Thursday, November 14, 2013

A comprehensive* list of past book club picks (updated 11/14/13)

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For those of you who’d like to take a look back at where we've come from . . .


Rahni Johnson
Revenge: A Story of Hope - Laura Blumenfeld (Non-fiction)
Maus: A Survivor's Story - Art Spiegelman (Non-fiction, Biography, Graphic Novel)
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
Crow Lake - Leif Enger (Fiction)

Peace Like a River - Leif Enger (Fiction)
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch (Non-fiction, Biography)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer (Fiction, Historical, WWII)
Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay

Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach
The Art of Racing in the Rain – Gareth Stein
The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Steadman

Tracy Follett
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (Fiction, Classic)
Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank (Science Fiction/Alternate Reality, Post-Apocalyptic)
There Are No Children Here - Alex Kotlowitz (Non-fiction, Sociology)

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult (Fiction, Modern)
My Antonia - Willa Cather
The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner (Fiction, Classic)
Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls

Secret Daughter – Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2/12
Unbroken – Lauren Hillenbrand
We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver

Claudia Ashton
Fablehaven - Brandon Mull (Young Reader Fiction)
The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis (Non-fiction, Classic, Religion)
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
Stones From the River - Ursula Hegi
Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Sory of hannah Breece – Hannah Breece and Jane Jacobs
The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey

Kathleen Ashton Keiner
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
The Hangman’s Daughter – Oliver Potzsch
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Analee
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
12 Years a Slave - Solomon Northrup
Winter Garden – Kristin Hannah
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

Amber
The Last Unicorn - Peter Beagle
Keturah and Lord Death - Martine Leavitt
Pastwatch – Orson Scott Card
The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova

Raquel
North and South

Sarah Udy
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting - Lynn Grabhorn (Self Improvement)
Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson (Cooking Mystery)
Heidi - Johanna Spyri (Children's Classic)
1776 - David McCullough (Non-fiction, U.S. History)
Jacob, Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson (Young Reader Fiction)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
Mr. Harrison’s Confessions – Elizabeth Gaskell

Debbie Stubbs
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (Teen Fiction)
Harris and Me - Gary Paulsen (Young Reader Fiction)
A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle (Young Reader Fiction)
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech (Young Reader Fiction)

Kick (Davidson) Rock
Disappointment With God - Philip Yancey (Non-fiction, Religion)
Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody (Non-fiction, Memoir)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (Fiction, Classic)
Timeline - Michael Crichton (Adventure Fiction, Sci Fi?)
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (Teen Fiction)

Coyotes - Ted Conover

Rachel Winters
Portrait of a Lady - Henry James (Fiction, Classic)
Oscar Wilde Plays (The Importance of Being Earnest and one other of your choosing) (Plays)
The Giver - Lois Lowry (Young Reader Fiction)
The Inheritance - Louisa May Alcott

Two Old Women - Velma Wallis
As You Like It – William Shakespeare

Michelle (Rock) Bouasri
Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck (Historical Fiction, China)
Time Bind - Arlie Hochschild (Non-fiction, Sociology)

Melanie Follett
Anthem - Ayn Rand (Science Fiction)
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe (Fiction, Classic)
Some Wildflower in My Heart - Jamie L. Turner (Fiction)
Swimming to Antarctica - Lynne Cox (Non-fiction, Memoir)
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd (Historical Fiction, 50's/60's? in the South)
Marley and Me - John Grogan (Non-fiction, Memoir)
The Survivor's Club - Ben Sherwood
The Odyssey - Homer

Mandy (Collins) Quimby
Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcom X and Alex Haley (Non-fiction, Biography)
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt (Non-fiction, Biography)
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser (Non-fiction, Sociology)

Alison (Collins) Miner
House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros (Fiction)
Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (Historical Fiction, Afghanistan)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (Historical Fiction, 60's)
The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley (Fantasy)

Amy Russell
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (Fiction)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Fiction, Classic)
Blessings - Anna Quindlen (Fiction)
Recovering Charles - Jason Wright (Fiction)

Debbie Jackson
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom (Fiction)

Xitla Hoki
The Watsons Go To Birmingham - Christopher Paul Curtis

Kim
Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Monica Millard
How to Say Goodbye in Robot - Natalie Standiford

Lindsay Smith
The Chosen - Chaim Potok (Fiction)
The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood (Fiction)

Everyone
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (Allegorical Fiction)

*If I've forgotten anything, or gotten anything wrong, please edit this post, or let me know!

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