Book Group
Our Book Group meets ten times a year, almost always at 7:15 pm on the last Thursday of the month. While some of our participants come to just about every meeting, others drop in only when they are particularly interested in the current month's selection.
Most of our books are contemporary or classic fiction, but we also dabble in the occasional drama, poetry collection, or work of nonfiction. We welcome suggestions on what to read next, our only caveat being that we need to be able to borrow from other libraries sufficient copies of the book to meet demand.
Take a look below to see what we've read so far!
2022:
Wilson, Kevin Nothing to See Here
Jackson, Tiffany D. Allegedly
Towles, Amor The Lincoln Highway
Erdrich, Louise The Night Watchman
Klune, T. J. The House in the Cerulean Sea
Laskin, David The Children's Blizzard
Manai, Yamen The Ardent Swarm
Powers, Richard The Overstory
2021:
Doig, Ivan Last Bus to Wisdom
Schwab, V. E. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
McBride, James Deacon King Kong
Morgenstern, Erin The Night Circus
McCann, Colum Apeirogon
Kruger, William Kent This Tender Land
Nguyen, Viet Thanh The Sympathizer
Backman, Fredrik Anxious People
Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See
Kesey, Ken Sometimes a Great Notion
2020 Book Group:
Whitehead, Colson The Nickel Boys
Levin, Ira Rosemary's Baby
Nguyen, Phan Que Mai The Mountains Sing
Chabon, Michael The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Alexander, Michelle The New Jim Crow--Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness
Enger, Leif So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Richardson, Kim Michele The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Braithwaite, Oyinkan My Sister, the Serial Killer
Stephenson, Neal The Diamond Age; or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Kolata, Gina Bari Mercies in Disguise--A Story of Hope, a Family's
Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them
2019 Book Group:
Vonnegut, Kurt Player Piano
Hawkins, Scott The Library at Mount Char
Mbue, Imbolo Behold the Dreamers
Roach, Mary Packing for Mars
Kushner, Rachel The Mars Room
French, Tana In the Woods
Lewis, Anthony Gideon's Trumpet
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief
Hebert, Ernest The Dogs of March
Westover, Tara Educated
2018 Book Group:
Letts, Billie Made in the U.S.A.
This novel about two adolescents' search for people and a place to call home got a range of reactions from our group, from the two who emphatically did not like the book, to a few who thought the book was great and would enjoy reading another by Letts. A good discussion group book!
Schiff, Stacy The Witches
See, Lisa Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Perrotta, Tom; The Leftovers
Saunders, George; Lincoln in the Bardo
Quinn, Spencer; Dog On it
Grann, David; Killers of the Flower Moon
Adams, Douglas; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bohjalian, Chris Midwives
2017 Book Group:
- Morrison, Toni; Song of Solomon
- Forstchen, William; One Second After
- Millard, Candace; Destiny of the Republic--A Tale of Madeness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
- Roy, Arundhati; The God of Small Things
- de Maurier, Daphne; Rebecca
- Walter, Jess; Beautiful Ruins
- Remarque, Erich Maria; All Quiet on the Western Front
- Greene, Graham; The Heart of the Matter
- Hamid, Mohsin; The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- Les Becquets, Diane; Breaking Wild
2016 Book Group:
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi; Americanah
- Straub, Peter; Ghost Story
- Klebold, Sue; A Mother's Reckoning — Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- Rogan, Charlotte; Lifeboat
- Brown, Daniel; The Boys in the Boat — Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics
- Payton, Brian; The Wind is Not a River
- Ng, Celeste; Everything I Never Told You
- Backman, Frederik; A Man Called Ove
- Butler, Nickolas; Shotgun Lovesongs
- Mandel, Emily St. John; Station Eleven
2015 Book Group:
- Doyle, Brian; The Plover
- Lovecraft, H. P.; Selected Stories
- Theroux, Paul; Mosquito Coast
- Simsion, Graeme; The Rosie Project
- Markham, Beryle; West with the Night
- Fowler, Karen Joy; We are All Completely Beside Ourselves
- Grissom, Kathleen; The Kitchen House
- Brooks, Geraldine; The People of the Book
- Zevin, Gabrielle; The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
- Kent, Hannah; Burial Rites
2014 Book Group:
- Schwalbe, Will; The End of Your Life Book Club
- Poe, Edgar Allan; Selected Short Stories
- Gaiman, Neil; The Anansi Boys
- Tuchman, Barbara; The Guns of August
- Johnson, Adam; The Orphan Master's Son
- Jonasson, Jonas; The One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
- Kingsolver, Barbara; The Poisonwood Bible
- Atkinson, Kate; Life after Life
- Gibbons, Stella; Cold Comfort Farm
- Crichton, Michael; Timeline
See our Previous Years' Book Group Lists & Reviews here.