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Book Club Book List Last Updated April 2021 Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Book Club Book List last updated September 2021 Achebe, Chinua Anthills of the Savannah Aug-89 Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart Mar-08 Aciman, Andre Out of Egypt May-96 Aciman, Andre Call Me by Your Name Feb-08 Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Americanah Jul-15 Adiga, Aravind White Tiger Jun-09 Albee, Edward Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Alcott, Louisa May Little Women Allende, Isabel House of the Spirits Sep-86 Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune Nov-00 Allende, Isabel The Japanese Lover Sep-17 Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina Jun-93 Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Oct-92 Alvarez, Julia Afterlife Oct-20 Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio Jan-96 Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes at the Museum Jan-99 Atkinson, Kate Life After Life Oct-13 Atkinson, Kate Transcription Apr-19 Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale Mar-87 Atwood, Margaret Cat's Eye Jan-90 Atwood, Margaret The Edible Woman Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace May-01 Auel, Jean M. The Clan of the Cave Bear Austen, Jane Emma Jul-87 Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice Mar-96 Auster, Paul In the Country of Last Things Feb-91 Auster, Paul The Invention of Solitude May-91 Auster, Paul Mr. Vertigo Feb-96 Backman, Fredrik A Man Called Ove Jan-17 Bail, Murray Eucalyptus Jan-00 Banks, Russell Rule of the Bone Oct-02 Barbery, Muriel The Elegance of the Hedgehog Jul-09 Bardem, Jane Old Filth Sep-21 Barker, Pat Regeneration Jul-96 Barnes, Julian The Sense of an Ending Dec-12 Barrett, Andrea Ship Fever Sep-97 Bayley, John Elegy for Iris Feb-00 Beerbohm, Max Zuleika Dobson Oct-98 Begley, Louis About Schmidt Mar-99 Bennett, Alan An Uncommon Reader Jun-16 Bloom, Amy Love Invents Us Apr-98 Bohjalian, Chris Skeletons at the Feast Dec-11 Bohjalian, Chris The Sandcastle Girls Mar-13 Boo, Katherine Behind the Beautiful Forevers Jan-13 Boyle, T Coraghessan Drop City Apr-04 Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine Brink. Andre A Dry, White Season Aug-87 Brookner, Anita The Misalliance Jun-88 Brooks, Geraldine Year of Wonders Mar-05 Broom, Sarah The Yellow House Apr-20 Brown, Daniel James The Boys in the Boat Nov-15 Brown, Rosellen Before and After Oct-93 Burns, Olive Ann Cold, Sassy Tree Apr-89 Butler, Robert Olen A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Dec-93 Butler, Samuel The Way of All Flesh Feb-85 Byatt, A.S. Possession Feb-92 Byatt, A.S. The Matisse Stories Jan-98 Cain, Susan Quiet, the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking May-14 Canin, Ethan Blue River Mar-95 Carey, Peter Parrot and Olivier in America Aug-11 Carter, Forrest The Education of Little Tree Book Club Book List last updated September 2021 Carver, Raymond What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Feb-84 Cary, Joyce The Horse's Mouth Mar-00 Cather, Willa My Antonia May-84 Cather, Willa Death Comes to the Archbishop Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Mar-02 Chabon, Michael Moonglow May-17 Chase, Joan During the Reign of the Queen of Persia Jan-86 Chatwin, Bruce The Songlines Nov-94 Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring Apr-01 Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street Nov-93 Cleave, Chris Little Bee Dec-10 Coates, Ta-Nehisi Between the World and Me Apr-16 Coetzee, J. M. Disgrace Aug-01 Cohen, Paula Marantz Jane Austen in Boca Feb-05 Colwin, Laurie Happy All the Time May-90 Connell, Evan S. Mr. Bridge/Mrs. Bridge Jan-91 Conway, Jill Ker The Road to Coorain Apr-91 Cooper, Helene The House at Sugar Beach Dec-09 Coupland, Douglas Shampoo Planet Jul-93 Coupland, Douglas Generation X Craig, Charmaine Miss Burma Jun-19 Crystal, Billy Still Foolin' "em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going… Jan-15 Cunningham, Laura Sleeping Arrangements Feb-02 Cunningham, Michael The Hours Sep-00 Danticat, Edwidge The Dewbreaker Aug-05 Danticat, Edwidge Claire of the Sea Light Sep-15 Daoud, Kamel The Meursault Investigation Mar-16 Davies, Robertson Fifth Business Feb-89 de Bernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin Dec-87 de Bernieres, Louis Birds without Wings Dec-07 DeLillo, Don White Noise Feb-86 Desai, Kiran The Inheritance of Loss Mar-07 Dexter, Pete Brotherly Love Feb-93 Doctorow, E. L. Billy Bathgate Mar-90 Doctorow, E. L. The March Nov-06 Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See Nov-14 Donoghue, Emma Room Jun-11 Dumont, Sarah The Birth of Venus Apr-05 Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter Feb-07 Egan, Jennifer A Visit from the Goon Squad Oct-11 Egan, Jennifer Manhattan Beach Apr-18 Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Jun-00 Eggers, Dave What Is the What Jan-08 Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed:On (Not) Getting By in America Dec-03 Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havana Aug-04 Eliot, George Middlemarch Elkin, Stanley Mrs. Ted Bliss Apr-97 Ellis, Alice Thomas The Summer House Aug-94 Engel, Marian Bear Oct-87 Englander, Nathan Ministry of Special Cases Oct-12 Erdrich, Louise Love Medicine Feb-87 Erdrich, Louise The Round House May-13 Erdrich, Louise La Rose Oct-16 Erdrich, Louise The Nightwatchman Aug-20 Erpenbeck, Jenny Go, Went, Gone Mar-20 Esquirel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate Sep-94 Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex Feb-04 Eugenides, Jeffrey The Marriage Plot May-12 Faulkner, William The Reivers Faulks, Sebastian Birdsong May-98 Book Club Book List last updated September 2021 Faulks, Sebastian Charlotte Gray Jan-01 Ferris, Joshua Then We Came to the End Aug-10 Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, Penelope The Blue Flower Jun-98 Flagg, Fanny Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Feb-88 Flanagan, Richard The Narrow Road to the Deep North Oct-15 Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary Foer, Jonathan Safran Everything Is Illuminated Feb-03 Ford, Jamie Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Nov-12 Ford, Richard Wildlife Nov-95 Ford, Richard The Lay of the Land Sep-07 Ford, Richard Canada Jul-13 Forster, E. M. Howard's End May-92 Forster, E.M. A Room with a View Apr-86 Fowler, Karen Joy The Jane Austen Book Club Oct-05 Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections Jan-03 Franzen, Jonathan Freedom Jul-11 Frayn, Michael Headlong Mar-01 Frayn, Michael Skios Jun-13 French, Tana The Witch Elm Feb-19 French, Tana The Searcher Jun-21 Fuentes, Carlos The Old Gringo May-88 Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying Jul-94 Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Chronicle of a Death Foretold May-86 Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Love in the Time of Cholera May-89 Garcia Marquez, Gabriel One Hundred Years of Solitude Jul-89 Gardner, John Grendel Oct-08 Gates, Henry Louis Colored People: A Memoir Nov-95 Gibbons, Kaye Charms for the Easy Life Jul-99 Gilbert, Elizabeth The Signature of All Things Mar-15 Glass, Julia Three Jules Jul-03 Gogol, Nikolai Dead Souls Goldberg, Myla Bee Season Oct-01 Golding, William Rites of Passage Jul-88 Goodman, Allegra Katterskill Falls Nov-99 Gordimer, Nadine July's People Nov-85 Gordimer, Nadine The House Gun Apr-00 Gordimer, Nadine The Pickup Sep-05 Gordon, Mary Final Payments Graham, Katharine Personal History Nov-98 Grann, David Killers of the Flower Moon Jan-19 Greene, Melissa Fay Praying for Sheetrock Jun-92 Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars Oct-96 Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Sep-04 Hamid, Kahlil Exit West Jul-18 Hamid, Mohsin The Reluctant Fundamentalist Aug-09 Hamill, Pete Snow in August Aug-98 Hamsun, Knut Growth of the Soil Hannah, Kristin The Nightingale Sep-16 Hannah, Kristin The Four Winds Nov-21 Harbach, Chad The Art of Fielding Jul-12 Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure Feb-90 Harup Plainsong Jul-01 Hegi, Ursula Stones from the River Dec-97 Heinemann, Larry Paco's Story Jan-88 Helprin, Mark A Soldier of the Great War Sep-92 Helprin, Mark Winter's Tale Aug-06 Hijuelos, Oscar The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Sep-90 Hoeg, Peter Smilla's Sense of Snow Jan-95 Honeyman, Gail Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Aug-19 Hornby, Nicholas High Fidelity Jan-97 Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Jul-04 Book Club Book List last updated September 2021 Hosseini, Khaled A Thousand Splendid Suns May-08 Humphreys, Josephine Rich in Love Oct-89 Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God Jun-86 Hurston, Zora Neale Dust Tracks on a Road 1984? Ibsen, Henrik Hedda Gabler/The Wild Duck Irving, John The World According to Garp Irving, Jon Cider House Rules Nov-86 Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day Nov-90 Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go Sep-06 Jacobson, Howard The Finkler Question Feb-11 Jahren, Hope Lab Girl Jun-17 James, Henry Washington Square Jen, Gish Mona in the Promised Land Jul-97 Jen, Gish Typical American Dec-99 Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Heat and Dust May-85 Jin, Ha Waiting Oct-00 Johnson, Adam The Orphan Master's Son Sep-13 Johnson, Charles Middle Passage Apr-92 Johnson, Diane Le Divorce Mar-98 Jones, Edward P The Known World Jun-04 Jones, Lloyd Mr. Pip Feb-09 Jones, Tayari An American Marriage Nov-18 Jonson, T. Geronimo Welcome to Braggsville Dec-15 Joyce, Eddie Small Mercies Aug-17 Joyce, James Ulysses Nov-10 Junger, Sebastian The Perfect Storm Sep-99 Karr, Mary The Liars' Club Sep-96 Keefe, Patrick Radden Say Nothing Jun-20 King, Lily Euphoria Jun-15 Kingsolver, Barbara Animal Dreams Aug-93 Klay, Phil Redeployment May-15 Kline, Christina Baker Orphan Train Oct-14 Klune, T.J.
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