Coos Bay Book Club Reading Lists

2024-2025 Book Group selections

September – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
October – The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
November – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
December – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
January – The Giver by Lois Lowry
February – 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
March – The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
April – Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
May – Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

2023-2024 Book Group selections

September – A Gentlemen in Moscow by Amos Towles
October – Universe of Two by Stephen Kiernan
November – Horse by Geraldine Brooks
December – The Maid by Nita Prose
January – Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks
February – The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
March – The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
April – An Immense World by Ed Yong
May – Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

2022-2023 Book Group selections

September – Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
October – The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
November – The Hidden Half of Nature by David Montgomery
December – The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
January – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
February – In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
March – The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
April – The Exiles by Christine Baker Kline
May – Secrets Of The Savanna by Mark and Delia Owens

2021-2022 Book Group selections

September –THE CODE BREAKER by Walter Isaacson
October – CITY OF GIRLS by Elizabeth Gilbert
November – CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson
December – WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP by Fannie Flagg
January – THE GIVER OF STARS by JoJo Moyes
February- LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
March – BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
April – ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrik Backman
May – THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Fiona Davis

2020-2021 Book Group selections

September – THE OVERSTORY by Richard Powers
October – BEFORE WE WERE YOURS– by Lisa Wingate
November – HAZARDS OF TIME TRAVEL by Joyce Carol Oates
December – TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell
January – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
February- UNSHELTERED by Barbara Kingsolver
March – NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty
April – WHERE THE CRAWDAD SINGS by Delia Owens
May – EDUCATED by Tara Westover

2019-2020 Book Group selections

September – THE ART FORGER –  B.A. Shapiro
October – BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY – Ruta Sepetys
November – THE LIBRARY BOOK – Susan Orlean
December – FLIGHT – Sherman Alexie
January – 99 NIGHTS IN LOGAR – Jamil Jan Kochai
February- TO THE LIGHTHOUSE – Virginia Wolfe
March – ALL THE LIVES WE EVER LIVED – Katharine Smyth
April – HAZARDS OF TIME TRAVEL – Joyce Carol Oates
May – UNSHELTERED – Barbara Kingsolver

2018-2019 Book Group selections

September – INVENTION OF NATURE – Andrea Wulf
October – ASTORIA – Peter Stark
November – GEORGE – Alex Gino
December – TORTILLA FLATS – John Steinbeck
January – HIGHEST TIDE – James Lynch
February – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – David Grann
March – SPILL SIMMER FALTER WITHER – Sara Baume
April – SAME SKY – Amanda Ward
May – GOOD DAUGHTERS – Joyce Maynard

2017-2018 Book Group selections

September – THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson
October – THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen
November – BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos
December – A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman
January – LAST BUS TO WISDOM by Ivan Doig
February – UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand
March – DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
April – THE HOUR OF LAND by Terry Tempest Williams
May – HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly

2016-2017 Book Group selections

September – ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
October – BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates
November – ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELLL AND JAMES by Emma Hooper
December – OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf
January – THE HUSBAND’S SECRET by Liann Moriarty
February – THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
March – LAND OF LOVE AND DROWNING by Tiphanie Yanique
April – SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
May – CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA by Anthony Marra

2015-2016 Book Group selections

September- THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
October- THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund de Waal
November- THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
December- THE PEARL by John Steinbeck
January- THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin
February- THE LEMON TREE by Sandy Tolan
March- A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki
April- THE PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB by Sandra Dallas
May- ISAAC’S STORM by Erik Larson

2013-2014 Book Group selections

September- THE SECRETS OF MARY BOWSER by Lois Leveen
October- AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
November- THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje
December- THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
January- THE TOWER OF TREBIZOND by Rose Maccaulay
February- ARCADIA by Lauren Groff
March- MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD by Francisco X. Stork
April- THE RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard
May- A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute

2011-2012 Book Group selections

September- CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
October- LACUNA by Barbara Kingsolver
November- THE LACE READER by Brunonia Barry
December- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
January- OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson
February- HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
March- MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson
April- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot
May- THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG by Muriel Barbery

2010-2011 Book Group selections

September- THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
October- THE MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT by Brady Udall
November- WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë
December- A GATHERING OF OLD MEN by Ernest Gaines
January- EVA MOVES THE FURNITURE by Margot Livesey
February- STONER by John Williams
March- STONES FROM THE RIVER by Ursula Hegi
April- A COUNTRY CALLED HOME by Kim Barnes
May- IN THE SKIN OF A LION by Michael Ondaatje

2008-2009 Book Group selections

September- THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
October- SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
November- FAITH CLUB by Priscilla Warner
December- CROW LAKE by Mary Lawson
January- THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
February-STUBBORN TWIG by Lauren Kessler
March- THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O’Brian
April- THE FACTS OF LIFE by Graham Joyce
May- FALLING ANGELS by Tracy Chevalier

2006-2007 Book Group selections

September – THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory
October – LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
November – MARCH by Geraldine Brooks
December – SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See
January – PEARL by Mary Gordon
February – LUCKY by Alice Sebold
March – LIBRA by Don DeLillo
April – ZERO – THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA by Charles Seife
May – AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth

2005-2006 Book Group selections

September- DEEP SURVIVAL by Laurence Gonzales
October- THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
November- THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN by Anne Fadiman
December- THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon
January- EMMA by Jane Austen
February- THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB by Karen Fowler
March- THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER by Ann Packer
April- THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI by Andrew Sean Greer
May- READING IN THE DARK by Seamus Deane

2004-2005 Book Group selections

September- THE SONG OF THE LARK by Willa Cather
October- COMING ATTRACTIONS by Fannie Flagg
November- ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
December- CATCH 22 by Joanne Harris
January- THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason
February- WILD LIFE by Molly Gloss
March- PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver
April- ANIMAL DREAMS by Barbara Kingsolver
May- EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck

2003-2004 Book Group selections

September- MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Athur Golden
October- THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
November- STORM RIDERS by Craig Lesley
December- FALLING ANGELS by Tracy Chevalier
January- THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS by Isabelle Allende
February- LAMBS OF GOD by Marlene Day
March- PAY IT FORWARD by Catherine Ryan Hyde
April- WICKED by Gregory Maquire
May- THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant

2002-2003 Book Group selections

September- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennesse Williams
October- THE MEMORY OF OLD JACK by Wendell Barry
November- GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier
December- RULES OF THE ROAD by Joan Bauer
January- RICOCHET RIVER by Robin Cody
February- THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula Le Guin
March- THE SHIPPING NEWS by Annie Proulx
April- THE ROAD FROM COORAIN by Jill Conway
May- MEDIA by Euripedes

2000-2001 Book Group selections

September- SHARMILA’S BOOK by Bharti Kirchner
October- THE WHITE BONE by Barbara Gowdy
November- THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean
December- CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris
January- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
February- PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf
March- I AM THE CHEESE by Robert Cormier
April- CATFISH AND MANDALA by Pham
May- CROSSING TO SAFETY by Wallace Stegner

1998-1999 Book Group selections

September- THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy
October- DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells
November- THE COLOR OF WATER by James McBride
December- TWO OLD WOMEN by Velma Wallis
January- UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN by Frances Mayes
February- COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier
March- BETSEY BROWN by Ntozake Sharge
April- OPEN HOUSE by Elizabeth Berg
May- WILD JUSTICE by Philip Margolin