Previous book club picks:
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2023 Books
- December: TBA
- November: The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
- October: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - *Staff Favorite
- September: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- August: Circe by Madeline Miller
- July: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab - *Staff Favorite
- June: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- May: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
- April: Miss Eliza's English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs
- March: The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore
- February: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
- January: The Call of the Wrens by Jenni L. Walsh - *Staff Favorite
2022 Books
- December: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- November: Carnegie's Maid by Marie Bennedict
- October: The Prague Sonata by Bradford Morrow
- September: The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
- August: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner - *Staff Favorite
- July: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- June: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner - *Staff Favorite
- May: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
- April: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
- March: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
- February: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
- January: The Last Blue by Isla Morley - *Staff Favorite
2021 Books
- December: Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson - *Staff Favorite
- November: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
- October: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy - *Staff Favorite
- September: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
- August: Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior
- July: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - *Staff Favorite
- June: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- May: Becoming by Michelle Obama - *Staff Favorite
- April: The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
- March: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- February: The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell - *Staff Favorite
- January: There There by Tommy Orange
2020 Books
- December: This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger - *Staff Favorite
- November: Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison - *Staff Favorite
- October: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michele Richardson
- September: Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano
- August: The Weight of a Piano by Chris Candor
- July: A Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans
- June: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- May: Howards End by E. M. Forster
- April: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher - *Staff Favorite
- March: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- February: Beloved by Toni Morrison
- January: By the Book by Julia Sonneborn
2019 Books
- December: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
- November: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - *Staff Favorite
- October: The Overstory by Richard Powers
- September: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- August: English Creek by Ivan Doig
- July: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- June: The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart - *Staff Favorite
- May: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - *Staff Favorite
- April: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
- March: Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
- February: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - *Staff Favorite
- January: The History of Bees by Maja Lunde - *Staff Favorite
2018 Books
- December: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- November: The River Wife by Jonis Agee
- October: Watch for Me on the Mountain by Forrest Carter
- September: Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance - *Staff Favorite
- August: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundahti Roy
- July: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
- June: The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker - *Staff Favorite
- May: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
- April: We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
- March: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
- February: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- January: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
2017 Books
- December: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- November: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - *Staff Favorite
- October: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - *Staff Favorite
- September: A Narrow Bridge by J. J. Gesher - *Staff Favorite
- August: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- July: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- June: Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt
- May: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig - *Staff Favorite
- April: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- March: Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- February: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
- January: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
2016 Books
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