Books Read by our Book Club

The book club I belong to has been discussing a book a month since 2003, which adds up to a pretty impressive list of books!  Looking at the collated list, I see that we have a definite penchant for fiction and books with international settings/themes.  I feel so very fortunate to be able to discuss literature with a group of women so intelligent and inquisitive! 

1. 1000 Splendid Suns (read 2008), Khaled Hosseini
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany (read 2006), John Irving
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad (read 2013), Jennifer Egan
4. Ahab's Wife, Sena Naslund
5. Alias Grace (read 2003), Margaret Atwood
6. America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (read 2013), Gail Collins
7. Anil's Ghost* (read 2006), Michael Ondaatje
8. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral (read 2006), Dris Radish
9. Arthur and George (read 2011), Julian Barnes
10. Atonement (read 2005), Ian McEwan
11. Ava's Man (read 2003), Rick Bragg
12. Away (read 2008), Judy Bloom
13. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (read 2004), Sijie Dai
14. Behind the Beautiful Forevers (read 2013), Katherine Boo
15. Bel Canto (read 2004), Ann Patchett
16. The Bells (read 2012), Richard Harvell
17. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk* (read 2013), Ben Fountain
18. Birth of Venus (read 2006), Sara Dunant
19. Blind Assasin (read 2004), Margaret Atwood
20. Blindness, Jose Saramago
21. Blue Diary (read 2003), Alice Hoffman
22. The Bonesetter's Daughter (read 2003), Amy Tan
23. The Book Thief (read 2012), Markus Zusak
24. The Buccaneers (read 2007), Edith Wharton
25. The Call (read 2013), Yannick Murphy
26. Carter Beats the Devil* (read 2009), Gold
27. The Color of Water (read 2005), James McBride
28. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
29. The Count of Monte Cristo (read 2003), Alexandre Dumas
30. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (read 2005), Mark Haddon
31. Cutting for Stone (read 2010), Abraham Verghese
32. Dandelion Wine*, Bradbury
33. Darcy's Utopia (read 2004), Fay Weldon
34. The Death of Vishnu (read 2004), Manil Suri
35. The Devil Wears Prada (read 2005), Laura Weisberger
36. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Jorge Amado
37. Double Bind (read 2008), Bohjalian
38. Education of Little Tree (read 2007), Forrest Carter
39. The Elegance of the Hedgehog (read 2009), Barbery
40. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
41. Flimsey Little Plastic Miracles (read 2013), Ron Currie Jr.
42. The Franchise Affair (read 2012), Josephine Tey
43. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe (read 2003), Fannie Flagg
44. The Frozen Rabbi* (read 2012), Steve Stern
45. Gap Creek (read 2003), Morgan
46. Gate at the Stairs (read 2011), Lorrie Moore
47. Giants of the Earth (read 2004), O.E. Rolvaag
48. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (read 2010), Stieg Larrson
49. The Girls from Ames (read 2010), Jeffrey Zaslow
50. The God of Small Things, (read 2005) Arundthi Roy
51. Gone Girl (read 2012), Gillian Flynn
52. Great Good Thing (read 2004), Roderick Townley
53. Greatest Man in Cedar Hole (read 2006), Stephanie Doyon
54. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (read 2009), McCullers
55. The Help (read 2011), Kathryn Stockett
56. The History of Love (read 2006), Nicole Krauss
57. Holidays on Ice (read 2003), David Sedaris
58. Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (read 2011), Jamie Ford
59. The House at Riverton (read 2011), Kate Morton
60. How I Live Now (read 2007), Meg Rosoff
61. The Hour I First Believed, Lamb
62. The Human Factor (read 2009), Graham Greene
63. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (read 2012), Michael Rogers
64. Inheritance of Loss (read 2008), Desai
65. Inn at Lake Devine (read 2004), Elinor Lipman
66. Kite Runner, Khaled Husseini
67. Known World, Edward Jones
68. Lamb (read 2007), Christopher Moore
69. Life of Pi (read 2005), Yann Martel
70. The Light Between Oceans (read 2013), M.L. Stedman
71. Little Bee (read 2013), Chris Cleave
72. The Lord of Misrule* (read 2012), Jaimy Gordon
73. Loving Frank (read 2012), Nancy Horan
74. Memoirs of a Geisha (read 2007), Arthur Golden
75. Minaret (read 2008), Leila Aboulela
76. The Mirror (read 2009), Marlis Millhiser
77. Mohawk (read 2008), Richard Russo
78. Mrs. Dalloway (read 2004), Virginia Woolf
79. Ms. Hemple Chronicles (read 2009), Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
80. My Life on a Plate (read 2003), India Knight
81. My Losing Season, Pat Conroy
82. The Namesake (read 2013), Jhumpa Lahiri
83. O Pioneers (read 2008), Willa Cather
84. Olive Kitteridge (read 2010), Elizabeth Strout
85. On Chesil Beach (read 2009), McEwan
86. Our Man in Havana (read 2010), Graham Greene
87. Out Stealing Horses (read 2010), Per Petterson
88. Outlander (read 2005), Diana Gabaldon
89. Parrot and Oliver in America (read 2011), Peter Carey
90. Pilot's Wife (read 2004), Anita Shreve
91. Poisonwood Bible (read 2008), Barbara Kingsolver
92. Pope Joan (read 2007), Donna Cross
93. Possession (read 2003), A.S. Byatt
94. Rabbit Run, John Updike
95. Reading Lolita in Tehran (read 2006), Azar Nafisi
96. Red Tent (read 2003), Anita Diamant
97. Riding on the Bus With My Sister (read 2005), Rachel Simon
98. R.L.'s Dream* (read 2007), Walter Mosley
99. The Round House* (read 2013), Louise Erdich
100. Saving Fish From Drowning (read 2013), Amy Tan
101. Seabiscuit (read 2004), Laura Hillenbrand
102. Secret Life of Bees (read 2004), Sue Monk Kidd
103. The Senator's Wife (read 2008), Sue Miller
104. The Sense of an Ending (read 2012), Julian Barnes
105. Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
106. Skeleton at the Feast (read 2010), Christopher Bohjalian
107. Sister Carrie (read 2005), Theodore Dreiser
108. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (read 2006), Lisa See
109. Snow Child (read 2013), Eowyn Ivey
110. Special Topics in Calamity Physics*, Marisha Pessl
111. Spooner (read 2010), Pete Dexter
112. State of Wonder (read 2012), Ann Patchett
113. This Book Will Save Your Life, Holmes
114. Three Cups of Tea, Rlin
115. Three Junes, Julia Glass
116. The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
117. To Kill a Mockingbird (read 2005), Harper Lee
118. Trip to the Stars (read 2005), Christopher
119. Vision of Emma Blau (read 2003), Ursula Hegi
120. Water for Elephants (read 2008), Sara Gruen
121. Watership Down (read 2009), Adams
122. White Tiger* (read 2010), Aravind Adiga
123. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
124. Wolf Hall* (read 2011), Hilary Mantel
125. Woman of Independent Means (read 2006), Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
126. Women of the Silk (read 2004), Gail Tsukiyama
127. The World According to Garp (read 2011), John Irving
128. World Below (read 2010), Sue Miller
129. Year of Wonders (read 2005), Geraldine Brooks
130. The Yiddish Policemen's Union* (read 2009), Michael Chabon