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Book

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2010

3.22

Feb 21 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel

Joanne

Mary M

7.23

Jan 10 Digging to America Anne Tyler

June

Nancy C

2009

6.41

Dec 6

Lost & Found Jacqueline Sheehan

Lynn

Nancy G

7.83

Nov 1

Triangle: The Fire that Changed America David Von Drehle

Marge

Ellen

8.04

Oct 4

The Help Kathryn Stockett

Nancy G

Mary S

7.38

Sep 13

The Double Bind Chris Bohjalian

Mary S

Rachel

5.73 

Aug 2 The Girl in the Italian Bakery

Kenneth Tingle

Mary M

Sheila

7.23

Jun 7

The Condition Jennifer Haigh

Anne

June

5.28

May 3

The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery

Nancy C

Mary M

7.125

Apr 5

Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

Michele

Anne

7.67

Mar 1

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne

Sheila

Ellen

7.45

Feb 8

Someone Knows my Name Lawrence Hill

Connie

Nancy C

8.69

Jan 4

A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini

Ellen

Michele and Lynn

2008

 

Dec 7

The Girl With The Golden Shoes Colin Channer

Rachel

Mary S

6.4

Nov 2

Belong to Me Marisa De Los Santos

June

Marge

5.94

Oct 5

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama

Lynn

Nancy G

7.4

Sept 7

Maisie DobbsJacqueline Winspear

Marge

Michele & Lynn

8.42

Aug 3Moloka'i

Alan Brennert

Nancy G

Michele & Lynn

5.89

July 13

Keeping Faith Jodi Picoult

Mary S

June
7.0June 8A Simple PlanScott Smith

Anne

Mary M
7.09May 4Falling Through the EarthDanielle Trussoni

Mary M

Anne
6.18April 6Body SurfingAnita Shreve

Nancy C

Ellen
5.53March 2Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert

Michele

Connie
5.58Feb 10Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel García Márquez

Connie

Mary S
7.15Jan 6North RiverPete Hamill

Julie

Michele and Lynn
2007
7.1Nov 11Saturday Ian McEwan

Ellen

Michele and Lynn
7.0Oct 14A Widow For One YearJohn Irving

Rachel

Nancy G
7.35Sep 9Book of Bright IdeasSandra Kring

June

Rachel
6.0Aug 5Suite Francaise Irène Némirovsky

Lynn

Nancy C

5.0June 3Arthur and GeorgeJulian Barnes

Marge

June
8.57May 6Water for ElephantsSara GruenNancy GConnie
8.6April 1The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

Mary S

Anne

8.75

March 4

Kim Edwards

Mary M

Mary M

  Jan 7My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult

Anne

Ellen

2006

 Dec 3Pearl

Mary GordonNancy C

Anne

 Oct 22Name All the Animals

Alison SmithMichele

Nancy G

 Sep 9Lily's Ghost

Cheryl Drake HarrisConnieMary S (Wareham)
 Aug 6Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa SeeJulieJune
 July 9Mountains beyond Mountains

Tracy KidderEllenJulie
 June 11The Fortress of Solitude

Jonathan LethemRachelRachel
 

May 14

Shutter Island

Dennis LehaneJuneMarge
 April 2Sister of My Heart

Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniMargeDiane
 March 5Those Who Save Us

Jenna BlumLynn Michele & Lynn
 Feb 5The Summer Guest

Justin CroninNancy GMary S

2005

 Dec 4Crow Lake

Mary LawsonMary SMary S
 Nov 6The One-foot Waterfall

Frederick MandellMary MMichele and Lynn
 Oct 2Mrs. Kimble

Jennifer HaighAnneAnne
 Sep 11Deep Pockets

Lynda BarnesNancy C.Mary S (Wareham)
 Aug 7Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary RoachMicheleEllen
 July 10The Namesake

Jhumpa LahiriConnieNancy G
 June 5Cold Sassy Tree

Olive Ann BurnsJuneConnie
 May 1Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Dai Sijie, Ina Rilke (Translator)RachelMarge
  Apr 3The Big House

George Howe ColtJaneJune
  Mar 6The Kite Runner

Khaled HosseiniEllenEllen
  Feb 13The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark HaddonLynnMary S
  Jan 9Middlesex

  link from Jane: Here’s a brief account of the tragic life of the man with the botched circumcision that may have provided some of the background for Middlesex.  Articles and the book based on David Reimer’s life are cited at the end.

Jeffrey EugenidesMargeMichele &Lynn
2004
  Dec 5No book, movie night and Yankee Swap    Nancy C
  Nov 7Leap of Faith- Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

Queen NoorNancy GMary M
  Oct 3Eats, Shoots and Leaves

Lynn TrussMary SRachel
  Sept 12The Piano Tuner

Daniel MasonNancy CNancy G
  Aug 1The Caine Mutiny

Herman WoukMicheleMichele and Lynn
  Jul 11All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

Michael Patrick MacDonaldJulieJulie
  Jun 6Life of Pi

Yann MartelMary MMarge
  May 2The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret AtwoodConnieAnne
  April 4The Broken Places

Susan PeraboAnneConnie
  March 14The Activist's Daughter

Ellyn BacheRachelNancy C
  Feb 1 One thousand white women: the journals of May Dodd

Jim FergusLynnMichele & Lynn
  Jan 4The Street

Ann PetryEllenEllen
 2003
  Nov 2The Dive from Clausen's Pier

Ann PackerMargeRachel
  Sep 7Family Matters

Rohinton MistryNancy GMary S
  Aug 3Pope Joan

Donna Woolfolk CrossMary SMichele and Lynn
  July 13The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk KiddNancy CNancy G
  June 1Almost

Elizabeth BenedictMicheleAnne
  May 11Couldn't Keep It to Myself

Wally LambMary MDiane
  April 13The Chili Queen

Sandra DallasDianeConnie
  March 2Good in Bed

Jennifer WeinerConnieMary M
 

Feb 2

My Ántonia

Willa CatherRachelMary S
 

Jan 5

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Fay WeldonAnneNancy C
   2002
 

Dec 8

Cloud Cuckoo Land

more info

Lisa BordersLynnMichele&Lynn
 

Nov 3

Atonement

Ian McEwanEllenDiane
 

Oct 6

Back When We Were Grownups

Anne TylerMargeRachel
 

Sep 8

Red Water

Judith FreemanNancy GMarge
 

Aug 4

The Road from Coorain

Jill Ker ConwayMary SMary S
  Jul 7Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy TanNancy CNancy G
  Jun 1So Far from the Bamboo Grove

and

My Brother, My Sister and I

Yoko Kawashima WatkinsMary MEllen (in Wellfleet)
  May 5In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel PhilbrickMicheleMichele&Lynn
  Apr 7The Samurai's Garden

Gail TsukiyamaConnieAnne
  Mar 3Prodigal Summer

Barbara KingsolverRachelMichele&Lynn
  Feb 10Blind Assassin

Margaret AtwoodAnneMary M
  Jan 6Hometown

Tracy KidderJulie FNancy C
2001
  Nov 4Wicked

Gregory MaguireLynn WConnie
  Oct  14Anil's Ghost

Michael OndaatjeEllen GMichele&Lynn
  Sept 9Plainsong

Kent HarufMargeMichele & Lynn
  Aug 5Bee Season

Myla GoldbergNancy GMarge
  July 8Tulip Fever

Deborah MoggachDiane SMary S.
 

June 10

Ice Bound

Jerri Nielsen

Mary S.

Anne

 

May 13

Galileo’s Daughter

Dava Sobel 

Michele

Nancy G.

 

Apr.  8

House of Sand and Fog

 

Andre Dubus III 

Rachel

Ellen

 

Mar. 4

Black Mass

 

Dick Lehr 

Mary M.

Mary M.

 

Feb. 4

O is for Outlaw

 

Sue Grafton 

Nancy C.

Nancy C.

 

Jan. 7

The Red Tent

 

Anita Diamant 

Connie

Lynn & Michele

2000

 

Dec. 3

A Lesson Before Dying

 

Ernest Gaines

Anne

Mary S.

 

Nov. 12

The Hours

 

Michael Cunningham

Marge

Mary N.

 

Oct. 15

First They Killed My Father

 

Loung Ung

Lynn

Rachel

 

Sept. 17

Paper Daughter

 

M. Elaine Mar

Beth

Julie

 

Aug. 6

While I Was Gone

 

Sue Miller

Ellen

Ellen

 

July 9

Daughter of Fortune

 

Isabel Allende

Nancy G.

Janis & Beth

 

June 4

Girl with a Pearl Earring

 

Tracy Chavalier 

Julie

Mary S.

 

May 7

Girl Interrupted

 

Susanna Kaysen 

Mary S.

Mary M.

 

Apr. 9

How to Read a Poem 

 

Edward Hirsch

Mary N.

Anne

 

Mar. 5

The Reader

 

Bernhard Schlink

Anne

Nancy G.

 

Feb. 6

Revere Beach Boulevard

 

Roland Merullo

Janis

Connie

 

Jan. 9

A Soldier of the Great War

 

Mark Helprin

Diane

Lynn & Michele

1999 

 

Dec. 5

When I was Puerto Rican

 

Esmeralda Santiago 

Michele 

Mary S.

 

Nov. 14

The Beach

 

Alex Garland 

Rachel

Nancy C.

 

Sept. 26

Salt Water

 

Charles Simmons 

Connie

Rachel

 

Aug. 15

The Hope

 

Herman Wouk 

Michele

Mary N.

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The Bird Artist Howard Norman
She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
The Horse Whisperer  Nicholas Evans

The Color of Water   

James McBride

The Family Markowitz  

Allegra Goodman

Snow In August   

Pete Hamill

Correlli's Mandolin  

Louis De Bernieres

The Riders   

Tim ?

The Trial  

Franz Kafka

Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood   

Rebecca Wells

Ellen Foster   

Kaye Gibbons

Memoirs of a Geisha   

Arthur S. Golden

American Requiem  

James Carroll

Midwives   

Chris A. Bohjalian

Birdsong   

Sebastian Faulks

Into Thin Air   

Jon Krakauer

Regeneration   

Pat Barker

Are You Somebody  

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Strange Fits of Passion/ Pilot's Wife   

Anita Shreve