policy of selecting a book for the second month ahead from a list of 5 or 6 books provided by a presenter. This is done by vote of all members present. Ties are settled by run-offs.

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All Books Considered and Read by the CUUC Book Club
(2004 to Present)

Year Month Presenter Books Presented Author
2004 January All The DaVinci Code Dan Brown
2004 February Sue Zloth The Human Stain Philip Roth
2004 March Sue Zloth Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton
2004 April Sue Dressel Dark Star Safari Paul Theroux
2004 May ?? Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells
2004 June Jan Hite Duty Bob Greene
2004 July Frances Blizard Eventide Kent Haruf
2004 August Sue Zloth Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott
2004 September Cris Creadick The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2004 October Cris Creadick The Devil in the White City Erik Larson
2004 November Terri DiNicola The Giver Lois Lowry
2004 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2005 January Alan Popiel Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich
2005 February Wes Howe Killer Angels Michael Shaara
2005 March Sue Fraley Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
2005 April Bill Oliver Snow in August Pete Hamill
2005 May Sue Dressel West with the Night Beryl Markham
2005 June Merilyn Hunter Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : A Novel Dai Sijie
2005 July Jamie Daniels The Hundred Secret Senses Amy Tan
2005 August Frances Blizard When Bad Things Happen to Other People John Portmann
2005 September Sue Zloth Harbor Lorraine Adams
2005 October Debbie Doyle Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert Heinlein
2005 November Sue Fraley Shadow Divers Robert Kurson
2005 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2006 January Wes Howe Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales
2006 February Sue Dressel Under the Banner of Heaven  Jon Krakauer
Without a Trace  Hannah Nyala
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
The Deliverance or In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner  Elizabeth George
2006 March Merilyn Hunter The Kite Runner  Khaled Hosseini
Bel Canto Ann Patchett
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
Doc Susie Virginia Cornell
2006 April Tracy Leonard The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  Mark Twain
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Book Club Karen Joy Fowler 
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 
One True Thing Anna Quindlen
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America Garry Wills
2006 May Sue Zloth In Cold Blood  Truman Capote
A Thread of Grace Mary Doria Russell
The Beast in the Garden David Baron
Night Elie Wiesel
The Know-It-All A.J. Jacobs
2006 June Jamie Daniels The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
Evensong Gail Godwin
Some things that Stay Sarah Willis
Close Range Annie Proulx
At Home in Mitford Jan Karon
2006 July Sue Fraley The Intuitionist  Colson Whitehead  
Elizabeth Costello J.M. Coetzee  
Consider this Senora Harriet Doerr
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
Independence Day Richard Ford
2006 August Frances Blizard Saturday  Ian McEwan
Uncommon Grounds  Sandra Balzo
The Jane Austen Book Club Karen Joy Fowler 
Good Faith Jane Smiley
The River of Doubt Candice Millard
2006 September George Mandeville A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum
Band of Brothers Stephen Ambrose
Cosmos  Carl Sagan
Living Faith Jimmy Carter
2006 October Sarah Manning Rising above the Plains  John McPhee
Four Souls Louise Erdrich
Caramello Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango street Sandra Cisneros
The Monkeywrench Gang Edward Abbey
2006 November Bill Oliver Sweet Thursday   John Steinbeck
Zorro  Isabel Allende
Scarlet and Black  Stendahl
July's People  Nadine Gordimer
The Sound of Waves  Yukio Mishima
2006 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2007 January Wes Howe The Right Nation  John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
      Deliverance James Dickey
      The March E.L. Doctorow
      Catch Me if You Can Frank Abagnale
2007 February Sue Dressel A Primate's Memoir  Robert Sapolsky
An Unquiet Mind Kay Jamieson
Easter Island Jennifer Vanderbes
The River of Doubt Candice Millard 
Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
2007 March Merilyn Hunter The Professor and the Madman  Simon Winchester
Interpretor of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiria
She's not There Jennifer Finney Boyle
The Middle of Everywhere Mary Pipher
Interpretor of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiria
2007 April Sue Zloth The Milagro Beanfield War John Nichols
All the King’s Men Robert Penn Warren
American Muslims Asma Gull Hasan
Talk Talk T.C. Boyle
The Last Town on Earth Thomas Mullens
2007 May Frances Blizard Thunderstruck    Erik Larson
Hidden Power     Kati Marton 
What Came Before he Shot her     Elizabeth George
Thirteen Moons         Charles Frazier
Moonlight Hotel Scott Anderson
2007 June Jamie Daniels The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Dreams from my Father Barak Obama
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
2007 July George Mandeville The Friar and the Cipher Lawrence and Nancy Golstone
I’ll be Short Robert Reich
Hoax Nicholas Von Hoffman
Lost Soldiers James Webb
Whey the Rest Hates the West Meic Pearse
Homegrown Democrat Garrison Keillor
Following Muhammed Carl Ernst
Don’t Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff
2007 August Wes Howe Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
The Worst Hard Times Timothy Egan
Worshipping the Myths of WW II Edward W. Wood Jr.
Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham
The Enemy at Home Dinesh D’Souza
2007 September Veta Lefholz The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seirstad
Walking the Bible Bruce Feiler
Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
2007 October Amy Rowland Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer
On Beauty Zadie Smith
The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Nittenegger
Achieving our Country Richard Rorty
Islam, a Short History Karen Armstrong
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins
2007 November Sue Fraley The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux
The Color of Water James McBride
The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
Unbowed Wangari Maathai
2007 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2008 January Gaye Denley Atonement Ian McEwan
Skinny Legs and All Tom Robbins
Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey
Farewell Horton Foote
A Turn in the South V.S. Naipul
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion
2008 February Joyce Barleben The Street of a Thousand Blossoms Gail Tsukiyama
      Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher
      Born on a Blue Day Daniel  Tammet
      The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
      The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
2008 March Bill Oliver Dog Years: A Memoir Mark Doty
      Staggerford  Jon Hassler
      Leave me alone, I'm reading  Maureen Corrigan
      One of Ours  Willa Cather
      The Bridge  Marlette
      Mortification ed Rubin Robertson
2008 April Darrell Dodge Black Swan Green  David Mitchell
      The Roots of Coincidence  Arthur Koestler 
      The Road  Cormac McCarthy 
      ghostwritten David Mitchell 
      The World Without Us Alan Weisman
2008 May Sue Dressel Longitude Dava Sobel
      Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett
      Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Laila Lalami
      Mockingbird Charles Shields
      House of Rain Craig Childs
      Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose
2008 June Sue Zloth The Plot Against America Philip Roth
      Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
      Articles of War Nick Arvin
      What is the What Dave Eggers
      Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
      Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver
2008 July Frances Blizard Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier
      Amsterdam Ian McEwan
      A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
      The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls
      What Came Before he Shot her     Elizabeth George
      Blood of Flowers Anita Amirrezvani
2008 August George Mandeville Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig
The Sweet Hereafter Russell Banks
Band of Brothers Stephen Ambrose
Perchance to Dream Robert Parker
The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
The Known World Edward Jones
2008 September Sue Fraley Peace Like a River Leif Enger
The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen
Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain
Here if You Need Me Kate Braestrup
Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick
2008 October Wes Howe The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music  Steve Lopez
Worshipping the Myths of World War II: Reflections on America's Dedication to War  Edward W. Wood, Jr
The Stranger Albert Camus
The Ox-Bow Incident Walter Van Tilburg Clark
2008 November Lisa Schick A New Earth - Awakening to your Life's Purpose Eckart Tolle
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
The Shack William P. Young
The Road  Cormac McCarthy 
2008 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2009 January Gaye Denley The Nine Jeffrey Toobin
Bridge of Sighs Richard Russo
The Power of a Positive No William Ury
Arthur & George Julian Barnes
Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
2009 February Merilyn Hunter Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Peter Matthiesen
The Great Man Kate Christensen
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett
2009 March Sue Dressel Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper
Look Me in the Eye John Edgar Robison
Hamlet's Mother and Other Women Carolyn Helburn
Waltzing the Cat Pam Houston
The Broken Shore Peter Temple
2009 April Sue Zloth Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver
The Road to Welville T.C. Boyle
Watership Down Richard Adams
The Abstinence Teacher Tom Perrotta
The Year of Living Biblically A.J. Jacobs
2009 May Darrell Dodge Looking for Spinoza Antonio Damasio
Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov
Ghostwritten David Mitchell
The Bronc People William Eastlake
The World Without Us Alan Weisman
2009 June Frances Blizard To Siberia Per Petterson
She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
Handle with Care Jodi Picoult
The Red Convertible Louise Erdrich
The Given Day Dennis Lehane
2009 July Deb Sattler The Book Thief Markus Zusak
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts of Faith Anne Lamott
Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner
The River Why David James Duncan
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Christopher Moore
Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be Lama Surya Das
2009 August Wes Howe Paths of Glory Jeffrey Archer
My Antonia Willa Cather
March Geraldine Brooks
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
The Known World Edward P. Jones
2009 September Sue Dressel The Work of Wolves Kent Meyers
Columbine Dave Cullen
Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass Isak Denisen
Advise and Consent Allen Drury
My Stroke of Insight Jill Belte Taylor
Brazzaville Beach William Boyd
2009 October Kathy Collins The Outlander Gil Adamson
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Mihael Dorris
Woodsong Gary Paulsen
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
2009 November George Mandeville The Happiness Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt
Hells Angels Hunter Thompson
Blaze Stephen King
The Road Cormac McCarthy 
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson
2009 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2010 January Kathy Derrick The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy 
The Last Town on Earth Thomas Mullens
Letters to an American Lady C.S. Lewis
What is the What Dave Eggers
The Music Room Dennis McFarland
2010 February Sue Zloth Halfway to Heaven Mark Obmascik
So Brave, Young and Handsome Leif Enger
Isaac's Storm Erik Larson
The City of Fallen Angels John Berendt
The World Without Us Alan Weisman
Song Yet Sung James McBride
2010 March Merilyn Hunter What is the What Dave Eggers
The Botany of Desire Michael Pollan
Plainsong Kent Haruf
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thorton Wilder
The Beak of the Finch Jonathon Weiner
Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann
2010 April Darrell Dodge Ghostwritten David Mitchell
Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon
The Sheltered Sky Paul Bowles
Arctic Dreams Barry Lopez
Seeing in the Dark Thomas Ferris
2010 May Wes Howe Will the Circle be Unbroken Studs Terkel
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
When Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer
The Innocent Man John Grisham
Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
2010 June Frances Blizard The Godfather of Kathmandu John Burdett
Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder
Posession A.S. Bryatt
Mrs. Woolf and the Servants Alison Light
2010 July Sue Dressel The Help Kathryn Stockett
Crow Lake Mary Lawson
House of Rain Craig Childs
Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Cutting the Stone Abraham Verghese
2010 August Mandy Connolly Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
The Mirror Millhiser
The Zookeeper's Wife Ackerman
Stone Butch Blues Feinberg
2010 September Group The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America Barbara Ehrenreich 
American Rust Phillip Meyer
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall
Yukon Alone John Balzar
2010 October Deb Sattler Pope Joan Denna Woolfolk Cross
Little Bee Chris Cleave
The Magic of Ordinary Days Ann Howard Creel
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese
2010 November Darrell Dodge Love and Summer William Trevor
The White Hotel D.M. Thomas
American Rust Phillip Meyer
The Quickening Maze Adam Foulds
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
2010 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2011 January Kathy Derrick Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Tallgrass Sandra Dallas
The Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
Roughing It Mark Twain
2011 February Sue Zloth The Outliers Malcome  Gladwell
The Women T.C. Boyle
Where Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer
Isaac's Storm Erik Larson
Half Broken Horses Janette Walls
2011 March Maureen Flanigan About Alice Calvin Trillin
Where Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer
True Grit Charles Portis
Little Bee Chris Leave
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
2011 April Kathy Collins Breakfast with Buddha Roland Merullo
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
Five Quarters of the Orange Joanne Harris
Freedom Jonathan Franzen
Half Broken Horses Jeannette Walls
2011 May George Mandeville A Thief of Time Tony Hillerman
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl
The Book that Changed My Life Diane Osen
American Dreams Studs Terkel
Cosmos  Carl Sagan
2011 June Sue Dressel Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese
The History of Love Nicole Kraus
Room Emma Donoghue
Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose
The Speckled Monster Jennifer Lee Carrell
2011 July Gillie Kofal Daemon Daniel Saurez
The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
Hypatia of Alexandria Michael A. Deakin
When You are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris
2011 August Sue Zloth Unaccustomed Earth  Jhumpa Lahiri
Letters to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates
Freakonomics Steven Leavitt
Rowing to Latitude Jill Fredston
2011 September Brian Pendleton Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
The Tortilla Curtain T.C. Boyle
Ishmael Daniel Quinn
Burn Nevada Barr
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand
2011 October Susan Stein Little Bee Chris Cleave
TheAge of Innocence Edith Wharton
Bastard out of Carolina Dorothy Allison
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine Bebe Moore Campbell
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
2011 November Darrell Dodge Solar Ian McEwan
The Lime Twig John Hawks
Stones of Silence George B. Schaller
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell
One Day David Nicholls
2011 December -- OFF -- -- OFF -- -- OFF --
2012 January Deb Sattler Empire Falls Richard Russo
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
The Fencing Master Arturo Perez-Reverte
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Tom Franklin
The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Christopher Moore
2012 February Wes Howe Eye Contact Cammie McGovern
Big Stone Gap Adriana Trigiani
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansbury
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
2012 March Kathy Derrick POSTVILLE; A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America  Stephen Bloom
The School for Essential Ingredients Erica Bauermeister
Deep Creek Dana Hand
The Eyes of Willie McGee  Alex Heard
Freedom in the Family  Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due
2012 April Sue Dressel Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
State of Wonder Ann Patchett
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand
Illumination in the Flatwoods Joe Hutto
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