BOOK CLUBS
2020 Reading Selections
MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
Meets 2nd Wednesday every month at 4 pm. All welcome.
We often choose an author and read any book in a series.
Feb. 12 John D. MacDonald, Travis McGee series, Florida
Mar 11 Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling), Cormoran Strike series, NYC
Apr 8 Peter Robinson, Inspector Alan Banks series, Yorkshire, England
May 13 Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow series, Portland
Jun 10 M.L. Longworth, Stranded in Provence series, south of France
Jul 8 John Sandford, Virgil Flowers series, Minnesota
Aug 12 John Connolly, Charlie Parker series, Ireland
Sep 9 Walter Mosley, Down the River, Unto the Sea, NYC (Edgar Award winner for 2019)
Oct 14 Lawrence Block, recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder series, set in NYC
Nov 11 Elly Griffiths, Dr. Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist series, Norfolk, England
Dec 9 Ruth Myers, Maggie Sullivan series, Dayton, OH, before WWII
Jan 13, 2021 Laura Litman, Baltimore-based series
The OTHER BOOK CLUB
Meets 4th Wednesday every month at 10 am. All Welcome.
Jan. 22. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson. Fiction. 208 p.
Feb.26. The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Fiction. 402 p.
Mar. 25. cancelled
Apr. 22. On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin. Fiction. 248p.
May 27. Call Me American: A Memoir, by Abdi Nor Iftin. Nonfiction. 320 p
June 24. Becoming Nicole, by Amy Ellis Nutt. Biography
2020 and 2019 NEW Adult BOOKS
2020 NEW BOOKS
NEW BOOKS DEC. 2019
NEW BOOKS DEC. 2019
NEW ADULT BOOKS, FEB. 2020
Isabel Allende: A Long Petal of the Sea.
Marie Benedict: Lady Clementine
Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt
Hilary Mantel: The Mirror of Light
Ann Napolitano: Dear Edward
Danielle Steel: Moral Compass
Magna Szabo: Abigail
Mystery, Suspense
Jussi Adler-Olsen: Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel
C.J. Box: Long Range (Joe Pickett)
Tom Clancy and Marc Cameron: Code of Honor
Joseph Finder: House on Fire
Lisa Gardner: When You See Me.
Donna Leon: Trace Elements: A Comissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Liz Moore: Long Bright River
James Patterson: Lost
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: Crooked River
Kwei Quartey: The Missing American
Peter Robinson: Many Rivers to Cross
Charles Todd: A Divided Loyalty Backordered
Brad Taylor: Hunter Killer: A Pike Logan Novel
Stuart Woods: Treason
Nonfiction:
Jung Chang: Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Roberts funds:
Brian Kilmeade: Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed AmericanHistory
Erik Larson: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Jean Edward Smith: The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
E. B White: On Democracy
Fraser funds
Peter Wohlleben: The Hidden Life of Trees
NEW BOOKS DEC. 2019
NEW BOOKS DEC. 2019
NEW BOOKS DEC. 2019
NEW ADULT BOOKS, DEC. 2019
Marie Benedict: Only Woman in the Room
Elizabeth Berg: The Confession Club.
Erin Morgenstern: The Starless Sea
Jojo Moyes: The Giver of Stars
Chris Pavone: The Paris Diversion
Lara Prescott: The Secrets We Kept
Danielle Steel: Spy
Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again.
Book group choices
Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson
On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin
Call Me American: Memoir, by Abdi Nor Iftin.
Mystery/Suspense
David Baldacci: A Minute to Midnight (An Atlee Pine Thriller (2)
Leigh Bardugo: Ninth House
Jack Carr: Terminal List
Lee Child: Blue Moon (A Jack Reacher Novel)
Michael Connelly: The Night Fire (A Renée Ballard /Harry Bosch Novel)
Clive Cussler: Final Option (The Oregon Files)
Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille: The Deserter.
Allen Eskens: Nothing More Dangerous.
Vince Flynn: Lethal Agent (18 Mitch Rapp)
John Grisham: The Guardians
Robert Harris: The Second Sleep
Lisa Jewell: The Family Upstairs
Ragnar Jonasson: Blackout: Ari Thor Thriller (The Dark Iceland Series 3)
Ragnar Jonasson: Rupture: Ari Thor Thriller (The Dark Iceland Series 4)
Joseph Kanon: The Accomplice
John le Carré: Agent Running in the Field.
James Patterson: The 19th Christmas (Women's Murder Club (19)
Anne Perry: Death in Focus
Charles Todd: A Cruel Deception
Non Fiction
Brian Murphy: 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
Rachel Slade: Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro.
Michael Smith: An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
2019 Roberts Memorial
Edmund Morris: Edison
Children's Books * Book Clubs
NEW - CHILDREN 2020
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
New CHILDREN/YOUTH FEB. 2020
PICTURE BOOKS
Carl and the meaning of life / Deborah Freedman
Truman / Jean Reidy
EARLY READER
Chick and Brain : Smell my foot / Cece Bell
Charlie & Mouse even better / Laurel Snyder
Who is the mystery reader? / Mo Willems
EARLY CHAPTER
Narwhal's otter friend (Narwhal series, #4) / Ben Clanton
J FICTION
Ra, the Mighty : cat detective / A.B. Greenfield
Wrecking ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #14) / Jeff Kinney
J GRAPHIC
New kid / Jerry Craft (Newbery winner)
Dog Man : Fetch 22 (Dog Man series, #8)
Smile / Raina Telemeier
J NON-FICTION
Hey, water / Antoinette Portis
A ray of light / Walter Wick
YA FICTION
Lovely war / Julie Berry
The downstairs girl / Lee Stacey
One of us is next / Karen McManus
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
PICTURE BOOKS
Beaty, Andrea / Sofia Valdez, future prez
Cooper, Susan / The shortest day
Schachner, Judy /Stretchy McHandsome
Schertle, Alice / Good night, little blue truck
Sotomayer, Sonia / Just ask : be different, be brave, be you
Tavares, Matt / Dasher : how a brave little doe changed Christmas forever
Van Dusen, Chris / If I built a school (Maine)
EARLY CHAPTER
Hale,Shannon/Princess Black-bathtime battle
J FICTION
Burgis, Stephanie / The dragon with a chocolate heart
Colfer, Eoin / The dog who lost his bark
Crimi, Carolyn / Weird little robots
Di Camillo, Kate / Beverly, right here
Philbrick, Rodman / Wildfire (Maine)
Ursu, Anne / The lost girl
J GRAPHIC
Blabey, Aaron / Bad Guys in The Big Bad Wolf
Hale, Nathan / Major Impossible : Hazardous
Hale, Shannon / Best friends
White bird / R.J. Palacio
YA FICTION
Black, Holly / The Queen of Nothing
Lippincott, Rachael / Five feet apart
Pullman, Philip / The Secret Commonwealth
Shusterman,Neal / The Toll-Arc of the Scythe#3
Yoon, David / Frankly in love
Previous BOOK CLUBS
CHILDREN/YOUTH DEC. 2019
Previous BOOK CLUBS
2019 MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
We often read any book from a series.
Oct 9 – Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
Nov 13–Lori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps
Dec 11 – Robert Rotenberg, The Guilty Plea
2018 MYSTERY BOOK CLUB.
Sept.11:The President is Missing, Bill Clinton & James Patterson
Oct.9: Inspector Huss Series, Helen Tursten
Nov. 14: In a Dark, Dark Wood, Ruth Ware
Dec.12: The Cutting, James Hayman
2019 OTHER BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
June 26: Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover.
July 24: Girl with 7 Names, Hyeonseo Lee.
Aug. 28: Normal People, by Sally Rooney.
Sept. 25: The Shell Collector, Anthony Doerr.
Oct. 23: The Sympathizer,Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nov. 20: Crossing to Safety,Wallace Stegner.
2018 OTHER BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
June 27: This House of Sky: Ivan Doig.
July 25: Tangerine, Christine Mangan.
Aug. 22: Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi.
Sept. 26: Elephant Company: Vicki C. Croke.
Oct. 24: Killers of Flower Moon, D.Grann;
Nov. 14: Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid.