Join us at Betty Sue’s Better Brew Cafe for a great book discussion
on the 2nd Wednesday of the month!
Copies of the books will be available for checkout at the Library.
Upcoming Reads
2017 – Get a synopsis of each month’s book here.
- January: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
- February: The Barn by Avi
- March: The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
- April: Opening Goliath by Cary J. Griffith
- May: The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
- June: We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
- July: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
- August: Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
- September: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
- October: Big Wheat by Richard A Thompson
- November: The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
- December: West of the Moon by Margi Preus
Past Selections
2016
- January: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
- February: The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
- March: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- April: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
- May: Gateway to Freedom by Eric Foner
- June: Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
- July: A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
- August: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- September: Book of Ages by Jill Lepore
- October 12: Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- November 9: Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- December 14: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
2015
- January: Suspect by Michael Robotham
- February: My Antonia by Willa Cather
- March: Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
- April: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
- May: Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
- June: The Prize Winner of Defiance, OH by Terry Ryan
- July: The Storied Life of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- August: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke
- September: The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
- October: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katharine Boo
- November: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- December: The Mockingbird Next Door by Marja Mills
2014
- January: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
- February: Patty’s Journey: From Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion by Donna Scott Norling
- March: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- April: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
- May: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- September: Someone by Alice McDermott
- October: The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo by Kent Nerburn
- November: Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- December: Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
2013
- September: Life on Ice by Lonnie Dupre
- October: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- November: Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
- December: Round House by Louise Erdrich
2012
- January: The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
- February: Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- March: Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- April: In the Heart of the Sea by Philbrick
- May: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
- June: The Good Good Pig: the Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
- July: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- August: Mama Makes up her Mind: and Other Dangers of Southern Living by Bailey White
- September: Silencing Sam by Julie Kramer
- October: In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- November: School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
- December: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: an African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
2011
- January: I go to America: Swedish American Women and the life of Mina Anderson by Joy Lintelman
- February: Jelly’s Gold by David Housewright
- March: Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helget
- April: Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
- September: Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
- October: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
- November: Latehomecomer: Hmong family memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
- December: Silent Governess by Julie Klassen
