Reading History


Current Month Selection

  • April 2023  Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Future Selections

  • May 2023  The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
  • June 2023  The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Past Selections

  • 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