The Book Mistresses​​

1. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay/ Historical Fiction/ Susan/ 9-2003

2. Three Junes by Julia Glass/ Fiction/ Jan/ 10-2003

3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini/ Historical Fiction/ Sandra/ 11-2003

4. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stagner/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 12-2003

5. Personal History by Katherine Grahm/ Autobiography/ 1-2004

6. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown/ Fiction/ Jane/ 2-2004

7. Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey/ Fiction/ Genny/3-2004

8. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant/ Historical Fiction/ Erica/ 4-2004

9. Bel Canto by Ann Pachet/ Fiction/ Susan/ 5-2004

10. Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 6-2004

11. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire/ Casey/ 7-2004

12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd/ Fiction/ Jane/ 8-2004

13. The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman/ MagicalRealism/ Jan/ 9-2004

14. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picolt/ Fiction/ Jane/ 10-2004

15. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser/ Non-Fiction/ Sandra/ 11-2004

16. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger/ Sci-Fiction/ Susan/ 12-2004

17. The Chosen by Chiam Potok/ Fiction/Jan/  1-2005

18. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier/ Historical Fiction/ Jill/ 2-2005

19. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory/ Historical Fiction/ Sandra/ 3-2005

20. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo/ Allegorical/ Erica/ 4-2005

21. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sadaris/ Memoir-Essays/ Terese/ 5-2005

22. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd/ Fiction/ Jane/ 6-2005

23. The Sparrow by Mary Russell Doria/ Sci-Fiction/ Susan/ 7-2005

24. The Elegant Gatherings of  White Snows by Kris Radish/ Fiction/ Diana/ 8-2005

25. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison/ Fiction/ Sandra/9-2005

26. When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe/ Historical Fiction/ Genny/ 10-2005

27. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve/ Fiction/ Jill/ 11-2005

28. The Hungry Tide by Amitav Gosh/ Fiction/ Susan/ 1-2006

29. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks/ Historical Fiction/ Terese/ 2-2006

30. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey/ Memoir with fictional liberties/ Gina/ 3-2006

31. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stagner/ Fiction/ Genny/ 4-2006

32. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs/ Memoir/Julia/ 5-2006

33. Truth and Beauty by Ann Pachet/ Memoir/ Jane?/ 6-2006

* Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy/ Autobiography (many members read this as a complimentary book to Truth and Beauty as these two books really go hand in hand with the Authors being close friends and the subject matter on which they write.)

34. Our Lady of Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlen/ Christian Fiction/ Sandra/ 7-2006

35. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon/ Mystery/ Kelly/ 8-2006

36. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathon Safran Foer/ Fiction/ Jan/ 9-2006

37. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss / Fiction/ Julia/ 10-2006

38. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See/ Fiction/ Jill/ 11-2006

39. Popcorn Poppin' on the Apricot Tree by Faith Paulus/ Memoir/ Kelly/ 1-2007

40. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Boudain/ Culinary Memoir/ Terese/ 2-2007

41. The Year og Magical Thinking by Joan Didion/ Memoir/ Jane/ 3-2007

42. Democracy by Joan Didion/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 4-2007

43. She Got Up off the Coach by Haven Kimmel/ Memoir/ Jan/ 5-2007

44. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen/ Fiction/ Genny/ 6-2007

45. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen/ Classic Literature/ Julia/ 8-2007

46. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiren Desi/ Fiction/ Susan/ 9-2007

47. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen/ Memoir/ Jill/ 10-2007

48. The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy/ Fiction/ Joy/ 11-2007

49. Suite Français by Irene Nemirovsky/ Historical Fiction * written in real time! / Terese/ 1-2008

50. Digging to America by Anne Tyler/ Fiction/ Genny/ 2-2008

51. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield/ Fiction/ Kelly/ 3-2008

52. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flag/ Fiction/ Julia/ 4-2008

53. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proux/ Fiction/ Jane/ 5-2008

54. The Shack by William Young/ Fiction/ Jan/ 6-2008

55. The Road by Cormac McCarthy/ Fiction-Post Apocalptic/ Sandra/ 7-2008

56. The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean/ Historical Fiction/ Jill/ 8-2008

57. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje/ Fiction/ Joy/ 9-2008

58. West with the Night by Beryl Markham/ Memoir - National Geographics, The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time/ Susan/ 11-2008

59. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan/ Fiction/ Kelly/ 12-2008

60. One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus/ Fiction/ Terese/ 1-2009

61. Over the Edge of the World by Lawernce Bergreen/ Non Fiction/ Julia/ 2-2009

62. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson/ Fiction/ Genny/ 3-2009

63. The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak/ Historical Fiction/ Sandra/ 4-2009

64. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan/ Memoir/ Jill/ 5-2009

65. The Bright Forever by Lee Martin/ Fiction/ Joy/ 6-2009

66. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson/ Non Fiction/ Jan/ 8-2009

67. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa/ Fiction/ Susan/ 9-2009

68.  The Awakening by Kate Chopin/ Classic Literature/ Jane/ 10-2009

69. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert/ Fiction/ Terese/ 1-2010

70. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout/ Fiction/ Terese/ 2-2010

71. Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark/ Mystery/ Sandra/ 3-2010

72. A Reliable Wife by  Robert Goolrick/ Fiction/ Jan/ 4-2010

73. Away by Amy Bloom/ Historical Fiction/ Jill/ 5-2010

74. Little Bee by Chris Cleve/ Cultural Fiction/ Genny/6-2010

75. The Help by Kate Stockett/ Historical Fiction/ Jane/ 7-2009

76. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira/ Historical Fiction/ Joy/ 8-2010

77. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon/ Mia/ 9-2010

78. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese/ Fiction/ Susan/ 11-2010

79. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez/ Magical Realism/ Lupe/ 1-2011

80. The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner/ Non Fiction, Cultural Travel/ Julia/ 2-2011

81. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 3-2011

82. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand/ Non Fiction/ Terese/ 4-2011

83. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffengger/ Fantasy/ Genny/ 5-2011

84. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obret/ Historical Fiction/ Jill/ 6-2011

85. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson/ Non Fiction/Kim/ 7-2011

86. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline/ Fiction/ Jane/ 8-2011

87. The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman/ Magical Realism/ Susan/ 9-2011

88. Life on the Line by Grant Achatz/ Culinary Memoir/ Terese/ 10-2011

89. Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb/ Cultural Fiction/ Joy/ 11-2011

90. The Elegance of a Hedgehog byMuriel Barbery/ Cultural Fiction/ Lupe/ 12-2011

91. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skoot/ Non Fiction/ Mia/ 1-2012

92. The Guernsey Literary and the Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shafferr and Annie Barrows/ Hist. Fiction/ Julia/ 2-2012

93. Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill/ African Historical Fiction/ Genny/ 3-2012

94. Kosher Chinese by Michael Levy/ Asian Cultural Non Fiction/ Joy/ 4-2012

95. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid/ Fiction/ Jill/ 5-2012

96. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum/ Historical Fiction/Jane/ 6-2012

97. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann/ Historical Fiction/ Terese/ 7-2012

98. The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern/ Fantasy/ Susan/ 8-2012

99. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin/ Mystery- Fiction/ Mia/ 9-2012

100. Crashing Through by Robert Kurson/ Memoir/ Jan/ 1-2012

101. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 11-2012

102. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman/ Fiction/ Lupe/ 12-2012

103. The River of Doubt by Candice Millard/ Non Fiction/ Kim/ 1-2013

104. My Stroke of Insight by Jil Bolte Taylor, Ph.D./ Medical Memoir/ 2-2013

105. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivy/ Fiction/ Genny/ 3-2013

106. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan/ Fiction/ Joy/ 4-2013

107. Where'd You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple/ Humor/Fiction/ Sandra/5-2012

108. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon/ Fiction- Mystery/ Jill/ 6-2013

109. Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt/ Fiction/ Jane/ 7-2012

110. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter/ Fiction/ Susan/ 8-2012

111. Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra/ Memoir/ Kim/ 9-2012

112. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Steadman/ Fiction/ Jan/ 10-2012

113. Wild by Cherl Strayed/ Adventure Memoir/ Terese/ 11-2012

114. Dear Life by Alice Munro/ Short Story Collection/Mia/ 12-2012

115. The Year THEY Tried to Kill ME by Salvatore Iaquinta/ Medical Memoir/ Sandra 1-2014

116. East of Eden by John Steinbeck/ Classic Literature/ Genny/ 2-2014

117. A Good American by Alex George/ Fiction/ Joy/ 3-2014

118. Lean In by Sheryl Sanberg/ Non Fiction/ Mia/ 4-2014

119. The Moon Daughter by Zoreh Ghahremani/ Fiction/ Jill/ 5-2014

120. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain/ Historical Fiction/ Julia/ 6-2014

121. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd/ Historical Fiction/ Jane/ 7-2014

122. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman/ Magical Fiction/ Susan/ 8-2014

123. The Secret History by Donna Tart/ Fiction/ Jan/ 9-2014

124.  What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty/ Fiction/ Kim/ 10-2014

125. The Circle by Dave Eggers/ Fiction/ Terese/ 11-2014

126. The Emporers of Chocolate by Joël Glenn Brenner/ Non Fiction/ Mia/ 1-2015

127. The Martian by Andy Weir/ Sci-Fiction/ Genny/ 2-2015

128. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson/Literary Fiction/ Julia/3-2015

129. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown/ Non Fiction/ Jane/ 4-2015

130. Defending Jacob by William Landay/ Legal Thriller/ Jan/ 5-2015

131. The Bells by Richard Harvell/ Fiction/ Susan/  6-2015

132. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline/ Historical Fiction/ Terese/ 7-2015

133.   Peace Like a River  by Lief Enger/ Literary Fiction/ Sandra/ 8-2015

134. Elephant Company  by Vicki Croke/ Historical Fiction/ Kim/ 9-2015

135. Behind the Beautiful Forevers  by Katherine Boo/ Non Fiction/ Joy/ 10-2015

136. The Golem and the Jinni  by Helene Wecker/ Jill/ Fantasy/ 11-2015

137. A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton/ Historical Fiction/ Genny/ 1-2016

138. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver/ Fiction/ Joy/ 2-2016

139. The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak/ Historical Fiction/ Julia/ 3-2016

140. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivard/ Fiction/ Jan/ 4- 2016

141. Girl at War by Sara Novic/ Historical Historical Fiction/ Jane/ 6- 2016

143. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 7- 2016

143. Alternate, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman/ Fiction/ Sandra/ 7- 2016

144. Into the Beautiful North by Louis Alberta Urrea/ Fiction/ Susan/ 8- 2016

145. Cooked, A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollen/ History/ Mia/ 9- 2016

146. Healing Earthquakes by  Jimmy Santiago Baca/ Poems/ Terese/ 10-2016

147. 84, Charing Road by Helene Henff/ Non Fiction/ Sandra/ 12- 2016