December 2011 at Cindy's Photo by Luke (edited by Janice)

191.  I Love You Like a Tomato, Marie Giordano

Nominated & gifted by Joan

December 2021 - Zoom

"It is light, and heavy, at the same time, but basically uplifting in its essence." - Joan

190.  The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story that Sparked the Civil War, Jared A. Brock

- Sharp Flashes of Lightning Come from Black Clouds: The Life of Josiah Henson, Jamie Ferguson Kuhns

- An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"), from 1789 to 1881, Josiah Henson

- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Nominated by Janice

October 2021 - Zoom

The biography of Josiah Henson, who was enslaved in Montgomery County, escaped with his family to Canada, and whose life influenced Harriet Beecher Stowe's character of Uncle Tom.

189.  American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins

Nominated by Heidi

September 2021 - Hybrid Zoom & at Heidi's

"Lydia Perez owns a bookshop in Acapulco, Mexico, and is married to a fearless journalist. Luca, their eight-year-old son, completes the picture... In a city in the grip of a drug cartel, friends become enemies overnight, and Lydia has no choice but to flee with Luca at her side.'"

188.  Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nominated by Edith

July 2021 - Zoom

"Coates is writing a letter to his 15-year-old son about growing up black in America, specifically Baltimore. He describes his constant fear as a child and young man. 'Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body – it is heritage.'"

187.  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan

Nominated by Erin (and Heidi & Cindy)

June 2021 - Zoom

"Part love letter to books, part technological meditation, part thrilling adventure, part requiem."

186.  The Yellow House, Sarah M. Broom

Nominated by Connie

May 2021 - Zoom

"A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East."

186.  Deception, Selena Montgomery (Stacey Abrams)

Nominated by Cindy

March 2021 - Zoom

"Mystery, intrigue, romance, this book has it all."

186.  Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky

Nominated by Ann

January 2021 - Zoom

"The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind."

185.  The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue

Nominated by Sue

December 2020 - Zoom

"In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love."

184.  Bunch of Amateurs: Inside America's Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators,

Jack Hitt

Nominated by Stephanie

October 2020 - Zoom

"Beginning with Ben Franklin's kite and leading all the way to the current TV hit "American Idol," Hitt argues that the nation's love of self-invented obsessives has always driven the country to rediscover the true heart of the American dream."

183.  A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

Nominated by Connie

August 2020 - Zoom

"A transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel"

182.  Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson

Nominated by Heidi

July 2020 - Zoom

"A powerful memoir of fighting for the rights of wrongly convicted death row inmates"

181.  Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng

Nominated by Cindy

June 2020 - Zoom

"Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster."

180.  Mozart's Starling, Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Stephanie's suggestion

April 2020 - Zoom

"The intertwined stories of Mozart's beloved pet and Haupt's own starling provide an unexpected window into human-animal friendships, music, the secret world of starlings, and the nature of creative inspiration."

179.  Waiting, Ha Jin

Stephanie's suggestion

March 2020 - at Stephanie's

"Portrays the life of Lin Kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his love for two women: one who belongs to the New China of the Cultural Revolution, the other to the ancient traditions of his family's village"

178.  Becoming, Michelle Obama

Heidi's suggestion

February 2020 - at Edith's

"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States"

177.  Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sue's suggestion

December 2019 - at Sue's

"From one of the world's great contemporary writers comes the story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for identity and a home."
- Barack Obama

176.  Bossypants, Tina Fey

Stephanie's suggestion

November 2019 - at Stephanie's

"Sketch comedy, meet sketch narrative."

175.  Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, George Eliot

Erin's suggestion

September 2019 - at Erin's

"An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community."

174.  The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,

Marie Kondo

Heidi's suggestion

July 2019 - at Heidi's

"With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house 'spark joy' (and which don't), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home — and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire."

173.  The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead

Connie's suggestion

June 2019 - in Cumberland with Connie

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South"

172.  Happiness, Aminatta Forna

Janice's suggestion

April 2019 - at Janice's

"In this delicate tale of love and loss, of cruelty and kindness, Forna asks us to consider the interconnectedness of lives, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures, and the true nature of happiness."

171.  Cork Dork, Bianca Bosker

Ann's suggestion

February 2019 - at Ann's -- with wine tasting!

"Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo elan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she's not wrong..." - Jennifer Senior

170.  Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain

Heidi's suggestion

January 2019 - at Heidi's

"Frankly confessional, addictively acerbic, and utterly unsparing, Bourdain pulls no punches in this memoir of his years in the restaurant business."

169.  The Orphan Sky, Ella Leya

Connie's suggestion

November 2018 - at Sue's

"Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart."

168.  The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, Edmund de Waal

Hannah's suggestion

September 2018 - at Hannah's

"Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke, he wanted to know who had touched and held them, and how the collection had managed to survive."

167.  The Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey

Ann's suggestion

August 2018 - at Ann's

"Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitive face actually belong to one of history's most heinous villains--a king who killed his brother's children to secure his crown?"

166.  Wait Till Next Year, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Paula's suggestion

July 2018 - at Paula's

"Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans."

165.  The Gollem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker

Stephanie's suggestion

May 2018 - at Stephanie's

164.  Lab Girl, Hope Jahren

Janice's suggestion

March 2018 - at Janice's

163.  Nora Webster, Colm Toibin

Ann & Paula's suggestion

February 2018 - at Edith's

162.  Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J. D. Vance

Heidi's suggestion

December 2017 - at Sue's

161.  The Warden: The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 1, Anthony Trollope

Cindy & Erin's suggestion

October 2017 - at Erin's

160.  Wise Aging, Rabbi Rachel Cowan & Dr. Linda Thal

Heidi's suggestion

May-August 2017 (4 meetings) - at Heidi's

159.  My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem

Ann's suggestion

March 2017 - at Ann's

158.  Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath, Jonathan Weiner

Stephanie & Hannah's suggestion

October 2016 - at Hannah's

157.  The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time, Jonathan Weiner

Sue's suggestion

September 2016 - at Joan's

156.  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski

Nettie's suggestion

July 2016 - at Sue's

155.  Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Erin's suggestion

May 2016 - at Janice's

154.  Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner

Janice's suggestion

March 2016 - at Ann's

153.  Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Love Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed, Leslie Maitland

Hannah's suggestion

January 2016 - at Hannah's

152.  Someone, Alice McDermott

Janice's suggestion

December 2015 - at Cindy's

151.  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,

Daniel James Brown

Connie's suggestion

October 2015 - at Connie's

150.  Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein

Janice's suggestion

August 2015 - at Stephanie's

149.  Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman

Heidi's suggestion

July 2015 - at Heidi's

148.  The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

Edith's suggestion

June 2015 - at Edith's

147.  In the Land of Invisible Women, Qanta A. Ahmed

Sue's suggestion

April 2015 - at Connie's

146.  The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell

Cindy's suggestion

March 2015 - at Erin's

145.  My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor

(whose choice?)

January 2015 - at Heidi's

144.  Never Mind, Edward St. Aubyn

Stephanie's suggestion

November 2014 - at Sue's

143.  How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global

Warming, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Connie's suggestion

October 2014 - at Janice's

142.  The Dead, James Joyce

Stephanie's suggestion

August 2014 - at Joan's

141.  The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family Farm in Africa, Douglas Rogers

Stephanie's suggestion

July 2014 - at Stephnie's

140.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

Heidi's suggestion

May 2014 - at Edith's

139.  Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks

Julie's suggestion

March 2014 - at Julie's

138.  Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann

Ann's suggestion

February 2014 - at Ann's

137.  Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand

Heidi's suggestion

January 2014 - at Cindy's

136.  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire

Heidi's suggestion

November 2013 - at Connie's

135.  Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, Rachel Maddow

Janice's suggestion

September 2013 - at Paula's

134.  Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Connie & Hannah's suggestion

August 2013 - at Hannah's

Film screening at AFI, March 2014

133.  The Places in Between, Rory Stewart

Stephanie's suggestion

June 2013 - at Stephanie's

132.  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

Connie & Heidi's suggestion

April 2013 - at Heidi's

131.  The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway

Ann's suggestion

March 2013 - at Janice's

130.  The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself, Hannah Holmes

Sue's suggestion

January 2013 - at Sue's

129.  The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Dinaw Mengestu

Sue's suggestion

November 2012 - at Cindy's

128.  Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof

and Sheryl WuDunn

Erin's suggestion

October 2012 - at Ann's

127.  Intuition, Allegra Goodman

Paula's suggestion

August 2012 - at Stephanie's

126.  Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, Studs Terkel

Edith's suggestion

June 2012 - at Joan's

125.  Little Bee, Chris Cleave

Nettie's suggestion

March 2012 - at Connie's

124.  Winter World, Bernd Heinrich

Janice's suggestion

February 2012 - at Edith's

123.  Out Stealing Horses, Per Patterson

Ann's suggestion

December 2011 - at Cindy's

122.  Race Matters, Cornel West

Sue's suggestion

October 2011 - at Sue's

121.  The Best American Short Stories 1998, edited by Garrison Keillor

Janice's suggestion

September 2011 - at Janice's

120.  Consider the Lobster - and Other Essays, David Foster Wallace

Cindy's suggestion

July 2011 - at Nettie's pool

119.  A Painted House, John Grisham

Stephanie's suggestion

May 2011 - at Stephanie's

118.  Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, Carlos Eire

Ann's suggestion

April 2011 - at Heidi's

117.  The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

Heidi's suggestion

February 2011 - at Ann's

116.  The Seven Sins of Memory:   How the Mind Forgets and Remembers, Daniel L. Schacter

Janice's suggestion

January 2011 - at Sue's

115.  The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Nettie's suggestion

November 2010 - at Ann's

114.  Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, Karen Armstrong

Ann's suggestion

October 2010 - at Paula's

113.  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain

Edith's suggestion

August 2010 - at Connie's

112.  Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, John M. Barry

Stephanie's suggestion

July 2010 - at Erin's

111.  A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby

Cindy's suggestion

May 2010 - at Cindy's

110.  How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry, Edward Hirsch

Sue's suggestion

April 2010 - at Connie's

109.  The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Heidi's suggestion

February 2010 - at Nettie's

108.  Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character), Richard P. Feynman

Connie's suggestion

January 2010 - at Janice's

107.  The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

Cindy's suggestion

December 2009 - at Stephanie's

106.  Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence
          --and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process, Irene M. Pepperberg

Ann's suggestion

October 2009 - at Ann's

105.  Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness, Anne LaBastille

Deena's suggestion

September 2009 - at Heidi's

104.  The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin

Whose choice?

July 2009 - at Cindy's

103.  The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

Edith's suggestion

June 2009 - at Nettie's

102.  Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time, Greg Mortenson

Heidi's suggestion

April 2009 - at Connie's

101.  The History of Love, Nicole Krauss

Deena's suggestion

March 2009 - at Sue's

100.  Notes from Nethers: Growing Up In A Sixties Commune, Sandra Lee Eugster

Sue's suggestion

January 2009 - at Edith's

  99.  Call It Sleep, Henry Roth

Sue's suggestion

December 2008 - at Janice's

  98.  The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, James McBride

Connie's suggestion

October 2008 - at Connie's

  97.  Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony, Arnold Steinhardt

Connie's suggestion

September 2008 - at Sue's

  96.  Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen

Ann's suggestion

July 2008 - at Heidi's

  95.  Main Street, Sinclair Lewis

Stephanie's suggestion

June 2008 - at Erin's with graduation party planning by Cindy

  94.  The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America,

Eric Larson

Heidi's suggestion

April 2008 - at Stephanie's

  93.  Small Island, Andrea Levy

Janice's suggestion

March 2008 - at Edith's

  92.  Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, David Brock

Edith's suggestion

January 2008 - at Janice's

  91.  When the Emperor was Divine, Julie Otsuka

Connie's suggestion

December 2007 - at Paula's

  90.  Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights, Kenji Yoshino

Sue's suggestion

October 2007 - at Ann's

  89.  Disturbances in the Field, Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Janice's suggestion

August 2007 - at Connie's

  88.  Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder

Erin's suggestion

July 2007 - at Heidi's

We support Partners in Health

  87.  Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson

Nettie's suggestion

June 2007 - at Victoria's

  86.  Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy

Heidi's suggestion?

April 2007 - at Cindy's

  85.  The Tennis Partner, Abraham Verghese

Sue's suggestion?

March 2007 - at Janice's

  84.  Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama

Edith's suggestion

January 2007 - at Edith's

  83.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon

Sue's suggestion

December 2006 - at Erin's

  82.  Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Ruth Reichl

Connie's suggestion

November 2006 - at Cindy's

  81.  Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

Heidi's suggestion

September 2006 - at Heidi's

  80.  Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis

Janice's suggestion

July 2006 - at Stephanie's

  79.  Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph Ellis

Ann's suggestion

June 2006 - at Ann's

  78.  Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, Geraldine Brooks

Erin's suggestion

April 2006 - at Connie's

  77.  The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, Steven Pinker

Stephanie's suggestion

March 2006 - at Sue's

  76.  Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

Janice's suggestion

January 2006 - at Janice's

  75.  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard

Cindy's suggestion?

December 2005 - at Sue's

  74.  The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri

Connie's suggestion?

October 2005 - at Heidi's

  73.  1776, David McCullough

Ann's suggestion?

September 2005 - at Stephanie's

  72.  Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow

Stephanie's suggestion?

July 2005 - at Bonnie's

  71.  The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

May 2005 - at Janice's

  70.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon

April 2005 - at Connie's

  69.  The Optimist's Daughter, Eudora Welty, and
  68.  One Writer's Beginnings, Eudora Welty

February 2005 - at Bonnie's

  67.  Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich

January 2005 - at Stephanie's

  66.  Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides

Janice's suggestion

November 2004 - at Janice's

  65.  Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Stephanie's suggestion

September 2004 - at Sue's

  64.  Reading Lolita from Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi

August 2004 - at Emily's

  63.  Spies, Michael Frayn

Janice's suggestion

June 2004 - at Kathy's Pool

  62.  Life of Pi, Yann Martel

May 2004 - at Heidi's

  61.  The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan

March 2004 - at Sue's

  60.  The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

February 2004 - at Nettie's

  59.  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith

January 2004 - at Erin's

  58.  Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years, Karen Levin Coburn &

Madge Lawrence Treeger

Janice's suggestion

November 2003 - at Janice's

  57.  Atonement, Ian McEwan

October 2003 - at Connie's

  56.  The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English

Dictionary,

Simon Winchester

August 2003 - at Heidi's

  55.  Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett

June 2003 - at Franca's?

  54.  Empire Falls, Richard Russo

May 2003 - at Nettie's

  53.  The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

March 2003 - at Sue's?

  51.  The Hours, Michael Cunningham, and
  52.  Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

February 2003 - at Cindy's

  50.  The Samurai's Garden, Gail Tsukiyama

Connie's suggestion?

January 2003 - at Janice's

  49.  The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen

November 2002 - at Sue's

  48.  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells

September 2002 - at Heidi's

  47.  White Teeth, Zadie Smith

Janice's suggestion?

July 2002 - at Kathy's

  46.  Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand

June 2002 - at Sue's

  45.  The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin

Franca's suggestion

April 2002 - at Cindy's

  44.  Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris

Sue's suggestion?

February 2002 - at Stephanie's

  43.  Max Perkins - Editor of Genius, A. Scott Berg

Stephanie's suggestion?

January 2002 - at Ann's

  42.  A Prayer for the Dying, Stewart O'Nan

November 2001 - at Cindy's

  41.  Beowulf, Seamus Heaney

September 2001 - at Janice's

  40.  Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier

August 2001

  39.  Milk in My Coffee, Eric Jerome Dickey

July 2001

  38.  Six of One, Rita Mae Brown, and
  37.  Southern Discomfort, Rita Mae Brown

June 2001

  36.  The River Midnight, Lilian Nattel

May 2001

  35.  All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy

April 2001

  34.  Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, Dava Sobel

February 2001

  33.  Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier

January 2001

  32.  The Reader, Bernhard Schlink

November 2000

  31.  The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, Sebastian Junger

September 2000

  30.  You Can't Take It With You, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

August 2000

  29.  The Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte

Janice's suggestion

July 2000 - at Kathy's pool

  28.  The Red Tent, Anita Diamant

Heidi's suggestion

May 2000

  27.  The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan

April 2000

  26.  Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

February 2000

  25.  A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson

January 2000

  24.  Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, Linda J. Lear

Janice's suggestion

November 1999

  23.  A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle

October 1999

  22.  Persuasion, Jane Austen

August 1999 - at Janice's

  21.  Naked Came the Manatee, Dave Barry et al.

July 1999

  20.  The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields

June 1999

  19.  Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabrial Garcia Marquez

April 1999

  18.  Reindeer Moon, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

March 1999

  17.  Personal History, Katherine Graham

January 1999 - at Connie's

  16.  Beloved, Toni Morrison

December 1998

  15.  Primary Colors, Anonymous

October 1998

  14.  High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never, Barbara Kingsolver

September 1998

  13.  The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy

July 1998

  12.  Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, Nathan McCall

May 1998

  11.  Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer

April 1998

  10.  Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi

March 1998

   9.  Heaven's Prisoners, James Lee Burke

January 1998

   8.  The Wedding, Dorothy West

December 1997

   7.  Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, Terry Tempest Williams

October 1997

   6.  On the Road, Jack Kerouac

September 1997

   5.  Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men in the Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power, Deborah Tannen

July 1997

   4.  How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez

June 1997

   3.  The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism, Tina Rosenberg

June 1997

   2.  Possession, A. S. Byatt

March 1997

   1.  The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

February 1997 - at Heidi's