Book Discussion Group
The Book Group meets once every month except August, and usually on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the home of a member. All Service League members are welcome.
The annual dues are $5.
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Contact: Laura Kracke
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2023 - 2024
2022 - 2023
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2021 - 2022
2020 - 2021
2019 - 2020
2018 - 2019
* November 6 Meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
2017 - 2018
2016 - 2017
September - Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts
October - An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
November - Believer by David Axelrod
December - The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
January - The May Bride by Suzanne Dunn
February - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
March - The Summer Before the War by H Simonson
April - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by F Backman
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Secret Chord by G Brooks
July - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
2015 -2016
September - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
October - Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach
November - Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
December - The Art Forger: A Novel by B A Shapiro
January - The Storied Life of A J Firky: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin
February - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
March - The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
April - The Paris Architect: A Novel by Charles Belfoure
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
July - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2014 -2015
September - Call the Midwife trilogy by Jennifer Worth
October - Dear Life: Stories by Alice Monro
November - Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola
December - The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
January - The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
February - Life Studies: Stories by Susan Vreeland
March - The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent
April - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt by Doris Kearns Goodwin
July - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
2013 -2014
September - Moloka'i: A Novel by Alan Brennert
October - Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
November - Orphan Trai by Christina Baker Kline
December - The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
January - Quite a Year for Plums: A Nover by Bailey White
February - The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
March - The Map that Changed the World by Simon Winchester
April - The Favored Daughter by Fawzia Koofi
May - BOOK LIST
June - Prague Winter by Madeline Albright
July - The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
2012 -2013
September - Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
October - Caleb's Crossing: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
November - The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
December - In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
January - When the Emperor Was Divine AND The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
February - Remarkable Creatures: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier
March - The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
April - Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick
May - BOOK LIST
June - Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel by Susan Vreeland
July - The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel by Debra Dean
2011 -2012
September - The Female Brain AND The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine
October - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
November - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
December - Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
January - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel by Helen Simonson
February - Remarkable Creatures: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier
March - The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
April - Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick
May - BOOK LIST
June - Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel by Susan Vreeland
July - The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel by Debra Dean
2010 -2011
September - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
October - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
November - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
December - Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling
January - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett AND Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
February - Miracles at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
March - Stones into Schools by Greg Mortensen and Khaled Hosseini
April - Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WeDunn
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
July - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2009 -2010
September - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
October - People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
November - Windy City: A Novel of Politics by Scott Simon
December - Portrait of an Unknown Woman: A Novel by Vanora Bennett
January - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
February - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
March - The World's Wife: Poems by Carol Ann Duffy AND Mothers and Sons: Stories by Colm Toibin
April - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
July - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2008 -2009
September - Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky AND Another Way Home by Ronne Hartfield
October - Little Heathens: Hard Times and Hard Spirits on an Iowa Farm by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
November - The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
December - Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
January - Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
February - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
March - The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney
April - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon
July - Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness
2007 -2008
September - The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
October - Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
November - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
December - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
January - The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
February - March by Geraldine Brooks
March - The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
April - The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones
May - BOOK LIST
June - After This by Alice McDermott
July - On Hitler's Mountain by Ms. Irmgard A. Hunt
2006 -2007
September - Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynn Withey
October - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
November - Three Junes by Julia Glass
December - Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
January - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
February - The Master: A Novel by Colm Toibin
March - The Trouble with Islam Today by Irshad Manji
April - Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres
May - BOOK LIST
June - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
July - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2005 -2006
September - The Old Curiousity Ship by Charles Dickens
October - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
November - Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913-1914 by Frederic Morton
December - The Good Doctor: A Novel by Damon Galgut
January - The Pied Piper of South Shore by Caryn Amster
February - Snow by Orhan Pamuk
March - The Way to Paradise: A Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
April - Saturday by Ian McEwan
May - BOOK LIST
June - The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
July - The Orientalist by Tom Reiss
2004 -2005
October - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
November - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
December - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
January - Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
February - The Pieces from Berlin by Michael Pye
March - King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
April - Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
May - BOOK LIST
June - Unless: A Novel by Carol Shields
July - Empire Falls by Richard Russo
- 2004
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Property by Valerie Martin
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
Half a Life: A Novel by V. S. Naipaul