Book Club

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• 2024
  • The Guide by Peter Heller
  • Stranded by S. Goodwin
  • The Wager by David Grann
  • Grass Dancer by Susan Power
  • Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall
  • Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver​
• 2023

  • The Measure by Nikki Erlick

  • State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny

  • Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

  • American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

  • Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

  • Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton

  • The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony

  • Neither Wolf nor Dog  by Kent Nerburn

  • The Murmur of Bees  by Sofia Segovia

  • ​Under the Udala Trees  by Chinelo Okparanta

  • Horse  by Geraldine Brooks

• 2022

  • A Land More Kind Than Home Wiley Cash

  • A Higher Call Adam Makos

  • Sea of Tranquility Emily St John Mandel

  • Search Michele Huneven

  • The Violin Conspiracy Brendan Slocum

  • The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett

  • Born A Crime Trevor Noah

  • Midnight in Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham

  • Legends of the North Cascades Jonathan Evison

  • Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why Laurence Gonzales

  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Robert Dugoni

• 2021

  • The Pine Barrens  John McPhee

  • Tell The Wolves I’m Home Carol Rifka Brunt

  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See

  • The Book of Lost Friends Lisa Wingate

  • Saints for All Occasions J. Courtney Sullivan

  • This Is How It Always Is Lauri Frankel

  • Across The Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border Louis Alberto Urrea

  • American Spy  Lauren Wilkinson

  • The Day The World Came To Town  Jim DeFede

  • Exhalation Ted Chiang

  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson

• 2020

  • Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens

  • Dreamers of the Day Mary Doria Russell

  • Blue Highways William Least Heat-Moon

  • Citizens Creek Lalita Tademy

  • The Heritage Howard Bryant

  • Barn 8 Deb Olen Unferth

  • The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich

  • Preparation for the Next Life (2014) Atticus Lish

  • The Library of Lost and Found Phaedra Patrick

  • Bonobo and the Atheist Frans de Waal

  • In the Garden of Beasts Eric Larson

• 2019

  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota J. Ryan Stradel

  • Grandma Gatewood's Walk Ben Montgomery

  • Celine Peter Heller

  • The Sea of Tranquility Katja Millay

  • There There, a Novel Tommy Orange

  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Katherine Boo

  • Beartown Fredrick Bachman

  • Ohio Stephen Markley

  • The Overstory Richard Powers

  • The Line Becomes a River Francisco Cantu

  • The Hummingbird's Daughter Luis Alberto Urrea

• 2018

  • Look at Me Jennifer Egan

  • Tallgrass Sandra Dallas

  • The Radium Girls Kate Moore

  • One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd Jim Fergus

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks

  • Destiny of the Republic Candace Millard

  • The Newcomers, Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom Helen Thorpe

  • The Nightingale Kristin Hannah

  • The Ends of the World Peter Brannen

  • Follow the River James Alexander Thom

• 2017

  • Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys

  • Our Souls at Night Ken Haruf

  • The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood

  • News of the World Paulette Jiles

  • Coming of the Storm Michael & Kathleen Geer

  • Homegoing Yaa Gyasi

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie

  • Rules of Civility (2011) Amor Towles

  • Hillbilly Elegy (2016) J.D. Vance

  • This Above All Mike F. Foster

  • A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman

• 2016

  • Dollbaby Laura Lane McNeal

  • Being Mortal Atul Gawande

  • The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George

  • Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin

  • Preparation for the Next Life (2014) Atticus Lish

  • Gulp, Adventures in the Alimentary Canal Mary Roach

  • Carnality: Dancing on Red Lake Josiah Hesse

  • Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier

  • Crow Barbara Wright

  • Cloud Atlas David Mitchell

• 2015

  • The Martian Andy Weir

  • Soldier Girls Helen Thorp

  • Life After Life Kate Atkinson

  • Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins

  • Station 11 Emily St. John Mandel

  • We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler

  • Gilead: A Novel Marilynne Robinson

  • Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick

  • Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi

  • Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks

  • The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern

• 2014

  • The Crow Road Iain Banks

  • Falling on Cedars David Guterson

  • The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender

  • Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne

  • Whistling Past the Graveyard Susan Crandall

  • 100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  • River of Doubt Candace Milard

  • Clay's Quilt Silas House

  • Wild Cheryl Strayed

  • The Death of Santini Pay Conroy

  • The Technologists Mathew Pearl

• 2013

  • A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki

  • Willful Blindness Margaret Hefferman

  • The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson

  • The Samaritan's Secret Matt Rees

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot

  • Annabel Kathleen Winter

  • The Geography of Bliss Eric Weiner

  • The Paris Wife Paula McLaine

  • The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell

  • An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro

  • The Education of Little Tree Forrest Carter

• 2012

  • Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood

  • The Hiding Place Trezza Azzopardi

  • People of the Book Geraldine Brooks

  • American Rust Philipp Meyer

  • Once Upon a River Bobbie Jo Campbell

  • The Big Burn Timothy Egan

  • The Sojourn Andrew Krivak

  • Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett

  • Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America Stephen Bloom

  • Eye Contact Carrie McGovern

  • Empire Falls Richard Russo

• 2011

  • Solar Ian McEwan

  • Little Bee Chris Cleve

  • Olive Kitteredge Elizabeth Strout

  • Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri

  • Daemon Daniel Suarez

  • Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese

  • A Thief of Time Tony Hillerman

  • Breakfast with Buddha Roland Merullo

  • About Alice Calvin Trilling

  • Ouliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell

  • Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali

• 2010

  • Love and Summer William Trevor

  • Pope Joan Donna Woolfolk Cross

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein

  • Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay

  • The Help Kathryn Stockett

  • The Godfather of Katmandu John Burdett

  • Will the Circle be Unbroken Studs Terkel

  • Ghostwritten David Mitchell

  • What is the What? Dave Eggers

  • Half Way to Heaven Dave Obmasik

  • The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

• 2009

  • The Happiness Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt

  • The Outlander Gil Adamson

  • The Work of Wolves Kent Meyers

  • Paths of Glory Jeffrey Archer

  • The Book Thief Marcus Zusak

  • To Siberia Per Pettersen

  • Looking for Spinoza Antonio Damasio

  • Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Barbara Kingsolving

  • Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

  • Out Stealing Horses Per Pettersen

  • The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin

• 2008

  • A New Earth Edgar Tolle

  • The Soloist Steve Lopez

  • Peace Like a River Leif Engar

  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig

  • Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier

  • The Plot Against America Philip Roth

  • Longitude Dava Sobel

  • Black Swan Green David Mitchell

  • Dog Years Mark Doty

  • The Street of a Thousand Blossoms Gail Tsukiyama

  • Atonement Ian McEwan

• 2007

  • The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux

  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer

  • The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Sierstad

  • Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell

  • The Friar and The Cipher Lawrence Goldstone & Nancy Goldstone

  • The Alchemist Paul Coelho

  • Thunderstruck Eric Larsen

  • The Milagro Beanfield War John Nichols

  • The Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester

  • A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky

  • The Right Nation John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge

• 2006

  • Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck

  • Rising from the Plains John McPhee

  • A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson

  • Saturday Ian McEwan

  • The Intuitionist Colson Whitehead

  • The Bean Trees Barbara Kinsolver

  • In Cold Blood Truman Capote

  • Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

  • The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

  • Under the Banner of Heaven Jon Krakauer

  • Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales

• 2005

  • Shadow Divers Robert Kurson

  • Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert Heinlein

  • Harbor Lorraine Adams

  • When Bad Things Happen to Other People John Portmann

  • Moo Jane Smiley

  • The Hundred Secret Senses Amy Tan

  • Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie

  • West with the Night Beryl Markham

  • Snow in August Pete Hamill

  • Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi

  • The Killer Angels Michael Shaara

  • Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich

• 2004

  • The Giver Lois Lowr

  • The Devil and the White City Eric Larsen

  • The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  • Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott

  • Eventide Kent Haruf

  • Duty Bob Green

  • Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells

  • Dark Star Safari Paul Theroux

  • Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton