Reading History

Current Month Selection

• October  2023  The Second-Worst Restaurant in France by Alexander McCall Smith

Future Selections

• November  2023  The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Past Selections

• September 2023  The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
• August 2023  The Ride of Her Life: The true story of a woman, her horse, and their last-chance journey across America by Elizabeth Letts
• There will not be a meeting in July. The second Wednesday meeting will resume in August
• June 2023  The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
• May 2023  The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
• April 2023  Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• March 2023  This is Happiness by Niall Williams
• February 2023  By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register by Piper Huguley
• January 2023  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
• The December meeting is cancelled for the holidays
• November 2022  Small World by Jonathan Evison
• October 2022  Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovich
• September 2022  The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik
• There will not be a meeting in the month of August. The second Wednesday meeting will resume in September.
• July 2022  The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
• June 2022 The Last Green Valley by Mark. T. Sullivan
• May 2022  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• April 2022  Noon at Tiffany's by Echo Heron
• March 2022  We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
• February 2022  The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
• January 2022  The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
• December 2021  There will be no meeting held for the month of December
• November 2021  The Paris Library by Jane Skeslien Charles
• October 2021  The Push by Ashley Audrain
• September 2021  Every Day is a Gift by Tammy Duckworth
• August 2021  The book club will be on hiatus for the month of August, resuming its regular second Wednesday of each month meetings in September.
• July 2021  The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli
• June 2021  Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
• June 2021  The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• May 2021  The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
• April 2021 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
• March 2021   Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• February 2020  The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
• January 2020  Milkman by Anna Burns
• December 2019  No book selected and no second meeting due to the holidays
• November 2019  Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
• October 2019  Big Trouble by Dave Barry
• September 2019  Book Expo America (BEA) presentation (first meeting)
• September 2019  Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (second meeting)
• August 2019  The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
• July 2019  The Huntress by Kate Quinn
• June 2019  The Witch Elm by Tana French
• May 2019  The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
• April 2019  Educated by Tara Westover
• March 2019  Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
• February 2019 News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• January 2019 Cider House Rules by John Irving
• No books selected for November and December due to the holidays
• October 2018 East of Eden by John Steinbeck
• September 2018 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• August 2018 (second meeting)  The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
• August 2018 (first meeting) Book Expo America (BEA) Presentation
• July 2018 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• June 2018 Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
• May 2018 Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
• April 2018 The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
• March 2018 Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• February 2018 The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
• January 2018 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• December 2017 Author Event: Patricia V. Davis, author of Cooking for Ghosts; joint event with Friends of the Woodland Public Library
• November 2017 Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• October 2017 The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
• September 2017 Lucky Boy by Shanthi SekaranAugust
• August 16, 2017 meeting cancelled and book selection moved to November meeting
• July 2017 No book selected. Book Expo America (BEA) presentation
• June 2017 The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
• May 2017 Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
• April 2017 Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
• March 2017 Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen February 2017 The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
• January 2017 The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
• December 2016 No selection due to the holidays
• November 2016 Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
• October 2016 Elizabeth Street by Laura Fabiano
• September 2016 The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
• August 2016 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
• July 2016 No book selected. Book Expo America (BEA) presentation
• June 2016 The Hummingbird by Stephen Kiernan
• May 2016 The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
• April 2016 Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World by Katherine Zoepf
• March 2016 Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
• February 2016 The Sound of Glass by Karen White
• January 2016 The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley
• December 2015 No book selected due to the holidays
• November 2015 Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
• October 2015 Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
• September 2015 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• August 2015 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• July 2015 Giant by Edna Ferber
• June 2015 Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
• May 2015 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• April 2015 The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
• March 2015 The Children Act by Ian McEwan
• February 2015 China Dolls by Lisa See
• January 2015 Henna House by Nomi Eve
• December 2014 No selection due to the holidays
• November 2014 Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Meyer
• October 2014 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
• September 2014 Motherland by Maria Hummel
• August 2014 No book selected - presentation on Book Expo America by club members.
• July 2014 Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
• June 2014 Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini
• May 2014 My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
• April 2014 The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• March 2014 And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
• February 2014 The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
• January 2014 Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
• December 2013 No meeting due to the holidays
• November 2013 The Crooked Branch by Jeanine Cummins
• October 2013 Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
• September 2013 While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax
• August 2013 No book selected - presentation on Book Expo America by club members.
• July 2013 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
• June 2013 Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
• April 2013 Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey: The lost legacy of Highclere Castle by Countess of Carnarvon
• March 2013 The care and handling of roses with thorns by Margaret Dilloway
• February 2013 An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
• January 2013 The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
• December 2012 Holiday time!! No 3rd week of December meeting
• November 2012 The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
• October 2012 When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood
• September 2012 The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
• August 2012 The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff
• August 2012 No book - presentation by members on BookExpo America (BEA)
• July 2012 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• June 2012  Defending Jacob by William Landay
• May 2012 Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals
• April 2012 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• March 2012 Murder in the Marais by Cara Black
• February 2012 The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
• January 2012 The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
• December 2011 My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
• November 2011 Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
• October 2011 Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
• September 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• August 2011 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
• July 2011 No book - presentation by members on BookExpo America (BEA)
• June 2011 The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
• May 2011 How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
• April 2011 Patriot Hearts by Barbara Hambly
• March 2011 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
• February 2011 Room by Emma Donoghue 
• January 2011 The Vagrants: A novel by Yiyun Li
• December 2010 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• November 2010 The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
• October 2010 Gone to Green by Judy Christie
• September 2010 Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• August 2010 The Calligrapher’s Daughter by Eugenia Kim
• July 2010 Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
• June 2010 Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel by Jeanette Walls
• May 2010 Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson
• April 2010 Eve: A Novel of the First Woman by Elissa Elliott
• February 2010 Godmother: A Novel by Carolyn Turgeon
• January 2010 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
• December 2009 Out Stealing Horses by Petterson
• November 2009 The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• October 2009 Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 
• September 2008 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
• December 2008 The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
• 2009 Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• January 2009 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• February 2009 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• March 2009 Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
• April 2009 The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
• June 2009 The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells
• July 2009 The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• August 2009 Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
• September 2009 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan