Past Reads
Morning Book Group
2024
January- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
February-The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
March-The Excellent Lombards by Jane Hamilton
April-The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
May- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
June- The Measure by Nikki Erlick
July- The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
August-All That is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
September-The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
October-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
November-A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
2023
January- While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams
February- The Reading List by Sara Adams
March- The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
April- We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
May- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
June - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
July - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
August- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
September - Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
October - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
November - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
December- Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
2022
January - The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hempworth
February - Never caught :the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
March - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
April - The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
May - Beautiful Country: a memoir by Qian Julie Wang
June - Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
July - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
August - Britt-Marie was Here by Frederik Backman
September - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
October - Oh William! Elizabeth Strout
November - I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
December - Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini
2021
January A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smit
February The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
March The Lager Queen of Minnesota by Ryan Stradal
April Educated by Tara Westover
May The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
June The Dry by Jane Harper
July American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
August Circe by Madeline Miller
September The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
October Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
November Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
December Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani Shapiro
2020
January Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
February The Feather Thief by Kirk Johnson
March through July no book group due to the pandemic
August Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (virtual)
September A Piece of the World (virtual) by Christina Baker Kline
October The Good Earth by Pearl Buck (virtual)
November The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (virtual)
December All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (virtual)
2019
January The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
February Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
March The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
April Celine by Peter Heller
May What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
June Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
July Still Alice by Lisa Genova
August The Astronauts Wives’ Club by Lily Koppel
September Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
October The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
November Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
December The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Evening Book Group
2023
February- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
March- Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz
April- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
May- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
June- How Not To Die Alone by Richard Roper
July- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
August- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
September - Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
October - Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
November - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
December - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
2022
January - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
February - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
March - A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
April - Migrations by Charlotte McCoughney
May - Shutter Island by Dennis Lahane
June - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
July - The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy Reichert
August - The One Hundred Years of Lennie & Margot by Marianne Cronin
September - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
October - Lottery by Patricia Wood
November - Chance Are... by Richard Russo
December - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
2021
January Girl, Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo
February Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot and True Grit by Charles Portis
March The White Tiger by Aravind Ardiga
April The Sellout by Paul Beatty
May The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
June Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
July The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
August Hidden Valley Road by Paul Kolker
September They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
October Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
November Transcendant Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
December Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
2020
January The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
February Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
March through July no book groups due to the pandemic
August Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
September The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
October Cider House Rules by John Irving
November Varina by Charles Frazier
December Sweet Girl by Travis Mulhauser
2019
January At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
February Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
March The Dinner by Herman Koch
April A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
May Little Bee by Chris Cleeve
June The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig
July Short story selections
August Endurance by Scott Kelly
September The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
October Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
November Medley of historic mysteries by Kathleen Ernst
December Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
2018
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian/
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Between the World and Me by Ta Nehesi Coates
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
The Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
Thousand-Miler: Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail by Melanie McManus
Faithful by Alice Hoffman
Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
The Land Remembers by Ben Logan
Mexico: One Plate a Time by Rick Bayless
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
From Asparagus to Zucchini
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman
Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
Cooking for Jeffery by Ina Garten
Dirty Secret: a daugher comes clean about her mother’s compulsive hoarding by Jessie Sholl
Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore by Anna Thomas
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Bachman
The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler
Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber
You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
Retro recipes from the '50s and '60s by Addie Gundry
2017
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Five presidents : my extraordinary journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint HIll
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Road to Character by David Brooks
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Zoo by James Patterson
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Braving it : a father, a daughter, and an unforgettable journey into the Alaskan wild
by Campbell, James.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
O is Outlaw by Sue Grafton
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman
The Expats by Chris Pavone
First Degree Fudge by Christine DeSmet
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
The Circle by Dave Eggers
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
2016
One summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
Dead Rapunzel by Victoria Houston
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Maus: a survivor’s tale by Art Spiegelman
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Some Luck by Jane Smiley
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
2015
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
The All Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevom
To Kill a Mockingbird by Gregory Peck
Silver Star by Jeanette Walls
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Still Life by Louise Penny
2014
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2013
The Good House by Ann Leary
The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Jewelweed by David Rhodes
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
2012
Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Room by Emma Donoghue
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
True Colors by Kristin Hannah
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel by Bailey White
The Walk by Richard Evans
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne
2011
Dewey: Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Night Sisters by Sara Rath
A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant
Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
Nickel & Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
2010
Coming Home to Eat by Gary Paul Nabhan
Coop by Michael Perry
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Women by T.C. Boyle
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Leap of Faith by Queen Noor
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Winter Study by Nevada Barr
Away by Amy Bloom
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Quilter’s Legacy by Jennifer CHiaverini
Rainwater by Sandra Brown
Killer Cruise by Laura Levine
I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
2009
Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
Lottery by Patricia Wood
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
Catching Genius by Kristy Kiernan
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Dearest Dorothy, Help I’ve Lost Myself by Charlene Baumbich
Finding Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn
Keeping the House by Ellen Baker
Preacher’s Daughter by Beverly Lewis
Bull’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews
Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
No, I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club by Virginia Ironside
2008
Death in a Prairie House by William Drennan
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow
Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
The Days of Summer by Jill Barnett
2007
How to be Good by Nick Hornby
Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis
Three Junes by Julia Glass
Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages by Sara Rath
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Christmas Present by Jacquelyn Mitchard
2006
Family Matters by Robinton Mistry
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah Kate Lynch
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Big Love by Sarah Dunn
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fford
Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King
Uniform Justice by Donna Leon
Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
2005
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Tortilla Curtain by C.Boyle
Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
Population: 485 by Michael Perry
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak
Lake News by Barbara Delinsky
Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Female Intelligence by Jane Heller
Summer Light by Luanne Rice
Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman
We’ll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark
Good Grief by Lolly Winston
2004
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
Mountain Beyond Mountain by Tracy Kidder
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
A Bed By the Windows by Scott Peck
Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
2003
Midwives by Christopher Bohjalian
The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Parker
2002
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
World of Pies by Karen Stolz
Surrender Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
How Close We've Come by Susan Kelly
In the Company of Angels by N.M. Kelby
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
Cookbook Discussion
2022
January - Love Real Food by Kathryne Tayler
February - Dinner then Dessert by Sabrina Snyder
March - Healthyish by Lindsay Maitlund Hunt
April - Tiny Kitchen by Anne Mahle
May - No Cooking Recipes by the New York Times
June - The Mediterranean Cookbook from America's Test Kitchen
July - Cooking from the Farmer's Market
August - The Goodful Cookbook
September - The Weekday Vegetarians by Jenny Rosenstrach
October - Hungry Girl Fast & Easy by Lisa Lillien
November - America's Test Kitchen The Savory Baker