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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


Updated JBB 1/1/22