2017/18 Reading List & Special Events​

September 11 - Elaine
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

October 9 - Elizabeth 
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

November 13 - Jess
My Mother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

December 20 - Holiday happy hour at Piper's 

January 8 - Jenni
The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas

February 26 - Renee
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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March 20 - Amy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

April 9 - Ann
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

May 20 - Elaine (Sunday at 4pm)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

June 11 - Jennifer
​The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis

2016/17 Reading List

​Oct 10 - Crystal
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe 

Nov 14 - Kim
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer [note: we did not end up reading this]

Dec 12 - Amy
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab 

Jan 9 - Ann
The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis) by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa

February 13 - Elizabeth
Nutshell by Ian McEwan

Mar 13 - Jenni
Defending Jacob by William Landay

April 10 - Jess
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

May 8 - Renee
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

June 12 - Elaine
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 

2015-16 Reading List

Sept 14 - Kim
The Martian by Andy Weir
*Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Oct 12 - Crystal
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
*Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Nov 9 - Renee
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
*The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout

Dec 14 - Elaine
City of Thieves by David Benioff
*People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Feb 8 - Elizabeth
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
*The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

Mar 14 - Amy
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Apr 11 - Jess
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
*The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

May 9 - Jenni
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
*The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

June 13 - Ann
Stiff by Mary Roach
*Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

* Book suggestion not chosen​​​

2014/15 Reading List
September 8 – Fever: a Novel by Mary Beth Keane     Hostess: Elizabeth

October 6 – Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt       Hostess: Jess

November 3 – Help for the Haunted by John Searles
Hostess: Elaine

December 1 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Hostess: Amy

Feburary 2 – The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
Hostess: Ann

March 2 – The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Hostess: Renee

April 6 – Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Hostess: Kim

May 4 - Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Hostess: Crystal

June 1 – The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Hostess: Jenni & Grace

Books not chosen:

Paris Wife by Paula McLain (Crystal)
The Ministry of Guidance Invites You Not To Stay by Hooman Majd (Elizabeth)
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen (Jess)
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Renee)
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (Elaine)
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (Ann)
Where’d You Go Bernadette? By Maria Semple (Jenni)
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Amy)
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Kim)
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