Past Book Club Selections
2005
November: The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
December: The Constant Gardener, by John LeCarre
2006
January: no meeting
February: House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubose III
March: City of Falling Angels, by John Berendt
April: Saving Fish From Drowning, by Amy Tan
May: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
June: Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks
July: The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James
August: The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty
September: Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
October: Never Let me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
November: March, by Geraldine Brooks
December: The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
2007
January: planning meeting
February: The Samurai's Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama
March: George & Rue, by George Elliott Clarke
April: The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
May: Plainsong and Eventide, by Kent Haruf
June: Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan
July: Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
August: Shanghai Diary, Ursula Bacon
September: ...And Ladies of the Club, by Helen H. Santmyer
October: The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, by Jill Conner Brown
November: The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, by Debby Applegate
December: Eternal Strangers, by Ursula Bacon
2008
January: planning meeting
February: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
March: Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
April: The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
May: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
June: The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
July: Coal Black Horse, by Robert Olmstead
August: A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
September: Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky
October: Atonement, by Ian McEwan
November: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman
December: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
2009
January: planning meeting
February: Stubborn Twig, by Lauren Kessler
March: People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
April: Galileo's Daughter, by Dava Sobel
May: The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss
June: Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
July: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
August: Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, by James L. Swanson
September: The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
October: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
November: Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman
December: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
2010
January: planning meeting
February: The Jump-Off Creek, by Molly Gloss
March: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
April: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
May: The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell
June: Old Filth, by Jane Gardam
July: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer
August: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
September: My Life in France, by Julia Child
October: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
November: Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls
December: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
2011
January: planning meeting
February: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
March: Run, by Ann Patchett
April: The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, by Steven Johnson
May: The Whistling Season, by Ivan Doig
June: Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
July: Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
August: Mink River, by Brian Doyle (author presentation)
September: Mink River, by Brian Doyle (discussion)
October: Work Song, by Ivan Doig
November: Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
December: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
2012
February: The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
March: The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
April: In the Garden of Beasts, Eric Larsen
May: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
June: The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
July: Breakfast With Buddha, by Roland Merullo
August: Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff
September: Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See
October: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
November: Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James
December: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
2013
February: The House at Riverton, by Kate Morton
March: Sometimes a Great Notion, by Ken Kesey
April: The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
May: Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
June: The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht
July: The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty
August: 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do, by Kim Stafford
September: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
October: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
November: no meeting
December: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
2014
February: Favorite poem or poet
March: The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman
April: The Aviator's Wife, by Melanie Benjamin
May: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
June: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
July: Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
August: The Bartender's Tale, by Ivan Doig
September: The Orphan Train, by Christina Kline
October: West With the Night, by Beryl Markham
November: The Poisoner's Handbook, by Deborah Blum
December: Sweet Thunder, by Ivan Doig
2015
February: Any book on the Roosevelts
March: Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
April: The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown
May: The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd
June: The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore
July: The Red Queen, by Philippa Gregory
August: The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal
September: All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
October: Dead Wake, by Erik Larson
November: The Last Runaway, by Tracy Chevalier
December: Falling From Horses, by Molly Gloss
2016
January: meeting canceled
February: Our Souls at Night, by Kent Haruf
March: pick a biography
April: The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
May: Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
June: H is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald
July: The Japanese Lover, by Isabel Allande
August: My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor
September: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
October: The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
November: My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout
December: A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
2017
January: The Sound of Gravel, by Ruth Wariner
February: The Secret Chord, by Geraldine Brooks
March: The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
April: Rise of the Rocket Girls, by Nathalia Holt
May: The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
June: Any fiction or non-fiction book on the immigrant experience in America
July: Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
August: LaRose, by Louise Erdrich
September: The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
October: History Night (each person presents a favorite -- nonfiction, historical fiction, biography, any era, anything goes)
November: Daughter of Fortune, by Isabel Allende
December: Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance
2018
January: A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
February: The Round House, Louise Erdrich
March: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah
April: Poetry night
May: The Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles
June: Pick a book by Malcolm Gladwell
July: At the Edge of the Orchard, by Tracy Chevalier
August: Pick a book by Mary Roach
September: The Woman in the Window, by A.J. Finn
October: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
November: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and/or The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
December: Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover
2019
January: Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
February: Canceled due to weather
March: News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
April: Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid
May: Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
June: 1984, by George Orwell
July: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
August: Read any book by Doris Kearns Goodwin
September: The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonson
October: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
November: Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
December: Becoming, by Michelle Obama
2020
January: Read any biography/memoir
February: The Lost Girls of Paris, by Pam Jenoff
March: Talking to Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell
April: The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
Note: The library's Adult Book Club dissolved in spring 2020. The new Midday Connections Book Club started up in 2022.
2022
July: The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
August: The Woman They Could Not Silence, by Kate Moore
September: The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
October: The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn
November: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
December: Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
2023
Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty
Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
Half Broke Horses and Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
The Kinship of Secrets, by Eugenia Kim
We are all Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler
Meet Me at the Museum, by Anne Youngson
A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Bachman
This Is What Happened, by Mick Herron
Crying in H-Mart, by Michelle Zauner
Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phillips
Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng
2024
The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Victory Garden, by Rhys Bowen
A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, by Isabel Wilkerson
House of Sand & Fog, by Andre Dubus III
How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
The Soul of an Octopus, by Sy Montgomery
Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
