Category Archives: Book Lists

Here is the first draft of the book list – I will make ‘prettier’ when we finalize the dates.

2018 Book List

Ann – December 7
***Wonder – R.J. Palacio

Josee – April 12
***The Break – Katherina Vermette

Karen – January 18
***The Hearts of Men – Nicholas Butler
Beautiful Animals – Lawrence Osborne
The Girls – Emma Cline

Jane – March 1
***Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
House without Windows – Nadia Hashimi

Laura – September 27
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
***Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates

Bev – December 6
***Do Not Say We had Nothing – Madeleine Thien
The Last Neanderthal – Claire Cameron
The Lake House – Kate Morton

Jeanne – November 8 (Note: Date Change and book change!)

*** Educated by Tara Westover

***Born a Crime – Trevor Noah

What Happened – Hillary Clinton

Waking the Frog – Tom Rand

Erin – March 7, 2019

***Becoming – Michelle Obama

Jill: January 24 2019

The Childhood Jesus – J. M. Coetzee

Moira: May 2, 2019

A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles

📚📚📚📚📚EVERYONE IS TO BRING THEIR BOOK SELECTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO MOIRA’s📚📚📚📚📚

Book Club 2016-2017

Jill
My Secret Sister – Helen Edwards and Jenny Lee Smith
The Piano Maker – Kurt Palka
📚 The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood – Chosen – May 25, 2017

Karen
Dodgers – Bill Beverley
All Things cease to Appear – Elizabeth Runage
📚 13 Days in September – Lawrence Wright -chosen – Sept 22, 2016

Josee
📚 The Girl who was Saturday Night – Heather O’Neill – Chosen – Jan 12, 2017
The Little Shadows – Marina Endicott
Bone and Bread – Saleema Nawaz

Erin
A gap in time (winters tale) – Jeanette Winterson
The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes
📚 I know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou – Nov 2, 2017 NOTE: Change in book and date

Bev
📚 The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes – Chosen Feb 23, 2017
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout

Laura
Watership Downs – Richard Adams
📚 Ragged Company – Richard Wagamese – Chosen Oct 20, 2016
Garlic and Sapphire – Ruth Reichl
Notorious RBG – Erin Carmen

Jane
The Blue Guitar – John Banville
📚 Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien – Chosen – Dec 1, 2016
The Noise of Times – Julian Barnes

Moira
📚 Copper Mine – Author to be confirmed – Sept 21, 2017 – NOTE: Change in book

Jeanne

📚The Requiem – Frances Itani – April 6, 2017

Anne

📚TBD – Dec 14, 2017

2015-16 Book Club Choices

Laura – June 4th, 2015
Chosen: “H is for Hawk” – Helen McDonald
“5 Days at Memorial” by Sheri Fink
“The Hot Zone” by Richard Presto
“The Most of Nora Ephron” by Nora Ephron

Jeanne – September 17th, 2015
Chosen: “Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd

Karen – October 29th, 2015
“H is for Hawk” by Helen McDonald
“Before the Rains Come” by Alexander Fuller
Chosen: “Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – Recommended that we listen to the audio version of the book read by Neil Gaiman

Moira – December 10th, 2015
Unchosen: “Boy, Snow, Bird” by Helen Oyeyemi
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
“Sweetland” by Michael Crummey
NEW CHOICE: “The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Jane – January 2016
Chosen: “Preparation for the Next Life” by Atticus Lish
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
“American Gods” by Neil Gaiman

Bev – February 2016
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
“Go Se a Watchman” by Harper lee
Chosen: “Bury Your Dead” by Louise Penny

Jill – March 2016
“Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese
“The Girl on a Train” by Paula Hawkins
“Mr Mac and me” by Esther Freud
Chosen: “The Afterlife of Stars” by Joseph Kertes

Josee – April 2016
“The Tao of Pooh” by Benjamin Hoff
All my puny sorrows by Miriam Toews
“Lullabies for Little Criminals” by Heather O’Neill
Chosen:”The Patron Saint of Liars” by Ann Patchett

Erin – May 2016
Chosen: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr

2014 Burlington Book Club List

GREAT BOOKS – SELECTED:
Jill
Beach Strip by Reynolds, John Lawrence – February 13 th

Moira
Let The Great World Spin by McCann, Colum – April 3rd

Jane
Life After Life by Atkinson, Kate – May 15th

Karen
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt – June 26th

Laura
The Orenda by Boyden, Joseph – Sept 18th

Bev
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bryson, Bill – October 30th

Josee
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Munro, Alice – December 11th

Jeanne
Falling Backwards: A Memoir by Arden, Jann – January 22nd

Erin
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble – March 26th, 2015 ( note change )

Here are the dates we have chosen so far  for 2013 book club.

Feb. 28       Jeanne’s book    “Half Blood blues”
April 11       Josee    ” Mr. Pip”
May 23        Jill    “The Paris Wife”
June 27       Moira     “Wild”
Sept. 12       Bev        “Wolf Hall ”

See you in February.

moira

Here is the list of books and dates for next year (the full list of nominated books follows at end):

Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor – Erin on January 25th
Underpainter by Jane Urquart – Josee on March 1st
TBD – Jeanne on April 2nd (Book still to be chosen)
The Girls by Lori Lanses – Jill on May 17th
The Memory Keeper’s Daughters by Kim Edward – Moira on June 21st
Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham – Bev on September 13th
Wicked by Gregory Maguire – Laura on October 25th
Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson – Karen on December 6th
Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman – Jane on January 17th, 2008
Red Tent by Anita Diamant – Erin on February 28th, 2008

Here is the full list of nominated books (not chosen):

Erin:
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (also recommended by Josee and Laura)

Josee:
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews

Moira:
What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Three Day Road by Joseph Boydon
Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Jill:
Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Jane:
White Teeth by Sadie Smith
Tipping Point or Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Bev:
Sweet Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and Sandra Smith
Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Laura:
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Daniel Deronda by George Elliot

Karen:
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Heat by Bill Buford