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FLAMINGO BOOK CLUB - 2023
EMPTY MANSIONS: THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF HUGETTE CLARK AND THE SPENDING OF A GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNE by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell THE MUSIC SHOP: A NOVEL by Rachel Joyce OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng THE MEASURE; A NOVEL by Nikki Erlick ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Kureger MIDNIGHT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT; A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS HORSE; A NOVEL by Geraldine Brooks LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB; A NOVEL by Richard Osman 2022 THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sara Renner THIS TENDER LAND by William Kent Kruegar MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA by J. Ryan Stradal THE HENNA ARTIST by Alka Joshi TASTE: MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD by Stanley Tucci DEAMON KING KONG by James McBride APPLES NEVER FALL by Liane Moriarty THE BOOK OF LOST FRIENDS by Lisa Wingate THE CHANCELLOR: THE REMARKABLE ODYSSEY OF ANGELA MARKEL by Kati Marton 2021 DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES by Jason Fagone HOW THE PENGUINS SAVED VERONICA by Hazel Prior THE INDIGO GIRL by Natasha Boyd MAYBE YOU SHOULD TELL SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE by Isabel Allende THE BOOKKEEPER OF ALLEPPO by Christy Leften WHEN WE BELIEVED IN MERMAIDS by Barbara O'Neal READY PLAYER TWO by Ernest Cline 2020 LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng THE WINTER SOLDIER by Daniel Masone THE RADIUM GIRLS by Kate Moore MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim AN ELDERLY LADY IS UP TO NO GOOD by Helene Tursten THE GREAT ALONE by Kirsten Hanna SAVE ME THE PLUMS by Ruth Reichl TOUCHED BY THE SUN by Carly Simon NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles THE ORPHANS TALE or THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS by Pam Jenoff HOLIDAY ON ICE by David Sedaris 2019 BECOMING MRS LEWIS by Patti Callahan WOMEN IN THE CASTLE by Jessica Shattuck GOOD AND MAD by Rebecca Traister UNSHELTERED by Barbara Kingsolver LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer KITCHEN YARNS by Ann Hood EDUCATED by Tara Westover BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah CARNEGIES MAID by Marie Benedict MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Youngson 2018 SOUTH AND WEST by Joan Didion A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katherine Boo PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Armor Towles SUMMARY OF ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson BRAINMAKER by David Perlmutter THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict IMAGINE ME GONE by Adam Haslett THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES by Ryan Kilmeade 2017 WONDER by P.J. Palacio CAN"T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? by Roz Chast THE SIGNAURE OF ALL THINGS by Elizabeth Gilber SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Ken Haruf THUG KITCHEN COOKBOOKS A MAN CALL OVE or MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett SUMMER HOUSE WITH SWIMMING POOL by Herman Koch THE UNDOING PROJECT by Michael Lewis 2016 THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by David James Brown THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende THE GOLUM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain TENDING TO THE PAST by Jim McGinnis PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM by Kyring-Sook-Shen THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Simon Winchester THE NOTORIOUS RBG by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande MAISIE DOBBS BY Jacqueline Winspear 
2015 THIRTY GIRLS by Susan Minot THE STORIED LIFE OF A J FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin DEEP DOWN DARK by Hector Tobar ORPHAN TRAIN by Christine Baker Kline ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR BY Joshua Ferris THE DINNER by Herman Koch WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT by David Shafer ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS by Anna Quindlen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE by Maeve Binchy MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE by Evan Connell PRINCE OF TIDES by Pat Conroy THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett SKINWALKER by Tony Hillerman HEAT AND DUST by Ruth Jhabvala DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP? By Powers A LAND REMEMBERED by Patrick Smith BITTERSWEET by LaVyrle Spencer THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan BURDEN OF PROOF by Scott Turow TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR by Alice Walker FOREVER ISLAND by Patrick Smith A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED by M. Scott Peck THE GULEG ARCHIPELAGO by Alexander Solzhenitsyn THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE by Forrest Carter THE BIBLE AND THE SWORD by Barbara Tuchman MYTHS TO LIVE BY by Joseph Campbell THE PRINCE by Niccolo Machiavelli ANN SEXTON by Caroline K. B. Hall IF TOMORROW COMES by Sidney Shelton MY SON’S STORY/A SPORT OF NATURE by Nadine Gortimer EYE OF THE DRAGON by Stephen King THE FIREBRAND by Marion Zimmer Bradley WOMEN WHO RUN WITH WOLVES by Clarissa Estes Pinkola HAPPY ALL THE TIME by Lorie Colwin GRIFFIN AND SABIN by Nick Bantock REMAINS OF THEDAY by Kazuo Ishiguro MANY LIVES, MANY MASTERS by Brian L. Weiss I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou THE HANDMAID’S TABLE by Margaret Atwood TRINITY by Leon Uris LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel DISCLOSURE by Michael Crichton THE LAUGHING PLACE by Pam Durban POLAR STAR or RED SQUARE by Martin Cruz Smith MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS’ FIRST 100 YEARS by Sadie & Bessie Delany PILGRIM AT TINKER’S CREEK by Annie Dillard A LESSON BEFORE DYING by Ernest J. Gaines CROCODILE ON SANDBANK by Elizabeth George ALL THE PRETTY HORSES by Carmac McCarthy THE MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER by Marlo Morgan DARKNESS VISIBLE by William Styron DARK RIVERS OF THE HEART by Dean Koontz THE WEDDING by Dorothy West WATERWORKS by E. L. Doctorow RANGE OF MOTION by Elizabeth Berg BEACH MUSIC by Pat Conroy LADDER OF YEARS by Anne Tyler ACCEPTABLE RISK by Robin Cook ABSOLUTE POWER by David Balducci THE BEAN TREES by Barbara Kingsolver FOOTPRINTS by Shelby Hearon SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS by Connie Mae Fowler ALIAS GRACE by Margaret Atwood BLACK WATER by Joyce Carol Oates CHARMS FOR THE EASY LIFE by Kaye Gibbons A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER by Michael Dorris JUST DESSERTS by jerry Oppenheimer THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields OBJECT LESSONS by Anna Quindlen LUCKY JIM by Kingley Amis STONES FROM THE RIVER by Ursula Hegi FAMILY LINEN by Lee Smith SHE’S COME UNDON by Wally Lamb MASTER AND COMMANDER by Patrick O’Brien DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin MIDWIVES by Chris Bohjalian THE LAST DAY by Glenn Kleier SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson ROCKET BOYS: A MEMOIR by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. THE READER by Bernhard Schlink THE SECRET BOOK OF GRAZIA DEI ROSSI: A NOVEL by Jacqueline Park THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O’Brien THE DESCENT OF WOMAN by Elaine Morgan THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver ARISTOCRATS; CAROLINE, EMILY, LOUISA AND SARAH LENNOX by Stella Tillyard HANNIBEL by Thomas Harris THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON by Barbara Kingsolver THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffrey Eugenides POPE JOAN by Donna Woolfolk Cross GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan Lethem AHAB’S WIFE by Sena Jeter Naslund A FINE BALANCE or SUCH A LONG JOURNEY by Rohinton Mistry FUGITIVE PIECES by Anne Michaels CRAZY IN ALABAMA by Mark Childress THE SHIPPING NEWS by E. Annie Proulx THE SECOND COMING by Walker Percy AVA’SMAN by Rick Bragg MAN AND BOY by Tony Parsons MISTRESS OF SPICES by Chitra Divakaruni THE ALPHABET VERSUS THE GODDESS by Leonard Shlain RHODA: A LIFE IN STORIES by Ellen Gilchrist JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough THE LOVELY BONES or LUCKY by Alice Sebold YEAR OF WONDERS: A NOVEL OF THE PLAGUE by Geralding Brooks A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE by William Manchester AN EQUAL MUSIC by Vikram Seth or DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD by Lynn Sharon Schwartz THE BINDING CHAIR by Kathryn Harrison THE SOLICE OF LEAVING EARLY by Haven Kimmel GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE by Susan Vreeland THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen L. Carter PREY by Michael Crichton BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg I, RICHARD by Elizabeth George BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett ONE RUE TATIN: LIVING AND COOKING IN A FRENCH TOWN by Susan Hermann Loomis HOW TO BE GOOD by Nick Hornby EASTER ISLAND by Jennifer Vanderbes THE PURSUIT OF ALICE THRIFT by Elinor Lipman THE SWEET POTATO QUEENS’ BOOK OF LOVE by Jill Conner Browne LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel MOONLIFHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH by Gina Nahai THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides A CUP OF FRIENDSHIP by Deborah Rodriguez THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks MY STROKE OF INSIGHT by July Bolte Taylor, Phd THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach THE MAIN CORPSE by Diane Mott Davidson THE TIGER'S WIFE by Tea Obreht STATE OF WONDER or PATRON SAINT OF LIARS by Ann Patchett THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides GEORGIA BOTTOMS by Mark Childress WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST by Gregory Maguire BIRTH OF VENUS by Sarah Dunant THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini STATE OF FEAR by Michael Crichton BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS by Sarah-Kate Lynch A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR by Mark Halprin THE EGYPTOLOGIST by Arthur Phillips WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Dai Sijie THE CONSTANT PRINCESS by Philippa Gregory MONTANA 1948 by Larry Watson MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Tracy Kidder THE READING GROUP by Elizabeth Noble THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN by Janet Gleeson JULIEAND JULIA by Julie Powell FRENCH WOMEN DON’T GET FAT by Mireille Guiliano THE SAMURAI’S GARDEN by Gail Tsukiyama THE MERCY OF THIN AIR by Ronlyn Domingue THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS by John Berendt HOW ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SAVED MY LIFE by Mameve Medved LEAP! WHAT WILL BE DO WITH THE REST OF OUR LIVES? by Sara Davidson THE COLLECTION by Gioria Diliberto THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT by Jeffrey Toobin MY GRANDFATHER'S SON by Clarence Thomas THE KNITTING CIRCLE by Ann Hood PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks PLAYING FOR PIZZA by John Grisham THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL by Louise Murphy LEEWAY COTTAGE by Beth Gutcheon THE LANGUAGE OF THREADS by Gail Tsukiyama THE SYRINGA TREE by Pamela Gien LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME by Vendela Veda AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD by Annie Dillard THE MISSION SONG by John LeCarre OUT STEALING HORSES, TO SIBERIA or IN THE WAKE by Per Petterson WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga TALL GRASS by Sandra Dallas THE AIR WE BREATHE by Andrea Barrett THE DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian THE LEGEND OF VINNY WHISKERS by Gregory Kemp THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS by Jason F. Wright THE BOOK OFAIR AND SHADOWS by Michael Gruber THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows WORLD WITH END by Ken Follett I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE by Julia Glass STORYVILLE by Lois Battle COMMITTED; A SKEPTIC MAKES PEACE WITH MARRIAGE by Elizabeth Gilbert THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG by Muriel Barbery DOG ON IT by Spencer Quinn THE SHACK: WHERE TRAGEDY CONFRONTS ETERNITY by William P. Young THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY by A.J. Jacobs THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann WHY MY THIRD HUSBAND WILL BE A DOG by Lisa Scottoline LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana De Rosnay CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese LUNCH IN PARIS: A LOVE STORY WITH RECIPES by Elizabeth Bard TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES: A MOTHER-DAUGHTER STORY by Sue Monk Kidd A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Gollrick THE HIDDEN MAN by David Ellis THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE by Aimee Bender THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka THE SANDCASTLE GIRLS by Chris Bohjalian THE CAT'S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje GOLD: A NOVEL by Chris Cleave UNDERCOVER IN AFGHANISTAN by Gregory Kemp GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn THE SHARPER YOUR KNIFE, THE LESS YOU CRY by Kathleen Finn A SECRET KEPT by Tatiana DeRosnay WOLF HALL or BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel CANADA by Richard Ford ON GOLD MOUNTAIN by Lisa Sees ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM by Matt Beyon Rees DARK PLACES or SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn CITY OF THIEVES by David Benioff WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE by Maria Semple DAVID & GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON by Adam Johnson THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Eric Lawson THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M.L. 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