Lakes Country Library Book Club Books

The Book Club will meet June 2, 11 am, at the library


The June 2 Book Club will be Reader's Choice
(report on a book of your choice - recommend upcoming books!)

June 2, 2022 -- Reader's Choice
May 5, 2022 -- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
April 7, 2022 -- Beautiful World, Where are You? by Sally Rooney
March 3, 2022 -- Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
February 3, 2022 -- Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
January 6, 2022 -- A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

December 2, 2021 -- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
November 4, 2021 -- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
October 7, 2021 -- Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
September 2, 2021 -- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
August 5, 2021 -- The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
July 8, 2021 -- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
June 3, 2021 -- Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
May 6, 2021 -- The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

March 5, 2020 -- Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein
February 6, 2020 -- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
January 2, 2020 -- The Simplicity of Cider by Amy Reichert

December 5, 2019 -- The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
November 7, 2019 -- Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
October 3, 2019 -- 1984 by George Orwell
September 5, 2019 -- Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
August 1, 2019 -- Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
July 11, 2019 -- After You by Jojo Moyes
June 6, 2019 -- Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
May 2, 2019 -- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
April 4, 2019 -- Reader's Choice
March 7, 2019 -- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
February 7, 2019 -- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
January 3, 2019 -- News of the World by Paulette Jiles

December 6, 2018 -- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
November 1, 2018 -- Family Tree by Susan Wiggs
October 4, 2018 -- Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
September 6, 2018 -- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
August 2, 2018 -- The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian
July 5, 2018 -- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
June 7, 2018 -- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
May 3, 2018 -- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
April 5, 2018 -- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
March 1, 2018 -- Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
February 1, 2018 -- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
January 4, 2018 -- Reader's Choice

December 7, 2016 -- Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
November 2, 2017 -- Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
October 5, 2017 -- Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
September 7, 2017 -- Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand
August 3, 2017 -- The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
July 6, 2017 -- Reader's Choice
June 1, 2017 -- Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
May 4, 2017 -- Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
April 6, 2017 -- The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
March 2, 2017 -- The Widow by Fiona Barton
February 2, 2017 -- Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
January 5, 2017 -- Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

December 1, 2016 -- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
November 3, 2016 -- Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
October 6, 2016 -- The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
September 1, 2016 -- Reader's Choice
August 11, 2016 -- The Rocks by Peter Nichols
July 7, 2016 -- The Arsonist by Sue Miller
June 2, 2016 -- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
May 5, 2016 -- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
April 7, 2016 -- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
March 3, 2016 -- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
February 4, 2016 -- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
January 7, 2016 -- Favorite cook book & recipe

December 3, 2015 -- The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
November 5, 2015 -- The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
October 1, 2015 -- Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman
September 3, 2015 -- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
August 13, 2015 -- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
July 2, 2015 -- Reader's Choice
June 4, 2015 -- Buried Prey by John Sandford
May 7, 2015 -- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
April 2, 2015 -- Life After Life by Jill McCorkle
March 5, 2015 -- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
February 5, 2015 -- Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
January 8, 2015 -- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

December 4, 2014 -- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
November 6, 2014 -- The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
October 2, 2014 -- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
September 4, 2014 -- Reader's Choice
August 14, 2014 -- Sycamore Row by John Grisham
July 3, 2014 -- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
June 5, 2014 -- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
May 1, 2014 - Defending Jacob by William Landay
April 3, 2014 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
March 6, 2014 - Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
February 6, 2014 - Atonement by Ian McEwan
January 2, 2014 - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

December 5, 2013 - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
November 7, 2013- Flyboys by James Bradley
October 3, 2013 - The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
September 5, 2013 -When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
August 1, 2013 - Reader's Choice
July 11, 2013 - Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
June 6, 2013 - The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
May 2, 2013 - Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
April 4, 2013 - Learning to Swim by Sara Henry
March 7, 2013 - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
February 7, 2013 - Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
January 3, 2013- Reader's Choice

December 6, 2012 - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
November 1, 2012 - Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
October 4, 2012 - A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson
September 6, 2012 - Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages by Sara Rath
August 2, 2012 - Coop by Michael Perry (also Christmas Party at Waubee Lodge)
July 5, 2012 - Reader's Choice
June 7, 2012 - Tender Is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald
May 3, 2012 - Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
April 5, 2012 - Bloodroot by Amy Greene
March 1, 2012 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
February 2, 2012 - Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
January 5, 2012 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett

December 1, 2011- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
November 3, 2011- Fragile by Lisa Unger
October 6, 2011- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
September 1, 2011- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
August 4, 2011- The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg - discussion at Waubee Lodge followed by the Christmas Party
July 7, 2011- In A Pickle by Jerry Apps
June 2, 2011- Reader's Choice
May 5, 2011- Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
April 7, 2011- House Rules by Jodi Picoult
March 3, 2011- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
February 3, 2011- One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus|
January 6, 2011- Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
 
December 2, 2010 - A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
November 4, 2010 - Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
October 7, 2010 - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
September 2, 2010 - Reader's choice
August 4, 2010 - The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
July 1, 2010 - Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
June 3, 2010 - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace -- One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
May 6, 2010 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
April 1, 2010 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
March 2, 2010 - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
February 4, 2010 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
January 7, 2010 - Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

November 5, 2009 - So Long At the Fair by Christina Schwarz
October 1, 2009 - Reader's Choice
September 3 , 2009 - Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
August 6, 2009 - Three Junes by Julia Glass
July 9, 2009 - The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
June 4, 2009 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
May 7, 2009 - Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
April 2, 2009 - any book by John Updike
March 5, 2009 - Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
February 5, 2009 - Your Oasis on Flame Lake by Lorna Ladvik
January 8, 2009 - Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

December 4, 2008 - any holiday or Christmas book
November 6, 2008 - Christy by Catherine Marshall
October 2, 2008 Reader's Choice
September 4, 2008 - Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
August 7, 2008 - Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy
July 10, 2008 - Last Girls by Lee Smith
June 5, 2008 - Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
May 1, 2008 - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
April 3, 2008 - Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
March 6, 2008 - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
February 7. 2008 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
January 3, 2008 - A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux

December 6, 2007 - Any Holiday or Christmas book
November 1, 2007 - Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
October 4, 2007 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
September 6, 2007 - Rococo by Adriana Trigiani
August 2, 2007 Reader's Choice
July 12, 2007 - Lost In the Forest by Sue Miller
June 7, 2007 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
May 3, 2007 - Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
April 5, 2007 - The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
March 1, 2007 - A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
February 1, 2007 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
January 4, 2007 - Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

December 7, 2006 "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd
November 2, 2006 "Lucia, Lucia" by Adriana Trigiani
October 5, 2006 "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler
September 7, 2006 "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery
August 3, 2006"Population 485" by Michael Perry
July 6, 2006 "Orchard" by Larry Watson
June 1, 2006 "Cloud Chamber" by Michael Dorris
May 4, 2006 "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
April 6, 2006 "A Map of the World" by Jane Hamilton
March 2, 2006 "Ellen Foster" by Kaye Gibbons
February 2, 2006 "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
January 5, 2006 Reader's Choice

December 2005 Any Holiday or Christmas book
November 3, 2005 “Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger
October 6, 2005 "Colony" by Anne Rivers Siddons
September 1, 2005 "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
August 4, 2005 "The Heart of a Woman" by Maya Angelou
July 7, 2005 "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
June 2, 2005 "Sunrise Sunset" by Kathleen Marsh- A special book discussion with the author
May 5, 2005 "The Blue Shoe" by Anne Lamott
April 7, 2005 "Good In Bed" by Jennifer Weiner
March 3, 2005 "Our Lady of the Forest" by David Guterson
February 3, 2005- "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
January 6, 2005- **Reader's Choice*

December 2, 2004 - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" by Lorna Landvik
November 4, 2004 - "Antelope Wife" by Louise Erdrich
October 7, 2004- "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich
September 2, 2004- "The Hot Flash Club" by Nancy Thayer
August 5, 2004- "Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier
July 1, 2004- "The Quilter's Apprentice" by Jennifer Chiaverini
June 3, 2004- "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
May 6, 2004- "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith
April 1, 2004- "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Francis Mayes
March 4, 2004- "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane
February 5, 2004- "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer
January 8, 2004- "Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

November 6, 2003- "Open House" by Elizabeth Berg
October 2, 2003- "To America" by Stephen Ambrose
September 4, 2003- "Crow Lake" by Mary Lawson
August 7, 2003- Any book by Anita Shreve
July 3, 2003- Reader's Choice June 5, 2003- "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
April 3, 2003- "One Thousand White Women" by Jim Fergus
March 6, 2003- "Nanny Diaries" by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
February 6, 2003- "Between Friends" by Debbie Macomber

November 7, 2002- "Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
October 3, 2002- "House of Sand and Fog" by Andre Dubus
September 5, 2002- "Stolen Lives" by Malika Oufkir
August 2002- Reader's Choice
July 11, 2002- "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson
June 6, 2002- "Up Island" by Anne Rivers Siddons
May 2, 2002- "Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen
April 4, 2002- "Commitments" by Barbara Delinsky
March 7, 2002- "Scarlet Feather" by Maeve Binchy
February 7, 2002- "Back When We Were Grownups" by Anne Tyler
January 10, 2002- "Tomorrow is a River" by Peggy Dopp

November 1, 2001- "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K.Rowling
October 4, 2001- "Hanna's Daughters" by Marianne Fredriksson
September 6, 2001- "Plain Jane" by Fern Michaels
August 2, 2001- "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
July 12, 2001- "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink  
June 7, 2001- "Longings of Women" by Marge Piercy
May 3, 2001- "Flags of Ours Fathers" by James Bradley
April 5, 2001- "Tall Pines Polka" by Lorna Landvik
March 1, 2001- "Ladies of Covington Send Their Love" by Joan Medlicott
February 1, 2001- "The Vineyard" by Barbara Delinsky
January 4, 2001- "Shell Seekers" by Rosamonde Pilcher
 
November 2, 2000- "I Know Just What You Mean" by Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien
October 5, 2000- "The Rocket Boys" by Homer Hickam
September 7, 2000 "Where the Heart Is" by Billie Letts
August 3, 2000- "Gap Creek" by Robert Morgan
July 6, 2000- "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
June 1, 2000- Amy & Isabelle" by Elizabeth Stout
May 4, 2000- "Cider House Rules" by John Irving
April 6, 2000- Books by Ursula Hegi "Stones from the River" and "Visions of Emma Blau"
March 2, 2000 - "First Ladies" by Betty Caroli
February 3, 2000 - "Snow Falling On Cedars" by David Gutterson
January 6, 2000- Books by Alice Hoffman

November 4, 1999 "Seasons of Sun and Rain" by Marjorie Dorner
October 7, 1999- "Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve
September 1999- "Memoirs of A Geisha" by Arthur Golden
August 5, 1999- "Ulysses" by James Joyce
July 1999 - "The Novel" by James Michener
June 1999 - "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian
May 1999 - "I Know This Much Is True" by Wally Lamb
April 1999 ?
March 1999 ?
February 1999 - "Ultimate Power" by Elizabeth Dole
January 1999 - Books by the Bronte sisters

December 1998 - books by Mark Twain
November 1998 - "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
October 1998 - "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom
October 1998 - "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
September 1998 - "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
August 1998 - "The Notebook" and "Message In A Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks
July 1998 - "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" by John Berendt
June 1998 - "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt
May 1998 - "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx
April 1998- canceled
March 1998 - ?
February 1998 - books about Eleanor Roosevelt
January 1998 - books by Rosamunde Pilcher

December 1997 - ?
November 1997 - ?
October 1997 - books by Anne Tyler
September 1997 - "Beach Music" by Pat Conroy
August 1997 - "Stone Diaries" by Carol Shieds
July 1997 - "Book of Ruth" by Jane Hamilton
July 1997 - "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci
June 1997- organizational meeting