Current and Future Selections

October - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
November - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
December - Viewing of the movie version of The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008 Selections

January - A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
February - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
April - Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
May - The Plot Against America - Phillip Roth
June - The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama
July - Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
August - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
September - The Girls by Lori Lansens

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Selections from Past Years

2007
January  - An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
February - The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
March - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
April - A Painted House by John Grisham
May - Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
June - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
July - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
August - The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
September - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
October - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
November - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
December - Viewing of "Simon Birch", based on the novel  A Prayer for Owen Meany

2006
January - Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
February - Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
March - Folly by Laurie I. King
April - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
May - Blessings by Anna Quindlen
June - Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
July - One Thousand White Woman: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
August - Cup of Light by Nicole Mones
September - On The Beach by Nevil Shute
November - Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
December - Skinny Dip by Carl Haissen

2005
January - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
February - The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
March - How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
April - The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
May - The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy
June - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
July - A Sweetness to the Soul by Jane Kirkpatrick
August - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
September - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
October - The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
November - When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
December - The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison

2004
January - The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
February - Wild Life by Molly Gloss
March - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
April - Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
May - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
June - I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
July - The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
August - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
September - The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
October - Coming Attractions by Fannie Flagg
November - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
December - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

2003
January - House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende
February - Lambs of God by Marlene Day
March - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
April - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
May - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
June - The Giver by Lois Lowry
July - Open House by Elizabeth Berg
August - Wild Justice by Philip Margolin
September - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
October - Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
November - Storm Riders by Craig Lesley
December - Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier

2002
April - Ricochet River by Robin Cody
May - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Leguin
June - The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
July - The Road from Coorain by Jill Conway
August - Medea by Euripedes
September - A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
October - A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
November - The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
December - Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer