NP Library Book Club Reading Lists

2023 Book Group Selections

February – Beneath a Scarlet Sky – Mark Sullivan
March – Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka Brunt
April – Chatter: The Voices in Our Head – Ethan Kross
May – Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
June – Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
July –  Code Name Blue Wren – Jim Popkin
August– The Boys From Biloxi – John Grisham
September – The Maid – Nita Prose
October – The Hidden Half of Nature – David Montgomery
November – The Personal Librarian – Marie Benedict
Dececember – The Seed Keeper – Diane Wilson

2022 Book Group Selections

February – Come Fly the World – Julia Cooke
March – A Slow Fire Burning – Paula Hawkins
April – Nomadland – Jessica Bruder
May – Moloka’i – Alan Brennert
June – The Things We Cannot Say – Kelly Rimmer
July – Mine! – Michael Heller
August – Beautiful Country – Qian Julie Wang
September – The Exiles – Christine Baker Kline
October – Crow Lake – Mark Larson
November – West with Giraffes – Lynda Rutledge
December – Why We Sleep – Matt Walker

2021 Book Group Selections

February – City of Girls – Elizabeth Gilbert
March – Unsheltered – Barbara Kingsolver
April – Olive, Again– Elizabeth Strout
May – The Eighty-Dollar Champion – Elizabeth Letts
June – The Keeper of Lost Things – Ruth Hogan
July – The Night Watchman – Louise Erdrich
August – The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop – Fannie Flagg
September – News of the World– Paulette Jiles
October – Caste – Isabel Wilkerson
November – Anxious People – Fredrik Backman
December – The Book of Lost Friends – Lisa Wingate

2020 Book Group Selections

2019 Book Group Selections

February – BEARTOWN – Fredrik Backman
March – THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS – Michael Finkel
April – THE FRIEND – Sigrid Nunez
May – BORN A CRIME: STORIES FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDHOOD – Trevor Noah
June – THE LIBRARY BOOK – Susan Orlean
July – FAMILY TRUST – Kathy Wang
August – A THREAD OF GRACE – Mary Doria Russell
September – NINE PERFECT STRANGERS – Liane Moriarty
October – EDUCATED – Tara Westover
November – MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY – Fredrik Backman
December – THE GOOD NEIGHBOR: THE LIFE AND WORK OF FRED ROGERS – Maxwell King

2018 Book Group Selections

February – THE GOOD DAUGHTERS – Joyce Maynard
March – THE WRIGHT BROTHERS – David McCullough
April – THE REVISED FUNDAMENTALS OF CAREGIVING – Jonathan Evision
May – THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES – Jason Fagone
June – LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE – Celeste Ng
July – LAB GIRL – Hope Jahren
August – THE BRIGHT HOUR – Nina Riggs
September – THE GREAT ALONE – Kristin Hannah
October – HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE – John Leland
November – LOVE AND OTHER CONSOLATION PRIZES – Jamie Ford
December – BEFORE WE WERE YOURS – Lisa Wingate

2017 Book Group Selections

February – THE TIGER’S WIFE – Te?a Obreht
March – ELEPHANT COMPANY – Vicki Croke
April – CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY – Alan Patton
May – LAST BUS TO WISDOM – Ivan Doig
June – A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA – Anthony Marra
July – DEAD WAKE, THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA – Eric Larson
August – OUR SOULS AT NIGHT – Kent Haruf
September – THE GLASS UNIVERSE – Dava Sobel
October – WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR – Paul Kalanithi
November – THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colin Whitehead
December – THE PERFECT HORSE by Elizabeth Letts

2016 Book Group Selections

February – THE UNWINDING: AN INNER HISTORY OF THE NEW AMERICA – George Packer
March – MARY COIN – Marisa Silver
April – ASTORIA: JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND THOMAS JEFFERSON’S LOST PACIFIC EMPIRE – Peter Stark
May – THE INVENTION OF WINGS – Sue Monk Kidd
June – THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO – Anthony Marra
July – MARTIN MARTEN – Brian Doyle
August – A MAN CALLED OVE – Fredrik Backman
September – NEUROTRIBES: THE LEGACY OF AUTISM AND THE FUTURE OF NEURODIVERSITY – Steve Silberman
October – THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE – Edith Hahn-Beer
December – FORTUNE SMILES – Adam Johnson

2015 Book Group Selections

February – THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON – Adam Johnson
March – THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR – Yoko Ogawa
April – A MAP OF BETRAYAL – Ha Jin
May – THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY – Gabrielle Zevin
June – FALLING FROM HORSES – Molly Gloss
September – ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE – Anthony Doerr
October –THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE – Edward O. Wilson
November – THE ROSIE PROJECT – Graeme Simsion
December – DEEP DOWN DARK – Héctor Tobar

2014 Book Group Selections

February – RUNNING THE RIFT – Naomi Benaron
March – THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS – Vanessa Diffenbaugh
April – SWEET THUNDER – Ivan Doig
May – GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn
June – THE SEVEN SISTERS – Margaret Drabble
September – THE GOLDFINCH – Donna Tartt
October – THE PARIS WIFE – Paula McLain
November – THE BOYS IN THE BOAT – Daniel James Brown
December – MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE – Robin Sloan

2013 Book Group Selections

March – WHERE LILACS STILL BLOOM – Jane Kirkpatrick
April – THE OATH – by Jeffrey Toobin
May – BROOKLYN – by Colm Tóibín
June – THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC & WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE – by Julie Otsuka
July – THE ALCHEMIST – by Paulo Coelho
August – THE ROUND HOUSE – by Louise Erdrich
September – THE ORCHARDIST – by Amanda Coplin
October – THE RAZOR’S EDGE – by W. Somerset Maugham
November – FLIGHT BEHAVIOR – Barbara Kingsolver
December – PROOF OF HEAVEN – Eben Alexander

2012 Book Group Selections

January – THE IMPERFECTIONISTS – Tom Rachman
February – CUTTING FOR STONE – Abraham Verghese
March – THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS – Isabel Wilkerson
April – STATE OF WONDER – Ann Patchett
May – MIDDLESEX – Jeffrey Eugenides
June – IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS – Erik Larson
July – COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS – Alexandra Fuller
August – THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY – Heidi Durrow
September – OUTLIERS – Malcolm Gladwell
October – 1491 – Charles C. Mann
November – THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS – Rebecca Skloot
December – THE CAT’S TABLE – Michael Ondaatje

2011 Book Group Selections

January – LIFE’S THAT WAY – Jim Beaver
February – THE WHISTLING SEASON – Ivan Doig
March – TOO CLOSE TO THE FALLS – Catherine Gildiner
April – THE HELP – Kathryn Stockett
May – OUT STEALING HORSES – Per Petterson
June – MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND – Helen Simonson
July – CALEB’S CROSSING – Geraldine Brooks
August – THE OTHER WES MOORE – Wes Moore
September – UNBROKEN – Laura Hillenbrand
October – CUTTING FOR STONE – Abraham Verghese
November – MINK RIVER – Brian Doyle
December – THE BOOK THIEF – Markus Zusak

2010 Book Group Selections

anuary – A biography of SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (of your choosing)
February – THREE CUPS OF TEA – by Greg Mortenson
March – THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN – Garth Stein
April – PEOPLE OF THE BOOK – Geraldine Brooks
May – THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB – Kate Jacobs
September – HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET – Jamie Ford
October – SEARCHING FOR PARADISE IN PARKER, PA– Kris Radish
November –HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE– Carolyn Jourdan

2009 Book Group Selections

January – TISHA: THE STORY OF A YOUNG TEACHER IN THE ALASKA WILDERNESS – by Anne Purdy
February – STUBBORN TWIG – by Lauren Kessler
March – GARDEN VIEW – by Mary Freeman
April – AN IRISH COUNTRY DOCTOR – by Patrick Taylor
May – WATER FOR ELEPHANTS – by Sara Gruen
June – CRAZY IN ALABAMA – by Mark Childress
July – THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL – by Asne Seierstad
August – THE LONG WALK HOME – by Will North
September – THE OTHER – by David Guterson
October – THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY – by Steve Martin
December – DEWEY: THE SMALL-TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD – by Vicki Myron

2008 Book Group Selections

January – CAKES AND ALE – by W. Somerset Maugham
February – SHADOW OF THE WIND – by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
March – BIG STONE GAP – by by Adriana Trigiani
April – A GATHERING OF FINCHES – by Jane Kirkpatrick
May – THEN WE CAME TO THE END – by Joshua Ferris
June – INFIDEL – by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
July – THE NO 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY – by Alexander McCall Smith
August – THE YEAR OF FOG – by Michelle Richmond
September – THREE CUPS OF TEA – by Greg Mortenson
October – FRANKENSTEIN – by Mary Shelley
November – FORWARD FROM HERE – by Reeve Lindbergh