book club books 1971 - 2015
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The list of books read by a book club meeting since 1971.TRANSCRIPT
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1971
The Gabriel HoundsWuthering HeightsCapable of HonorThe Sea of GrassI Never Promised You a Rose GardenYoungblood HawkeCalico PalaceThe House on the StrandGreat Lion of God
Mary StewartEmily BronteAllen DruryConrad RichterJoAnne Greenberg
Herman WoukGwen BristowDaphne DuMaurier
Taylor Caldwell
1972
RebeccaJennieThe Good EarthJoy in the MorningThe ChosenRed Sky At MorningThose Who LoveI And My True LoveThe PromiseMy Name is Asher LevThe Making of a SurgeonJonathan Livingston SeagullBury My Heart at Wounded KneeCrawl SpaceThe Day of the Jackal
Daphne DuMaurierRalph MartinPearl S. BuckBette SmithChaim PotockRichard BradfordIrving StonePhyllis McGinnisChaim PotockChaim PotockWilliam Nolen
Richard Bach
Dee Brown
H. LiebermannFrederick Forsyth
1973
Miss WillieCaravansJane EyreThe Dwelling PlaceQB VIIThe Vines of YarabeeThe Last UnicornTo Kill a MockingbirdThe Big SkyWinds of WarEverything But MoneyYou’ll Like My MotherWho Am I, God?
Janice Holt GilesJames MichenerCharlotte BronteCatherine CooksonLeon UrisDorothy EdenPeter BeaglesHarper LeeA.B. Guthrie, Jr.Herman WoukSam LevensonNaomi A. HintzeMarjorie Holmes
1974
Green DarknessThe Odessa FileFar From the Maddening CrowdKatie MulhollandThe Rummage SaleA Separate PeaceMrs. Mike
A Fine and Private PlaceEast of EdenTwo From GalileeThe FountainheadThe Camerrons
Anya SetonFrederick ForsythThomas Hardy
Catherine CooksonDonald R. MarshallJohn ForsytheBenedict & Nancy FreemanPeter BeagleJohn SteinbeckMarjorie HolmesAyn RandRobert Crichton
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1975
Jubilee TrailThe StrangerGoldaAliveLaughing BoyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyHigh EmpireThe Hiding PlaceLady
Gwen BristowAlbert CamusPeggy MannPiers PaulOliver LaFargeJohn LeCarre
Clyde M. BrundyCorrie Ten BoomThomas Tryon
1976
All Creatures Great and SmallCry, The Beloved CountyBlack SundayAcross Five AprilsThe Eighth DayI Heard the Owl Call My NameThe Eagle Has LandedHow Green Was My ValleyThe President’s LadyThe Greatest Salesman In the World
James Herriott
Alan PatonThomas HarrisIrene HuntThornton WilderMargaret Craven
Jack HigginsRichard Llewellyn
Irving StoneOg Mandino
1977
A Wrinkle in TimeIn the BeginningTo Look and PassThe Bridge of San Luis ReyAngle of ReposeTestimony of Two MenA World Full of StrangersThe Rising of the Lark
Madeleine L’EngleChaim PotokTaylor CaldwellThornton Wilder
Wallace StegnerTaylor CaldwellCynthia Freeman
Ann Morvy
1978
Sadie Shapiro’s Knitting BookPentimentoFriday the Rabbi Slept LateThe Pride of the PeacockThe ThornbirdsThe Ox-Bow Incident
Watership DownTim
Robert Kimmel Smith
Lillian HellmanHarry Kemelman
Victoria HoltColeen McCulloughWalter Van Tillburn ClarkRichard AdamsColeen McCollough
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1979
Tacy CromwellApple Tree, Lean DownIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries....All the King’s MenMan’s Search for MeaningDandelion WineThe Light in the Forest
Conrad RichterMary PearceErma Bombeck
Robert Penn WarrenVictor E. Frankl
Ray BradburyConrad Richter
1980
Eagle in the SkyGhost FoxExodusWatch for the MorningSadie Shapiro in MiamiTravels with CharleyRaquellaThe Dark is RisingThe Windwalker
Wilbut SmithJames HoustonLeon UrisElizabeth McDonaldRobert Kimmel SmithJohn SteinbeckRuth GruberSusan CooperBlaine Jorgensen
1981
My AntoniaThe ListenerGiantDear and Glorious PhysicianThe Cavendish ChroniclesThe Bourne IdentityThe Screwtape LettersOf Human BondageKane and AbelFrost in the Orchard
Willa CatherTaylor CaldwellEdna FerberTaylor Caldwell
Kathryn Douglas
Robert LudlumC.S. LewisW. Somerset MaughnJeffrey ArcherDon Marshall
1982
Ethan FromeSo Long, See You TomorrowThe PearlA Man For All SeasonsThe Christ CommissionWhere Are the Children?A Window Over the Kitchen SinkIllusions of a Reluctant MessiahFollowing Lehi’s Trail
Edith WhartonWilliam Maxwell
John SteilbeckRobert BoltOg MandinoMary Higgins ClarkPeg Bracken
Richard Bach
Lynn Hilton
1983
A Town Like AliceSpring MoonWhen Bad Things Happen To Good PeopleThe Heart Is a Lonely HunterMan, Woman & Child
Nevil ShuteBette Bao LordHarold S. Kushner
Carson McCullers
Eric Spiegel
1984
A Woman of DestinyThree Came HomeEighth MoonFollow the RiverNever Cry WolfOne In Thine Hand
Orson Scott CardAgnes Newton KeithBette Bao LordJames Alex ThornFarley MowatGerald N. Lund
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1985-1988
The Fires of SpringThe Principle
Sara, Plain and TallThe Shell SeekersOut of AfricaThe Great GatsbyI Know Why the Caged Bird SingsWords By HeartTuck EverlastingThe Lottery RoseThe Eighth DayFan MailThat Quail, RobertLonesome Dove
James MichenerKathryn Smoot (Caldwell)Patricia MacLachlanRosalyn PilcherKaren BlixenF. Scott FitzgeraldMaya Angelou
Ouida SebestyenNatalie BabbittIrene HuntThornton WilderRonald MunsonMargaret StangerLarry McMurtrey
1989
The Red PresdientThe Accidental TouristGiants in the EarthFried Green TomatoesAfter the Dancing DaysNot Without My DaughterNew Orleans Legacy
Martin GrassAnne TylerOle Edvart RolvaagFannie FlaggMargaret RowstowskiBetty Mahmoody
Alexandria Ripley
1990
The Hunt for Red OctoberAll I Needed to Know I Learned in KindergartenAliciaSummer of KatyaA Grief ObservedCold Sassy TreeFamily Picture
Tom Clancy
Robert Fulghum
Alicia Peppleton JurmanC.S. LewisOlive Ann BurnsDean Hughes
1991
The Joy Luck ClubBreathing LessonsTramp For the LordWrath of GodDances with WolvesFather’s Arcane DaughterThe Day No Pigs Would DieThis House of SkyThe Citadel
Amy TanAnne TylerCorrie TenBoomJackHigginsMichael BlakeE.L. Konigsburg
Robert Newton Peck
Ivan DoigA. J. Cronin
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1992
O PioneersRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryThe Bronze Bow
Circle of FriendsThe Work & The GloryThe FirmThe Kitchen God’s WifeThe Water is WideA Time to Kill
Willa CatherMildred Taylor
Elizabeth George SpearMaeve BinchyGerald LundJohn GrishamAmy TanPat ConroyJohn Grisham
1993
The Cry & the CovenantPrincess DianaAll Around the TownThe Pelican BriefTreasuresThe Ebony SwanThe Age of Innocence
Morton ThompsonLady Colin CampbellMary Higgins ClarkJohn GrishamBelva PlainPhyllis WhitneyEdith Wharton
1994
When You Look Your Passport it’s Time toLoves Music, Loves to DanceLighten UpI Can’t Believe I Said ThatThe Education of Little TreeA New Kind of CountryHill Town
Erma Bombeck
Mary Higgins Clark
Cheiko OkasakeKathie Lee Gifford
Forest Carter
Dorothy GilmanAnne Rivers Siddons
1995
The GiverThe Burning WithinCruel and UnusualThe Celestine ProphecySummerThe Power of OneThe Stone Diaries
Lois LowryRanelle WallacePatricia CornwellJames RedfieldEdith WhartonBryce CourtenayCarol Shields
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
1996
PersuasionA Map of the WorldBelle of NauvooThe RainmakerHaving Our Say
Cat BookThe Glass LakeGathering Christmas
Jane AustinJane HamiltonDebra PagetJohn GrishamSadie & Bessie Delaney
Maeve BincheyLarry & Lisa Leycock
1997
The Horse WhispererA Flag on the IslandCatherine Called BirdieThe Runaway JuryThe ExileSacred ClownsMutant Message Down UnderA Lantern in Her HandTo The HiltThe Little Red Buckets
Nocolas WestV.S. MaipaulKaren CushmanJohn GrishamPearl S. BuckTony JillermanMarlo Morgan
Bess Streeter AldrichDick FrancisLynda Nelson
1998
A Prayer for Owen MeanyAirframeMy SergeiA Civil ActionThe Ugly DucklingGuilt by AssociationMiracle Over the Flesh-Eating BacteriaPretend You Don’t See Her
John Irving
Michael CrichtonEkaterin GordeevaJonathan HaieIris JohansenSusan SlommDavid Cowles
Mary Higgins Clark
1999
Playing for the AshesThe Woman in WhiteThe Chatham School AffairAt Home in MitfordBlizzardA Light in the WindowOctober SkyFine Old High PriestsCold Mountain
Elizabeth GeorgeWilkie CollinsJohn H. Cook
Jan KaronJohn Rocco/Jim MurphyHomer H. Hickam Jr.Donald SmurthwaiteCharles Frazier
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
2000
Memoirs of a GeishaThe Poisonwood BibleThe Pilot’s WifeThe Bean TreeSnow Falling on CedarsTuesdays with MorrieThe White House ConnectionFire of the CovenantPigs in Heaven
Arthur GoldenBarbara KingsolverAnita ShreveBarbara KingsolverDavid GutersonMitch AlbomJack Higgins
Gerald LundBarbara Kingsolver
2001
Tara RoadStaggerfordLeft BehindA Year in ProvenceThe Great DivideThe Mormon BoysA Little Lower Than the AngelsA Wise Blue Autumn
Maeve BinchyJon HasslerTim LaHayePeter MayleT. Davis BunnPhil AndersonVirginia Sorensen
Donald Smurthwaite
2002
Big Stone GapA Month in the CountryA Good HouseThe Whitechapel ConspiracyThe Color of WaterThe Cat Who Played Post OfficeIt’s Not About the BikeEleni
Adriana TrigianiJ. L. Carr
BurnhamAnne Perry
James McBrideLillian J. Braun
Lance ArmstrongNicholas Gage
2003
My AntoniaPeace Like a RiverPrincessEnemy WomenWish You WellThe #1 Ladies Detective Agency
The Wind in the WillowsSea Biscuit
Willa CatherLeif EngerJean SassoonPaulette JilesDavid BaldacciAlexander McCall Smith
Kenneth GrahamLaura Hillenbrand
2004
BlessingsBel CantoStolen LivesThe Clearwater Union WarThe Secret Life of BeesMorality for Beautiful GirlsAt the Manger
Anna QuindlanAnn PatchettMalika OufkirRon Carter
Sue Monk KiddAlexander McCall SmithPeter V. Orullian
2005
A Skeleton in God’s ClosetEating Chocolate & Dancing in the Kitchen The Curious Incident of The Dog in the NightimeThe Full Cupboard of Life
Paul MaierTom Plummer
Mark Hadden
Alexander McCallSmith
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
2006
City BoyThe DaVinci CodeI Am the ClayPersian Pickle ClubAlmost SistersThe BrothersWhere Angels FallA Train to Potevka
Herman WoukDan BrownChaim PotockSandra DallasNancy Anderson et. alChris StewartChris StewartMike Ramsdell
2007
Tacey CromwellThe Ladies AusilliarySnowflower and the Secret FanRedemption RoadA Bend in the RoadThe GiftSavannah
Conrad RichterTova MirvaLisa See
Toni Sorenson BrownNocolas SparksChas. W. AllelnJohn Jakes
2008
Sullivan’s IslandThe Twisted RootWhitethorn WoodsLetters For EmilyThe GiftThe Shepherd of the HillsThe Glass CastleThe Last LectureThree Cups of Tea
Dorothy B. FrankAnne PerryMaeve BinchyCamron WrightRichard Paul EvansHarold Wright
Jeannette WallsRandy PauschGreg Mortenson
2009
The Tipping PointThe MessageThe Sunday Philosophy ClubThe Camel BookmobileLittle BritchesEscapeThe ChoiceThe Story of the Other Wise Man
Malcolm GledwillLance RichardsonAlexander McCall SmithMasha HamiltonRalph MoodyCarolyn JessopNicholas SparksHenry Van Dyke
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
2010
Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglasA Tree Grows in BrooklynMan of The FamilyGifted HandsThe Fields of HomeJacob Hamblin, Mormon Apostle to The IndiansThe HelpMary Emma & Company
Frederick Douglas
Betty Smith
Ralph MoodyBen CarsonRalph MoodyJuanita Brooks
Kathryn StockettRalph Moody
2011
True GritHannah CoulterSaving Cee Cee HoneycuttFidelityHeaven Is For RealTishaHalf-Broke HorsesUnbrokenLife As We Knew ItA Christmas CarolThe Life of Our Lord
Charles PortisWendell BerryBeth Hoffman
Wendell BerryTodd BurpoRobert SpechtJeannette WallsLaura HillenbrandSusan Beth PfefferCharles DickensCharles Dickens
2012
Lazy B
Ellen FosterPotevka’s GiftsWinter WheatHeaven Is HereThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come84 Charring Cross RoadThe LadyHotel at the Corner of Bitter and SweetPowderkeg
Sandra Day O’Connor & Alan DayKaye GibbonsMike RamsdellMildred WalkerStephanie NielsenJohn Fox Jr.
Helen Hanff
Conrad RichterJamie Ford
LeoV. Gordon & Richard Vetterli
2013
My Loving Vigil KeepingA Town Like AliceThe Life of PiOn The BeachAll Is Swell--Trust in Thelma’s WayHouse of GloryThe Sea of GrassThe Whistling SeasonCan’t Wait To See HeavenSnobsBorrowed Light
Carla KellyNevil ShuteYann MartelNevil ShuteRobert L. Smith
Michael WilcoxConrad RichterIvan DoigFannie Flagg
Julian FellowesCarla Kelly
Book Club Books
Book Title Author Book Title Author
2014
Katie, Up & Down the HallBetween Shades of GreyCalico JoeSafe PassageA Nation DividedShort StoriesA Week in WinterHappy, Happy, HappyRebeccaOne of OursJacob T. Marley
Glenn Plasken
Tuta Sepetys
John GrishamCarla KellyRobert Marcum
Maeve BinchyPhil RobertsonDaphne DuMaurierWilla CatherWilliam Bennett
2015
The 9 Emotional Lives of CatsThe Lincoln HypothesisA Separate PeaceMiddlemarchA Year Down YonderMiss Grimsley’s Oxford CareerRainwaterThe Boys in the Boat
Eric Moussel
Tim BallardJohn KnowlesGeorge EliotRichard PeckCarla Kelly
Sandra BrownDaniel Brown
Book Club Books