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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