Previous Book Club Titles

2025

Month Title Author
January The Bodies in the Library Marty Wingate
February Persuasion Jane Austen
March Signal Fires Dani Shapiro
April The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War John "Chick" Donohue
May The Secret Book of Flora Lea Patti Callahan Henry
June Tom Lake Ann Patchett
July None  
August The Art Thief Michael Finkel
September The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters
October The Stepford Wives Ira Levin
November The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club Helen Simonson
December None  

 

2024

Month Title Author
January Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Jesse Q. Sutanto

February Hester Laurie Albanese
March Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

April The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society  Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
May Yellowface

R. F. Kuang

June The Last Summer at the Golden Hotel Elyssa Friedland
July None  
August The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann
September Horse Geraldine Brooks
October Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
November The Seed Keeper Diane Wilson
December None  

 

2023

Month Title Author
January Matrix Lauren Groff
February Possession (1st half) A.S. Byatt
March Possession (2nd half) A.S. Byatt
April How Lucky Will Leitch
May Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel
June Dear County Agent Guy Jerry Nelson
July The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh
August None  
September The Echo Wife Sarah Gailey
October Devolution Max Brooks
November The Lions of Fifth Avenue Fiona Davis
December None  

 

2022

Lunchtime

Month Title Author
January The Radium Girls Kate Moore
February In Five Years Rebecca Serle
March This Tender Land William Kent Kruger
April If the Creek Don't Rise Leah Weiss
May The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams
June The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict
July The Grace Year Kim Liggett
August None  
September The Rose Code Kate Quinn
October A History of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw
November The Editor Rowley
December None  

 

Fireside

Month Title Author
January Project Hail Mary Andy Weir
February The Paris Wife Paula McLain
March Stay with Me Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
April The Passengers John Marrs
May Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
June Eight Hundred Grapes Laura Dave
July The Holdout Graham Moore
August None  
September Beartown Fredrik Backman
October Three Graves Full Jamie Mason
November Oh William! Elizabeth Strout
December None  

 

2021

Lunchtime

Month Title Author
January The Magic of Ordinary Days Ann Howard Creel
February The Book of Unknown Americans Cristina Henríquez
March Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
April The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Denise Kiernan
May Hidden Catherine McKenzie
June My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier
July The Lager Queen of Minnesota J. Ryan Stradal
August Hideaway Lauren K. Denton
September Little Faith Nickolas Butler
October Turn of The Key Ruth Ware
November Homegoing Yaa Gyasi
December Christmas Bus Melody Carlson

 

Fireside

Month Title Author
January Circe Madeline Miller
February His Bloody Project Graeme Macrae Burnet
March None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
April None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
May None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
June None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
July The Dinner Herman Koch
August The Beautiful Bureaucrat Helen Philips
September Gorilla and the Bird Zack McDermott
October 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton
November In the Lake of the Woods Tim O'Brien
December Christmas Blizzard Garrison Keillor

 

2020

Lunchtime

Month Title Author
January Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
February If You Lived Here I Would Know Your Name Heather Lende
March None  
April Clara's Wish S. M. Senden
May The Red House Mystery A. A. Milne
June Summer of '69 Elin Hilderbrand
July The Library Book Susan Orlean
August The Darwin Affair Timothy Mason
September Greeting from Utopia Park Claire Hoffman
October Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
November Carnegie's Maid Marie Benedict
December 2 a.m. at the Cat's Pajamas Marie-Helene Bertino

 

Fireside

Month Title Author
January Himself Jess Kidd
February Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
March None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
April None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
May None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
June None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
July None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
August None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
September None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
October None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
November None - Virtual What Are You Reading  
December None - Virtual What Are You Reading  

 

2019

Lunchtime

Month Title Author
January The Rules of Magic Alice Hoffman
February I Always Loved You Robin Oliveira
March The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
April This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm Ted Genoways
May Artemis Andy Weir
June A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly
July My Name is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout
August Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher
September Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living Ramie Liddle and Tim Bauerschmidt
October Get in Trouble: Short Stories Kelly Link
November The Particular Sadness of a Lemon Cake Aimee Bender
December Cold Day for Murder Dana Stabenow

 

Fireside

Month Title Author
January Pines Blake Crouch
February We Could've Been Happy Here Keith Lesmeister
March Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather
April Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
May Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester
June Cinnamon and Gun Powder Eli Brown
July Dandelion Wine Rae Bradbury
August Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan
September Empire Falls Richard Russo
October Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman
November Miracle life of Edgar Mint Brady Udall
December Holidays on Ice David Sedaris

 

2018

Lunchtime

Month Title Author
May Fried Green Tomatoes Fannie Flagg
June The Jump-Off Creek Molly Gloss
July Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan
August The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick
September Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters Mark Dunn
October The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern
November Future Homemakers of America Laurie Graham
December This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! Jonathan Evison

 

Fireside

Month Title Author
May Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger
June The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
July The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr. and Robin Gaby Fisher
August Niagara Falls All Over Again Elizabeth McCracken
September We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler
October The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson
November Gulp Mary Roach
December The Westing Games Ellen Raskins