Johnston Book Club Reads List does not guarantee availability of items. To reserve multiple copy items, contact the Johnston Public Library at 515-278-5233.
Title Author Copies
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 5 An Hour Before Daylight Jimmy Carter 10 And Still We Rise Miles Corwin 11 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 15 The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein 15 At Home in Mitford Jan Karon 8 Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy 15 The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver 11 The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison 5 The Book of Ruth Jane Hamilton 6 Bound Donna Napoli 10 The Camel Bookmobile Masha Hamilton 10 The Cider House Rules John Irving 10 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 7 The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett 15 Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende 7 Digging to America Anne Tyler 8 Driftless David Rhodes 15 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 10 Emily Post Laura P. Claridge 15 Evidence of Things Unseen Marianne Wiggins 10 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom 10 The Five Quarters of the Orange Joanne Harris 7 Garlic and Sapphires Ruth Reichl 15 The Geography of Bliss Eric Weiner 15 Gilead Marilyn Robinson 5 Girl in Translation Jean Kwok 15 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck 5 Great Expectations Charles Dickens 15 Hanna’s Daughters Marianne Fredriksson 7 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling 10 Here on Earth Alice Hoffman 6 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 15 The Hours Michael Cunningham 8 Title Author Copies
House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus 8 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 9 I’ll Never Be French Mark Greenside 15 Icebound Jerri Nielsen 8 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot 15 The Irregulars Jennet Conant 7 It’s Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street Emma Williams 15 Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta 15 Jungle Law Victoria Vinton 10 Kabul Beauty School Deborah Rodriguez 9 Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger 10 Left Behind Tim F. LaHaye 5 Like Water For Chocolate Laura Esquivel 12 The Little Book Selden Edwards 10 Loving Frank Nancy Horan 10 Lucky Man Michael J. Fox 11 A Map of the World Jane Hamilton 8 Morality for Beautiful Girls Alexander McCall Smith 13 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie 15 My Name is Mary Sutter Robin Oliveira 15 Niagara Falls All Over Again Elizabeth McCracken 10 Night Elie Wiesel 4 No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 13 Old School Tobias Wolff 15 Once Upon a Marigold Jean Ferris 9 The Particular Sadness of a Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 15 The Patron Saint of Liars Ann Patchett 15 Peace Like a River Leif Enger 8 The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood 15 People of the Book Geraldine Brooks 15 The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve 6 Plainsong Kent Haruf 12 Poet of Tolstoy Park Sonny Brewer 9 The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver 14 Possession A.S. Byatt 10 Postville Stephen Bloom 6 Queen of the Road Doreen Orion 12 2
Title Author Copies
Quilter’s Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 10 Rabbit Run John Updike 7 The Reader Bernhard Schlink 7 Red Tent Anna Diamont 11 Revolution Jennifer Donnelly 15 The Rope Walk Carrie Brown 9 Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd 7 Sing Them Home Stephanie Kallos 15 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt 15 Snow Falling On Cedars David Guterson 12 A Sound Like Thunder Sonny Brewer 10 Splendid Solution Jeffrey Kluger 5 Still Life With Chickens Catherine Goldhammer 15 Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder 15 Summer At Tiffany Marjorie Hart 5 Tara Road Maeve Binchy 9 Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith 12 The Tiger’s Wife Tea Obreht 15 The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger 9 Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett 15 Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 14 29 Gifts Cami Walker 14 Vinegar Hill A.M. Ansay 6 A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 15 A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson 5 We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates 5 Wesley the Owl Stacey O”Brien 15 The Widower’s Tale Julia Glass 15 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte 5 The Zookeeper’s Wife Diane Ackerman 10
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