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Everything Else and the Kitchen Sink...

Here is some more interesting history. We have had discussions about these people: Simone deBeauvoir, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther, Georgia O’Keefe, Frida Kahlo. We have had discussions of these themes:Menopause/Women’s Issues, Black Authors/How they deal with racism,Bali,Banned books. We have also read any book by: Daphne duMaurier, James Lee Burke, Jane Austin, Diane Mott Davidson. We also enjoyed a taped program: Women’s Souls.
2025
2025
HOW TO AGE DISGRACEFULLY by Clare Pooley
JAMES by Percival Everett
THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See
GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson
THE BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn
THE NEXT SHIP HOME by Heather Webb
THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN by Marjan Kamali
CARRYING ALBERT HOME by Homer Hickam
WINTER GARDEN by Kristin Hannah
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE by Claire Keegan
THE EXTRAORDINERY LIFE OF SAM HELL by Robert Dugoni
2024
LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN by Lisa See
JUST ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER by Jodi Taylor
TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
NORTH WOODS by Daniel Mason
DEMON COPPERFIELD by Barbara Kingsolver
HAMNET by Maggie O'Farrell
MAGNIFICENT LIFE OF MAJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST by  Alison Pataki
EMPIRE OF PAIN by Patrick R. Keane
WEST WITH GIRAFFES by Linda Rutledge
THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by Richard Osman
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAM HILL by Robert Dugoni
DEAR EDWARD by Ann Natpolitan
THE BOHEMIAN by Jasmine Darcik

​2023
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr
WISH YOU WERE HERE by Jody Pecoult
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES by Arthur Brooks
SERVING GIRLS TALE by John Wood Sweet
MAGIC HOUR by Kristin Hannah
ALL THE LITTLE HOPES by Leah Weiss
AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER by Stephanie Dray
BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by
  Kim Michelle Richardson
HOTEL NANTUCKET by Elin Hilderbrand
THE NIGHT SWIM by Megan Golden
SHY by Mary Rodgers
THE BOHEMIANS by Jasmin Darznik

2022
THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN by Marie Benedict
  and Victoria Murray
ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES by Charlotte McConaghy
THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah
THESHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
LESS by Andrew Shawn Greer
AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER by Stephanie Dray
  and Laura Kamoie
EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY by Susan Kietzman
THE WOMEN OF CHATEAU LAFAYETTE by Stephanie Drey
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​2021
LADY IN WAITING by Ann Glenconnor
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Boyd
ALL ADULTS HERE by Emma Straub
GIVER OF STARS by JoJo Moyes
GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConnaughey
TIDELANDS by Phillipa Gregory
THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS by Jodi Picoult
LADY CLEMENTINE by Marie Benedict
THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
RULES FOR VISITING by Jessica Frances Kane

2020
HILL TOWN by Anne Rivers Siddons
LODGER: SHAKESPEARE ON SILVER STREET by Charles Nicholl
THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
THE SECRET PLACE by Tana French
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel
CLAIRE AND MR TIFFANY by Susan Vreeland
MRS LINCOLN'S DRESSMAKER by Jennifer Cheaverini
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate
BEFORE AND AFTER by J Christie & L Wingate
THE TESTAMENT by Margaret Atwood
BECOMING by Michelle Obama
DEEP WATER by Karl Marlantes
THE FAR FIELD by Madhuri Vijay
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Taryi Jones
THE GIVER OF STARS by JoJo Mayes
ASK AGAIN YES by Mary B Keane
THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV by Elizabeth Berg

2019 Members Other Choices
THE PIANO TUNER by David Mason
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE by Elizabeth Strout
VARINA by Charles Frazier
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson
BRIDGE OF CLAY by Markus Zusak
A STREET CAT NAMED BOB by James Bowen
ONE UPON A RIVER by Diane Setterfield
TATOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Kruger
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
THE RADIUM GIRLS by Kate Moore
ELINOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman
THE ORPHAN'S TALE by Pam jenoff
THE SCRIBE OF SIENA by Melodie Winawer
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel

2018 Members Other Choices
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE by Elizabeth Strout
FRESH COMPLAINT: STORIES by Jeffrey Eugenides
THE RIGHT SIDE by Spencer Quinn
ORIGIN: A NOVEL by Dan Brown
ENDERS GAME by Orson Scott Card
BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Imbalo Mbue
THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicola Yoon
BRAIN ON FIRE by Susannah Cahalan
THE THICKETY: A PATH BEGINS by J.A. White
SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan
A COLUMN OF FIRE by Ken Follett
GRANT by Ron Chernow
NO TIME TO SPARE by Ursula LeGuin
WHERE THE PAST BEGINS  by Amy Tan
DEMOCRACY by Condoleeza Rice
MOONGLOW by Michael Chabon
THE WINDFALL by Diksha Basu
A PIECE OF THE WORLD by Christina Kline
CELINE by Peter Heller
TELL ME HOW IT ENDS by Valeria Luisilli
THE RADIUM GIRLS by Kate Moore
MR CHURCHILL'S SECRETARY by Susan Macneal

2017 Members Other Choices

THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO by Patrick Ness
THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens
A TRUCK FULL OF MONEY by Tracy Kidder
THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
THE UNSEEN WORLD by Liz Moore
DELICIOUS by Ruth Reichl
COOKING FOR PICASSO by Camille Aubray
HILLBILLY ELEGY by J D  Vance
THE SUMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen
THE NIX by Nathan Hill
TOMORROW WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple
DARK MONEY by Jane Mayer
THE CIRCLE by Dave Eggers
BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katherine Boo



2016  Member's Other Choices
VANESSA AND HER SISTER by Priya Parmar
THE HEART GOES LAST by Margaret Atwood
THE BURIED GIANT by Kazuo Ishiguro
SUMMER HOUSE WITH SWIMMING POOL by Herman Koch
AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
THE SECRET CHORD by Geraldine Brooks
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kulanithi
THE WITCHES OF SALEM, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
THE IMPROBABILITY OF LOVE by Hanna Rothschild
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB by David Lagercrantz
I AM THE MESSENGER by Markus Zusak
THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin


2015 MEMBER'S OTHER CHOICES

UNDER OF STARRY SKY by Nancy Horan
TIBETAN PEACH PIE by Tim Robbins
BACK TO BLOOD by Tom Wolfe
THE LADY IN GOLD by Ann-Marie O'Connor
FROG MUSIC by Emma Donoghue
CLOSE YOUR EYES, HOLD HANDS by Chris Bohjalian
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING by Naomi Klein
STONE MATTRESS by Margaret Atwood
CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? by Roz Chast
THE CUCKOOS CALLING by Robert Galbraith
SILKWORMS by Robert Galbraith
THE CASUAL VACANCY by Robert Galbraith
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
BREATHING LESSONS by Ann Tyler
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST by Ann Tyler
THE BOSTON GIRL by Anita Diamant
MERMAIDS IN PARADISE by Lydia Miller
BIG LITTLE LIES by Liane Moriarty
THE LITTLE FRIEND by Donna Tartt
BLEEDING EDGE by Michael Pynchon
KILLING PATTON by Bill O'Reilly
THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE by Hampton Sides
THE MOCKINGBIRD NEXT DOOR by Marja Mills
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT IS by Bob Drury
STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova
THE CIRCLE by Dave Eggers
THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Stroudt
CLAIRE OF THE SEA LIGHT by Elwidge Danticat
AFTER I'M GONE by Laura Lippman
TIGERS IN RED WEATHER by Liza Klaussmann
THE WEIRD SISTERS by Eleanor Brown

2014 Member's Other Choices
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
PRICELESS:  HOW I WENT UNDERCOVER TO RECUE THE WORLD'S STOLEN TREASURES by Robert K. Wittman
THE ISLAND by Victoria Hislop
THE THREAD by Victoria Hislop
THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin
THE DEATH OF BEES by Lisa O'Donnell
THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES by Edmund Wall
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl
REMARKABLE CULTURES by Tracy Chevalier
THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson
THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Strout
THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling
TRANSATLANTIC by Colum McCann
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE by Solomon Northup
UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand
ABUNDANCE:  A NOVEL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE by Sara Jeter Naslund

2013 Member's Other Choices
THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier
IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? by Fern Schumer Chapman
AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST:  A MEMOIR by Mary Johnson
MIDNIGHT FOR PEKING by Paul French
THE NIGHT SWIMMER by Matt Bondurant
THE TEMPTRESS by Paul Spicer
THE BORROWER:  A NOVEL by Rebecca Makkai
THE HOST:  A NOVEL by Stephenie Meyer
CITY OF THIEVES by David Benioff
MY BERLIN KITCHEN by Luisa Weiss
THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling
Assorted musical mysteries by Gerald Elias
THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX by Maggie O'Farrell
THE ORIENTALIST by Tom Reiss
Books of short stories by George Saunders
THE SWERVE:  HOW THE WORLD BECAME MODERN by Stephen Greenblatt
UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand
A DUBLIN STUDENT DOCTOR by Patrick Taylor
YES,CHEF:  A MEMOIR by Marcus Samuelsson & Jeronica Chambers
POMEGRANITE SOUP: A NOVEL by Marsha Mehran
PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM by Kyung-Sook Shin
100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO by Jonathan Tropper
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes

2012 MEMBER'S OTHER CHOICES
A HISTORY OF GOD by Karen Armstrong
LOST MEMORY OF SKIN by Russell Banks
THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova
THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS by Ann Patchett
A STOLEN LIFE:  A MEMOIR by Jaycee Dugard
THE BUTCHER'S WIFE by Adamu Kyuka Usman
DREAMS OF JOY by Lisa See
I REMEMBER NOTHING'  AND OTHER REFLECTIONS by Nora Ephron
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by William Gibson
SWAMPLANDIA! by Karen Russell
CALEB'S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLY by P.D. James
THE SUBMISSION by Amy Waldman

2011 Member's Other Choices
CLEOPATRA:  A LIFE by Stacy Schiff
SING THEM HOME by Stephanie Kallos
THE BIG OVER EASY by Jasper Fforde
STONE OF HEAVEN by Lucille Bellucci
TINKERS by Paul Harding
UNBROKEN:  A WORLD WAR II STORY by Laura Hillenbrand
THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR by Yoko Ogawa
STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS by Tracy Kidder
THREE CUPS OF TEA by Gren Mortenson
RADIOACTIVE:  MARIE & PIERRE CURIE by Laura Redress
A STRANGER IN MAYFAIR by Charles Finch
THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman

2010 Member's Other Choices
BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos
BECOMING JANE EYRE by Sheila Kohler
THE 19TH WIFE by David Eberhoff
PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf
HALF THE SKY by Kristof & Dunn
MOLOKAI by Alan Bennert
HONOLULU by Alan Bennert
LOSING THE GARDEN: A STORY OF A MARRIAGE by Laura Waterman
LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan
THE WINTER VAULT by Anne Michaels
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
DREAM OF THE BLUE ROOM by Michelle Richmond
A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Goodrick
UNFINISHED DESIRES by Gail Godwin
A GATE AT THE STAIRS by Lorrie Moore
THE INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN by Carolina DeRobertis

2009 MEMBER'S OTHER CHOICES
THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult
THE SHACK by William Young
THE ICE LIMIT by Douglas Preston
THE ANGRY TIDE by Winston Graham
EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway
OLD FILTH by Jane Graham
THE PAST AMERICAN WORLD by Faried Zakaria
EVEN UP IN THE PALACE OF REASON  by James R. Gaines
THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY by A.J. Jacobs
STERN MEN by Elizabeth Gilbert
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
THE SECRET SCRIPTURE by Sebastian Barry

2008 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES

THE YEAR OF FOG by Michelle Richmond
GRAVE MATTERS:  JOURNEY THROUGH THE MODERN FUNERAL INDUSTRY TO A NATURAL WAY OF BURIAL by Mark Harris
A FREE LIFE by Ha Jin
TIPPERARY by Frank Delaney
LONE SURVIVOR:  THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10 by Marcus Luttrell
THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham
THE ALMOST MOON by Alice Sebold
ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan
I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson
BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory
MARCH by Geraldine Brooks
THE ZOOKEEPER'a WIFE by Diane Ackerman

2007 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES
A THREAD OF GRACE by Mary Doria Russell
THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan
BOMBAY ICE by Leslie Forbes
LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE by Catherine Ryan Hyde
DANIEL ISN’T TALKING by Marti Leimbach
SHE MAY NOT LEAVE by Fay Weldon
THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards
THE GINGER TREE by Oswald Wynd
THE THIRTEEN TALE by Diane Setterfield
HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby
ANCESTOR STONES by Aminatta Forna
MARCH by Geraldine Brooks
THE SYRINGA TREE by Pamela Gien
ABUNDANCE:  A NOVEL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE by Sena Jester Naslund
THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas L. Friedman
WATER by Bapsi Sidhwa, Deepa Mehta
MORAL DISORDER by Margaret Atwood
INES OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende
THE WHOLE WORLD OVER by Julia Glass
LIFE STUDIES by Susan Vreeland
LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER by Harriet Scott Chessman
IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP by Marilyn French
LUCY by Ellen Feldman
THE MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT by Ann Patchett
TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Godwin
SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING by Amy Tan
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom
FOR ONE MORE DAY by Mitch Albom

2006 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES
NARNIA by C.S. Lewis
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden
THREE JUNES by Julia Glass
LOST DAUGHTERS OF CHINA by Karin Evans
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITECITY by Erik Larson
THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST by Tim Harford
SMALL WONDER by Barbara Kingsolver
CASE HISTORIES by Kate Atkinson
A THREAD OF GRACE by Mary Doria Russell
GODS IN ALABAMA by Joshilyn Johnson
SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING by Amy Tan
THE ZAHIR by Paul Coelho
THE MUST ASYLUM by David Czuchlewski
GLAD NEWS OF THE NATURAL WORLD by T.R. Pearson
DAUGHTERS KEEPER by Ayelet Waldman
SIGHTSEEING:  STORIES by Rattawut Lapcharoensap

2005 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES

SLEEPING WITH SHUBERT by Bonnie Marson
GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson
SECOND GLANCE by Jodi Picoult
CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk
HOLY COW:  AN INDIAN ADVENTURE by Sarah Macdonald
ENDURING LOVE by Ian McEwan
A COMPLICATED KINDNESS by Miriam Toews
EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo
REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE AGED WOMAN by Elizabeth Buchan
THE PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult
THE MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT by Ann Patchett
THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason
MY DREAM OF YOU by Nuala O’Faolain
THE GREAT FIRE by Shirley Hazzard


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