Adult Book Group History

Previous book club picks:

Bowse by year: 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2021

• December: TBA
• November: TBA
• 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

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2020

• 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

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2019

• 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

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2018

• 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

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2017

• 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

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2016

• December: Searching through archives
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